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General Counsel roles qualify for EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship through PERM labor certification, which requires employers to document recruitment efforts before filing your I-140 petition. Law departments at public companies, large private firms, and regulated-industry employers regularly run PERM for senior legal hires. Landing sponsorship means securing permanent U.S. residency, not just a temporary work authorization.
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Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.
At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:
- Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week
- Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week
- Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month
- Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job
- Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building
Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week.
This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only. This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
AZ Blue is seeking a dynamic attorney with broad skills to provide strategic and practical in-house counsel to support enterprise provider network contracting and disputes, grievances and appeals, and the Medicaid segment. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted legal advisor for provider issues across all lines of business as well as for Medicaid regulatory compliance and operational risk.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Work Experience
- 6 years of progressively responsible legal experience
- 3 years of experience in healthcare regulatory work and/or healthcare related corporate or government agency work, with meaningful exposure to managed care operations, provider contracting, and Medicaid regulatory requirements.
- Experience directly advising business stakeholders
- Strong skills in issue spotting in a complex regulatory environment
Required Education
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA Approved Law School
Required Licenses
- Active, current, and unrestricted license to practice law in the State of Arizona, or licensure in another jurisdiction and ability to become licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona.
Required Certifications
- Admission to a State Bar, with eventual admission to State Bar of Arizona
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Work Experience
- Experience with the No Surprises Act
- Experience with Mental Health Parity
- Experience with grievances and appeals
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
Preferred Professional Competencies
- Knowledge of a wide range of subjects pertaining to the organization's services and operations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide support to provider network teams for all lines of business across the enterprise, advising on provider contracts and negotiations, provider disputes, and related regulatory schemes
- Provide strategic legal counsel to the Medicaid segment, advising on regulatory compliance, reimbursement frameworks, and operational risk, while partnering with business leaders to enable compliant growth and innovation
- Assist with legal issues arising from grievance and appeals team
- Supervise responses to regulatory, attorney, provider, and member complaints, including drafting responses, reviewing responses drafted by paralegal and/or research assistants, and consulting with other BCBSAZ employees on responses.
- In a timely and efficient manner, provide guidance to business leads on regulatory and statutory requirements, including new rules and legislative bills, and the related impact to operations
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal clients and leadership
- Deliver training and guidance on legal and regulatory topics
- Work cooperatively with other BCBSAZ teams such as compliance, audit and enterprise risk
- The position requires a full-time work schedule in a hybrid work environment. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements. Hybrid means that a portion of the work week will be hours spent in the office and not virtual.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Required Job Skills
- Intermediate skill in use of modern technology
- Intermediate PC proficiency
- Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database, and word processing
Required Professional Competencies
- Maintain confidentiality and privacy
- Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data
- Capable of legal and analytical research
- Practice interpersonal and active listening to achieve high customer satisfaction and departmental communication standards
- Establish and maintain working relationships in a collaborative team environment – being a team player
Required Leadership Experience and Competencies
- Make use of employees' skills and abilities to deliver business objectives
Our Commitment
AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.
Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. If interested in this position, please apply.
INTRODUCTION
Awarded a Healthiest Employer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona aims to fulfill its mission to inspire health and make it easy. AZ Blue offers a variety of health insurance products and services to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and small and large businesses as well as providing information and tools to help individuals make better health decisions.
At AZ Blue, we have a hybrid workforce strategy, called Workability, that offers flexibility with how and where employees work. Our positions are classified as hybrid, onsite or remote. While the majority of our employees are hybrid, the following classifications drive our current minimum onsite requirements:
- Hybrid People Leaders: must reside in AZ, required to be onsite at least twice per week
- Hybrid Individual Contributors: must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per week
- Hybrid 2 (Operational Roles such as but not limited to: Customer Service, Claims Processors, and Correspondence positions): must reside in AZ, unless otherwise cited within this posting, required to be onsite at least once per month
- Onsite: daily onsite requirement based on the essential functions of the job
- Remote: not held to onsite requirements, however, leadership can request presence onsite for business reasons including but not limited to staff meetings, one-on-ones, training, and team building
Please note that onsite requirements may change in the future, based on business need, and job responsibilities. Most employees should expect onsite requirements and at a minimum of once per week.
This position is hybrid within the state of AZ only. This hybrid work opportunity requires residency, and work to be performed, within the State of Arizona.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
AZ Blue is seeking a dynamic attorney with broad skills to provide strategic and practical in-house counsel to support enterprise provider network contracting and disputes, grievances and appeals, and the Medicaid segment. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted legal advisor for provider issues across all lines of business as well as for Medicaid regulatory compliance and operational risk.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
Required Work Experience
- 6 years of progressively responsible legal experience
- 3 years of experience in healthcare regulatory work and/or healthcare related corporate or government agency work, with meaningful exposure to managed care operations, provider contracting, and Medicaid regulatory requirements.
- Experience directly advising business stakeholders
- Strong skills in issue spotting in a complex regulatory environment
Required Education
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA Approved Law School
Required Licenses
- Active, current, and unrestricted license to practice law in the State of Arizona, or licensure in another jurisdiction and ability to become licensed to practice law in the State of Arizona.
