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SUMMARY:Immigration Law Section: Immigration Worksite Enforcement in the Trump Administration
DESCRIPTION:**Webinar hosted in (ET) Time Zone** \nThis webinar\, sponsored by the Immigration Law Section’s Newer Members Division will provide an overview on worksite enforcement actions\, including I-9 audits and “raids” occurring in the current administration. The speakers will address the legal framework for compliance\, as well as the process of an audit and how attorneys can assist their clients through these audits. The panel will discuss the uptick in immigration “raids” and how attorneys can best advise their clients on preparedness\, compliance with federal law\, and how to best interact with federal law enforcement. \nSave the Date!\nPresented by the Immigration Law Section and Immigration Law Section’s New Lawyer Division.\n\nPresenters\n \nAmy L. Peck\, Principal\, Jackson Lewis \nAmy Peck is a principal in the Omaha\, Nebraska\, office of Jackson Lewis P.C.\, and co-leader of the firm’s Immigration group. A nationally recognized attorney\, Amy helps employers navigate immigration compliance in an ever‑changing legal landscape. \nAmy partners with employers to manage immigration compliance by translating complex regulatory requirements into practical\, risk‑reducing solutions. Her practice includes proactive Form I-9 compliance\, such as employment eligibility verification training\, internal audits and risk assessments\, electronic system review\, and\, when necessary\, responding to agency worksite enforcement actions. Emphasizing proactivity\, she also is a go-to for ICE raid defense and ICE visit preparedness\, counsels employers on Social Security No-Match Letter guidance and policy drafting and the use of E-Verify. Amy stays ahead of employer needs\, delivering creative and efficient solutions to immigration compliance and workforce issues. \nAmy is a trusted voice on employment and immigration enforcement issues\, and her insights are sought by national media. She is also a frequent national speaker on worksite enforcement issues. \nA respected leader within the immigration law community\, Amy currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Immigration Council. She previously served for 12 years an elected Director to the Board of Governors of the 18\,000-member American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA). She also served for 3 years as the chair of the AILA National Verification Committee\, which liaises with USCIS\, ICE and OCAHO on I-9\, E-Verify and related worksite issues. \n \nLisa H. York\, Managing Attorney\, Curray York & Associates \nLisa Helen York has practiced U.S. immigration law for over 20 years. Her practice focuses exclusively on U.S. immigration law with an emphasis on employment and family-based immigration. Her areas of expertise include advising institutes of higher education on immigration law\, obtaining work visas (H-1B\, TN\, L\, E\, O\, etc.) for both large and small companies\, sponsoring foreign nationals for U.S. permanent residence through the PERM process\, national interest waivers\, outstanding researcher petitions\, and extraordinary ability petitions.  She is also a recognized expert on F-1 and J-1 student visa issues. \nLisa graduated from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2002. She earned her bachelor’s degree in International Relations from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1995 with a focus on Sub-Saharan Africa. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Colorado. \n\n\nRegistration\nSave the Date!\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\n\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 Zachary New (zachary@immigrationissues.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-immigration-worksite-enforcement-in-the-trump-administration/
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SUMMARY:Webinar: “Through a Glass\, Darkly”: Navigating Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Cases
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** \nThis presentation provides a practical and legally grounded exploration of how conflicts of interest arise and are managed in criminal proceedings. It examines key frameworks such as the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure\, Supreme Court precedent\, and the ABA Model Rules to illuminate common ethical issues arising from multiple representation and third-party fee arrangements. From both defense and prosecution perspectives\, the program highlights the ethical duties\, strategic considerations\, and constitutional implications that accompany potential conflicts—emphasizing early identification\, informed waivers\, and the court’s ongoing responsibility to safeguard a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to conflict-free counsel. Designed for practitioners\, the presentation offers real-world guidance to navigate these often subtle but critical issues while minimizing risks of reversal or ineffective assistance claims. \nPresented by the FBA’s Professional Development Committee. \nSave the Date!