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Immigration Practice Update: Mandamus, Appeals, Employment Based Visas, and Current Policy Review (2025 State Bar Convention)
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The discussion will review how to ensure due process in immigration proceedings through mandamus actions and appeals. The program will also provide information on the H1B process regarding non-immigrant employment visas. We will also include a current policy discussion on any new executive policies under the new presidential administration.
What You’ll Learn:
• How to file mandamus action using the Administrative Procedures Act
• General information on the appeals process at the BIA and the Ninth Circuit
• How to navigate the H-1B and green card processes for employment petitions
• Learn how new executive policies affect the practice of immigration law
Presented By: Immigration Law Section
Jesse Evans-Schroeder
supervises a team of "immigration litigation" attorneys at Green | Evans-Schroeder, PLLC, in Tucson, Arizona. Prior to her career in law, Jesse was an advocate for domestic violence and child abuse survivors, and homeless and mentally ill individuals. Introduced to immigration law through participation in the University of Arizona Immigration Law Clinic, and internships with the Florence Project, Southern Arizona Legal Aid's immigration unit, and the former Asylum Project of Southern Arizona, Jesse has, since 2010, practiced exclusively in the field. She has represented hundreds of noncitizens (and many U.S. citizens) in removal proceedings before detained and non-detained immigration courts, and before the Board of Immigration Appeals, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. District Court. She values the relationships she builds with her clients and their families, through the course of representation, and the lessons in perseverance, strength, and determination that her clients teach her on a regular basis.
Juan Carlos Flamand
Juan C. Flamand is a partner at Fragomen focusing his practice on employment based immigration matters. He is a graduate of the Arizona State Bar Leadership Institute and is a former Chair of the Arizona State Bar Immigration section. He currently serves on AILA’s USCIS Operations Committee as well as the Business Section Steering Committee.
