Recognizing the extreme hardships caused by the recent earthquake and aftershocks in Haiti, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Department of State have made significant policy announcements that will impact Haitian nationals currently in the U.S., U.S. Permanent Residents stranded in Haiti, and Haitian orphans who are in the process of being adopted by U.S. citizens. The panel of speakers will detail those policies and procedures to ensure you are in the best position possible to assist those in need of immigration advice as a result of the ongoing tragedies in Haiti. They will also address the emerging issues regarding infrastructure rebuilding.
MODERATOR:
Mavis Theassa Thompson
President, National Bar Association
Mavis Theassa Thompson was elected President of the National Bar Association at the organization's 83rd Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas. On August 7, 2009 she was sworn in as the 67th President of the NBA and the tenth woman to hold the office.
Mavis is the former Circuit Clerk for the City of St. Louis. She made history by becoming the first female Circuit Clerk and during most of her tenure was the only African-American female holding a citywide elected office. Mavis is a member of the Missouri and Illinois Bar Associations. She is also a member of the American Bar Association (serving on the ABA Legal Opportunity Scholarship Committee and the ABA Advisory Committee), the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, the Women Lawyers Association, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. and is an alumnus of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, which is the largest constituency of the National League of Cities.
PRESENTERS:
Thomas A. Duckenfield III
Partner, Adorno & Yoss
Thomas Averill Duckenfield, represents a wide range of clients from Fortune 500 companies and municipalities to minority and women-owned companies in global diversity, government relations, government contracts and international matters. He has served in the various capacities of a partner, principal, CEO and COO at several national and international law firms and corporations.
Mr. Duckenfield has advised clients and litigated protests and claims concerning information technology, shipbuilding and military materiel procurements, including several matters concerning classified and security issues. He served on active duty in the U.S. Department of the Army General Counsel's Honors Program in the Pentagon, where his responsibilities included providing legal advice at the Secretary and three-star general level on information technology; munitions production; intellectual property; utilization of small and minority-owned businesses; outsourcing, and alternate dispute resolution.
Romy Kapoor
Partner, Adorno & Yoss
Romy Kapoor is a Partner with the international law firm of Adorno & Yoss, also one of the largest certified minority owned law firm in the U.S. He has been practicing U.S. Immigration and Nationality Law since 1992, with a broad business and family-based immigration practice. Romy has spoken and written extensively in these areas, both nationally with the American Immigration Lawyers Association and for the State Bars of Georgia and Florida. He is an elected Director to AILA's Board of Governors, and also serves on AILA's Business Immigration Committee.
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