Thursday, Nov. 1

4:30-5:30pm – Registration &Material Pick Up 7:30-9:30 pm– Social Event – To Be Announced

Friday, Nov. 2 Morning Family-Based Track

7:00–8:00AMLateRegistra+on–Breakfast

8:00–8:50AM:

AmIDreaming?ChangesinPolicyThatMayBeMoreThanFantasy

•  UpdatesforDREAMERS:process,considera<ons,pi=alls,andpolicybasedonjurisdic<on

•  StateSideWaivers•  HopingfortheBest–WhattheElec<onscouldmeanfor

Immigra<on–  Faculty:GregChen,AILA

9:00–9:50AM

GovernmentPanel:CBP/ICE

–  Faculty:

•  GlendaRayborn,ChiefCounsel,Oakdale

•  PhilMiller,ICE•  Moderator:MalvernBurneS,LawOfficesof

MalvernC.BurneS10:00–10:50AM

GovernmentPanel:USCIS

–  Faculty:

•  CindyGomez,DistrictDirector**ToBeConfirmed

Employment-Based Track

7:00–8:00AMLateRegistra+on–Breakfast

8:00–8:50AM

HotTopicsInWorkplaceEnforcement:There’smoretoitthanjustI‐9s

•  I‐9Compliance•  PublicAccessFileReten<on•  SiteVisitsandHowToPrepare•  Advisingyourclientonhowtoestablishandmaintain

consistentcorporateimmigra<onpolicies–  Faculty:

•  MeganRaesner,VP&GeneralCounsel,ACSaXeroxCompany

•  GregSiskindofSiskindandSusser

9:00–9:50AMTheFundamentalsofEmploymentBasedImmigra+on•  Preferencecategories,ageoutsandderiva<ves•  Maintenanceofstatus&adjustmenteligibility•  Managingexpecta<onsforemployer/employeere:wait<mes

andemploymentauthoriza<on•  DifferencesbetweenEBandFBadjustment

–  Faculty:•  SujataAjmeraofJacksonWalker•  ElaineKimbrellofWare|Gasparian

Friday, Nov. 2 Morning, Cont. Family-Based Track

10:00–12:00PM

5thCircuitCourtofAppealsTourandPrac+ceAdvice

(limitedtothefirst30par<cipantstosignup)

11:00–11:50AMLi+gator’sUpdatePanel

•  SupremeCourtandCircuitupdates/trendsthateveryli<gatormustknow–  Faculty:

•  BrianBates,ofReina&Bates

•  BarryFrager,ofFrager,SuSonandHaupt

12:30–2:00PM

Lunch–ChapterMee+ngs

Employment-Based Track

10:00–10:50AMYouMeanPERMsaren’tforyourhair?

•  PERMbasics

•  Preferencecategoriesandrequirements

•  Strategydevelopment,process&recruitmentsteps

–  Faculty:•  Dus<nO’QuinnofGardereWynneSewellLLP

•  ThomasRosserofMayoMalleSePLLC

11:00–11:50AM

YouKnowYou’reaPERMExpertWhenAuditsAreNormal

•  Audittriggers;process&<psforresponding•  Adjudica<ontrendsandnewpi=alls

•  MakingtheHarmlessErrorArgument

•  Discoveringerrorsduringauditanddealingwiththem

–  Faculty:

•  LynnSusserofSiskind&Susser

•  RebeccaMassiaSeofJacksonLewis

12:30–2:00PM

Lunch–ChapterMee+ngs

Friday, Nov. 2 Afternoon Family Track 2:00–2:50PMExpertTipsWhenYouDon’tHaveHomeCourtAdvantage•  Updatesincourtprocedures/preferencesbycourt(San

Antonio,ElPaso,Houston,Dallas,Oklahoma,NewOrleans,etc.)

•  Judges’profilesbycourtandhowtoprepareforwhattheywant

•  Knowingyouropponent:<pstonego<a<ngdealswithChiefCounsel’soffice

•  Resources&contactinforma<on–  Faculty:

•  Panelleader:MichelleSaenz‐RodriguezofRodriguez,Saenz&Associates

•  KathleenGasparianofWare|Gasparian•  KimberlySuSonofFrager,SuSonandHaupt•  MagaliChandlerofFosterQuan

3:00–3:50PMDon’tSitThereandTakeIt:FilingMo+onsBeforeEOIR•  FederalRulesofCivilProcedure&Evidenceapplica<on?•  Usingstrategicmo<onsinyourdefensestrategy:Mo<onsto

Con<nueforPendingPe<<onsbeforeCIS;Mo<onstoWithdraw&AmendPleadings;Mo<onsforSubpoenaandotherdiscoveryrequests;Mo<onsforAdmin.Closure,termina<onandre‐papering;Mo<onstoSuppress–  Faculty:

•  DougWeigle,BartleS&Weigle•  LauraLichter,AILA

Employment Track 2:00–2:50PMThere’sNothingSuperAboutSupervisedRecruitment

•  Poten<alTriggers

•  ProcessandTipsinworkingwithDOL

•  Expecta<onsand<melinesforPERMcasesinsupervisedrecruitment–  Faculty:

