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Visas En Vogue: Threading the Needle of US Immigration Law

Visas en Vogue: Threading the Needle of US Immigration Law for Fashion Designers & Models 

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | Panel 5:15pm - 6:30pm | Fashion Show 6:30pm - 7:30pm | Reception 7:30pm - 8:00pm
 
Format: In Person
Registration Fee: $20 Members | $35 Nonmembers    
 
Description:
Join us during New York's Fashion Week as we highlight foreign national and immigrant fashion designers and models. This event will focus on the unique legal challenges these fashion designers & models face in the fashion industry. The panelist will also discuss Immigration & Nationality Law, the Non-Immigrant Visa process, intellectual property matters, the Fashion Worker's Act, employment issues, politics of fashion & race, and branding, and more. Designers will discuss how they have integrated elements of their heritage into contemporary designs, and ways in which designers are responding to the needs of a new global population.
 
Following the panel, please join us for a reception and fashion show featuring foreign national fashion designers as they showcase their collection.
Speakers:
Christopher Gregorio, Fragomen, Del Rey
Amanda B. Agati, Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.
Laurie Berke-Weiss, Berke-Weiss Law, PLLC
Kimberly M. Jenkins, Fashion scholar and Founder, The Fashion and Race Database and Artis Solomon Consulting
Alexandra R. Cordero, VisaFlex Law, PLLC

Moderator and Program Organizer:
Evans J. Legros, Legros Law Firm, PLLC
 
Featured Designers:
Glenroy March, D'Marsh Couture
Noel Calubaquib, Suigens
Berny Martin, LeCatou
Aryea Kolubah, Ayeakah 
 
Sponsoring Committees:
Fashion Law, Amanda Agati & Sindy Ding-Voorhees, Co-Chairs
Immigration and Nationality Law, Dorian Rojas & Ludivine Van Der Heyden, Co-Chairs
Small Law Firm, Adam Weissman, Chair
 
Thank you so much to the generous sponsors of the program and reception.

Gold Level 
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu, P.C.
Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP
Legros Law Firm, PLLC

 


Where
New York City Bar Association 42 West 44th Street New York, NY 10036

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