Gang Recruitment - Is This a T Visa? - 10/08/24

Speakers: Helen Tarokic, Attorney, Wilmington, NC

Speaker Qualifications:

Helen Tarokic is the owner of Helen Tarokic Law PLLC. She is the author of Ignite your Practice with the T Visa. She is a NC Board Certified Immigration Law Specialist who handles anti-trafficking casework, including T and U visas for victims of crime. Attorney Tarokic graduated from Wake Forest University School of Law in August of 2006. She is a licensed attorney in Wilmington, NC. She is an active AILA Member. She speaks English, Spanish, and Croatian. Her law firm handles many different types of immigration & naturalization matters, including business immigration, family-based cases, humanitarian applications, non-detained removal defense, and U.S. citizenship applications. She has been an invited speaker at many national and international conferences and has co-counseled on litigation related to immigration categories including T, U, H-1B and permanent residency.

During these 2 hours, the following questions and answers will be reviewed in detail:

• What fact pattern may qualify an individual to apply for T visa status

• What might make a case for a T visa more difficult?

• If this is a more difficult case, are there tips for improving the case strategy, tips for what types of evidence may be helpful, and tips for reporting to law enforcement for that fact pattern?

• This is a fact intensive UNRECORDED live Zoom training – bring your questions and there should be time to go in depth on at least 2 specific hypotheticals proposed by audience members, using the rubric for analyzing T visa eligibility

• If we happen to go over time in the discussion, additional CLE credit not provided (just consider it fun extra info!)

For this event, it’s okay for lawyers and their paralegals to attend

Rules on recording:

• This will not be recorded so please join us for the live virtual

• All participants must honor these rules as the discussion topics are sensitive and involve law enforcement issues.

• Third-party recordings or participant recordings are strictly forbidden.

North Carolina CLE will be requested by Helen Tarokic Law PLLC

• NC CLE credit will be requested since the organizer is based in North Carolina

• Attorneys licensed outside of NC can attend. A certificate of attendance will be provided upon request for those who need proof of attendance.

• Attorney-supervised paralegals may attend for educational purposes.

• Attorney-supervised means the paralegal must be employed by a licensed attorney and under regular supervision to prevent the unauthorized practice of law.

• Attorneys signing up paralegals take responsibility for their employee’s registration fees and participation in the program and agree to pay full and fair wages for time the paralegal trains in the seminar as part of work hours/on-the-job training.

This is an interdisciplinary seminar, so please be mindful that we will have individuals of various levels of knowledge attending and have law enforcement, therapists, and other anti-trafficking professionals in attendance. It will be an excellent opportunity for all.