Immigration Law Forum 2023: 5 General

Courses Included

• Immigration Law Forum 2023: Bean Station Raid of 2018
  
  

  On April 5, 2018, federal and state officials conducted a worksite enforcement action at the Southeastern Provision meatpacking facility in Bean Station, Tennessee. At the time, it was the largest such raid in the U.S. in over a decade. During the ensuing five years, advocates, officials, and members of the immigrant community have continued to grapple with the myriad legal disputes arising from the raid. Panelists will discuss issues such as the rapid response organized in the immediate aftermath of the raid, immigration court advocacy, and the recent $1.17 million settlement of a civil rights suit involving claims of racial profiling and excessive force.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

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  • William Gill IV, Lincoln Memorial University, Duncal School of Law, Knoxville
    William Gill joined LMU Law as a visiting professor in 2015. In 2016 he became an assistant professor and teaches in the Academic Success and Legal Writing programs. From 2012 until 2015, he served as...
  • Michelle Lapointe, National Immigration Law Center,
    Michelle Lapointe is a deputy legal director at the National Immigration Center (NILC). She is based in Atlanta and has represented immigrant workers in civil rights and employment cases, primarily in...
  • Jazmin Ramirez, Tennessee Immigrant and Refugees Rights Coalition,
    Jazmin is the Community Engagement & Rapid Response Organizer for the TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition where she focuses on leadership development with recent arrival students and...
• Immigration Law Forum 2023: Family Immigration Law Trends, Timing, and Packets
  
  

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  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

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  • Terrence Olsen, Olsen Law Firm, Chattanooga
    Terry Olsen, partner of Olsen Law Firm, founded Olsen Law Firm in September 2003, and practices Immigration & Nationality Law exclusively. Terry has served, and continues to serve, the...
• Immigration Law Forum 2023: “I just pleaded guilty and later I found out that I might not be able to get a green card because of my conviction—can I take it back now?”
  
  

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  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

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  • Steven Simerlein, Immigration Law Offices of Steven J. Simerlein, P.C., Nashville
    Attorney Steven Simerlein, known to many of his Latino clients as "Abogado Esteban" has a breadth of professional experience that few other lawyers can offer their clients.  Drawing upon a...
• Immigration Law Forum 2023: Employment and Investment-Based Immigration Options: How Foreign Direct Investment Leads to Nonimmigrant Worker Visas & Permanent Residence
  
  

  U.S. employment and investment-based immigration law changes at a rapid pace, and new rules and policies are constantly placed in front of U.S. employers seeking to hire foreign professionals, as well as international entrepreneurs and startups seeking to enter the U.S. market. Immigration attorneys must be flexible with change and be prepared to offer timely and efficient solutions. We will look at E-2 treaty investors/traders, L1A start-ups, EB-5 investors, & beyond to see how FDI leads to authorized work status, permanent residence in the U.S. and creates jobs & investment in the U.S.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

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  • Billy Hoover, Southern Champion Tray, Chattanooga
    For the past 20 years, Billy Hoover has worked in international sales for Southern Champion Tray, a Chattanooga-based paperboard packaging manufacturer that produces environmentally friendly...
  • Terrence Olsen, Olsen Law Firm, Chattanooga
    Terry Olsen, partner of Olsen Law Firm, founded Olsen Law Firm in September 2003, and practices Immigration & Nationality Law exclusively. Terry has served, and continues to serve, the...
  • Kanzi Takayama, eXp Commercial Realty,
    Kanzi began commercial real estate profession in 2017 by joining Cushman Wakefield|Commercial Advisors as SVP and created an International Service Line. Kanzi’s primary area of interest was...
  • Waddell Wright, Henderick, Inc., Nashville
    Waddell Wright, CCIM, CPM is the founder of Henderick, Inc. He is a professional licensed BC-A, B general contractor and real estate broker in the state of Tennessee. Waddell embarked on his career in...
• Immigration Law Forum 2023: Making Sense of the Categorical and Modified Categorical Approaches: A Practical Workshop
  
  

  Under current law, the immigration practitioner must analyze criminal convictions under the categorical and modified categorical approaches. This area is one of the densest and most complex in all of immigration jurisprudence. To help the attendee understand these approaches and their real-world implications on clients and their families, the panel will proceed in two parts. First, the panel will explain the approaches generally, focusing on key cases and terminology. Next, the panel will analyze an actual Tennessee statute utilizing the approaches.

  Course Information

  Format:Online VideoDual Credits:0.00General Credits:1.00

  Speakers/Producers

  

  • Andrew Rankin, Law Office of Andrew Rankin, Memphis
    Andrew Rankin earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (summa cum laude) in May 2009 and a Juris Doctor (summa cum laude) in May 2018, both from The University of Memphis. In law school, Mr. Rankin graduated...