\n\nPresenters\nHon. James E. Marner\, United States District Court for the District of Arizona\nHonorable James Marner is a United States Magistrate Judge for the District of Arizona\, based in Tucson. Appointed to the federal bench on April 2\, 2025\, for an eight-year term\, he previously served as a judge for the Pima County\, Arizona Superior Court from 2012 to 2025. Before taking the bench\, he was a trial attorney at the King County Prosecutor’s Office in Seattle and then spent 15 years as a civil trial attorney in Pima County. \n  \nProf. Keith Swisher\, The University of Arizona\, James E. Rogers College of Law\nProfessor Keith Swisher directs the Bachelor of Law and Master of Legal Studies Programs at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Prof. Swisher teaches legal ethics and procedure\, serves as ethics counsel and expert witness to lawyers\, law firms\, and judges\, and represents indigent defendants in the Ninth Circuit. His scholarship is regularly published and cited in the areas of legal and judicial ethics and disqualification\, and he previously founded and edited the first blogs on judicial ethics and lawyer disqualification. He is a former member of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and the Editorial Board of ABA/BNA Lawyers’ Manual on Professional Conduct. In 2011\, he received the ABA’s Rosner & Rosner Young Lawyer Professionalism Award\, and in 2016\, he received the AJC’s Learned Hand Emerging Leadership Award. Previously\, Prof. Swisher clerked for the Ninth Circuit (Canby\, J.) and practiced at Osborn Maledon in Phoenix. \nBrian L. Tannebaum\, Tannebaum Law\nA newspaper reporter once wrote that “Brian Tannebaum is the lawyers that lawyers go to when they find themselves in hot water.” Now in his 30th year of practice\, Brian represents lawyers\, judges\, law students\, and law firms in ethics and criminal matters in state and federal courts. Brian is a former member of a Florida Bar Grievance Committee and former member of the Ad Hoc Committee on Attorney Admissions\, Peer Review\, and Attorney Grievance for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Brian is listed in Best Lawyers in America and was named one of the top 100 lawyers in Miami by Super Lawyers. Brian is a Past Chair of the Innocence Project of Florida\, Past President of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and currently serves on the Florida Bar’s Professional Ethics Committee and as an officer of the Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers. He authored the book The Practice: Brutal Truths about Lawyers and Lawyers\, published by the ABA\, and in his non-lawyer world\, is a Certified Sommelier. \n  \n\n\nSave the Date!\n\n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.\nMyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Demystifying Discovery: Fundamental Tools and Tactics for Law Clerks and New Lawyers
DESCRIPTION:**Program hosted in (ET) Time Zone** \nThis CLE course will provide a foundational overview of discovery in federal civil litigation\, including the use of interrogatories\, requests for production\, requests for admission\, and depositions. The program offers practical tips for drafting clear discovery requests and responses to minimize objections and disputes in court and also will address tips for navigating discovery disputes that do arise in litigation.  \nRegister Now!\nPresented by the FBA’s Judiciary Division & Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee \n\nPresenters\n\n \nThe Honorable Marty Fulgueira Elfenbein\, Magistrate Judge\, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida \n\nMarty Fulgueira Elfenbein was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Southern District of Florida on March 11\, 2024. Before joining the judiciary\, from September 2018 to March 2024\, Judge Elfenbein served as an Assistant United States Attorney in Miami\, prosecuting cases in the Major Crimes and Economic and Environmental Crimes Sections. In her last year as a prosecutor\, she was the Chief of the Collateral Litigation Section\, overseeing all post-conviction litigation and filter reviews on a district-wide basis. Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office\, she worked as a law clerk for the Honorable Beth Bloom in the Southern District of Florida. From 2006 to 2016\, Judge Elfenbein was an associate and later a partner at Rumberger\, Kirk\, and Caldwell\, P.A. where she focused her federal and state practice in the areas of aviation law\, products liability\, premises liability\, and insurance defense. She earned a degree in newspaper journalism in 2002 and a Juris Doctor degree in 2005\, both from the University of Florida. \n\n\n \n\nMatthew Allen\, Principal\, Miller Canfield Paddock and Stone\, P.L.C. \nMatthew P. Allen is a litigator and trial lawyer who has tried and arbitrated a wide variety of cases\, ranging from felony matters in Detroit’s criminal courts to bet-the[1]company securities and international intellectual property cases. Over the past decade\, Matt has been consistently voted by his peers as a leading lawyer in Michigan and the United States by the publications Best Lawyers in America\, Michigan Super Lawyers\, and Leading Lawyers. Matt has also been selected as a Fellow in the Litigation Counsel of America\, an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society composed of less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. In addition to his commercial litigation practice\, Matt has represented corporations\, audit committees\, and corporate officers and directors in civil and criminal investigations and enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission\, U.S. Federal Trade Commission\, U.S. Department of Justice\, U.S. Department of Homeland Security\, and U.S. Federal Election Commission. He has also tried numerous felony bench and jury trials\, and conducted felony preliminary examinations\, while serving as a Special Assistant Prosecuting Attorney in Wayne County (Detroit) Michigan. \n\n\n\n \nProf. Debra M. Strauss\, Professor of Business Law\, Fairfield University \nDebra M. Strauss is a Professor of Business Law at Fairfield University Charles F. Dolan School of Business\, where she teaches international law\, business law\, and applied ethics. