Here is my report on the American Immigration Lawyers Association National Conference in Las Vegas last week.

I talked at length with Regina Germain about asylum cases. Ms. Germain is the author of the leading book on asylum. I made more notes at our dinner meeting than at any other event I attended at the conference. She gave those who attended several “golden nuggets” of information on asylum law.

I attended the Norton Tooby/Dan Kesselbrenner crimes and immigration seminar. I got to chat with Dan Kesselbrenner. Norton Tooby is very sharp but I relate better to Dan Kesselbrenner’s thought process. I’m glad they do this important seminar together.

I talked to Brent Renison to congratulate him on his widow penalty victory in US District Court in Los Angeles.

As far as Oklahoma lawyers, I saw Larry Davis, Melissa Tipton, Carlos Williams, Doug Stump and Tim Cook. Congrats to Doug Stump on being elected National Treasurer of AILA.

One more thing: I got to see on of the presentations given by Jim Calloway of the Oklahoma Bar Association. Jim is a fabulous ambassador of the OBA and Oklahoma attorneys. I’m fairly critical of legal seminars but I’d say the presentation I saw was among the best three or four received at the conference.