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CLE SESSIONS FRIDAY, MAY 15 Track 1 Humanitarian Issues Track 2 DHS Issues Track 3 Criminal Topics Track 4 Asylum Topics 7:30 8:30 a.m. Worksite Enforcement: Current Status of Employer Sanctions and the Evolving Workplace Ethics: Dual Representation in Immigration Matters 8:30 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks 4:30 5:30 p.m. 3:15 4:15 p.m. 2:00 3:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 10:15 11:15 a.m. 9:00 10:00 a.m. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Hot Topics U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Hot Topics U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Hot Topics (Magnolia) U.S. Department of State (DOS) Hot Topics (Magnolia) USCIS Ombudsman Hot Topics View from the Bench: Practice Before the Immigration Court Introduction To Crimmigration: Removability and Prosecution for Immigration Offenses Immigration: Consequences of Crimes of Violence District Court Practice: Habeas Corpus, Declaratory Judgment and EAJA Fees Analyzing a Criminal Conviction Under Descamps Alien Smuggling: Issues Relating to Inadmissibility and Prosecution Petitions for Naturalization, Mandamus, and APA Actions The Immigration Court: Nuts and Bolts For Beginners U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Hot Topics Cancellation of Removal for Non-Permanent Residents Bond and Custody: Mandatory Detention, Bond Redetermination, and Appeal Criminal and Fraud Waivers in Removal Proceedings Expert Witness in Removal Proceedings and Presenting Supporting Evidence Administrative Appeals of CIS Adjudications Asylum Claims for Unaccompanied Minors Recent Decisions from the BIA and Court of Appeals Ethics: Best Ethical Practices in Immigration Law Executive Order U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Hot Topics CSPA and Child Citizenship Act of 2000
CLE SESSIONS SATURDAY, MAY 16 Track 1 Humanitarian Issues Track 2 DHS Issues Track 3 Criminal Topics Track 4 Asylum Topics Visa Options For Certain Victims (U Visas) Competency Hearing: Practical Demonstration of an M-A-M Hearing How the Visa Bulletin Works Basic Asylum Law Practice 7:30 8:30 a.m. Opening Remarks 8:30 8:45 a.m. Special Immigrant Juvenile Hot Topics Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Updates and Emerging Issues Unaccompanied Minors Hot Topics (Magnolia) DACA/DAPA and Parole- In-Place Advanced Practice (Magnolia) Prosecutorial Discretion Border Crisis Forum/ Leadership Roundtable Advanced Consular Processing Issues Unlawful Presence After Yerrabelly and Provisional Waivers How to Negotiate With DOS Income Tax for Aliens: Tax Issues in Immigration Comprehensive Immigration Reform Meeting the Challenges of Non-Immigrant Visas (B, F, H, L, O, P, and R) Advanced Employment- Based Updates and Practice Tips: Avoiding PERM Motions Practice: Motions to Reopen, Reconsider, Remand, Etc. Worksite Enforcement: Counseling Corporate Compliance PERM Updates and Best Practices Worksite Enforcement: Criminal and Civil Litigation Worksite Enforcement: Representing an Employer in an ICE Audit Creative Paths from Adjustment Through Naturalization Credibility, Documentary Evidence, and Expert Witnesses in Asylum Claims Heritage 1 Effective Practice Before the Board of Immigration Appeals Asylum in the Era of Artesia: Detention/Bond and Procedural Due Process Domestic Violence, Refugee, and CAT Claims in the Aftermath of A-R-C-G Ethics: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel 4:30 5:30 p.m. 3:15 4:15 p.m. 2:00 3:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 10:15 11:15 a.m. 9:00 10:00 a.m.
