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SUMMARY:Immigration Law Section: U & T Visas
DESCRIPTION: **Program hosted in (CDT) time zone** \nJoin the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Lawyers Division for their webinar series on Monday\, September 23 at 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (CDT) time zone. Panelists will be discussing U-nonimmigrant visas and T-nonimmigrant visas\, including an overview of the requirements\, recent updates and practice pointers.  This webinar series enables attendees to receive education and mentoring from seasoned immigration attorneys in specific areas of immigration law. \nPresented by the Immigration Law Section \nRegistration for this event is closed. \n  \nPresenters\nElizabeth Murrar – Murrar Law\, LLC \nElizabeth Murrar has been in private practice since 2010\, focusing on humanitarian- and family-based immigration and deportation defense. Her personal family history introduced her to immigration prior to law school but her journey began as a volunteer immigration legal assistant and intern at Catholic Charities of Wisconsin – Immigration Legal Services\, where she developed a passion for advocating on behalf of immigrants. \nElizabeth is a national and local member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and has acted as a liaison to other local government agencies. She previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Immigration Law at Marquette University Law School\, mentoring aspiring legal professionals. \n  \n  \n \nCaleb Stewart – Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) \nCaleb Stewart (he/him/his) is a Senior Staff Attorney with the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network’s (RMIAN) anti-human trafficking project where he represents survivors of human trafficking on their immigration cases\, advises and mentors pro bono attorneys\, trains legal and other professionals on working with survivors of human trafficking\, and engages the public in advocating for the rights of survivors. Caleb joined RMIAN’s Anti-Human Trafficking Project in March 2018\, after 4+ years of providing civil legal services to survivors of human trafficking with Colorado Legal Services. He is a long-standing member of the Colorado Human Trafficking Council (CHTC) fulfilling the role of a labor trafficking expert\, and a Steering Committee member of the Freedom Network USA. Prior to studying law and public administration at the University of Washington\, he lived in Thailand for five years as a Peace Corps Volunteer and as the Managing Director of the Khom Loy Development Foundation (KLDF). \n  \n  \n\nRegistration\nRegistration for this event is closed. \nRegistration Fees \n\nComplimentary for FBA Members & Non-Members\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.  \n\nEvent Contact\nNicole Provax\nnprovax@krilaw.com \n\nCLE\nPlease note CLE will not be offered for this event.  \n\nFrequently Asked Questions \nQ: How do I access the virtual webinar?\nA: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar. \nQ: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?\nA: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar. \nQ: Who do I contact for more information?\nA: Please contact Mary Sirmans (mary@amarylaw.com) or sections@fedbar.org for any other questions. \n\nEmail Communication Policy\nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer\nBy registering for an online FBA program\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/immigration-law-section-u-t-visas/
CATEGORIES:Immigration Law Section
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240924T114500
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SUMMARY:Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Chapter Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting where we will ratify our 2024-2025 board of directors and have the pleasure of hearing from our keynote speaker\, Judge Douglas R. Cole\, who will reflect on his first five years as a district court judge. This is a great opportunity to network with fellow practitioners and federal judges over lunch. We are looking forward to seeing you at this engaging event!
