The Federal Bar Association’s 2015 Immigration Law Conference was held at the Sheraton Memphis Downtown Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee on May 15-16, 2015.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Worksite Enforcement: Current Status of Employer Sanctions and the Evolving Workplace
Kathleen Gasparian, Gasparian Immigration (Moderator); Maggie Murphy, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Worksite Enforcement: Current Status of Employer Sanctions placard
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Rico; and George Terezakis, The Law Offices of George A. Terezakis
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Administrative Appeals of CIS Adjudications
William Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association & 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.; and Ron Rosenberg, Chief, USCIS Administrative Appeals Office
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Administrative Appeals of CIS Adjudications
William Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association & 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.; and Ron Rosenberg, Chief, USCIS Administrative Appeals Office
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 LLP; Brandon Lowy, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 LLP; Brandon Lowy, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Asylum Claims for Unaccompanied Minors
Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge; Regina Germain, Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, and USCIS Asylum Division—Appearing in personal capacity; and Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Judge; and Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Asylum Claims for Unaccompanied Minors
Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge; Regina Germain, Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, and USCIS Asylum Division—Appearing in personal capacity; and Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Immigration Consequences of Crimes of Violence
Justin Burton, Partner, Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC (Moderator); H. Raymond Fasano, FBA Immigration Law Section Immediate Past Chair, Youman Madeo & Fasano, LLP; and Dan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration Project
2015 Immigration Law Seminar Chairs
Immigration Consequences of Crimes of Violence
Justin Burton, Partner, Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC (Moderator); H. Raymond Fasano, FBA Immigration Law Section Immediate Past Chair, Youman Madeo & Fasano, LLP; and Dan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration Project
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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; and Stanley Parker, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Senior Journeyman Officer, Area Port of Memphis
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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; and Bennett Savitz, Savitz Law Offices, P.C.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Project; Lory Rosenberg, Former EOIR Board Member, Founder, IDEAS Consultation and Coaching, LLC; and Maria Baldini-Potermin, Maria Baldini-Potermin and Associates, P.C.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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.; and Maris J. Liss, George P. Mann and Associates, P.C.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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; Mark Shmueli, Law Offices of Mark Shmueli; and George Terezakis, The Law Offices of George A. Terezakis
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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, PLC; and Tina R. Goel, Law Offices of Mark Shmueli
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Analyzing a Criminal Conviction Under Descamps
Maria Baldini-Potermin, Maria Baldini-Potermin and Associates, P.C.; Dan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration Project; and Matthew L. Guadagno, Law Office of Matthew L. Guadagno
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 State; Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang; Charles 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; and Hugo Rodriguez, Consul General, American Consulate—Mexico City, Mexico
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Alien Smuggling: Issues Relating to Inadmissibility and Prosecution
Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi Jr.,U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico; and Kara Van De Carr, Eden House
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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, PLLC; and Elissa Taub, Attorney, Siskind Susser, PC
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Ombudsman; and Frederick R. Troncone, Senior Advisor, DHS, Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
View from the Bench: Practice Before the Immigration Court
Juan Osuna, Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) (Moderator); Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge; 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
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Petitions for Naturalization, Mandamus, and APA Actions
Michael Piston, Senior Partner, Piston & Carpenter P.C.; and Derek Julius, U.S. Department of Justice
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
CSPA and Child Citizenship Act of 2000
Cyrus Mehta, Managing Attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC (Moderator); Ari Sauer, Associate Attorney, Siskind Susser PC
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Expert Witness in Removal Proceedings and Presenting Supporting Evidence
Hon. Dorothy Harbeck, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge; and Arturo Rios, Jr., Rios Immigration Law Firm
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
View from the Bench: Practice Before the Immigration Court
Juan Osuna, Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) (Moderator); Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge; 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
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 PLLC; and Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Project; Rachel Thompson, The Poarch Law Firm; Carly Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS—Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Competency Hearing: Practical Demonstration of a M-A-M Hearing
Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge; Ofelia Calderon, Founding Partner, Calderon, Racine & Derwin PLC; Amelia Wilson, Detention Attorney, Immigrant Rights Program, American Friends Service Committee; Dr. Alicia Cabrera; Sean Lewis, Vice Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Immigration Law Section, Law Offices of Sean Lewis PLLC/Music City Visa
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Division; Jay I. Solomon, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP; and Frederick R. Troncone, Senior Advisor, DHS, Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Ombudsman; and Joseph Weiner, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Advanced Consular Processing Issues
Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator); Hugo Rodriguez, Consul General, American Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico; Jill Esposito, Director, Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; Matthew McNeil, Attorney Adviser, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State; and Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Creative Paths from Adjustment Through Naturalization
Margaret Stock, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, LLC (Moderator); and Mark Shmueli, Law Offices of Mark Shmueli
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Services; Kursten Phelps, Senior Immigration Staff Attorney, Tahirih Justice Center; Carly Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS—Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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, PLLC; Jeff Joseph, Senior Partner, Joseph Law Firm PC
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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; and Hiroko Kusuda, Associate Clinic Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Unaccompanied Minors—Hot Topics
Kathleen Gasparian, Gasparian Immigration (Moderator); Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney—Appearing in personal capacity; and Joseph Weiner, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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; and Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals—Appearing in personal capacity
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
How to Negotiate With DOS
Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator); and Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 LLC<; and Richard A. Boswell, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Global; Programs, U.C. Hastings College of Law
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Income Tax for Aliens: Tax Issues in Immigration
Robert Alcorn, Robert Alcorn, CPA, MBA; and Sam Rock, Attorney, Rock Law Group, PLC; Rock and Hardin Professional Tax Services
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
PERM Updates and Best Practices
David Ware, Ware Immigration (Moderator); Pamela Mick, Managing Principal, Partenheimer Mick Immigration Law LLC; and Jay I. Solomon, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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, PLLC; and Hugo Valverde, Valverde and Rowell, PC
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Panel
Charles Foster, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Past National President, Foster LLP (Moderator); Gordon Quan, Quan Law Group, LLC; and Jennifer A. Minear, McCandish Holton, P.C.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Prosecutorial Discretion
Glenda McGraw Regnart, Counsel to the Firm, Cascadia Cross Borders Law Group LLP (Moderator); and Jeff Joseph, Senior Partner, Joseph Law Firm, P.C.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Worksite Enforcement: Criminal and Civil Litigation
Marketa Lindt, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National Secretary, Sidley Austin LLP (Moderator); and Rick Gump, Law Offices of Richard A. Gump, Jr.
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
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 Tennessee; Sean Lewis, Vice Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Immigration Law Section, Law Offices of Sean Lewis PLLC/Music City Visa
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Meeting the Challenges of Non-Immigrant Visas (B, F, H, L, O, P and R)
Michael Jarecki, Law Office of Michael R. Jarecki; and William Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National First Vice President, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP
2015 Immigration Law Seminar
Worksite Enforcement: Representing an Employer in an ICE Audit
Kevin Lashus, Managing Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP (Moderator); and Eileen Scofield, FBA Immigration Law Section Vice Chair, Alston & Bird LLP
