Immigration Consequences of DUI, DP and Traffic Offenses
Date: Mar 12, 2025 6:00 p.m. – 7:40 p.m.
Location: New Jersey Law Center, New Brunswick,
Member Price: $99.00
Non-Member Price: $125.00
Section Price: $99.00
Areas of Law: Immigration, Municipal Court Practice
Earn up to 2 credits! (More Information)
Keynote
Moderator
- Barbara E. Ungar, Esq.
- Law Office of Barbara Ungar, EDISON
Presenters
- Hon. Ashlie Gibbons, J.M.C.
- Newark Municipal Court
- Jerard Gonzalez, Esq.
- Bastarrika, Soto, Gonzalez & Somohano, LLP, Woodland Park
- Maite Matos, Esq.
- City of Paterson, Paterson
Join this seminar to gain insight into the potential immigration consequences of municipal offenses such as DUI, disorderly persons, and traffic violations. Participants will learn how certain municipal court offenses can impact clients of various immigration statuses, including risks of deportation and the involvement of ICE in the municipal courts. This session will equip attendees with key information to understand the nuances of representing clients of various immigration statuses that are facing municipal offenses.
Topics include:
- Client Intake and Client Representation
- Understanding the nature of the offense (DP/DWI/Traffic Offense)
- Immigration consultation recommended
- Managing client expectations
- Immigration Consequences of Pending Municipal Court Offenses
- Different types of immigration statuses, such as green card holder or permanent resident status
- Understanding the nuances of the impact of a pending offense on immigration status
- Crimes of moral turpitude: What offenses risk deportation?
- Best resolution (Plea/Trial/Dismissal)
- Discovery and Trial Issues
- Discovery requests
- Holup orders
- Immigration considerations of dismissals or plea resolutions
- Pending DWI Offenses, DP and Traffic Offenses in Municipal Court
- First appearance
- Adjournment for immigration consultation
- Resolution with immigration concerns - Voir dire
- Pleas versus trials
- Alternative resolutions
- ICE Detainers and ICE Custody
- ICE detainers in the jails
- ICE involvement in municipal courts
- Transfers from county jail to ICE custody
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