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Event Agenda


9:00 am – 9:15 am Introduction

9:15 am – 10:15 am Panel I – Immigration Law Under the Second Trump Administration
Moderator:
Caitlin Miner-Legrand, Co-Director, Immigrant Justice Project, City Bar Justice Center

Speakers:
Sanam Ghandehari, Senior Immigration Attorney at Women for Afghan Women
Victoria Neilson, Supervising Attorney at National Immigrant Project
Hasan Shafiqullah, Immigration Supervising Attorney in The Legal Society’s Law  Reform Unit

10:20 am – 11:20 am Panel II – Due Process: The Role of Lawyers, USCIS Adjudicators and Immigration and Federal Courts
Moderator:
Patricia Pantaleon, Founder, Garcia Pantaleon & Associates PC

Speakers:
Hon. Carmen Maria Rey Caldas, former U.S. Immigration Judge
Melissa Chua, Co-Director Immigrant Protection Unit at NYLAG
Avideh Moussavian, former Senior Advisor to the Director at US Citizenship and Immigration Services, now Cornell Law Immigration Law and Policy Fellow

11:20 am – 11:35 am Break

11:35 am – 12:35 pm Panel III – Corporate Immigration Compliance
Moderator:
Alejandra Vargas, Partner, Duane Morris

Speakers:
Ted Chiappari, Partner, Duane Morris
Fatima Guillen-Walsh, Senior Legal Counsel, Employment North America, Reckitt
Amelie Sophie Vavrovsky, Co-founder, Formally

12:35 pm – 1:35 pm Networking Lunch

1:35 pm – 2:35 pm Panel IV – Recent Developments to the Travel Ban and Practical Guidance for Impacted Clients
Moderator:
Ludivine Van der Heyden, Co-Chair of the Immigration & Nationality Committee

Speakers:
Lenni Benson, Professor, New York Law School
Anwen Hughes, Senior Director of Legal Strategy, Refugee Programs, Human Rights First
Golnaz Fakhimi, Legal Director, Muslim Advocates

2:40 pm – 3:40 pm Panel V – Recent Executive Orders and Legislations and Their Impact on Business and Employment Based Immigration: How Best to Advise Your Client
Moderator:
Jeffrey Margolis, Founder, Margolis Law Firm

Speakers:
Poonam Gupta, Founder & Principal Attorney, Summit Legal PLLC
Parisa Karaahmet, Partner, Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
Marjan Kasra, Founder & Managing Attorney, The Law Office of Marjan Kasra
a.k.a Lawmaks

3:40 pm – 4:00 pm Closing Remarks

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