Kathleen Klein

• Supervises activity and performance of up to six staff members, including legal department attorneys, legal assistants, and paralegals. Hosts regular staff meetings to review case progression and address managerial and personnel concerns.
• Scheduled and supervised staff meetings to discuss new ideas and update participants on program details and milestones.

Coordinates inter-department concerns in conjunction with other Program Directors. Represents legal department interests in the program directors' staff meetings and provides constructive feedback on agency-wide decisions as appropriate.
• Implements and oversees all required tracking for three federal and state grants for the legal department in coordination with finance and development departments.
• Manages active domestic violence and human trafficking caseload of up to 40 cases. Represents and prepares humanitarian-based USCIS petitions including I-918, I-914, I-360, I-751, and related petitions. Represents clients for applicable interviews at the Dallas Field Office.
• Screens potential new clients for various types of immigration relief and eligibility for services under our grant requirements.
• Recruits, mentors, and maintains relationships with pro bono attorneys for referred immigration cases. Has established and grown Mosaic's reputation through networking events and targeted relationship-building with local law firms.
• Manages legal department intern program. Recruits, interviews, and selects all summer interns. Coordinates assignments for up to 3 summer interns among attorneys, organizes appropriate training opportunities, and provides feedback on performance.
• Reviews resumes, interviews, and hires employees in coordination with the human resources department.
• Routinely conducts training on domestic violence, human trafficking, and related immigration relief for victims presentations for non-profit partner organizations, including LANWT and Catholic Charities.
• Regularly provides CLE training on VAWA/U/T to legal organizations such as AILA and the Dallas Bar Association.

•Managed domestic violence immigration department over 140 pending and active cases.
•Conducted legal consults for new clients to determine eligibility for relief.
•Organized domestic violence spreadsheets for grant reporting statistics.
•Supervised activity and performance of domestic violence paralegal. Assigned cases and tasks to a paralegal as appropriate, reviewed work performed on cases, and answered technical questions.
•Represented and prepared humanitarian-based USCIS petitions, including I-918, I-914, I-360, I-751, and related petitions for domestic violence and human trafficking clients.
•Represented clients for applicable interviews at the Dallas Field Office.

• Represented clients before Dallas Immigration Court in master calendar hearings for voluntary departure requests and 42B applications.
• Prepared and represented clients in USCIS Interviews for I-130 applications, I-485 applications, and N-400 applications at the Dallas Field Office.
• Managed an average USCIS caseload of 200 active clients while supervising the performance of multiple paralegals. Prepared RFE responses for various USCIS applications.
• Authored I-601A and I-601 waiver memoranda. Conducts extreme hardship intakes for clients. Reviews applications and supporting documentation for waivers.
• Resolved misdemeanor and felony cases in Dallas-Fort Worth and surrounding counties, representing clients in criminal court with a specific focus on analyzing and mitigating the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.

• Managed consular processing cases and served as initial contact for 45 clients. Prepared 1-130 Petition for Alien Relative cases, I-601A Application for Provisional Unlawful Presence Waiver or I-601 Application for Waiver of Grounds of Inadmissibility cases, and DS-260, Immigrant Visa Electronic Application cases. Explained immigration process, answered questions, and communicated case status to clients.
• Assisted the litigation department with asylum cases. Prepared I-589, Application for Asylum and Withholding of Removal, Memorandum of Law, and Declaration from Applicant. Researched legal questions for potential immigration clients. Researched various legal questions for potential immigration clients on topics such as parole in place and implications of specific criminal charges.