IMMIGRATION PRESENTATIONS & TEACHING: American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Regularly invited speaker at national and regional AILA events including:
William Mitchell College of Law, St. Paul, MN Assisted Adjunct Professor Jerome Ingber in teaching the Immigration Law class on topics including Family-Based and Employment-Based Preference categories, Labor Certification, Removal Proceedings and Relief from Removal. Assisted Professor Ingber in preparation of final examination questions and grading of final exams. AWARDS: 2003 Sam Williamson Mentor Award for “Outstanding Efforts and Excellent Counsel to Immigration Attorneys By Providing Mentoring Assistance” PUBLICATIONS: “Zeno's Revenge: The Paradoxes of Interested Government Agency J-1 Waivers for Physicians,” Immigration Briefings April 2004 & May 2004. “H-1B and L-1 Strategies for Business Professionals,” 2 Immigration and Nationality Law Handbook 176 (2004) (co-authored with Susan MacLean). “The Concurrent Filing Rule – an Old Rule with New Impact,” In Pursuit of the American Dream, 5th Annual Conference Manual of the New York Chapter of AILA (Dec. 2002) (reprinted as practice advisories in Immigration Law Today, Nov. 2002 and Dec. 2002.) LEGAL WORK EXPERIENCE: Aronson & Associates, P. A., Minneapolis, MN Advise employers and foreign national employees on obtaining nonimmigrant visas (B, E, H-1B, L) and immigrant visas (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3, EB-4) in the fields of information technology (IT), management, engineering and scientific research, and education. Counsel corporate clients on complying with regulations concerning maintaining of public records, prevailing wage requirements and maintaining status of employees. Advise employers on Labor Certification process to sponsor employees for permanent residence. Represent clients in family-based permanent residence and naturalization cases including filing petitions and applications, preparing clients for and attending examinations and court hearings. Update and maintain firm’s library and legal resources. Train and advise Legal Assistants and Associate Attorneys. Ferguson Stein Wallas Adkins Gresham and Sumter, P.A., Charlotte, NC Researched and wrote briefs for preliminary injunction and response motions in racial discrimination cases for firm specializing in employment discrimination litigation. Interviewed witnesses, prepared affidavits and testimony for bond reduction hearing. Researched and wrote legal memoranda concerning interference with contractual relations, attachment of assets, voting rights, and pension benefits. Wrote complaints in false arrest and racial discrimination cases. Assisted in preparation for arbitration hearing in construction contract case. EDUCATION: University of North Carolina School of Law, Chapel Hill, NC Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ
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