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/cincinnati-northern-kentucky-chapter-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:The Taft Center\, 425 Walnut Street\, 2nd floor\, Cincinnati\, OH\, 45202\, United States
CATEGORIES:John W Peck Cincinnati Northern Kentucky Chapter
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240927T140000
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Career Opportunities Advocating for Veterans and Military Personnel
DESCRIPTION:Join the Veterans & Military Law Section as we explore career options that involve representing or advocating for veterans and military personnel.  Webinar attendees will learn about working for various organizations\, including private firms\, nonprofit organizations\, government/military entities\, and academic institutions. \n  \nPresented by the Veterans and Military Law Section \n  \nRegistration for this event is closed.\nPresenters\nAnna Richardson (Moderator) – Co-Executive Director & Chief Counsel of Veterans Legal Services \nAnna Richardson is co-executive director and chief counsel at the Boston-based legal aid organization\, Veterans Legal Services. Anna has served in that role since 2010\, after previously working as a VLS staff attorney. In 2018\, under the leadership of Anna and her co-director\, Sarah Roxburgh\, VLS received the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s Reginald Heber Smith Award for Excellence in Legal Services. In 2019\, she was named co-Lawyer of the Year by the Frank J. Murray Inn of Court and was also a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly “Top Women in the Law” honoree. Anna successfully argued Dept. of Revenue v. Grullon\, 485 Mass. 129 (2020)\, protecting the rights of indigent parents from wrongful incarceration in child support proceedings. Anna was also appointed by the Trial Court to the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines Task Force in 2020 and 2024. \nIn addition to her legal work at VLS\, Anna has led trainings on veterans’ legal issues for the Boston Bar Association\, the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education\, and various legal services agencies throughout Massachusetts. \nAnna received her B.A. from Boston College and her J.D. from Boston University School of Law. She currently serves on the board of the Mental Health Legal Advisors Committee\, appointed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.\n \n  \nKatie Becker – Instructor at the Veterans Legal Clinic\, University of Missouri School of Law \nKatie M. Becker is a staff attorney and instructor at the Veterans Clinic at the University of Missouri School of Law. In this role\, she supervises students\, teaches classes\, and manages an active caseload assisting veterans and their dependents with obtaining benefits they have earned through service to our country\, primarily before the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense.  She also serves as the chair of the amicus advocacy committee of the National Law School Veterans Clinic Consortium. \nBecker previously served as a staff attorney for the Veterans Legal Clinic at the University of Georgia School of Law\, and an associate appellate attorney with Chisholm Chisholm & Kilpatrick in Providence\, RI. She also worked for the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program in Washington\, D.C. \nBecker earned her law degree magna cum laude from Syracuse University ​College of Law where she served as an executive editor of the Syracuse Law Review\, was inducted into the Order of the Coif\, and served for four semesters as a student attorney in the school’s Veterans Legal Clinic. \n  \nThomas Roughneen \nThomas Roughneen served as an Assistant Prosecutor in Union and Essex Counties for nine years starting back in 1998.  He opened his own law practice in 2014 to serve the unique interests of military members and Veterans. He served on active duty and with other law firms through the years.  His general practice is in New Brunswick\, New Jersey and he opened a second office in Huntsville\, Alabama. CitizenSoldierLaw accepts military-related matters for troops and veterans from around the world and conducts a wide range of civil and criminal litigation. \nHe enlisted in 1988 and attended Army Basic Training as a Private in the New Jersey Army National Guard.  He received his commission as a Field Artillery Officer and retired as an Army Judge Advocate after service in Iraq conducting civil-military operations in Kirkuk and the Sunni Triangle in Iraq in 2003 and 2004.  He later served as defense counsel to Salim Hamdan\, a Guantanamo Bay detainee\, before mobilizing again as a military prosecutor at Fort Dix\, followed by a tour as a Brigade Judge Advocate in Germany. His last active-duty mobilization was as an adjudicator at the Physical Evaluation Board in Arlington\, Virginia\, where he reviewed Army Soldiers’ claims for disability retirement. \nHe graduated from Johns Hopkins University\, School of Advanced International Studies with a Masters Degree in 2007\, received his Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1995 and earned his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College in 1991. He is married to Alice Tzeng\, M.D.\, and is blessed with two daughters and a son. \nFormerly\, he served as Chairman of the Military Law and Veterans Affairs Section when the New Jersey State Bar Association successfully lobbied for the Criminal Diversion Program law. \n  \nJonathan Crisp  \nJonathan Crisp founded and is the sole Owner and Member of Crisp and Associates Military Law in 2007 after serving on active duty in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps JAG for almost seven years.  