American Immigration Lawyers Association

AMERICAN IMMIGRATION LAWYERS ASSOCIATION New York Chapter CLE

101 on Ethics is Practice Management April 17, 2017, 6pm-9pm

Moderator: Nicole Abruzzo Hemrick

Panel Members: Carol Schiro Greenwald, Ph.D. Bob Juceam Jun H. Lee Richard M. Maltz Kaylin L. Whittingham

Index of Handouts

First Session:  22 NYCRR § 1200 – Rules of Professional Conduct (escrow accounts)  22 NYCRR § 1215 – Written Letter of Engagement  Federal Register, 8 C.F.R. Parts 1001, 10003, 1292, Professional Conduct for Practitioners—Rules and Procedures, and representation and Appearances (2008)  Fact Sheet, EOIR’s Disciplinary Program and Professional conduct Rules for immigration Attorneys and Representatives (2009)  U.S. DOJ, News Release, Department of Justice Adopts Final Rule Concerning Professional Conduct for Immigration Practitioners  Immigration Court Practice Manual, Ch. 10, “Discipline of Practitioners”  First Department Disbarment Cases Intentional Conversion of Client/Third party Funds from IOLA/Escrow Accounts o Matter of Babalola, 139 A.D.3d 61 (1st Dep’t 2016) o Matter of Escalante, 127 A.D.3d 37 (1st Dep’t 2015) o Matter of Katz, 109 A.D.3d (1st Dep’t 2013) o Matter of Kennedy, 99 A.D.3d (1st Dep’t 2012) o Matter Squitier, 88 A.D.3d (1st Dep’t 2011)  First Department Exception Cases Suspension Intentional Conversion of Client/Third Party Funds from IOLA/ESCROW Accounts o Matter of Hazelhurst, 144 A.D.3d 31 (1st Dep’t 2016) o Matter of Molinini-Rivera, 24 A.D. 36 (1st Dep’t 2005)  Matter of Lozada, 19 I. & N. Dec. 637 (BIA 1988)  Matter of Muto, 291 A.D.2d 188 (1st Dep’t 2002)  Matter of Jaffe, 585 F.3d 118) (2d Cir. 2009)  Matter of DeMell, 589 F.3d 569 (2d Cir. 2009)  Matter of Liu, 282 Fed.Appx 7 (2d Cir. 2008) Second Session:  Robert E. Juceam, Selected Ethical Issues in Immigration Proceedings (Apr. 2017) (contains table of contents) o Annex Exhs. 1-5 o Annex Exhs. 6-13  Kaylin Whittingham, A New Era for Attorney Discipline in New York State (Apr. 2017)  Supreme Court, Appellate Division, All Departments, part 120, Rules for Attorney Disciplinary matters  Matter of Zhang, 2016 N.Y. App.Div. LEXIS 5709 (Aug. 2016)

Third Session:  NYS Code of Professional Conduct as amended 6/4/10 Sections related to Attorney- Client Relationship  Formal Opinion 2015-7: Application of Attorney Advertising Rules to LinkedIn  Ethics Opinion 1052 (3/25/15): Compensating clients to rate lawyer on Internet websites  Ethics Opinion 748: The ethical implications of attorney profiles on LinkedIn