•  PaigeTaylorofBerryAppleman&Leiden•  MaggieMurphyofJacksonLewis

3:00–3:50PM

MyPERMisApproved,butnotmyI‐140!?DealingwithUSCISonDifficultI‐140Issues

•  AbilitytoPay

•  Smallemployers

•  Degreeequivalencyissues

•  Documen<ngthebeneficiary’sexperience–  Faculty:

•  RobertAlcorn,CPA

•  Kris<TaylorofBerryAppleman&Leiden

Friday, Nov. 2 Afternoon, Cont. Family Track

4:00–4:50PM

DevelopmentsRegardingLawfulStatus&UnlawfulPresence

•  RecentFederalCourtDecisions

•  USCISguidanceandadministra<veinterpreta<on•  Doesemploymentauthoriza<ongiveyouanyrights?

•  Viola<onsofStatus:whatimpactdoesithave?

•  Bridgingapplica<ons:whataretherisks?

–  Faculty:

•  AriSaeur,Siskind&Susser

•  RaedGonzalez,GonzalezOlivieriLLC

8:00PM–Midnight

PubCrawl‐TBD

Employment Track

4:00–4:50PM

MyEngineerDidWhat?InadmissibilityIssuesinEmploymentBasedImmigra+on

•  Iden<fyinginadmissibilityissuesbeforefilingforadjustment

•  Ethicsinvolvedindualrepresenta<on

•  Op<onsandwaiversifinadmissibilitytriggered

–  Faculty:•  Chris<Jackson,Berry,Appleman&Leiden

•  KarenPennington,TheLawOfficeofKarenPennington

8:00PM–Midnight

PubCrawl‐TBD

SATURDAY, NOV. 3 - Morning FAMILY TRACK

8:00–8:50AMWhenHappilyEverA_erEnds:AdvancedTopicsinAdjustment

WorstCaseScenarios•  Separa<onandimpendingdivorcewhileAOSpending•  Publicchargeconcernswhenthereareseveremedicalissues•  Whattodowhenyourpe<<onerdies•  DealingwithcriminaloffensescommiSedwhileAOSpending•  Ethicalissuesinvolvedinconflictofinterest•  Preemp<vestrategiesforavoidinganega<veUSCISdecision

–  Faculty:•  IreneMugambi,LawOfficeofIreneMugambi•  CharlaHaasofHaas&Divine

9:00–9:50AMBeAllThatYouCanBe:MilitaryIssuesfortheImmigra+onLawyer•  ParoleinPlace•  Currentstandardsonissuanceofwaivers,humanitarian

parole,deferredac<on•  Expedi<ngmilitarycases•  Survivingspouse,children,parents•  Militarydiscipline&immigra<onconsequences•  Discharged–canyous<llnaturalize?

–  Faculty:•  DougStump,LawOfficeofT.DouglasStump&

Associates•  IsaulVerdin,TheVerdinLawFirm

EMPLOYMENT TRACK

8:00–8:50AMRunningaLawPrac+ceRunningYouIntotheGround?

EmploymentlawandbusinessstrategiesfortheImmigra+onLawyer

•  Smartgrowth–when/how•  Importanceofpartneringwithprofessionalconsultants•  Upgradetechnologytomaximizeprofit;pros/consof

paperless•  Serngupyourfirm–classifyingemployees,ethics,and

liability–  Faculty:

•  FredGaona,SpencerCrainCubbageHealy&McNamarapllc

•  BeatrizTrillosBallerini,Trillos‐BalleriniLawFirm

9:00–9:50AMEthicsinBusinessImmigra+on:MorethanMeetstheEye

•  Howinvolvedcanyouget?ASorneyroleinvariousscenarios,includingPERM,drasing/developingjobdescrip<onsortrainingprograms

•  Signingfortheemployer–isiteverokay?

•  Balancingdualrepresenta<on

•  Managinginforma<onsharingbetweenemployerandemployee

•  Gerngwhatyouneedoutoftheemployer

–  Faculty:

•  BarryWalker,Walker&Ungo

•  MaSThompson,JacksonWalker

SATURDAY, NOV. 3 – Morning, cont. FAMILY TRACK

10:00–10:50AM50ShadesofWhat?AdvancedIssuesInMarriageCases•  NOIDsanddenialsofI‐130s•  AppealingI‐130denials•  BurdenofProof

–  Faculty:•  KathleenGasparianofWare|Gasparian•  JodiGoodwin,TheLawOfficeofJodiGoodwin

11:00–11:50AMIHaveToGoToMyHomeCountryToDoThat?WaiverStrategies•  Consularprocessingupdates,trends,<melines•  Dealingwithdifficultconsulates•  Preparingyourclientfordifficultinterview,longwait<me

abroad,andhardshipsstate‐sidefamilymemberswillencounter

•  State‐sidewaivers&strategiestoavoidCP–  Faculty:

