The
National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, with support from
the Washington AILA Chapter,
presents a CLE seminar on
CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES OF SELECTED CRIMES
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 2004
RED LION HOTEL
ON FIFTH AVENUE
1415 FIFTH AVENUE
SEATTLE,
WASHINGTON 98101
206-971-8008
REGISTRATION 8:00 – 9:00AM • SKILLS SEMINAR 9:00 - 5:00PM
PROGRAM
Skills Refresher
Moderator: Rosemary Esparza
I.
Skills refresher: What is a conviction? (9-10AM)
Faculty: Ron Abramson and Hilary Han
Morning Session
Moderator: Barbara Hines
II. Categorical statutory analysis (10-10:30AM)
Faculty: Lory Diana Rosenberg
III. Crimes involving moral turpitude (10:30-11AM)
Faculty: Rosemary Esparza
BREAK (11 – 11:15 AM)
IV. Drugs (11:15 AM – 12:15 PM)
Faculty: Dan Kesselbrenner and Daniel Hoyt Smith
LUNCH (12:15 – 1:30 PM)
Afternoon Session Moderator: Dan Kesselbrenner
V. Crimes of violence (1:30 – 2:30 PM)
Faculty: Ann Benson and Kathy Brady
VI. Selected aggravated felonies (2:30 – 3:15 PM)
Faculty: Jonathan Moore and Marc Van Der Hout
¨ Theft
¨ Burglary
¨ Fraud
¨ Sexual abuse of a minor
BREAK (3:15 – 3:30 PM)
VII. Post conviction relief (3:30 – 4 PM)
Faculty: Brian Patrick Conry and Norton Tooby
¨ Obtaining relief in criminal court
¨ Arguing validity of relief in immigration court
Hypotheticals Moderator: Ann Benson
VIII. Selected analysis with hypotheticals (4 – 5 PM)
Faculty: Dan Kesselbrenner, Lory Diana Rosenberg, Norton Tooby, Marc Van Der Hout
¨ Interactive discussion
¨ Practical solutions
RON ABRAMSON is a principal in the
Manchester, New Hampshire firm of Abramson, Bailinson & O'Leary, an Adjunct
Professor at Franklin Pierce Law Center, and a former New Hampshire Public
Defender. He is a member of AILA and the National Immigration Project, as well
as the National and New Hampshire Associations of Criminal Defense Lawyers,
where he serves on the national Deportation Task Force. He has recently been
named a Fulbright U.S Scholar and will soon travel to his native Chile to
teach criminal trial advocacy at the Diego Portales University School of Law.
ANN BENSON has practiced immigration law since 1991. She is Directing Attorney for the Washington Defenders Immigration Project, providing technical assistance to criminal defenders, prosecutors and judges. Formerly, Ms. Benson was Supervising Attorney at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project. She is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Network to End Violence Against Immigrant Women, adjunct faculty of the University of Washington School of Law, an AILA member, and serves on the Board of Directors for the National Immigration Project.
KATHERINE BRADY is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center and author of California Criminal Law and Immigration (2004).
BRIAN PATRICK CONRY is a criminal defense,
immigration, and deportation defense lawyer. He has practiced criminal defense
in state court for over 20 years and in federal court for 15 years. He has been
involved in deportation defense and post-conviction relief in immigration court
over the last several years. Mr. Conry practices in Oregon and Washington, and
in federal court. He practices in both the trial court and appellate courts,
including the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Ninth Circuit.
Rosemary esparza is in private practice
and has over 24 years of experience in immigration law. She worked at the Legal
Aid Society of San Diego, as Supervising Attorney for Centro de Asuntos
Migratorios and as Clinical Professor and Director of the Immigration Law
Clinic for the University of San Diego Law School. She is a member of AILA and
the Mexican American Bar Association, and serves on the Board of Directors of
the National Immigration Project.
HILARY HAN is a partner at Dobrin & Han in Seattle. The
firm represents noncitizens facing removal before administrative tribunals and
the federal courts, as well as immigrants seeking asylum, lawful permanent
residence, and naturalization. Mr. Han also advises criminal attorneys on the
immigration consequences of criminal convictions and has spoken at immigration
conferences in California and Washington. He is a graduate of the New York
University School of Law.
BARBARA HINES has practiced immigration law since 1975 and is
Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law in Texas. She is Clinical
Professor at the University of Texas School of Law and directs the immigration
clinic. She served as the first Co-Director of Texas Lawyer Committee for Civil
Rights Under Law, Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project and is a member of its
Board of Directors. She is also the Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the
National Immigration Project. Ms. Hines received the 2002 University of Texas
Public Interest Law Association Teaching Award.
DAN KESSELBRENNER is Director of the
National Immigration Project and the co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes.
JONATHAN MOORE has been accredited by the Board of Immigration
Appeals since 1983 and has worked at the Northwest Immigrants’ Rights Project
since 1991. Previously, he worked with detained Central American refugees at
Proyecto Libertad and the Rio Grande Defense Committee in Texas, and with the
Joint Legal Task Force - Hispanic Immigration Program in Seattle. He
specializes in issues relating to deportation and criminal convictions, and
collaborates with the Washington Defenders Immigration Project.
Lory Diana Rosenberg is Director of the
Defending Immigrants Partnership at the National Legal Aid and Defender
Association and co-author of Immigration Law and Crimes. She is a
featured columnist for Bender's Immigration Bulletin and an adjunct
professor at American University, Washington College of Law. Ms. Rosenberg
served as an appellate immigration judge on the United States Board of Immigration
Appeals from 1995-2002, where she wrote over 500 dissenting opinions. Ms.
Rosenberg is a frequent lecturer at national and international immigration
symposia, academic and judicial conferences. She has written extensively on the
immigration consequences of crime, deportation defense, and aspects of refugee
and asylum law.
DANIEL
HOYT SMITH is
a partner in the firm of MacDonald Hoague & Bayless
in
Seattle. He has written and spoken nationally on waivers and relief from
removal, medical, criminal, and other issues. He has been Board President of
the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project and past-Chair and current Board Member
of the National Immigration Project. He is a past-President of the Seattle
chapter of the NLG and the Washington State AILA chapter. He is listed in the
publication Best Lawyers in America in the field of immigration law.
NORTON TOOBY of Oakland, California, is an attorney
specializing in post-conviction relief for immigrants, maintains
www.CriminalAndImmigrationLaw.com, and publishes practice manuals for
immigration and criminal lawyers such as Criminal Defense of Immigrants
(3d ed. 2003), Crimes of Moral Turpitude (2002), Aggravated Felonies (2d
ed. 2003), and Post-Conviction Relief for Immigrants (2004).
MARC VAN DER HOUT is the founding partner of Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale in San Francisco and certified as a specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law by the State Bar of California. He is a member of AILA’s Board of Governors and a past Chair and current member of the Board of Directors of the National Immigration Project. He is a past national President of the NLG and has twice received the AILA Jack Wasserman award as the Outstanding Litigator of the Year.
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers
Guild certifies that this activity has been approved
for MCLE credit (6.25 60-minutes hours) by the Washington State Bar. All proceeds of the seminar support the work
of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild, a network of
lawyers and legal community workers engaged in immigration law and practice.
The Project works to diminish discrimination against the foreign born and to
preserve, defend and extend the rights of all immigrants in the United States. The
site is wheelchair accessible.