FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION Immigration Law Conference · J. Thomas Davis, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Court Administrator–Memphis Immigration

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Immigration LawConference

FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION

May 15–16, 2015Sheraton Memphis

Downtown Hotel

ONSITE PROGRAM GUIDE

CLE SESSIONS • FRIDAY, MAY 15

U.S. Executive Office for

Immigration Review (EOIR)

Hot Topics

(Nashville)

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

(ICE) Hot Topics

(Heritage 3/4)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection(CBP) Hot

Topics

(Heritage 3/4)

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)

Hot Topics

(Magnolia)

U.S. Department of State (DOS)

Hot Topics

(Magnolia)

USCIS Ombudsman Hot Topics

(Heritage 3/4)

Executive Order—U.S.

Citizenship and Immigration

Services (USCIS) Hot Topics

(Heritage 1)

Petitions for Naturalization, Mandamus, and

APA Actions

(Heritage 2)

Introduction To Crimmigration: Removability

and Prosecution for Immigration

Offenses

(Heritage 2)

Immigration: Consequences of Crimes of

Violence

(Heritage 2)

District Court Practice:

Habeas Corpus, Declaratory

Judgment and EAJA Fees

(Heritage 2)

Analyzing a Criminal

Conviction Under Descamps

(Heritage 2)

Alien Smuggling: Issues Relating to

Inadmissibility and Prosecution

(Heritage 2)

Expert Witness in Removal

Proceedings and Presenting

Supporting Evidence

(Nashville)

The Immigration Court: Nuts

and Bolts For Beginners

(Nashville)

View from the Bench: Practice

Before the Immigration

Court

(Heritage 3/4)

Cancellation of Removal for

Non-Permanent Residents

(Nashville)

Bond and Custody: Mandatory

Detention, Bond Redetermination,

and Appeal

(Nashville)

Criminal and Fraud Waivers in Removal

Proceedings

(Nashville)

Worksite Enforcement: Current Status

of Employer Sanctions and the Evolving Workplace

(Nashville)

CSPA and Child Citizenship Act

of 2000

(Heritage 1)

Administrative Appeals of CIS Adjudications

(Heritage 1)

Asylum Claims for Unaccompa-

nied Minors

(Heritage 1)

Recent Decisions from the BIA and Court of Appeals

(Heritage 1)

Ethics: Best Ethical

Practices in Immigration

Law

(Heritage 1)

Ethics: Dual Representation in Immigration

Matters

(Heritage 1)

Track 1Humanitarian

Issues

Track 2DHS Issues

Track 3Criminal Topics

Track 4Asylum Topics

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CLE SESSIONS • SATURDAY, MAY 16Track 1

Humanitarian Issues

Track 2DHS Issues

Track 3Criminal Topics

Track 4Asylum Topics

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Border Crisis Forum/

Leadership Roundtable

(Heritage 3/4)

Special Immigrant

Juvenile Hot Topics

(Heritage 3/4)

Violence Against Women Act

(VAWA): Updates and

Emerging Issues

(Heritage 3/4)

Unaccompa-nied Minors Hot Topics

(Magnolia)

DACA/DAPA and Parole-In-Place—Advanced Practice

(Magnolia)

Prosecutorial Discretion

(Heritage 3/4)

Visa Options For Certain

Victims (U Visas)

(Heritage 3/4)

Meeting the Challenges

of Non-Immigrant Visas (B, F, H, L, O,

P, and R)

(Heritage 2)

Advanced Consular

Processing Issues

(Heritage 2)

Unlawful Presence

After Yerrabelly and

Provisional Waivers

(Heritage 2)

How to Negotiate With DOS

(Heritage 2)

Income Tax for Aliens: Tax Issues

in Immigration

(Heritage 2)

Competency Hearing: Practical

Demonstration of an M-A-M

Hearing

(Heritage 2)

Worksite Enforcement:

Representing an Employer in an

ICE Audit

(Nashville)

Advanced Employment-

Based Updates and Practice

Tips: Avoiding PERM

(Nashville)

Motions Practice: Motions to Reopen,

Reconsider, Remand, Etc.

