Eligible participants can receive up to 1.8 CLE credit hours. AILA will administer CLE credit only to individuals who register and log into the web seminar. AILA cannot verify your attendance and participation in this program unless you register directly for the web seminar and use your name to log in to participate in the program. Therefore, persons who log in or listen in on the web seminar as part of a group will not be able to obtain CLE credit.

Please note that your jurisdiction may limit the amount of distance learning credit you can earn. To view details on your jurisdiction's credit restrictions and CLE requirements, visit the CLE Center.

AILA has filed for CLE and specialized credit in all jurisdictions with mandatory CLE requirements. For details about specific approvals, contact us at cle@aila.org.

• AILA applies for accreditation upon attorneys’ request after participation for the following states: AR, DE, IA, ID, KS, KY, LA, ME, MN, MS, OR, TN and WY. Programs are typically approved.
• Florida and Rhode Island - Attorneys must apply on their own for approval of seminars in FL and RI. Programs are typically approved.
• The OnDemand Recording format does not qualify for CLE credit in the following jurisdictions: MO and PR. Please note that your jurisdiction may limit OnDemand credit based on the date of the original presentation. View the OnDemand Downloadable Expiration Chart for more details.

To receive CLE credit for the live event, attorneys must record web seminar attendance and the CLE code provided within one week of the web seminar date via webCLE.

Contact us at cle@aila.org or visit AILA’s Web Seminar Recordings page for more information about receiving CLE credit for a seminar recording.

Fausta M. Albi (DL), San Diego, CA

Fausta M. Albi is a Co-Managing Partner at LARRABEE ALBI COKER, LLP, with 17 years of experience in immigration law. She provides counsel to corporate clients, universities, and research institutes, focusing on employment-based visas, labor certifications, and immigration compliance. Fausta’s practice emphasizes the intersection of global mobility and the economy, particularly in IT, biotech, education, and scientific research sectors. Raised in an immigrant family, she is deeply committed to social justice and human rights. A frequent speaker and advocate, Fausta is fluent in Spanish and French, conversational in Italian, and active in national and local immigration policy initiatives.

David J. Wilks, AILA Board of Governors/USCIS HQ (Benefits Policy) Liaison Committee, Rochester, NY

David J. Wilks co-leads the Immigration Practice Group at Hodgson Russ LLP in Rochester, New York. He represents a wide variety of business immigration clients. Mr. Wilks currently serves as an Elected Director on the national Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA). His articles have appeared in Bender’s Immigration Bulletin, ILW.com, National Law Review, and in various AILA publications, including: Immigration Options for Investors and Entrepreneurs, 4th Ed. Mr. Wilks is also the 2019 recipient AILA’s national Joseph Minsky Young Lawyer Award, and the AILA Upstate New York Chapter’s 2018 Mark T. Kenmore Mentor of the Year Award. Mr. Wilks is a Graduate of Cornell Law School.

Ruth L. McChesney, San Antonio, TX

Ruth L. McChesney brings decades of experience in accounting, business, and a high-volume immigration practice, specializing in business and family-based immigration, consular processing, and employer compliance. She has filed thousands of petitions for employers, employees, and families, representing clients from small businesses to Fortune 100/Global 500 companies, including professionals, engineers, architects, investors, and individuals of extraordinary ability.

Devin B. O’Neill, Toronto, Canada

Devin B. O’Neill is a Director and Senior Attorney at EY Law, LLP based in Toronto Canada where she supports and advises a range of large corporations build their US immigration program, manage risk, and respond to changing US immigration landscape. Ms. O’Neill has practiced immigration law since 2003 alternating her practice between refugee and asylum law (serving as the Mixed Migration Expert for UNHCR Office for Southern Africa), and business immigration. Devin has served for several years both as AILA Canada Chapter Liaison to Pearson Pre Clearance Office as well as on the AILA National CBP Liaison Committee. Ms. O’Neill holds a JD and an MPH from the University of Michigan Schools of Law and School of Public Health and a BA in Government from Smith College.