Dates: June 6, 2009

Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m

Location: Venitian Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada

Maria will be on a panel for the advanced removal defense tack: “Cutting Edge Removal Defense Issues”

Dates: March 17-18

Location: Madison, Wisconsin

More Information/Registration:  Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin

Maria will speak on employer related immigration laws and discuss best practices for employers.

Dates: April 17, 2009

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Location: Columbia Law School, New York, NY

Maria will appear on a panel discussing Burdens of Proof and Evidnetiary Rules in Removal Proceedings.

This skills seminar will cover:Admissibility and Reliability of Evidence,Contesting Form I-213;Motions to Suppress; Evidence in crminal removal, asylum and cancellaiton proceedings; Subpoenas, Depositions andExpert Testimony;Ethics.  Maria will play the role of the ICE attorney at the mock removal hearing at the endof the day.

Registration & Information: National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild.

Dates: February 18, March 19, April 16 - 2009

Location: Various - Tele-Seminar; 12:00 - 1:30 CST

Subject: April 16 Session: Removal for Experts - Litigation Tactics in Removal Proceedings

Maria will appear on the April 16 panel “Removal for Experts.”  This session includes:

• Motions to Continue, Administratively Close or Terminate
• Motions to Change Venue
• Motions to Suppress
• Discovery
• Contesting Charges in the Notice to Appear
• Objections
• Authentication of Documents and Responding to FDL Reports

more information and registration, www.ilw.com

Maria appeared with Professor Monica Schurtman from the University of Idaho Law School on a panel discussing civil liberties in war time at the Civil Liberties Symposium in June of 2007.  The symposium is an annual event sponsored by the Friends of Minidoka and the College of Southern Idaho. The symposium is held in connection with an annual pilgrimage to the Minidoka Japanese Internment Camp.