MCLE Zoom Presentation
What Civil and Criminal Attorneys Need to Know about Immigration"
1) Michael Mehr, Mehr & Soto, LLP---Immigration consequences of Criminal Convictions---what you need to know if you handle a criminal case for a non-citizen
a. Requirement of Padilla v. Kentucky for affirmative advice as to immigration consequences and to defend against them
b. Use of Immigration Attorney Collateral Consequences Letter
c. Immigration Neutral Pleas and DA Practices
d. Oops---Vacating pleas per P.C. 1473.7(a)(1); P.C. 1018; P.C. 1016.5; Habeas
2) Isabel Soto, Mehr & Soto, LLP-Family Immigration, Naturalization, DACA, Removal Defense
a. Family Immigration--What it is and Why is it so complicated?
b. Family law and Divorce--Enforcements of Affidavits of Support
c. Naturalization issues: Past Due Support; Past Due Taxes
3) Ajla Azevedo-Husic, Law Office of Kelly Wachs--Business Immigration and what civil attorneys need to know about it
a. Business Immigration as a separate specialty
b. Types of Business Immigrant and non-immigrant Visas
c. Special Issues Employers Need to Know About
One MCLE credit.
