Lawyer Monthly Magazine - September 2019 Edition

89 SEP 2019 | WWW.LAWYER-MONTHLY.COM system comprised of sub-states having their own bodies of law, whether it is criminal, family, or contract, is the uniform applicability of the laws. Occasionally the federal courts will entertain and adjudicate multi-state or vague state laws triggering deportation/removal proceedings, but these are relatively few and far between, and theonlydifferencebetween winning your case/successfully defending against deportation/ removal proceedings is a good, solid, experienced, creative and ingenious immigration lawyer. In the past nearly 20 years of immigration/deportation defense law, I have rarely found a case that could not be successfully defended, depending on if the accused has the time, patience, grit, and wherewithal to weather the storm, bite the bullet, dig in their heels and fight back against federal deportation proceedings. The immigration laws, like the Internal Revenue Code, is an enormously complicated, detailed, and exceptions-rife body of federal law, and many defences exist that are not easily discoverable or knowable to an average immigration law practitioner. To that end, it is vital to both consult with and retain an experienced immigration deportation defense trial lawyer, rather than someone who simply slaps forms together and mails it off to the immigration service. Anyone can do that, and not even having to be an immigration lawyer. Since I have spent decades in the immigration and federal courts, doing countless trials, litigating, preparing, filing pleadings, appearing in countless court hearings, hammering out issues with opposing DHS Prosecutors, US Attorneys, District Attorneys, and Criminal/Family/Immigration Judges all around the country, I feel very confident that there are very few cases where we can not present a cogent and solid defense. Many case outcomes are the result of negotiation, plea agreements and appeals, so it is important to consult with a lawyer who has a big basket of litigation techniques and negotiating skills, such as our law firm, the Manchanda Law Office PLLC. LM Professor, Author, and Attorney Rahul Manchanda worked for one of the largest law firms in Manhattan where he focused on asbestos litigation. At the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (“UNCITRAL”) in Vienna, Austria, Mr. Manchanda was exposed to international trade law, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, and comparisons of the American common law with European civil law. He later worked for one of the largest multi-national law firms in Paris France, Coudert Frères, where he focused primarily on international arbitration, arbitration agreements, the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards against multinational parent corporations, piercing the corporate veil, arbitration venue choice, and foreign policy. In Paris, Mr. Manchanda analyzed and compared the American legal system with its British, French, Russian, German, and Chinese counterparts. Mr. Manchanda also has extensive technical experience in Federal Patent Prosecution and Intellectual Property issues working for Milde Hoffberg &Macklin LLP and Moses & Singer LLP, and has contributed to the issuing of patents in the areas of biotechnology, organic chemistry, biopharmaceuticals, electrical and mechanical engineering, computer software and technology, and internet business methods. He was recently the Keynote Address Speakerfor Hamline University School of International Law on the 60th Anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, as well as a Chief Speaker for the Civil Rights Litigation Update Seminar on Balancing Inalienable Civil Rights and National Security in the Post-911 Era. Professor Manchanda is also a Faculty Member for LawLine.com, an online Continuing Legal Education (“CLE”) program designed to educate Attorneys all across the country on cutting edge issues of Immigration Law and Deportation and Removal Defense Litigation as well as a second CLE on the Foundations of International Law, as well as 5 different Immigration Law/Deportation Defense Seminars for Rossdale CLE. Click here to watch a portion of his 2 hour lecture on Immigration and Deportation and Removal Defense Litigation or The Foundations of International Law. You can also watch some of his many appearances on FoxNews, CNN, CourtTV, NBC, and other major media networks on some of the most notable cases in global history, here. He has also given multiple lectures as one of the first pioneering immigration law practitioners who merged Criminal Defense Law and Immigration/Deportation Defense Law in such lectures with other immigration law luminaries in LexisNexis Presents a Complimentary Webinar: Criminal Law and Immigration Intersection 101 and Immigration Reform and the Workplace: An Overview of Legal and Legislative Developments. RAHUL MANCHANDA, ESQ Thought Leader By Rahul Manchanda, Esq., Manchanda Law Office PLLC