(Nashville)


Counseling Corporate

Compliance

(Nashville)

PERM Updates and Best Practices

(Nashville)


Criminal and Civil Litigation

(Nashville)

How the Visa Bulletin Works

(Nashville)

Ethics: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

(Heritage 1)

Creative Paths from

Adjustment Through

Naturalization

(Heritage 1)

Credibility, Documentary Evidence, and

Expert Witnesses in

Asylum Claims

Heritage 1

Effective Practice

Before the Board of Immigration

Appeals

(Heritage 1)

Asylum in the Era of Artesia: Detention/Bond and Procedural

Due Process

(Heritage 1)

Domestic Violence,

Refugee, and CAT Claims

in the Aftermath of A-R-C-G

(Heritage 1)

Basic Asylum Law

Practice

(Heritage 1)

Comprehensive Immigration

Reform

(Heritage 2)

FULL SCHEDULE • FRIDAY, MAY 15*Denotes FBA Immigration Law Section Leadership

6:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. • RegistRation open • HeRitage FoyeR

7:30–8:30 a.m.

tRack 3 • nasHville

Worksite Enforcement: Current Status of Employer Sanctions and the Evolving Workplace

Kathleen Gasparian, Gasparian Immigration (Moderator)Ann Allott, Allott Immigration Law Firm Maggie Murphy, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C.

tRack 4 • HeRitage 1

Ethics: Dual Representation in Immigration Matters

George Newman, Partner, Stinson, Leonard, Street LLC (Moderator)Kevin Balkwill, Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional

Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Ben Fox, Adams and Reese LLP

8:30–9:30 a.m. • continental BReakFast • HeRitage FoyeR

8:30–8:45 a.m. • opening RemaRks • HeRitage 3/4

9:00–10:00 a.m.

tRack 1 • HeRitage 3/4

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Hot Topics Panel

Jodi Goodwin, Law Office of Jodi Goodwin (Moderator)Glenda McGraw Regnart, Counsel to the Firm, Cascadia Cross Borders

Law Group LLPBrandon Lowy, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in

personal capacity


Introduction to Crimmigration: Removability and Prosecution for Immigration Offenses

Justin Burton, Partner, Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC (Moderator)Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi Jr., U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto RicoGeorge Terezakis, The Law Offices of George A. Terezakis


The Immigration Court: Nuts and Bolts for Beginners

Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge

*Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge

*Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge

J. Thomas Davis, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Court Administrator–Memphis Immigration Court


Administrative Appeals of CIS Adjudications

William Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National First Vice President, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP (Moderator)

Dr. Heather Scavone, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, Elon School of Law

Loan Huynh, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.Ron Rosenberg, Chief, USCIS Administrative Appeals Office

10:00–10:15 a.m. • BReak

10:15–11:15 a.m.


U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Hot Topics Panel

Joseph Reina, Reina & Bates Immigration Law Group (Moderator)John Klow, Retired, Program Manager/Chief Lead, Admissibility Review

Office, Admissibility Requirements and Migration Control of Field Operations, CBP

Stanley Parker, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Senior Journeyman Officer, Area Port of Memphis


Immigration Consequences of Crimes of Violence

Matthew L. Guadagno, Law Office of Matthew L. Guadagno (Moderator)*H. Raymond Fasano, FBA Immigration Law Section Immediate Past

Chair, Youman Madeo & Fasano, LLPBrian Bates, Reina and Bates Immigration Law GroupDan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration Project


U.S. Executive Office For Immigration Review (EOIR) Hot Topics Panel

*Barry Frager, The Frager Law Firm, P.C. (Moderator)*Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for

Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration JudgeJuan Osuna, Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for

Immigration Review (EOIR)Ana Kocur, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office

for Immigration Review (EOIR)


Asylum Claims for Unaccompanied Minors


*Regina Germain, Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, and USCIS Asylum Division—Appearing in personal capacity

Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity

11:15–11:30 a.m. • BReak

11:30–12:30 p.m.

tRack 1 • magnolia

U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Hot Topics Panel

Pamela Mick, Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) DOL Liaison Committee, Managing Principal, Partenheimer Mick Immigration Law LLC (Moderator)

Vincent Lau, Clark Lau LLC Bennett Savitz, Savitz Law Offices, P.C.


District Court Practice: Habeas Corpus, Declaratory Judgment, and EAJA Fees

Ofelia Calderon, Founding Partner, Calderon, Racine & Derwin PLC (Moderator)

John Pratt, Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt, P.A.Maris J. Liss, George P. Mann and Associates, P.C.