FULL SCHEDULE FRIDAY, MAY 15 *Denotes FBA Immigration Law Section Leadership 6:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Registration Open Heritage Foyer 7:30 8:30 a.m. Worksite Enforcement: Current Status of Employer Sanctions and the Evolving Workplace Kathleen Gasparian, Gasparian Immigration (Moderator) Ann Allott, Allott Immigration Law Firm Maggie Murphy, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C. Ethics: Dual Representation in Immigration Matters George Newman, Partner, Stinson, Leonard, Street LLC (Moderator) Kevin Balkwill, Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Ben Fox, Adams and Reese LLP 8:30 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Heritage Foyer 8:30 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks Heritage 3/4 9:00 10:00 a.m. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Hot Topics Panel Jodi Goodwin, Law Office of Jodi Goodwin (Moderator) Glenda McGraw Regnart, Counsel to the Firm, Cascadia Cross Borders Law Group LLP Brandon Lowy, Federal Immigration Law Attorney Appearing in personal capacity Introduction to Crimmigration: Removability and Prosecution for Immigration Offenses Justin Burton, Partner, Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC (Moderator) Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi Jr., U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico George Terezakis, The Law Offices of George A. Terezakis The Immigration Court: Nuts and Bolts for Beginners Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for
J. Thomas Davis, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Court Administrator Memphis Immigration Court Administrative Appeals of CIS Adjudications William Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National First Vice President, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP (Moderator) Dr. Heather Scavone, Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Humanitarian Immigration Law Clinic, Elon School of Law Loan Huynh, Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Ron Rosenberg, Chief, USCIS Administrative Appeals Office 10:00 10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 11:15 a.m. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Hot Topics Panel Joseph Reina, Reina & Bates Immigration Law Group (Moderator) John Klow, Retired, Program Manager/Chief Lead, Admissibility Review Office, Admissibility Requirements and Migration Control of Field Operations, CBP Stanley Parker, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Senior Journeyman Officer, Area Port of Memphis Immigration Consequences of Crimes of Violence Matthew L. Guadagno, Law Office of Matthew L. Guadagno (Moderator) *H. Raymond Fasano, FBA Immigration Law Section Immediate Past Chair, Youman Madeo & Fasano, LLP Brian Bates, Reina and Bates Immigration Law Group Dan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration Project U.S. Executive Office For Immigration Review (EOIR) Hot Topics Panel *Barry Frager, The Frager Law Firm, P.C. (Moderator) *Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Juan Osuna, Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Ana Kocur, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) Asylum Claims for Unaccompanied Minors Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Regina Germain, Adjunct Professor, University of Denver, and USCIS Asylum Division Appearing in personal capacity Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney Appearing in personal capacity
11:15 11:30 a.m. Break 11:30 12:30 p.m. Track 1 Magnolia U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Hot Topics Panel Pamela Mick, Chair, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) DOL Liaison Committee, Managing Principal, Partenheimer Mick Immigration Law LLC (Moderator) Vincent Lau, Clark Lau LLC Bennett Savitz, Savitz Law Offices, P.C. District Court Practice: Habeas Corpus, Declaratory Judgment, and EAJA Fees Ofelia Calderon, Founding Partner, Calderon, Racine & Derwin PLC (Moderator) John Pratt, Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli and Pratt, P.A. Maris J. Liss, George P. Mann and Associates, P.C. Cancellation of Removal for Non-Permanent Residents Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for (Moderator) Brandon Lowy, Federal Immigration Law Attorney Appearing in personal capacity George Terezakis, The Law Offices of George A. Terezakis Recent Decisions from the BIA and Court of Appeals Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals (Moderator) Dan Kesselbrenner, Executive Director, National Immigration Project Lory Rosenberg, Former EOIR Board Member, Founder, IDEAS Consultation and Coaching, LLC Maria Baldini-Potermin, Maria Baldini-Potermin and Associates, P.C. 12:30 1:45 p.m. Lunch Heritage 3/4, Memphis, Natchez Enjoy conversation and networking with your colleagues in the Heritage 3/4 ballroom. If you prefer a quieter space for work or reading, enjoy your lunch in the Memphis or Natchez rooms. 2:00 3:00 p.m. Track 1 Magnolia U.S. Department of State (DOS) Hot Topics Panel *Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator) Matthew McNeil, Attorney Adviser, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang Charles Oppenheim, USDOS, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Chief Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division
