Family Immigration Law '13

Recorded January 25, 2013

Co-Sponsor

    Immigration Law Section, State Bar of Georgia

Presiding

    Safiya W. Byars, Program Chair, Law Office of Safiya Byars, Decatur

Welcome and program overview

Safiya W. Byars

Family Based Immigration, Deferred Action for children Arrivals: How It Works

Kristin Gledhill Williams, The Gledhill Law Firm, Marietta

Issues in Marriage Cases With Focus on Foreign Divorces (I.E. Customary Divorces versus Civil Divorces)

Michelle E. West, M. West Legal, LLC, Lilburn

Immigrant Visa Preference System and Acquiring Immigration Status

Adriana Perez, Perez Vizcaya, LLC, Atlanta

Fundamentals of Naturalization

Layli Eskandari Deal, Levine and Eskandari, LLC, Atlanta

Grounds of Deportability

Peter Acker, P.H. Acker and Associates, LLC, Roswell

Relief From Removal and Waivers of Inadmissibility, With Update on GA HB 87 and Prosecutorial Discretion

Leslie Diaz, Siskind and Susser, P.C., Atlanta

Professionalism in Immigration Law

Monica S. Kinene, Law Office of Monica S. Kinene, LLC, Decatur