Cancellation of Removal for Non-Permanent Residents

Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge (Moderator)

Brandon Lowy, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity

George Terezakis, The Law Offices of George A. Terezakis


Recent Decisions from the BIA and Court of Appeals

Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals (Moderator)

Dan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration ProjectLory Rosenberg, Former EOIR Board Member, Founder, IDEAS

Consultation and Coaching, LLCMaria Baldini-Potermin, Maria Baldini-Potermin and Associates, P.C.

12:30–1:45 p.m.

luncH • HeRitage 3/4, mempHis, natcHez

Enjoy conversation and networking with your colleagues in the Heritage 3/4 ballroom. If you prefer a quieter space for work or reading, enjoy your lunch in the Memphis or Natchez rooms.

2:00–3:00 p.m.


U.S. Department of State (DOS) Hot Topics Panel

*Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator)Matthew McNeil, Attorney Adviser, Bureau of Consular Affairs,

Department of StateMark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & ChangCharles Oppenheim, USDOS, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Chief

Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division

Jill Esposito, Director, Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State

Hugo Rodriguez, Consul General, American Consulate—Mexico City, Mexico


Analyzing a Criminal Conviction Under Descamps

Maria Baldini-Potermin, Maria Baldini-Potermin and Associates, P.C.Matthew L. Guadagno, Law Office of Matthew L. Guadagno


Bond and Custody: Mandatory Detention, Bond Redetermination, and Appeal

*Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge (Moderator)

Eileen Blessinger, Blessinger Legal PLLC Renae Hansell, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in

personal capacity


Ethics: Best Ethical Practices in Immigration Law

Rick Gump, Law Offices of Richard A. Gump Jr. (Moderator)Kevin Balkwill, Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional

Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Patrick McNally, Weatherly, McNally & Dixon, PLCTina R. Goel, Law Offices of Mark Shmueli

3:00–3:15 p.m. • BReak

3:15–4:15 p.m.


USCIS Ombudsman Hot Topics Panel

*Barry Frager, The Frager Law Firm, P.C. (Moderator)Carly L. Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS—Office of the

Citizenship and Immigration Services OmbudsmanFrederick R. Troncone, Senior Advisor, DHS, Citizenship and

Immigration Services Ombudsman


Alien Smuggling: Issues Relating to Inadmissibility and Prosecution

Jodi Goodwin, Law Office of Jodi Goodwin (Moderator)Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi Jr.,U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto RicoKara Van De Carr, Eden House


Criminal and Fraud Waivers in Removal Proceedings

Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge (Moderator)

Justin Burton, Partner, Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC

3:15–4:15 p.m. (continued)


Executive Order—U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Hot Topics Panel

*Margaret Stock, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, LLC (Moderator)Cyrus Mehta, Managing Attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLCElissa Taub, Attorney, Siskind Susser, PC

4:15–4:30 p.m. • BReak

4:30–5:30 p.m.


View from the Bench: Practice Before the Immigration Court


Hon. Rebecca Holt, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge

*Hon. Mimi Tsankov, FBA Immigration Law Section Treasurer, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge


Petitions for Naturalization, Mandamus, and APA Actions

Michael Piston, Senior Partner, Piston & Carpenter P.C.Brian Bates, Reina and Bates Immigration Law Group*Derek Julius, U.S. Department of Justice


Expert Witness in Removal Proceedings and Presenting Supporting Evidence

Nancy Fellom, Law Offices of Fellom & Solorio (Moderator)*Hon. Dorothy Harbeck, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for

Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration JudgeArturo Rios, Jr., Rios Immigration Law Firm


CSPA and Child Citizenship Act of 2000

Cyrus Mehta, Managing Attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC (Moderator)

Ari Sauer, Associate Attorney, Siskind Susser PC

5:30–6:30 p.m.

Happy HouR • natcHez

Presented by the Immigration Law Section’s Younger Lawyers Division

All conference attendees are welcome! Panel members and section leaders are also encouraged to attend.

FULL SCHEDULE • SATURDAY, MAY 16*Denotes FBA Immigration Law Section Leadership

6:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m. • RegistRation open • HeRitage FoyeR

7:30—8:30 a.m.


