Q&A: Discussion with AILA Authors - July 22
This Q&A session will consist of 60 minutes of questions and discussion from the participants on various hot topics in immigration, led by our moderator and expert faculty of AILA Authors. You can ask questions during the session or pre-submit questions here. We encourage all participants to join with their webcams enabled and come prepared to participate in discussion with colleagues in the field. A recording will be made available to all conference attendees. This session will feature authors of Essentials of Immigration Law, Business Immigration: Law & Practice, Litigating Immigration Cases in Federal Court, and Build and Manage Your successful Immigration Law Practice (Without Losing Your Mind).
Richard A. Boswell
AILA Author, Essentials of Immigration Law, 5th Ed., San Franscisco, CA
Kevin Miner
Speaker
Kevin Miner is a partner in the Atlanta office of Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP, and works with employers throughout the U.S. on business immigration processes. He has worked closely with the U.S. House and Senate Judiciary Committees to draft key provisions of immigration legislation. Mr. Miner is a co-author of Business Immigration: Law & Practice (AILA 2nd Ed.), which is a leading treatise on business immigration matters. He is an Elected Director on the AILA Board of Governors and serves as a member of the USCIS Policy & Benefits Committee. Mr. Miner speaks regularly around the country on topics relating to high-skilled immigration.
Robert Pauw
Speaker
Robert Pauw is a partner in the Seattle law firm of Gibbs Houston Pauw. He has been counsel for plaintiffs in many significant immigration cases, including Zerezghi v. USCIS, 955 F.3d 802 (9th Cir. 2020) (challenge to marriage fraud penalty), Zuniga v. Barr, 946 F.3d 464 (9th Cir. 2019) (right to counsel in withholding-only proceedings), Vega-Anguiano v. Barr, 942 F.3d 945 (9th Cir. 2019) (collateral challenge to reinstatement of removal order), and Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendariz v. United States, Case No. 12.562 (IACHR 2010) (deportation policies violate the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man). He has taught immigration law at Seattle University for many years, and is one of the founding members of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle. Mr. Pauw is author of Litigating Immigration Cases In Federal Court (AILA 5th ed. forthcoming). He has received AILA’s Jack Wasserman Award for Excellence in Litigation and the NLG’s Carol King Award.