| ADVANCED IMMIGRATION STRATEGIES
Fifth Annual AILA New England Immigration Law Symposium
Sponsored with the New England Chapter of American Immigration
Lawyers Association
Please Note: This course has already
been held.
Date: Friday, April 11, 2008
Location: Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
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Follow your case from the Service Center to the National Visa Center to the Consulate and the Border Post to the U.S. First Circuit. This conference offers you solutions to the practical and strategic obstacles all immigration lawyers confront. Featuring national experts, as well as both current and former government officials, you will hear insights on how to navigate both agency matters and case problems. You will learn about the latest issues facing the immigration practitioner today, including the most recent agency policy guidance, worksite enforcement matters, and other changes affecting your practice. Find out about immigrant visa processing from the inside of the Vermont Service Center and the National Visa Center. Discover what steps you can take to move your more difficult cases forward. Receive updates on Service Center and National Visa Center policies and practices which shape the adjudication of cases. You can develop your own expertise for consular processing from national experts. Then discover solutions to problems that arise at the border direct from the Port Director. Find out what to do from key government officials and renowned national AILA experts. The conference concludes with insights from a U.S. District Court Judge, the Honorable Nancy Gertner.
Our experts will share their knowledge and experiences - what has worked and what has failed. Ample time for questions and answers will be provided. While novice practitioners are certainly welcome and indeed encouraged to attend, this program will not focus on the basic “how-to’s” of immigration filings.
FACULTY & PLANNING COMMITTEE Leslie DiTrani, Esq., Co-Chair, Planning Committee
Law Office of Leslie Tuttle DiTrani, Cambridge, MA
Bethany Mandell, Esq., Co-Chair, Planning Committee
McNamara Koenig & McCarthy PC, Wellesley, MA
Jeanne A. Butterfield, Esq., Executive Director
American Immigration Lawyers Association, Washington, DC
Keith J. Canney, Adjudications Manager
Vermont Service Center, US CIS, (invited)
Anthony Drago, Jr., Esq., Planning Committee
Law Office of Anthony Drago, Jr., P.C., Boston, MA
Stephen K. Fischel, Esq.,
Fischel Mohan & Fanning, Alexandria, VA
Honorable Nancy Gertner
U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Leslie A. Holman, Esq.
Holman Immigration Law, Burlington, VT
Harvey Kaplan, Esq.
Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman, LLP, Boston, MA
James McMillian, Port Director
US Customs and Border Protection (invited)
Lynden Melmed, Esq., Chief Counsel
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Washington, D.C. (Invited)
Eileen Morrison, Esq.
Law Office of Eileen Morrison, Newtonville, MA
Robin Dana O'Donoghue, Esq.
O'Donoghue Law Office, Cambridge, MA
Brian T. O'Neill, Esq.
Law Offices of Brian T. O'Neill, Boston, MA
Denis Riordan, District Director
U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services, Boston, MA (Invited)
Bennett Savitz, Esq., Planning Committee
Savitz Law Offices, Boston, MA
Howard Silverman, Esq.
Ross Silverman & Levy LLP, Boston, MA
| S C H E D U L E / A G E N D A |
| 9:00 |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
Bennett Savitz, Esq., Chapter Chair
Vincent Lau, Esq., Flynn & Clark, P.C. (Course Book Editor)
Jason Levy, Esq., Ross, Silverman & Levy LLP (Course Book Editor)
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| 9:10 |
HOT TOPICS |
- New Memos
- Worksite Enforcement Issues
- Other Hot Topics
Anthony Drago, Jr., Moderator
PANEL: Jeanne A. Butterfield, Lynden Melmed (Invited), Denis Riordan (Invited) and
Howard Silverman
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| 10:45 |
LIFE OF A VISA PETITION |
- Step by step progress of a Visa Petition from the Service Center to National Visa Center (NVC)
- Procedures for Cases where adjustment of status applications turn to consular processing
- Issues and pointers for cases at the NVC where visa availability retrogressed
- Cases returned from the Consulate due to fraud or other issues-how to escalate and address these problems
Robin Dana O’Donoghue, Moderator
PANEL: Keith J. Canney (Invited), Eileen Morrison and TBA, National Visa Center, Portsmouth, NH (Invited)
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| 1:00 |
CONSULAR PROCESSINGAND ENTRY ISSUES |
Part I: Consular Processing-Immigration Visas at the Consulate - General IV processing issues at the Consulate
- Retrogression cases, what happens when your case is ready to process abroad and retrogression hits-how to maintain a lifeline to your case
- Cases requiring more information, how to keep the case on track and secure adjudication
- Security issues-types of checks, typical delays, what you can and cannot do to help, and how to prepare your client
Leslie A. Holman, Moderator
PANEL: Stephen K. Fischel
Part II: Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Visa Issues at the Port of Entry
- Obstacles to crossing the border once an Immigrant Visa packet has been secured from the Consulate (family-based cases and employment-based cases)
- For cases adjudicated at the port (TN visas, L-1 visas, derivatives):
- What happens when cases require more information?
- Security issues?
- What are the options once your client has been turned away?
Leslie A. Holman, Moderator
PANEL: James McMillian (Invited) and Brian T. O’Neill Sr.
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| 2:00 |
INTEGRATED INTER-AGENCY PANEL |
- Real life scenarios and options discussed by key DHS personnel and advocates
Bennett Savitz, Esq., Moderator
PANEL: Keith J. Canney (Invited), Stephen K. Fischel, James McMillian (Invited), Lynden Melmed (Invited), Denis Riordan (Invited) and TBA, National Visa Center, Portsmouth, NH (invited)
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| 3:45 |
LIFE OF A MANDAMUS CASE |
- Cases filed in federal court, strategies on when to file, who to sue and legal process in federal court
- Jurisdictional issues, subject matter jurisdiction in the Federal Court on delayed adjustment applications and visa petitions-Administrative Procedures Act, Real ID Act
- Petition for Naturalization to the Federal Court under 8 U.S.C. Section 1447(b)
- Mandamus for Naturalization Cases
- Requesting attorneys fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act
Anthony Drago, Jr., Esq., Moderator
PANEL: Honorable Nancy Gertner and Harvey Kaplan
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Friday, April 11, 2008 |
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Tuition is $249; $199 for Suffolk alumni, attorneys admitted to the Bar after 2005, members of AILA.
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Space is limited. Registrations at the door are welcome, but please register in advance to reserve a seat and your written course materials or call to confirm space availability.
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Written requests for cancellations received via fax or email 24 hours prior to the program will be granted a refund, minus a $15 charge. If you cannot attend, you may send a substitute, otherwise you will receive the written course materials.
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Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont St., Boston, MA
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This course will provide CLE Credit in RI, NH, VT & ME.
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If you have special needs addressed by the Americans with Disabilities Act, please notify us as soon as possible.
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