This role uses a performance-based compensation structure designed to reward strong advocacy, initiative, and results.
Total compensation is structured at approximately 70% base / 30% performance-based incentive
•Incentive compensation is based on billable work, collections, and client origination (with additional compensation of approximately 10–15% for attorneys who bring in new clients)
•Attorneys who meet performance expectations can expect total annual compensation meaningfully above base salary
Benefits include:
•401(k) with employer matching
•Health insurance, with an opt-out bonus if coverage is not needed
•Paid vacation, PTO, federal holidays, and additional paid firm holidays
•CLE budget and strong support for ongoing professional development
•Hybrid schedule with flexibility after training (up to one day remote per week)
Required Education:
Juris Doctor
The Role
We are hiring a bilingual litigation attorney to take on removal defense, asylum, and other adversarial immigration matters. This is a real litigation role, not document preparation with a courtroom occasionally attached. You will appear before the Chicago Immigration Court, the Milwaukee and Chicago Asylum Offices, and other adjudicators on behalf of clients whose stakes could not be higher.
Immigration experience is welcome but not required. Attorneys coming from criminal defense, prosecution, or other litigation-heavy practices are strongly encouraged to apply. We will provide the immigration training. You bring the courtroom skill, the preparation, and the fight.
Our main office in Milwaukee, with a satellite office in Kenosha. Work will be split between offices with flexibility. Some in-person appearances are required, particularly in Chicago.
Responsibilities include:
• Conducting consultations with prospective clients, often in urgent and high-stakes circumstances • Representing clients in removal proceedings, asylum interviews, and other adversarial matters • Developing case strategy and preparing filings, motions, briefs, and evidentiary submissions • Appearing in person at Chicago Immigration Court and the Milwaukee and Chicago Asylum Offices; many hearings conducted virtually • Collaborating with a skilled legal team and contributing to firm-wide knowledge • Staying current on rapidly evolving immigration law, policy, and agency practice
Caseload and independence will be calibrated to your prior experience and training needs. Our priority is effective, ethical advocacy, not volume.
We are growing intentionally and looking for attorneys who want to grow with us. Depending on performance and interest, this role may develop into a supervisory position or a leadership and equity track.
Juris Doctor or LLM from an ABA-accredited law school
Active admission and good standing in any U.S. state or territory bar that permits practice before EOIR and USCIS
Three or more years of litigation experience in adversarial proceedings (immigration, criminal, civil, or administrative)
Functional fluency in spoken and written Spanish and English, including the ability to conduct client interviews, hearings preparation, and written communication in both languages
Strong written and oral advocacy skills
Demonstrated commitment to representing immigrants and underserved communities
Integrity, initiative, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively
Comfort with modern legal technology and a willingness to engage with continuous operational improvement Immigration court experience is a plus but not required.
Murrar Law is a growing immigration firm serving immigrant communities across Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Our practice centers on removal defense, asylum, family-based immigration, DACA, citizenship, and humanitarian visas. We represent clients in one of the most adversarial moments in modern immigration history, and we do it with the preparation, technology, and team structure that this work demands.
We are a 28-person firm built around a simple premise: immigrants deserve advocacy that is rigorous, prepared, and unafraid. We invest in our attorneys, our systems, our technology, and our clients accordingly.