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January 2012
The Intersection of Immigration Law with Criminal Defense
A business-focused series for client-focused lawyers
Program Description
Immigration law frequently intersects or overlaps with criminal defense law. Sometimes the issue is obvious, and sometimes it is lurking in the margins. This presentation will provide information to help you, the practitioner, who does not regularly practice immigration law, identify when immigration may become an issue for your client.
Agenda
11:30 am
Registration
12:00 pm
What are the Issues That Arise for Your Client When Immigration Law and Criminal Defense Law Overlap?
- Getting to know your immigrant clients: inadmissible v. deportable
- Conviction, sentencing, and post conviction
- Categories of offenses with immigration consequences
1:00 pm
Adjourn
Faculty
Jeff D. Joseph heads up the employment-based immigration section of Joseph Law Firm, PC, and works primarily on employment based immigration cases, employer sanctions and federal litigation. Mr. Joseph has represented clients before the Department of Labor, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Board of Immigration Appeals, the U.S. District Courts, and the Circuit Courts of Appeals. He is a member of the American Immigration Lawyer's Association (AILA). He currently serves as an elected director on the AILA National Board of Governors. Last year, he chaired the AILA National 2011 Annual Conference. He is a former Chapter Chair of AILA Colorado. Mr. Joseph has been qualified as an expert witness before the state and federal courts on employment-related and criminal-related immigration issues, and is a frequent local and national lecturer on various immigration topics. Mr. Joseph has several published opinions in the U.S. District Courts and the Circuit Courts of Appeals. He is an adjunct professor of immigration law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.
Amber Blasingame has worked in immigration law since 1995, including managing the immigration team in the US and Canada for one of the “Big 4” accounting firms' multi-national consulting practices and working for Joseph Law Firm as a case manager. She is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and the Southern Colorado Women's Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Blasingame has successfully represented clients before the Department of Labor, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service, the Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Board of Immigration Appeals. The firm has offices in Denver and Colorado Springs.
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- Standard Price $59.00 USD
- Member Price $39.00 USD
- General Credits 1.00
- Ethics Credits
- EDI Credits