FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3

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AUDIO CD #1
WELCOME AND GREETINGS
Alisa S. Thomas, Chair, AILA Santa Clara Chapter, Santa Cruz, CA

REMARKS
*Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA), Washington, DC

“Fun, Fun, Fun”
HOT TOPICS

• News from AILA National
• Capitol Hill Update

Faculty:
Carlina Tapia-Ruano (d.l.), AILA President, Chicago, IL; Jeanne A. Butterfield, AILA Executive Director, Washington, DC; Marshall D. Fitz, AILA Advocacy Director, Washington, DC

AUDIO CD #2
“Good Vibrations”
LOCAL USCIS & NBC PANEL

• Updates in the Local Districts and NBC
• EAD and Advance Paroles
• IJ Decisions Post-Santillan
• Perez-Gonzales Adjustment of Status Cases

Faculty:
Sandra M. Wagner (d.l.), San Diego, CA; Mary L. Mucha, Los Angeles, CA; *Jane E. Arellano, District Director, USCIS, Los Angeles, CA; *Robert Cowan, Director, National Benefits Center, USCIS, St. Louis, MO; Vern Duncan, District Director, USCIS, San Diego, CA; *Frank Siciliano, Officer In Charge, USCIS, San Jose, CA;
*David Still, District Director, USCIS, San Francisco, CA
 

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AUDIO CD #3
“Be True To Your School”
CALIFORNIA SERVICE CENTER PANEL

• Updates from CSC
• Processing Times
• What is New With:
  • Division I/ I-485
  • Division II
  • Division III
• What Does Division XII do and What Can an Attorney Expect?
• Problem Cases and Role of AILA Liaison Committee

Faculty:
Rita Kushner Sostrin (d.l.) Chair, AILA California Service Center Liaison Committee, Pacific Palisades, CA; Randall Caudle, San Francisco, CA; *Christina Poulos, Acting Deputy Director, CSC, USCIS, Laguna Niguel, CA; *TBD, ACD, CSC, USCIS
 

AUDIO CD #4
Dead Man’s Curve Luncheon: You Won’t Come Back From An Ethics Crash

• Pedal to the Metal: Offshoring Legal Work Abroad
  • Different Ethical Standards for Corporations and Private Practitioners
  • Meeting the Obligation to Supervise
  • Client Disclosure
  • Protecting Confidentiality of Client Information
• Speed Trap! Get Ready for CIR and the Ethics Lessons of the 1986 IRCA Legalization Program
  • Document Fraud and Counseling “Catchability”
  • Importance of Due Diligence in a High Volume Practice
  • Risks of Accepting Referrals from Document Preparers and Good Samaritans
  • Representing Clients with Multiple Identities and Excess Baggage

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TRACK 1:  BUSINESS

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AUDIO CD #5
“I Get Around”
CONSULAR ISSUES

• E visas - Documentation
• Obtaining Visas at Consulates
• Security Checks on Nonimmigrant Visas

Faculty:
Bernard P. Wolfsdorf (d.l.), AILA Second Vice President, Los Angeles, CA; Stephen K. Fischel, Alexandria, VA; Melissa Bishop, Deputy NIV Chief, DOS, Mexico City, Mexico; James R. Pritchett, Acting Managing Director, Visa Office, DOS, Washington, DC

AUDIO CD #6
"Wish They All Could Be California H-1Bs”
BI-SPECIALIZATION: WHAT’S HAPPENING TO MY I-140S AND I-129S?

• Foreign Degree Issues
• Ability to Pay
• Problem RFEs at the Service Centers
• Processing Tips for I-129 & I-140 Cases

Faculty:
Sharon R. Mehlman (d.l.), San Diego, CA; Lisa Spiegel, San Francisco, CA; Shawn A. Orme, Chair, AILA USCIS Liaison Committee, Dallas, TX; Efren Hernandez, Chief, Business & Trade Services, Office of Service Center Operations, USCIS, DHS, Washington, DC
 

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AUDIO CD #7
“Wouldn’t It Be Nice”
PERM UPDATE

• Recent Trends and Developments
• Prevailing Wage – OES/O*Net
• Advertisement and Recruitment Issues
• Current BEC Processing Issues

Faculty:
Josie Gonzalez (d.l.), AILA Board of Governors, Pasadena, CA; Laura J. Mazel, San Francsico, CA; Ronald Y. Wada, San Francisco, CA; Jeneace O'Brien, Manager, Wage Research Unit, LMID, DOL, Sacramento, CA
 

AUDIO CD #8
“Good Timin’ ”
Immigrant and Non-immigrant Waivers

• CDJ Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Waivers
  • I-601 Unlawful Presence, 212(i)
•  Inadmissibility Issues
• Processing Times

