Challenges with Immigration Courts: Tips from the Experts
| Live Event Date: 09/10/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
Have you tried to call the immigration court, but nobody answers the phone? Many practitioners across the country have encountered this problem due to staff being less likely to answer phone calls, emails, or motions as court dockets continue to grow. Our panel of experts will explain how they approach this issue and the many other challenges faced when interacting with immigration courts.
Featured Topics:
- Notices to appear (NTAs): When is an error important or useful?
- What if it is issued but not “filed?”
- How to get an NTA issued for a client
- USCIS won’t give me a biometrics appointment
- Prosecutorial discretion: How and when to request it and what to do if you don’t want it
- Getting timely rulings on motions (to continue, to recalendar, for remote appearance, etc.)
- Ex parte communications
- Technological difficulties: E-filing, Webex, EOIR Courts & Appeals System (ECAS)
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Assma Ali (DL), AILA Removal Defense Section Steering Committee, Ridgeland, MS
Assma Ali is the founding Immigration Attorney at the Law Offices of Ali & Associates; P.A. Ms. Ali has extensive experience working in the field of Immigration Law. She has traveled all over the United States representing clients, so if you are in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas or anywhere else in the United States you can count on Ms. Ali to be there. She has represented several high-ranking government officials from various countries. She handles detained and non-detained cases. She has represented clients with their cases in Immigration Court, USCIS, and with ICE. She is licensed to practice immigration law in all fifty states and has traveled all over the United States representing foreign nationals from various countries in securing them legal status.
David L. Wilson, AILA EOIR Liaison Committee, Minneapolis, MN
David L. Wilson is the Managing Attorney of Wilson Law Group. He is a past chair of the MN / Dakotas Chapter, local EOIR liaison, and currently is a member of the EOIR National Committee. Mr. Wilson received his JD from the William Mitchell College of Law (1997).
Eileen P. Blessinger, Falls Church, VA
Eileen P. Blessinger, founder of Blessinger Legal, PLLC, has over a decade of immigration law experience, handling thousands of cases before various U.S. courts and agencies. Recognized by Washingtonian Magazine, Super Lawyers Magazine, and Virginia Business, she has also been honored by The Irish Echo and the Federal Bar Association. A dual Irish-American citizen, Ms. Blessinger is active in professional organizations, including AILA and ACACIA, and serves as the Secretary for AILA's DC Chapter. She is also a member of several state bars and the Supreme Court.
Tessa M. Cabrera, San Diego, CA
Tessa M. Cabrera is a senior associate at Hurwitz Holt, APLC. She primarily practices removal defense and family-based immigration. She is a member of the AILA San Diego Chapter. Additionally, she is a former member of the National Board of Governors for the Human Rights Campaign and past HRC San Diego Steering Committee Co-Chair. Mrs. Cabrera received her JD from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, CA (2014).