Get Me to the BIA “on Time”: Strategies for Successful Late-Filed Motions to Reopen
| Live Event Date: 02/27/2024 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
The INA establishes a 90-day deadline for filing motions to reopen with the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), but sometimes new avenues of relief or legal arguments regarding removability surface later. What options do attorneys have when a client provides new evidence after the 90-day deadline for a motion to reopen or when a client’s conviction is vacated after a final order? This intermediate seminar will provide guidance on how to maximize the chances for success when filing a motion to reopen beyond the statutory deadline.
Featured Topics:
- When does equitable tolling apply?
- How to establish that your client has acted with “due diligence”
- When is prejudice required, and how do you prove it?
- Best practices for changed country conditions motions
- Sua sponte motions: Are they unicorns, or does the BIA really grant them?
- Seeking a stay of removal
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Susan G. Roy (DL), AILA Removal Defense Section Steering Committee, Princeton Junction, NJ
Susan G. Roy began her legal career through the Department of Justice Attorney General Honors Program, as an Attorney Advisor at the Board of Immigration Appeals. She became an Assistant Chief Counsel and National Security Attorney for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. From 2008-2010, she served as an Immigration Judge in Newark, NJ. Sue then entered private practice and is a solo practitioner specializing in complex immigration cases. Sue is the Immediate Past Chair of the NJ Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) and is a past Chair of the NJ State Bar Association (NJSBA) Immigration Law Section. Sue is a member of the Round Table of Former Immigration Judges and has been a speaker and/or moderator on CLE panels for AILA national, regional and local conferences, as well as for the NJSBA, NYSBA, and Federal Bar Association. She is an Adjunct Professor at Rutgers University Law School, Newark, where she teaches Asylum Law.
Kevin A. Gregg, AILA Federal Court Litigation Section Steering Committee, San Diego, CA
Kevin A. Gregg is the San Diego partner of Kurzban Kurzban Tetzeli and Pratt P.A. He is also the host of the weekly immigration case law podcast Immigration Review. Prior to joining KKTP, Kevin clerked for a U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of Florida, and served as an Attorney Advisor in the San Diego Immigration Court.
Courtney Butler, AILA EOIR Liaison Committee, Denver, CO
Courtney Butler is a Senior Attorney with Palmer Polaski PC. She is past chair of the AILA Colorado Chapter (2021-2022) and is currently a member of the AILA National EOIR Liaison Committee and the AILA Colorado USCIS Liaison Committee. Ms. Butler received her JD from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law (2010), where she graduated first in her class.
Ben Winograd, Alexandria, VA
Ben Winograd is an attorney at the Immigrant & Refugee Appellate Center, LLC, in Alexandria, VA. He specializes in removal defense before the Board of Immigration Appeals and federal circuit courts, and is the author of IRAC’s Index of Unpublished Decisions of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Ben previously worked at the American Immigration Council, where he authored amicus briefs and practice advisories for immigration lawyers. Ben was the recipient of the 2017 Joseph Minsky Award for outstanding contributions made as a young lawyer in the field of immigration and nationality law.