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Cornell University and Yale Law School\, she clerked for the Honorable Charles L. Brieant\, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York\, and practiced commercial litigation at Rogers & Wells (now Clifford Chance LLP). Professor Strauss is the author of Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships (West Academic Publishing\, 3rd ed. 2023)\, a leading resource on the courts and judicial clerkships. She previously served as the founding Director of Judicial Clerkship Counseling and Programs at Yale Law School and authored the National Judicial Clerkship Study for the American Bar Association and the National Association for Law Placement. She is a founder and officer of the Connecticut Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and serves as Co-Chair of the Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee of the FBA Judiciary Division. Professor Strauss frequently presents and consults on federal practice and effective advocacy in the courts\, including practical guidance on litigation\, legal writing\, and judicial clerkship success. \n \nAnoosheh Shaikh\, Associate\, Duane Morris LLP \nAnoosheh Shaikh has developed a well-rounded practice focused on complex commercial litigation\, securities\, and employment litigation. She is well-versed in litigation strategy including managing discovery\, drafting motions\, and preparing for trial. \nPrior to joining Duane Morris\, Ms. Shaikh served as law clerk to the Hon. Embry Kidd of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. \nMs. Shaikh is a 2022 cum laude graduate of the University of Miami School of Law and a cum laude graduate of The George Washington University. During law school\, she was Vice President of the Charles C. Papy Jr. Moot Court Board and member of the International and Comparative Law Review. Additionally\, she was inducted into the Order of Barristers National Honors Society for excellence in oral advocacy and brief writing. \n\n\n \nKaitlin Farrell\, Partner\, Haug Partners \nKaitlin Farrell has extensive patent law experience\, focused primarily on patent litigation and pre-lawsuit investigations in matters related to pharmaceuticals\, medical devices\, chemicals\, cosmetics\, food/beverage\, automotives\, and consumer products. Kaitlin has developed significant trial and appellate experience that informs all elements of her litigation and due diligence practice. Kaitlin has experience with a wide range of pharmaceutical products\, including treatments for neurological\, hematologic\, dermatologic\, gynecologic\, and rare-disease conditions\, as well as various extended-release\, topical\, subcutaneous\, and biologic drug formulations. Kaitlin has litigated major patent disputes before the PTAB\, the ITC\, and in major patent venues across the country. She has also represented clients before U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. She is an active contributor to local\, national\, and international intellectual property associations. She is a graduate of Notre Dame Law School and Fordham University. \n \nChristina Dines\, Law Clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (Moderator) \nChristina Dines is presently serving as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Adalberto Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  She previously clerked for the Honorable John L. Sinatra\, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and for Justice John D. Couriel of the Florida Supreme Court\, and serves on the Federal Bar Association’s Federal Judicial Law Clerk Committee.\nIn addition to her clerkships\, which have informed her advocacy\, Christina has extensive litigation experience.  As a senior associate in the Miami office of Baker McKenzie LLP\, she was a member of the firm’s Litigation & Government Enforcement Practice Group.  She has assisted clients in navigating high-stakes matters involving complex civil disputes\, internal and external investigations\, and federal civil RICO.  She has worked on cases across several state and federal courts\, including the U.S. Supreme Court.\nA graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Law School\, and a former Division I coxswain\, Christina serves on the Notre Dame Monogram Club Board of Directors. \n\n\n\nRegistration\nRegister Now! \n\nLive Broadcast | FBA Member: $0\nLive Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\nOn-Demand Broadcast | FBA Member: $50\nOn-Demand Broadcast | Nonmember: $95\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCLE\nPlease note: CLE for this webinar has not been pre-approved.\nMyLaw and the FBA will seek 1.0 General CLE credit hours in 60-minute states\, and 1.2 General CLE credit hours in 50-minute states. \nPosted credit hours are estimated and subject to respective state approval and rounding rules. CLE qualifications vary by state/jurisdiction. \nFor questions regarding this program\, please contact MyLaw CLE by email: registration@mylawcle.com or phone: 877-406-8636.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/webinar-demystifying-discovery-fundamental-tools-and-tactics-for-law-clerks-and-new-lawyers/
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SUMMARY:2026 Immigration Law Conference
DESCRIPTION:Save the Date!\n\n\n\n\nThis year’s Annual Immigration Law Conference will return on Friday\, May 1 – Saturday\, May 2\, 2026 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington\, VA! \nThis must-attend event will bring together immigration law professionals to engage in critical discussions and explore emerging trends that impact our field. Whether you’re working on family-based petitions\, employment visas\, or advocating for immigrant rights\, this conference is the perfect forum for gaining knowledge\, advancing your practice\, and enhancing your influence in the field. \nRegistration Opening November 2025.
URL:https://www.fedbar.org/event/2026-immigration-law-conference/
LOCATION:Crystal Gateway Marriott\, 1700 Richmond Hwy\, Arlington\, VA\, 22202\, United States
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