•  LaurelScoS,ScoS&Associates•  AnaSchwartz,LawOfficeofAnaSchwartz

12:00–1:30PMLunch

EMPLOYMENT TRACK

10:00–10:50AM

UsingMessagesThatWin!AnAILAAdvocacy&MessagingTraining

•  Somemessageswin,andsomemessageslose–andlearningthedifferenceiscri<caltobeinganeffec<veadvocateforyourclientswhendealingwiththemedia,yourCongressmember,oryourcommunity.Learnmessagesthatwinandhowtoeffec<velyworkwithmembersofCongress.–  Faculty:

•  AnuJoshi,GrassrootsAdvocacyAssociate,AILA

11:00–11:50AMNIVWaiversfortheCorporateClient•  Inadmissibilityissues•  Ethicalconcernsregardingdualrepresenta<onofemployer/

employee•  Evidencerequired;process,procedure,<ps&bestprac<ces•  Oncewaived,goneforever?•  Managingexpecta<ons:adjudica<on<meframesand

outcomes–  Faculty:

•  JanPederson,PedersonImmigra<onLawGroup•  ChloeDybdahl,USDept.ofState**tobe

confirmed

12:00–1:30PMLunch

SATURDAY, NOV. 3 AFTERNOON FAMILY TRACK 1:30–2:20PMWhatDoYouMeanIHaveToPayForThat?UpdatesIn

Immigra+onTaxIssues•  Currentcaselawupdates•  WhoissubjecttoUStaxes?•  Pi=allsincommonlyseenundocumented&lowincometax

filers•  Residentvs.non‐resident:doesitmeansomethingdifferent

totheIRS?•  Employertaxissuesthatyoushouldbeawareof

–  Faculty:•  RobertAlcorn,CPA•  SamRock,RockLawGroup

2:30–3:20PMAdvancedTopicsinNaturaliza+on•  Dura<onofresidency&physicalpresencenuances•  Deriva<veCi<zenship•  Filingbasedonmarriage,VAWA,military

–  JasonMills,LawOfficeofJasonMills–  LarryFabacher**tobeconfirmed

EMPLOYMENT TRACK 1:30–2:20PMAdvancedEB‐1IssuesPart1:It’sAllAboutKazarian•  TheKazarianeffect•  Evidencedevelopment&strategicconcernsinpickinga

category•  Regula<ons,AFMandothersourcesforsupport&howtouse

them•  Developingandusingsuppor<ngevidence•  Developing&s<ckingtoyour“theory”ofthecase•  Dealingwithmarginalcasesandmanagingexpecta<ons

–  Faculty:•  NeenaWiora,Gupta&Wiora•  DavidWare,Ware|Gasparian

2:20–3:20PMAdvancedEB‐1IssuesPart2:RFEsandNOIDs•  RFEs,NOIDs,andotherobstacles•  Knowingtheproperstandardforthecategoryandcorrec<ng

USCIS•  Strategiesinmul<plefilings,re‐filingsvs.appeal

–  Faculty:•  NeenaWiora,Gupta&Wiora•  DavidWare,Ware|Gasparian

SATURDAY, NOV. 3 AFTERNOON, Cont. FAMILY TRACK

3:30–4:20PMCrimmigra+on•  Workingwithcriminallawyerswithimmigra<on

consequencesinmind•  Changingdynamicsofcategoricalapproach&exemp<ons

fromcategoricalanalysis•  Whatisadivisibleoffense?•  Stateoffensevs.AnalogousFederalOffense•  Minimalconductissues•  Immigra<onconsequencesofcommoncriminaloffensesmost

thinkareinsignificant–  Faculty:

•  HirokoKusada,LoyolaUniversityNewOrleans•  JosephReina,Reina&Bates

4:30–5:20PMCrimmigra+onEthics•  Criminaldefenseperspec<ve•  Pleasthatcouldlandyouinmalprac<ce•  UpdatesonPadilla,Strickland,retroac<vitywithlookatMTRs

orwritsbasedonmalprac<ce•  Resources

–  Faculty:•  OlsiVrapi•  SeanLewis

EMPLOYMENT TRACK

3:30–4:20PMEB‐5IstheNewBlack•  RecognizinganEB‐5Client•  RegionalCentervs.IndividualEB5investment:prosandcons•  Documenta<onissues•  EthicsinvolvedregardingtheadviceyougiveonRegional

Centerselec<on•  Precau<onstotakewhenwearingmanyhats:recognizing

issuesinfinancialdocumenta<on,sourceoffunds,taxes,andissuesporng–  EdPrudhomme,PrudhommeLawOffice–  DanHealy,CivitasCapitalManagementGroup

4:30–5:20PMWoeisMe,ThereAreNoMoreH‐1Bs:Op+onsforYourEmployer•  E,L,TN,H3,E3,O•  Strategiesandevidencedevelopment•  Selec<ngtherightvisacategory•  Planningaheadforthenextcap•  Considera<onswithdualintentandgreencardini<a<on

–  Faculty:•  RobertoCaballero,BerryAppleman&Leiden•  CarlFalstrom,LawOfficeofCarlFalstrom