Product Description

As estate planners, many of our client meetings begin with this statement: “I need a will and I want to avoid probate.” The first thing we explain is that a will, although critical to a complete estate plan, does not “avoid probate.” While there are several ways to avoid probate, some are better than others, depending on the client’s personal and financial situation. A probate avoidance technique that works for a standard estate plan might be detrimental for a Medicaid plan. In this new program, we discuss the various methods for avoiding probate, and the potential pitfalls with some of them in different situations. 

Agenda & Materials

• Day One: Family & Humanitarian-Based Immigration

  Stephen L. Sobey, Esq., Shatz, Schwartz, and Fentin, PC , Springfield
  
• 1:20 - 1:35 pm

  How to Avoid Probate: Hypothetical: Married with Medicaid

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• 1:35 - 1:40 pm

  Hypothetical: DPA for Married Couple in MassHealth Context
• 9:30am - 9:35am

  Welcome and Introduction
• 1:40 - 1:55 pm

  How to Avoid Probate: Hypothetical: Married Couple with Children

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  Pamela E. Fuentes, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  Pamela E. Fuentes, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  Pamela E. Fuentes, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  Ivo Pierotich, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  
• 1:55 - 2:00 pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

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• 9:35am - 10:30am

  Overview of Family-Based Immigration

  Panel
  
• 9:35am - 10:30am

  Overview of Family-Based Immigration

  Panel
  
• 10:30am - 11:25am

  Introduction to Asylum

  Panel
  
• 11:25am - 12:10pm

  Representing Unaccompanied Minors

  Panel
  
• 12:10pm - 12:55pm

  Lunch (on your own)
• 12:55pm - 1:45pm

  Immigration Consequences of Criminal Conduct

  Juan C. Congote, Esq, Toland Law Firm , Boston
  
• 1:45pm - 2:35pm

  Inadmissibility Waivers

  Desmond P. Fitzgerald, Esq., Fitzgerald & Company LLC , Boston
  
• 2:35pm - 3:25pm

  Immigration Court Procedure and Relief from Removal

  Robin Nice, Esq., McHaffey & Nice LLC , Boston
  
• 3:25pm - 4:25pm

  Introduction to Naturalization

  Jessica Chicco, Esq., MIRA Coalition , Boston
  
• 4:25pm - 4:30pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

  Panel
  
• Day Two: Employment-Based Immigration
• 9:30am - 9:35am

  Welcome and Introduction

  Pamela E. Fuentes, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  Ivo Pierotich, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  
• 9:35am - 10:15am

  Overview of Visitor Visa, B-1 and the Visa Waiver Program

  Panel
  
• 10:15am - 11:00am

  NAFTA TN Classifications for Canadians and Mexicans

  Panel
  
• 11:00am - 12:00pm

  H-1B and LCA Compliance

  Alexandra Branzburg, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  
• 12:00pm - 12:45pm

  Lunch (on your own)
• 12:45pm - 1:30pm

  L-1 Visas: Intra-Company Transfers

  Panel
  
• 1:30pm - 2:15pm

  O Visas: Persons with Extraordinary Ability in the Arts, Sciences and Business

  Panel
  
• 2:15pm - 3:15pm

  The Nuts and Bolts of PERM Labor Certification

  Panel
  
• 3:15pm - 3:25pm

  Break
• 3:25pm - 3:55pm

  Employment-Based Green Cards Without Labor Certification/NIWs

  Panel
  
• 3:55pm - 4:25pm

  Employment-Based Immigration Ethics

  Sara M. Mailander, Esq., Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP , Boston
  
• 4:25pm - 4:30pm

  "Ask the Experts" Q&A Session and Key Takeaways

  Panel
  

Chair

Faculty