Visa Options for Certain Victims U Visas

Gail Pendleton, Co-Director, ASISTA Immigration Assistance (Moderator)Eunice Cho, Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center, Immigrant

Justice ProjectRachel Thompson, The Poarch Law FirmCarly Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS—Office of the Citizenship

and Immigration Services Ombudsman


Competency Hearing: Practical Demonstration of a M-A-M Hearing


Ofelia Calderon, Founding Partner, Calderon, Racine & Derwin PLCAmelia Wilson, Detention Attorney, Immigrant Rights Program,

American Friends Service Committee Dr. Alicia CabreraSean Lewis, Vice Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Immigration Law

Section, Law Offices of Sean Lewis PLLC/Music City Visa

6:30–8:30 p.m.

netwoRking Reception • Rock n’ soul museum

Even its location on the legendary Highway 61 and Beale sets this museum apart. The Memphis Rock n’ Soul Museum offers a comprehensive Memphis music experience from the rural field hollers and sharecroppers of the 1930s, through the explosion of Sun Studio, Stax and Hi Records, and Memphis’ musical heyday in the 70s, to its global musical influence.

7:30—8:30 a.m. (continued)


How the Visa Bulletin Works

*Barry Frager, The Frager Law Firm, P.C. (Moderator)Charles Oppenheim, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular

Affairs, Chief Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting DivisionJay I. Solomon, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLPFrederick R. Troncone, Senior Advisor, DHS, Citizenship and

Immigration Services Ombudsman


Basic Asylum Law Practice

Hiroko Kusuda, Associate Clinic Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (Moderator)

*Regina Germain, Adjunct Professor University of Denver, and USCIS Asylum Division, Washington, D.C., Appearing in personal capacity

Eileen Blessinger, Blessinger Legal PLLCJeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals

8:30—8:45 a.m. • opening RemaRks • HeRitage 3/4

8:30—9:30 a.m. • continental BReakFast • HeRitage FoyeR

9:00—10:00 a.m.


Special Immigrant Juvenile Hot Topics

*Christine Poarch, Attorney, Poarch Law Firm (Moderator)Carly L. Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS—Office of the

Citizenship and Immigration Services OmbudsmanJoseph Weiner, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel


Advanced Consular Processing Issues

*Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator)Hugo Rodriguez, Consul General, American Embassy, Mexico City, MexicoJill Esposito, Director, Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison, Visa

Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of StateMatthew McNeil, Attorney Adviser, Bureau of Consular Affairs,

Department of StateMark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang


Advanced Employment Based Updates and Practice Tips: Avoiding PERM

*David Ware, Ware Immigration (Moderator)Vincent Lau, Clark Lau LLC Marketa Lindt, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

National Secretary, Sidley Austin LLP


Creative Paths from Adjustment Through Naturalization

*Margaret Stock, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, LLC (Moderator)

10:00—10:15 a.m. • BReak

10:15—11:15 a.m.


Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Updates and Emerging Issues

Gail Pendleton, Co-Director, ASISTA Immigration Assistance (Moderator)Audrey Carr, Director of Immigration and Special Programs, Legal

ServicesKursten Phelps, Senior Immigration Staff Attorney, Tahirih Justice Center Carly Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS—Office of the Citizenship

and Immigration Services Ombudsman


Unlawful Presence after Yerrabelly and Provisional Waivers

Russell Abrutyn, Associate, Law Office of Marshal E. Hyman and Associates PC

Linda Kenepaske, Law Offices of Linda Kenepaske, PLLCJeff Joseph, Senior Partner, Joseph Law Firm PC


Motions Practice: Motions to Reopen, Reconsider, Remand, Etc.

Tanya Myers, Law Offices of Tanya Myers (Moderator)*Hon. Mimi Tsankov, FBA Immigration Law Section Treasurer, U.S.

Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge

Hiroko Kusuda, Associate Clinic Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law


Credibility, Documentary Evidence, and Expert Witnesses in Asylum Claims

*Dr. Alicia Triche, Principal, Triche Immigration Law (Moderator)*Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Harvard Law School

Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program HIRC*Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for

Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge*Hon. Dorothy Harbeck, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for

Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge*Karen Musalo, Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, University of

California

11:15—11:30 a.m. • BReak

11:30—12:30 p.m.


