Effective Advocacy with Federal Administrative Agencies, How to Navigate Your Case – Guardians of the Immigration Galaxy Style.

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Panelists will provide an overview of how to effectively advocate for your client when your client is compelled to attend a federal agency proceeding or federal agency examination. Subjects will include: what entitlements and rights does the compelled person have during a compulsory agency proceeding under the APA, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Constitution; what entitlements and rights does the retained private attorney have under the APA, the Code of Federal Regulations, and the Constitution during his client’s compulsory agency proceeding; how to address an agency employee or agency supervisor who is refusing to honor and accept your or your client’s statutory, regulatory or Constitutional rights and entitlements during the compulsory agency proceeding; and how to litigate to enforce your and your client’s right to effective attorney representation during a compulsory agency proceeding or agency examination.

Michael W. Gahagan

Michael W. Gahagan is the owner of Gahagan Law Firm, L.L.C. - The Immigration Law Firm of New Orleans. Mr. Gahagan practices Immigration Law and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) law exclusively in federal courts and immigration courts nationwide. Mr. Gahagan has been a member of AILA since 2008 and the AILA Federal Litigation Section since 2013. Mr. Gahagan has been the AILA MidSouth Chapter Federal Court Litigation Chairman since 2013 and the AILA MidSouth Chapter Federal Litigation Liaison since 2019. Mr. Gahagan has also been an AILA National Committee Member on the Distance Learning Committee from 2017 to 2019; and he is currently on the FOIA Strategy Committee. In addition to holding positions within AILA, Mr. Gahagan is consistently invited to be an expert speaker at State Bar conventions and AILA conventions worldwide on the topics of immigration law, federal immigration litigation, FOIA, FOIA litigation, and the Administrative Procedure Act. Mr. Gahagan has successfully represented hundreds of clients in federal court litigation against DHS, USCIS, ICE, and CBP.