Maximizing Second Chances: Filing Appeals, Motions, and Practicing before the BIA
| Live Event Date: 9/22/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Format | Length | CLE Eligible |
| Web Seminar | 90 min. | Yes |
If it hasn’t happened yet, there will come a time when your client is ordered removed by an immigration judge, or USCIS denies an I-130 petition. However, the fight to obtain relief for your client doesn’t have to end there. In this beginner-to-intermediate seminar, our panelists will provide expert guidance on how to seek review before the BIA, and they will advise on how to prevent adverse decisions from becoming final.
Featured Topics:
- Mechanics of Appeals to the BIA: Deadlines, Notices of Appeal, Identifying the Type of Relief Sought, Briefing
- Strategies for Motions to Reopen vs. Motions to Reconsider
- Collateral Options Outside the Appeal: Prosecutorial Discretion, USCIS Relief, Changed Circumstances, etc.
- Other Motions: Sua Sponte, Joint Motions, Motions to Remand, Motions for Stay of Removal, and Administrative Closure
- Anticipating Federal Court Litigation: Strategic Considerations
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Evan Benz (DL), Hillsborough, NC
Evan Benz is a Senior Associate Attorney at The Law Office of Derrick J. Hensley, PLLC, in Hillsborough, NC. His practice is largely devoted to defensive asylum cases and appeals. Evan maintains a “PSG’s tracking sheet” of over 700 asylum decisions from every jurisdiction (www.tinyurl.com/PSGtracking). He also authors the Fourth Circuit Asylum Review, a monthly newsletter that provides up-to-date analysis of recent Fourth Circuit decisions on asylum law (www.asylumreview.org).
Ava Benach, Washington, DC
Ava Benach is a co-founder of Benach Collopy LLP in Washington DC, which she started after realizing that her dream of pitching in Major League Baseball was at its end when her 13 year old daughter took her fastball deep and shattered a window at Old Banneker High School.
David A. Silk, West Palm Beach, FL
David A. Silk is a Partner at Sciarrino & Silk, P.A. Mr. Silk is well versed in all matters related to immigration law with nearly 4 decades of experience. Mr. Silk’s specialty is deportation cases. Mr. Silk received his JD from the University of Iowa College of Law (1981) and his LL.M from New York University School of Law (1984).
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