Unaccompanied Minors—Hot Topics

Kathleen Gasparian, Gasparian Immigration (Moderator)Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing

in personal capacityJoseph Weiner, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel


How to Negotiate With DOS

*Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator) Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang


Worksite Enforcement: Counseling Corporate Compliance

*Kevin Lashus, Managing Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP (Moderator)Maggie Murphy, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C.Ashley Foret Dees, LLC Principal, Ashley Foret Dees


Effective Practice Before the Board of Immigration Appeals

Russell Abrutyn, Associate, Law Office of Marshal E. Hyman and Associates PC

Lory Rosenberg, Former EOIR Board Member, Founder, IDEAS Consultation and Coaching, LLC

Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals—Appearing in personal capacity

12:30–1:45 p.m.

luncH • HeRitage 3/4, mempHis, natcHez

Enjoy conversation and networking with your colleagues in the Heritage 3/4 ballroom. If you prefer a quieter space for work or reading, enjoy your lunch in the Memphis or Natchez rooms.

immigRation law section annual meeting • cHattanooga

2:00—3:00 p.m.


DACA/DAPA and Parole-In-Place—Advanced Practice

Gordon Quan, Quan Law Group, LLC (Moderator)Linda Kenepaske, Law Offices of Linda Kenepaske, PLLC*Kimberly Sutton, Law Office of Kimberly Sutton, PLLCHugo Valverde, Valverde and Rowell, PC


Income Tax for Aliens: Tax Issues in Immigration

Robert Alcorn, Robert Alcorn, CPA, MBA

Sam Rock, Attorney, Rock Law Group, PLC; Rock and Hardin Professional Tax Services


PERM Updates and Best Practices

*David Ware, Ware Immigration (Moderator)Pamela Mick, Managing Principal, Partenheimer Mick Immigration Law

LLCJay I. Solomon, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP


Asylum in the Era of Artesia: Detention/Bond and Procedural Due Process

*Dr. Alicia Triche, Principal, Triche Immigration Law (Moderator)Christina Fiflis, Principal, Fiflis Law LLCRichard A. Boswell, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Global

Programs, U.C. Hastings College of Law

3:00—3:15 p.m. • BReak

3:15—4:15 p.m.


Prosecutorial Discretion

Glenda McGraw Regnart, Counsel to the Firm, Cascadia Cross Borders Law Group LLP (Moderator)

Jeff Joseph, Senior Partner, Joseph Law Firm, P.C.


Comprehensive Immigration Reform

Charles Foster, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Past National President, Foster LLP (Moderator)

Gordon Quan, Quan Law Group, LLCJennifer A. Minear, McCandish Holton, P.C.


Worksite Enforcement: Criminal and Civil Litigation

Marketa Lindt, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National Secretary, Sidley Austin LLP (Moderator)

Rick Gump, Law Offices of Richard A. Gump, Jr.Cynthia Lange, Partner, Fragomen Worldwide


Domestic Violence Refugee and CAT Claims in the Aftermath of A-R-C-G

*Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge

*Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program HIRC

*Karen Musalo, Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, University of California

4:15—4:30 p.m. • BReak

4:30—5:30 p.m.


Border Crisis Forum/Leadership Roundtable

*Christine Poarch, Attorney, Poarch Law Firm (Moderator)Karen Grisez, Special Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

LLP


Meeting the Challenges of Non-Immigrant Visas (B, F, H, L, O, P and R)

Michael Jarecki, Law Office of Michael R. JareckiWilliam Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)

National First Vice President, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP


Worksite Enforcement: Representing an Employer in an ICE Audit

*Kevin Lashus, Managing Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP (Moderator)Ann Allott, Allott Immigration Law Firm*Eileen Scofield, FBA Immigration Law Section Vice Chair, Alston & Bird

LLP


Ethics: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Tanya Myers, Law Offices of Tanya Myers (Moderator)Kevin Balkwill, Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional Responsibility of

the Supreme Court of TennesseeSean Lewis, Vice Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Immigration Law

Section, Law Offices of Sean Lewis PLLC/Music City Visa

7:00–11:00 p.m.

Judicial awaRds Reception • Belz museum

The Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art is home to a diverse, world-class collection that spans the art of distinct cultures and time periods, including imperial Asian art, contemporary Judaica, a selection of natural history objects, and various examples of art and craft from around the world. A tour of the museum will be provided for interested attendees.

As part of this special evening, the FBA Immigration Law Section will confer its annual awards. Don’t miss this celebratory event!

CLE CREDIT

Accreditation has been requested from every state with man-datory CLE requirements. Certificates of attendance will be provided to each attendee. Attendees are responsible for obtaining CLE credits from their respective states. Credit availability and requirements vary from state to state; please contact Maria Conticelli at [email protected] or (571) 481-9104 with any questions.

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FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION Immigration Law Conference · J. Thomas Davis, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Court Administrator–Memphis Immigration