Faculty:
Victor D. Nieblas Pradis (d.l.), AILA Board of Governors, City of Industry, CA; Angela Bean, Oakland, CA
Avi Friedman, Santa Monica, CA; *Santiago Burciaga, Chief, IV Unit, United States Consul, Department of State, Ciudad Juarez, Mexico; *Representative, CBP

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AUDIO CD #9
“Don’t Worry Baby”
DETENTION: HOW TO GET YOUR CLIENT OUT, HOW TO GET THE NTA

• How to Get the NTA for Detained Clients
• Custody and Jurisdiction (Arriving Aliens vs. Deportable Aliens and EWIs)
• Who is Subject to Mandatory Detention
• Joseph Hearing
• Automatic Stays and Writs of Habeas Corpus
• Nuts and Bolts of Posting Bond

Faculty:
Carole Mesrobian (d.l.), Program Co-Chair, San Jose, CA; Mary E. Kramer, Miami, FL; Jonathan D. Montag, San Diego, CA; *Gary Garman, Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer, ICE,  San Jose, CA

AUDIO CD #10
“Surfin’ BIA”
9TH CIRCUIT UPDATE

• REAL ID Issues
• 9th Circuit Summary Dismissal of Petitions for Review
• Reissue Decisions by the BIA
• BIA Decisions Arriving After Expiration of Voluntary Departure – What to do?
• Requests for Stays of Removal – Where to File?

Faculty:
Bernadette Willeke Connolly (d.l.) San Jose, CA; Marc Van Der Hout, AILA Board of Governors, San Francisco, CA; Robert B. Jobe, San Francisco, CA; *Hon. Betty Binns Fletcher, Senior Circuit Judge, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, San Francisco, CA; *Edward Olsen, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Northern District U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, CA
 

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AUDIO CD #11
“Do You Wanna Dance?”
MYTHS OF H, L, E VISAS

• Portability For Aliens Not in H-1B Status
• Status Issues for the H-1B Employee Who Faces Benching or Salary Issues
• Obtaining 7th Year H-1B for Out of Status Aliens
• Proving H-1B Status With Intermittent Work History
• E-2 Visas for the Small Investor
• Obtaining L-1 Status Based Upon a Less Than 50% Corporate Relationship

Faculty:
H. Ronald Klasko (d.l.), AILA Past President, Philadelphia, PA; Tammy Fox-Isicoff, Miami, FL; Charles M. Miller, Studio City, CA
 

AUDIO CD #12
“Do It Again”
PERM ROUNDTABLE

• Business Necessity
• Completing Form 9089 With the I-140 in Mind
• 9089 Sections H and J – What Works and What Does Not?
• Audits

Faculty:
Edward R. Litwin (d.l.), San Francisco, CA; Marcine A. Seid, Program Co-Chair, AILA Board of Governors, San Jose, CA; Catherine L. Haight, Los Angeles, CA

AUDIO CD #13
“It’s Just A Matter of Time”
I-9/ WORK VERIFICATION

• I-9 Audits – What You Need to Know
• SSA No-Match Letters
• Penalties and Sanctions – Work Verification Violations

Faculty:
Angela G. Moore, Northern California Chapter Chair, San Francisco, CA; Peter N. Larrabee, San Diego, CA; Angelo A. Paparelli, Irvine, CA; Judge Michael J. Creppy, Chief Administrative Hearing Officer, EOIR, McLean, VA

• Aggravated Felonies
• Naturalization with Crimes
• Matter of Blake

Faculty:
Paula J. Solorio (d.l.), San Francisco, CA; Vilma L. Guerrero, Santa Cruz, CA; Matthew L. Millen, Los Angeles, CA; Norton Tooby, Oakland, CA; *Hon. Polly A. Webber, Immigration Judge, EOIR, San Francisco, CA
 

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AUDIO CD #15
“Help Me, Rhonda”
LITIGATION

• Habeas vs. Petitions for Review
• Drafting and Filing Motions For Declaratory and Injunctive Relief
• Procedural Rules -- Federal and Local
• Putting Together a Practical Litigation Strategy
• Anticipating Government Defenses
• EAJA and Other Attorneys Fees Provisions

Faculty:
Zachary Nightingale (d.l.), San Francisco, CA; John B. Bartos, Studio City, CA; Carl M. Shusterman, Los Angeles, CA; Beth Werlin, Litigation Clearinghouse Attorney, LAC, AILF,  Washington, DC
 

• Criminal Convictions – the Likelihood of a Referral for an NTA
• Derivative vs. Acquisition of Citizenship
• N-648s – What it Takes to get a Medical Waiver Approved
• Writs of Mandamus – Lighting the Fire Under USCIS

Faculty:
Lynette M. Parker (d.l) San Jose, CA; Lucy F. Lee, San Francisco, CA; Robert A. Mautino, San Diego, CA; Karen R. Seiden, Sunnyvale, CA
 

All Audio CDs © 2006 American Immigration Lawyers Association