Jill Esposito, Director, Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State Hugo Rodriguez, Consul General, American Consulate Mexico City, Mexico Analyzing a Criminal Conviction Under Descamps Maria Baldini-Potermin, Maria Baldini-Potermin and Associates, P.C. Matthew L. Guadagno, Law Office of Matthew L. Guadagno Bond and Custody: Mandatory Detention, Bond Redetermination, and Appeal *Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for (Moderator) Eileen Blessinger, Blessinger Legal PLLC Renae Hansell, Federal Immigration Law Attorney Appearing in personal capacity Ethics: Best Ethical Practices in Immigration Law Rick Gump, Law Offices of Richard A. Gump Jr. (Moderator) Kevin Balkwill, Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Patrick McNally, Weatherly, McNally & Dixon, PLC Tina R. Goel, Law Offices of Mark Shmueli 3:00 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 4:15 p.m. USCIS Ombudsman Hot Topics Panel *Barry Frager, The Frager Law Firm, P.C. (Moderator) Carly L. Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Frederick R. Troncone, Senior Advisor, DHS, Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Alien Smuggling: Issues Relating to Inadmissibility and Prosecution Jodi Goodwin, Law Office of Jodi Goodwin (Moderator) Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpi Jr.,U.S. District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico Kara Van De Carr, Eden House Criminal and Fraud Waivers in Removal Proceedings Hon. Charles Pazar, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for (Moderator) Justin Burton, Partner, Kriezelman, Burton & Associates, LLC
3:15 4:15 p.m. (continued) Executive Order U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Hot Topics Panel *Margaret Stock, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, LLC (Moderator) Cyrus Mehta, Managing Attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC Elissa Taub, Attorney, Siskind Susser, PC 4:15 4:30 p.m. Break 4:30 5:30 p.m. View from the Bench: Practice Before the Immigration Court Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Hon. Rebecca Holt, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Hon. Mimi Tsankov, FBA Immigration Law Section Treasurer, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge Petitions for Naturalization, Mandamus, and APA Actions Michael Piston, Senior Partner, Piston & Carpenter P.C. Brian Bates, Reina and Bates Immigration Law Group *Derek Julius, U.S. Department of Justice Expert Witness in Removal Proceedings and Presenting Supporting Evidence Nancy Fellom, Law Offices of Fellom & Solorio (Moderator) *Hon. Dorothy Harbeck, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Arturo Rios, Jr., Rios Immigration Law Firm CSPA and Child Citizenship Act of 2000 Cyrus Mehta, Managing Attorney, Cyrus D. Mehta & Associates, PLLC (Moderator) Ari Sauer, Associate Attorney, Siskind Susser PC 5:30 6:30 p.m. Happy Hour Natchez Presented by the Immigration Law Section s Younger Lawyers Division All conference attendees are welcome! Panel members and section leaders are also encouraged to attend.
6:30 8:30 p.m. Networking Reception Rock n Soul Museum Even its location on the legendary Highway 61 and Beale sets this museum apart. The Memphis Rock n Soul Museum offers a comprehensive Memphis music experience from the rural field hollers and sharecroppers of the 1930s, through the explosion of Sun Studio, Stax and Hi Records, and Memphis musical heyday in the 70s, to its global musical influence. FULL SCHEDULE SATURDAY, MAY 16 *Denotes FBA Immigration Law Section Leadership 6:30 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Registration Open Heritage Foyer 7:30 8:30 a.m. Visa Options for Certain Victims U Visas Gail Pendleton, Co-Director, ASISTA Immigration Assistance (Moderator) Eunice Cho, Staff Attorney, Southern Poverty Law Center, Immigrant Justice Project Rachel Thompson, The Poarch Law Firm Carly Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Competency Hearing: Practical Demonstration of a M-A-M Hearing Hon. Jack Weil, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Ofelia Calderon, Founding Partner, Calderon, Racine & Derwin PLC Amelia Wilson, Detention Attorney, Immigrant Rights Program, American Friends Service Committee Dr. Alicia Cabrera Sean Lewis, Vice Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Immigration Law Section, Law Offices of Sean Lewis PLLC/Music City Visa
