What is a "Marriage"?
Who is a "Child"?
Adoption
Special Immigrant Juvenile VISA
Family Violence and Qualifying Crimes
LGBTQ+ Specific Issues
Collaborations / Client Confidentiality / Interviewing and Trauma
Key Takeaways
Speakers:
Honorable Barbara Stalder, AVDA. Barbara J. Stalder was elected as judge of the 280th Family Violence Protective Order Court in November 2018. Prior to the election, Barbara worked in private practice where she represented survivors of domestic violence, mediated divorce and custody disputes, and was appointed as Amicus Attorney in high conflict custody matters. Barbara was also a staff attorney at AVDA from 2006-2008 where she represented men, women, and children in family violence protective orders and family law matters. In 2008, she joined the UH Law Center Civil Legal Clinic as a supervising attorney/clinical professor where she spent eight years supervising law students in a variety of civil matters, including family violence divorce and custody matters. Barbara began her legal career as a distinguished Equal Justice Works fellow where she created a nonprofit organization representing children in abuse, neglect, and family violence cases. Barbara completed her term of office as the Judge of the 280th in December 2022 and joined AVDA as the managing attorney of the Houston office in February 2023. More information may be found on the ADVA website.
Ana Maria Schwartz, Schwartz Immigration Law. Prior to focusing on immigration issues, Ms. Schwartz worked in the fields of criminal law, software licensing, and small business law. Ms. Schwartz attended the Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law, where she earned a Juris Doctorate in 2003. More information may be found on her firm's website.
Honorable Janet Heppard, 387th State District Court. Judge Janet M Heppard, who was sworn in as judge of the 387th State District Court bench in January 2021. She graduated from the University of Houston with a joint JD/MBA in 1993. Since 1995, Judge Heppard has received the Longevity of Exemplary Service to the Houston Bar Association Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program from the Houston Bar Foundation, an Award of Merit from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children for her work on Hague Convention Cases, the Lonestar Legal Aid "Most Litigated Pro Bono Cases" Award, the Lonestar Legal Aid Community Partner Award, and the Ethel M Baker Faculty Award for her leadership in promoting greater interaction between the University and the local community. More information may be found on the 387th District Court website.
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