Job Survey: Attorney

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Location: New York Company: White & Case LLP Experience: Mid-level Highest Level of Education: JD or LLM

Job Responsibilities Corporate Immigration attorney. Visa petitions, labor certification, and business related complex cases. Job Requirements J.D. Just need to be a good lawyer, and have some sense of what drives this area of the law. Need to have done pretty well in law school. Uppers Fun to be the boss. Downers Hard to be the boss--pressure. Lifestyle Not bad for an attorney in N.Y. I can leave at about 6:00 p.m. Compensation $195,000, plus company benefits and at least a part of the bonus the transactional lawyers get. Advice to Jobseekers Narrow range of openings. This position is fairly unique. This Attorney career survey is just one of 1000s of exclusive career surveys available on Vault. Find out what it's actually like on the job with Vault's job surveys. Read all Vault Career Surveys for the inside scoop on specific jobs Read Vault Employee Surveys for the inside scoop on specific employers Read Vault Student/Alumni Surveys for the inside scoop on colleges and grad schools