7:30 8:30 a.m. (continued) How the Visa Bulletin Works *Barry Frager, The Frager Law Firm, P.C. (Moderator) Charles Oppenheim, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Chief Immigrant Visa Control and Reporting Division Jay I. Solomon, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Frederick R. Troncone, Senior Advisor, DHS, Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Basic Asylum Law Practice Hiroko Kusuda, Associate Clinic Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (Moderator) *Regina Germain, Adjunct Professor University of Denver, and USCIS Asylum Division, Washington, D.C., Appearing in personal capacity Eileen Blessinger, Blessinger Legal PLLC Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals 8:30 8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks Heritage 3/4 8:30 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast Heritage Foyer 9:00 10:00 a.m. Special Immigrant Juvenile Hot Topics *Christine Poarch, Attorney, Poarch Law Firm (Moderator) Carly L. Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Joseph Weiner, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel Advanced Consular Processing Issues *Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator) Hugo Rodriguez, Consul General, American Embassy, Mexico City, Mexico Jill Esposito, Director, Office of Public and Diplomatic Liaison, Visa Office, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State Matthew McNeil, Attorney Adviser, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang Advanced Employment Based Updates and Practice Tips: Avoiding PERM *David Ware, Ware Immigration (Moderator) Vincent Lau, Clark Lau LLC Marketa Lindt, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National Secretary, Sidley Austin LLP
Creative Paths from Adjustment Through Naturalization *Margaret Stock, Cascadia Cross Border Law Group, LLC (Moderator) 10:00 10:15 a.m. Break 10:15 11:15 a.m. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): Updates and Emerging Issues Gail Pendleton, Co-Director, ASISTA Immigration Assistance (Moderator) Audrey Carr, Director of Immigration and Special Programs, Legal Services Kursten Phelps, Senior Immigration Staff Attorney, Tahirih Justice Center Carly Salazar, Immigration Law Analyst, DHS Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Unlawful Presence after Yerrabelly and Provisional Waivers Russell Abrutyn, Associate, Law Office of Marshal E. Hyman and Associates PC Linda Kenepaske, Law Offices of Linda Kenepaske, PLLC Jeff Joseph, Senior Partner, Joseph Law Firm PC Motions Practice: Motions to Reopen, Reconsider, Remand, Etc. Tanya Myers, Law Offices of Tanya Myers (Moderator) *Hon. Mimi Tsankov, FBA Immigration Law Section Treasurer, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Immigration Judge Hiroko Kusuda, Associate Clinic Professor, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law Credibility, Documentary Evidence, and Expert Witnesses in Asylum Claims *Dr. Alicia Triche, Principal, Triche Immigration Law (Moderator) *Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program HIRC *Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Hon. Dorothy Harbeck, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Karen Musalo, Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, University of California 11:15 11:30 a.m. Break
11:30 12:30 p.m. Track 1 Magnolia Unaccompanied Minors Hot Topics Kathleen Gasparian, Gasparian Immigration (Moderator) Karen Donoso Stevens, Federal Immigration Law Attorney Appearing in personal capacity Joseph Weiner, Staff Attorney, Public Counsel How to Negotiate With DOS *Jan Pederson, Attorney/Shareholder, Maggio + Kattar, P.C. (Moderator) Mark Mancini, Wasserman, Mancini & Chang Worksite Enforcement: Counseling Corporate Compliance *Kevin Lashus, Managing Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP (Moderator) Maggie Murphy, Shareholder, Jackson Lewis P.C. Ashley Foret Dees, LLC Principal, Ashley Foret Dees Effective Practice Before the Board of Immigration Appeals Russell Abrutyn, Associate, Law Office of Marshal E. Hyman and Associates PC Lory Rosenberg, Former EOIR Board Member, Founder, IDEAS Consultation and Coaching, LLC Jeffrey Chase, Senior Legal Advisor, Board of Immigration Appeals Appearing in personal capacity 12:30 1:45 p.m. Lunch Heritage 3/4, Memphis, Natchez Enjoy conversation and networking with your colleagues in the Heritage 3/4 ballroom. If you prefer a quieter space for work or reading, enjoy your lunch in the Memphis or Natchez rooms. Immigration Law Section Annual Meeting Chattanooga 2:00 3:00 p.m. Track 1 Magnolia DACA/DAPA and Parole-In-Place Advanced Practice Gordon Quan, Quan Law Group, LLC (Moderator) Linda Kenepaske, Law Offices of Linda Kenepaske, PLLC *Kimberly Sutton, Law Office of Kimberly Sutton, PLLC Hugo Valverde, Valverde and Rowell, PC Income Tax for Aliens: Tax Issues in Immigration Robert Alcorn, Robert Alcorn, CPA, MBA