Required Certifications
- Admission to a State Bar, with eventual admission to State Bar of Arizona
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Preferred Work Experience
- Experience with the No Surprises Act
- Experience with Mental Health Parity
- Experience with grievances and appeals
PREFERRED COMPETENCIES
Preferred Professional Competencies
- Knowledge of a wide range of subjects pertaining to the organization's services and operations.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide support to provider network teams for all lines of business across the enterprise, advising on provider contracts and negotiations, provider disputes, and related regulatory schemes
- Provide strategic legal counsel to the Medicaid segment, advising on regulatory compliance, reimbursement frameworks, and operational risk, while partnering with business leaders to enable compliant growth and innovation
- Assist with legal issues arising from grievance and appeals team
- Supervise responses to regulatory, attorney, provider, and member complaints, including drafting responses, reviewing responses drafted by paralegal and/or research assistants, and consulting with other BCBSAZ employees on responses.
- In a timely and efficient manner, provide guidance to business leads on regulatory and statutory requirements, including new rules and legislative bills, and the related impact to operations
- Serve as a trusted advisor to internal clients and leadership
- Deliver training and guidance on legal and regulatory topics
- Work cooperatively with other BCBSAZ teams such as compliance, audit and enterprise risk
- The position requires a full-time work schedule in a hybrid work environment. Full-time is defined as working at least 40 hours per week, plus any additional hours as requested or as needed to meet business requirements. Hybrid means that a portion of the work week will be hours spent in the office and not virtual.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
REQUIRED COMPETENCIES
Required Job Skills
- Intermediate skill in use of modern technology
- Intermediate PC proficiency
- Intermediate proficiency in spreadsheet, database, and word processing
Required Professional Competencies
- Maintain confidentiality and privacy
- Analytical knowledge necessary to generate reports based on available data and then make decisions based on reported data
- Capable of legal and analytical research
- Practice interpersonal and active listening to achieve high customer satisfaction and departmental communication standards
- Establish and maintain working relationships in a collaborative team environment – being a team player
Required Leadership Experience and Competencies
- Make use of employees' skills and abilities to deliver business objectives
Our Commitment
AZ Blue does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected group.
Thank you for your interest in Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona. If interested in this position, please apply.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in General Counsel
Document your bar admissions strategically
PERM job requirements must match your actual credentials. If you hold bar admission in multiple jurisdictions, confirm which your target employer will list in the labor certification, since requirements locked at filing can't be changed without restarting the process.
Target regulated industries with dedicated legal teams
Financial services, healthcare, energy, and defense companies routinely sponsor General Counsel and Associate GC roles because their in-house legal needs are ongoing and specialized. These employers already have HR infrastructure for PERM filings and aren't learning the process from scratch.
Search sponsoring employers on Migrate Mate
Filter by General Counsel and senior legal titles to see which employers have active EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. This narrows your outreach to companies that have already navigated PERM for legal roles, not just those open to it in principle.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating your offer
DOL requires your offered salary to meet the prevailing wage for the role and location. Look up your job's wage level using the OFLC Wage Search before finalizing compensation, since an offer below the required wage will cause PERM denial regardless of your qualifications.
Clarify EB-2 versus EB-3 classification early
General Counsel roles typically require a J.D., which may support EB-2 advanced-degree classification. Confirm with the sponsoring employer whether they'll file EB-2 or EB-3, because your priority date and country-of-birth backlog exposure differ significantly between the two categories.
Request concurrent I-485 filing if your priority date is current
Once your employer files your I-140, check the DOS Visa Bulletin for your priority date. If it's current at filing, ask USCIS to process your adjustment of status concurrently, which can cut months off your timeline to permanent residency.
Green Card General Counsel: Frequently Asked Questions
Do General Counsel roles qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most General Counsel positions qualify for EB-2 because the role typically requires a J.D. plus substantial legal experience, meeting the advanced-degree standard. If the employer's job requirements don't specify an advanced degree, EB-3 professional classification may apply instead. Your employer's immigration counsel determines the correct category at the PERM drafting stage, and that classification affects your priority date queue.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for in-house legal roles?
H-1B visa sponsorship is temporary and subject to annual lottery selection, while PERM-based green card sponsorship leads to permanent residency with no cap concerns at the EB-3 level for many nationalities. The PERM process is longer, typically 18 to 36 months from labor certification through I-485 approval, but your status isn't tied to a single employer once your I-140 is approved and you reach the 180-day portability window under AC21.
How do I find employers that sponsor green cards for General Counsel positions?
Use Migrate Mate to search for General Counsel and senior legal roles filtered by EB-2 and EB-3 sponsorship history. Employers who have completed PERM filings for legal roles are significantly more prepared to sponsor again than companies with no prior history, and targeting them reduces the risk of a sponsorship conversation stalling during the offer stage.
Can I change employers after my I-140 is approved without losing my priority date?
Yes. Under AC21 portability rules, once your I-485 has been pending for at least 180 days and your I-140 is approved, you can move to a same or similar occupational role without restarting the green card process. General Counsel positions typically port cleanly to other senior legal roles, but you should confirm the SOC code alignment between your PERM job and the new position with an immigration attorney.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for General Counsel hires?
PERM requires the employer to conduct DOL-mandated recruitment, including job postings, ads, and a recruitment report, to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers were displaced by your hire. For General Counsel roles, the employer must define minimum requirements carefully because USCIS and DOL scrutinize whether requirements like specific practice area experience or bar admissions are genuinely tied to the business need rather than tailored to a foreign national candidate.