When he transitioned from active duty\, he immediately joined the Pennsylvania Army National Guard where he served for the next fifteen (15) years and retired in November 2021 as a Lieutenant Colonel. Prior to joining the U.S. Army JAGC Corps\, he served as a county Public Defender in Centre County\, PA \nMr. Crisp has litigated more than 210 jury (panel) trials to verdict and resolved numerous others short of litigation. He has represented clients in and out of uniform all over the United States and around the world\, to include Kuwait\, Iraq\, Bahrain\, Korea\, Germany\, Italy\, Spain\, Japan and Kosovo. \nMr. Crisp began his career as an Assistant Public Defender in Centre County\, Pennsylvania. He left the Centre County Public Defender’s Office to join the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. In the Judge Advocate General’s Corps\, he first served as a Legal Assistance Attorney and then the Chief of Legal Assistance at Patton Barracks in Heidelberg\, Germany. \nMr. Crisp then served as a Defense Counsel in Ansbach\, Germany\, where he represented soldiers at administrative proceedings and courts-martial. He was subsequently selected to be the Senior Defense Counsel in Fort Jackson\, South Carolina.  Two of the more high-profile cases in which Mr. Crisp was involved as a servicemember involved charges of abuse against detainees at Abu Ghraib and a case involving the death of a detainee during an interrogation. \nAfter leaving active duty\, Mr. Crisp co-founded Crisp & Associates\, LLC in 2007.  His efforts in intervening 16 plus years has seen the firm grow from a solo practice operation to a firm of eight (8) attorneys and twelve (12) support staff who serve the needs of service members in all facets of their career and have led to representing civilians in other high-profile cases. Most recently\, he defended an individual who was a member of the Oathkeepers indicted on charges of sedition\, of which she was acquitted. \nMr. Crisp was born and raised in Philadelphia\, PA and has been married for over 24 years to Angela; they have two children\, Ivan and Elsie.  They currently reside in Harrisburg\, PA. \n  \nEmma Peterson  \nEmma joined CCK in 2014 and serves as a Managing Attorney. Her practice focuses on representing disabled veterans and their families before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims\, the Board of Veterans’ Appeals\, and the Department of Veterans Affairs. \nEmma graduated from Connecticut College with a B.A. in Government in 2007 and graduated cum laude from Roger Williams University School of Law Honors Program in 2011. \nWhile in law school\, Emma was a member of the Trial Team\, the Women’s Law Society\, and served as a Rule 9 Student Attorney with the Rhode Island Attorney General’s Office. Prior to joining CCK\, Emma practiced at a general litigation law firm. \nEmma has been a speaker twice at the National Organization of Veterans’ Advocates bi-annual conferences. In the Fall of 2018\, she presented on Extraschedular consideration\, and in Spring of 2022 she presented on appeal options in the Appeals Modernization Act after MVA v. McDonough. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegistration for this event is closed. \nRegistration Fees \n\nFBA Member: $0\nNonmember: $95\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLive Captioning: Closed captioning is available for all virtual webcasts. \n\n\nInternet Requirements: Virtual programs require suitable internet strength to stream online panels. A minimum internet connection of 800 Kbps is recommended for an optimal attendee experience. Test your connection here.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note CLE will not be offered for this event.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrequently Asked Questions\nQ: How do I access the virtual webinar?\nA: Each webinar will have a unique link to watch the live broadcast. Registered attendees will receive login instructions via a calendar invitations 24 hours prior to the webinar. \nQ: Will recordings of the sessions be available after the event?\nA: Approved sessions will be available for registrants to view live and on-demand following the webinar. \nQ: Who do I contact for more information?\nA: Please contact sections@fedbar.org for any other questions. \n\nEmail Communication Policy\nBy registering for this event\, you agree to receive email communication from the Federal Bar Association and affiliated sponsors of the program concerning event details\, Continuing Legal Education certification\, programming changes\, upcoming events\, surveys\, and post-event communications. \nRecording Disclaimer\nBy registering for an online FBA program\, you agree to the recording of audio and visual content presented during the live event and consent to subsequent use of the recording by the FBA. You agree that the recording is the sole property of the FBA and that the recording may be used by the FBA in any manner in its sole and absolute discretion. This recording may include questions and poll responses provided by you during the live event. If you do not consent to the recording and the FBA’s use of the same\, do not register for the event. \nIf you have any questions regarding this program\, please contact sections@fedbar.org \n 
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-career-opportunities-advocating-for-veterans-and-military-personnel/
CATEGORIES:Veterans Law Section
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