Sam Rock, Attorney, Rock Law Group, PLC; Rock and Hardin Professional Tax Services PERM Updates and Best Practices *David Ware, Ware Immigration (Moderator) Pamela Mick, Managing Principal, Partenheimer Mick Immigration Law LLC Jay I. Solomon, Partner, Arnall Golden Gregory LLP Asylum in the Era of Artesia: Detention/Bond and Procedural Due Process *Dr. Alicia Triche, Principal, Triche Immigration Law (Moderator) Christina Fiflis, Principal, Fiflis Law LLC Richard A. Boswell, Professor of Law & Associate Dean for Global Programs, U.C. Hastings College of Law 3:00 3:15 p.m. Break 3:15 4:15 p.m. Prosecutorial Discretion Glenda McGraw Regnart, Counsel to the Firm, Cascadia Cross Borders Law Group LLP (Moderator) Jeff Joseph, Senior Partner, Joseph Law Firm, P.C. Comprehensive Immigration Reform Charles Foster, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Past National President, Foster LLP (Moderator) Gordon Quan, Quan Law Group, LLC Jennifer A. Minear, McCandish Holton, P.C. Worksite Enforcement: Criminal and Civil Litigation Marketa Lindt, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National Secretary, Sidley Austin LLP (Moderator) Rick Gump, Law Offices of Richard A. Gump, Jr. Cynthia Lange, Partner, Fragomen Worldwide Domestic Violence Refugee and CAT Claims in the Aftermath of A-R-C-G *Hon. Irene Feldman, U.S. Department of Justice, Executive Office for *Deborah Anker, Clinical Professor of Law, Director, Harvard Law School Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program HIRC *Karen Musalo, Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, University of California
4:15 4:30 p.m. Break 4:30 5:30 p.m. Border Crisis Forum/Leadership Roundtable *Christine Poarch, Attorney, Poarch Law Firm (Moderator) Karen Grisez, Special Counsel, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP Meeting the Challenges of Non-Immigrant Visas (B, F, H, L, O, P and R) Michael Jarecki, Law Office of Michael R. Jarecki William Stock, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) National First Vice President, Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer, LLP Worksite Enforcement: Representing an Employer in an ICE Audit *Kevin Lashus, Managing Partner, Jackson Lewis LLP (Moderator) Ann Allott, Allott Immigration Law Firm *Eileen Scofield, FBA Immigration Law Section Vice Chair, Alston & Bird LLP Ethics: Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Tanya Myers, Law Offices of Tanya Myers (Moderator) Kevin Balkwill, Disciplinary Counsel, Board of Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court of Tennessee Sean Lewis, Vice Chair, Tennessee Bar Association Immigration Law Section, Law Offices of Sean Lewis PLLC/Music City Visa 7:00 11:00 p.m. Judicial Awards Reception Belz Museum The Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art is home to a diverse, worldclass collection that spans the art of distinct cultures and time periods, including imperial Asian art, contemporary Judaica, a selection of natural history objects, and various examples of art and craft from around the world. A tour of the museum will be provided for interested attendees. As part of this special evening, the FBA Immigration Law Section will confer its annual awards. Don t miss this celebratory event!
CLE CREDIT Accreditation has been requested from every state with mandatory CLE requirements. Certificates of attendance will be provided to each attendee. Attendees are responsible for obtaining CLE credits from their respective states. Credit availability and requirements vary from state to state; please contact Maria Conticelli at mconticelli@fedbar.org or (571) 481-9104 with any questions. CONFERENCE MAP DID YOU KNOW? 2013 Naturalized U.S. Citizens by Birth Continent (Plus the Top Five Countries) 10.3% 34.8% Cuba Dominican Republic India China Philippines 35.3% 9.7% 9.2% 0.5% Source: www.dhs.gov/publication/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2013-naturalizations
CONFERENCE SPONSORS Saccani Legal and Business Translations Alston & Bird LLP American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Memphis Mid-South Chapter of the FBA U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee Court Improvement Fund