Speaking Engagement at the Northwest Regional Immigration Law Conference 2021

I am pleased to be speaking at the Northwest Regional Immigration Law Conference 2021: Yesterday’s Lessons, Tomorrow’s Strengths, sponsored by the Washington and Oregon Chapters of AILA. This year the conference will be held virtually on October 6-8, 2021, and it will offer up to 22.25 CLE credits for attorneys. The conference will cover Employment-Based Immigration, Family & Consular Practice, and Removal Defense matters.

I will be part of a panel presenting on Hot Topics in Business Immigration on October 6, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. For more information on the conference and to register, please see https://www.aila.org/membership/communities/chapters/washington-state/2021-northwest-regional-immigration-law-conference.

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