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Immigration Law Update 2012: Basics and Beyond

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New York Hotel Pennsylvania
401 Seventh Avenue (at 33rd St.)
New York, NY 10001
(212) 736-5000

Description

15.5 Total Credits: 9.0 credit hours of professional practice and/or practice management; 5.0 credit hours of skills; 1.0 credit hour of ethics.

Immigration law is a highly visible part of the daily national news. New laws, new regulations, new proposals abound practically on a day-to-day basis. Clients’ lives are substantially impacted and increasing numbers of practitioners in a variety of practice areas are confronted with issues that require a working knowledge of immigration law.

This comprehensive two-day program is designed to provide insight into immigration law for practitioners who have recently entered the field. Experienced immigration lawyers will also benefit from this program because the faculty will examine, in practical terms designed to increase expertise, major practice areas within U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law.

Each day of the program is set up to address “stand-alone” topics on immigration law and regulations, including status, examination of documents, non-immigrant application basics, inadmissibility and removability, and naturalization, as well as immigration law’s intersection with the substantive fields of employment law and family law.

The program concludes with a useful review of identifying and properly handling ethical quandaries an immigration attorney is likely to face.

An outstanding, well-rounded faculty will provide you with guidance and perspective in order to properly handle your cases under present immigration law and regulations as well as when your immigration cases involve other substantive areas of law.

PROGRAM AGENDA

Tuesday May 8, 2012 - Day 1 – Basics

8:30-9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION (outside meeting room)

9:00-9:45   
OVERVIEW OF STATUS
       Unauthorized
       Temporary
       Permanent Residence
       U.S. Citizenship 
  
9:45-10:15  
EXAMINING DOCUMENTS – KNOWING WHAT TO LOOK FOR
       Visas
       Passports
       I-94 (DS-2019, I-20)
       Approval Notices

10:15-10:30  
Coffee Break

10:30-11:30 
SUBSTANCE AND FORMS – NONIMMIGRANT APPLICATION BASICS
       How to Get Work Authorization I-129
       How to Secure Accompanying Family I-539
       How to Get a Visa DS-160

11:30-12:00 noon 
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
 
12:00-1:30 p.m. 
LUNCH (on your own)

1:30-3:00  
EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION BASICS
       The PERM Route: Form DS-9089
       Form I-140 and the Petition Process
       Non-PERM Petitions
       Pitfalls and Audits
   
3:00-3:15   
Coffee/Soft Drink Break

3:15-4:15 
FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION BASICS
       How to Start the Process - Form I-130
       Crucial Evidence - Affidavit of Support  I-864
       What Family Members Can Be Sponsored

4:15-5:15    
INADMISSIBILITY AND REMOVABILITY
       Why They Can Harm Your Client
       Impact on Temporary and Permanent
       Waivers

5:15-5:30   
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS

5:30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT

Wednesday May 9, 2012  - Day 2 – Advanced Immigration

8:30-9:00 a.m.
REGISTRATION (outside meeting room)

9:00-10:00   
NON-IMMIGRANT VISA UPDATE
       L-1Bs in Peril 
       Third Party Employers
       Requests for Evidence and Burden of Proof Issues

10:00-11:00  
LABOR CERTIFICATION UPDATE 
       PERM Audits – Issues of Concern
       PERM Denials – Issues; Latest BALCA Decisions

11:00-11:15 
Coffee Break

11:15-12:00 noon
EMPLOYMENT-BASED IMMIGRATION UPDATE
       EB-1 – Shifting Adjudication Standards
       EB-2, EB-3 - Current Policy and Practice
       Procedural Issues: Security Checks, EAD’s and Advance Parole
       Ability to Pay

12:00-12:30 p.m.
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS
 
12:30-2:00   
LUNCH (on your own)

2:00-2:45  
FAMILY-BASED IMMIGRATION UPDATE
       Immediate Relatives, Marriage, Marriage Fraud and Spousal Abuse
       Affidavits of Support, Waivers and Documentation Issues
       Children:  Adoption, Age-Out, Child Status Protection Act
       Processing Issues: Priority Dates, Quota Backlogs, Waiver Applications; the DV Lottery Option

2:45-3:30
EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS AND COMPLIANCE 
       I-9 Compliance
       E-verify
       Comprehensive Compliance Policies
 
3:30-3:45  
Coffee Break

3:45- 4:30   
NATURALIZATION
       Residence, Physical Presence and Travel
       Good Moral Character, Arrests, Selective Service
       English Fluency, Civics, and Oath Issues
  
4:30-5:20  
ETHICS IN IMMIGRATION PRACTICE
       Dual Representation
       Retainer Agreements
       Attorney Liability

5:20-5:40
AUDIENCE QUESTIONS

5:40 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT

Overall Planning Chairs and Coordinators (in alphabetical order)

Margaret A. Catillaz, Esq.
Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP
Rochester

David Grunblatt, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Newark, NJ

Allen E. Kaye, Esq.
Law Offices of Allen E. Kaye, P.C.
New York City

Program Speakers (in alphabetical order)

Jan H. Brown, Esq.
Law Offices of Jan H. Brown, P.C.
New York City

Margaret A. Catillaz, Esq.
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Rochester

Neil S. Dornbaum, Esq.
Dornbaum & Peregoy LLC
Newark, NJ

Mareza I. Estevez, Esq.
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Teaneck, NJ

Robert N. Gottfried, Esq.
Hodgson Russ LLP
New York City

David Grunblatt, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Newark, NJ

Susanne C. Heubel, Esq.
Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP
New York City

Robert E. Juceam, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
New York City

Allen E. Kaye, Esq.
Law Offices of Allen E. Kaye, P.C.
New York City

Linda M. Kenepaske, Esq.
Law Offices of Linda Kenepaske, PLLC
New York City

Robert D. Kolken, Esq.
Kolken & Kolken
Buffalo

Roxanne H. Levine, Esq.
Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP
New York City

Joanne Macri, Esq.
Director
Criminal Defense Immigration Project
New York State Defenders Association
Albany

Cyrus D. Mehta, Esq.
Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC
New York City

Avram E. Morell, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Newark, NJ

Deborah J. Notkin, Esq.
Barst Mukamal & Kleiner LLP
New York City

Frank A. Novak, Esq.
Harter Secrest & Emery LLP
Rochester

Gayle S. Oshrin, Esq.
Wormser, Kiely, Galef & Jacobs LLP
New York City

Danielle M. Rizzo, Esq.
Law Offices of James D. Eiss
Buffalo

Nathan A. Waxman, Esq.
Attorney at Law
WAXLAW
New York City

Elaine H. Witty, Esq.
Witty Law Group, PLLC
New York City

Karin Wolman, Esq.
Law Office of Karin Wolman, PLLC
New York City

Vicki Yudenfriend, Esq.
Masliah & Soloway, PC
New York City

Directions

The last day to pre-register online was May 7, 2012.

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