SDCBA's Meet and Confer

In podcast Episode #3 of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Meet and Confer, SDCBA...

In this episode of Meet and Confer, SDCBA member-hosts, James "Jim" Crosby and Renee Stackhouse sit down with local immigration attorneys Teodora Purcell and Jesse Imbriano.

Jesse Imbriano is the supervising attorney at Casa Cornelia Law Center, a pro bono law firm in San Diego. Casa Cornelia Law Center provides direct representation in humanitarian immigration applications, including asylum and related relief and protection, special immigrant juvenile status, U and T visas, and VAWA self-petitions and cancellation of removal. Mr. Imbriano directly supervises the legal work of the law firm—including a robust team of staff attorneys and hundreds of volunteer attorneys from the private bar—while maintaining an active case load. He is regularly invited to speak and provide trainings within this practice area to immigration practitioners and other attorneys, social service providers interacting with members of the immigrant community, law enforcement agencies, and the local judiciary. Immediately prior to joining Casa Cornelia Law Center, he served as an attorney advisor with the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Mr. Imbriano is a graduate of the Villanova University School of Law.

Teodora D. Purcell practices in the area of immigration law. She has extensive experience in all facets of U.S. immigration law with focus on business immigration. Ms. Purcell advises corporate and individual clients on a variety of employment and family-based nonimmigrant and immigrant petitions, I-9 compliance, applications for U.S. citizenship and other immigration benefits. Ms. Purcell is certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the California State Bar, Board of Legal Specialization. She is a frequently invited speaker on business immigration topics and teaches an Immigration Law class at the UCSD ABA approved paralegal program and a member of the SDCBA Board. Ms. Purcell is a 2001 graduate of the University of San Diego School of Law and a graduate of Sofia University, St. Clement Ohridski School of Law. She is fluent in Bulgarian and conversant in Russian and Spanish.

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Teodora"Teo" Purcell, Special Counsel @DuaneMorrisLLPJesse Imbriano, Legal Director, Casa CorneliaRenee Stackhouse, SDCBA Member and Podcast HostJames "Jim" Crosby, SDCBA Member and Podcast HostMeet & Confer: A Podcast for the San Diego Legal Community

SDCBA’s “Meet & Confer” is a podcast hosted by SDCBA Members, Renee Stackhouse and Jim Crosby. It's a podcast for and about our unique San Diego legal community. Let us know what you’d like to hear about on future episodes by sending an email to [email protected].

In this episode of Meet and Confer, SDCBA member-hosts, James “Jim” Crosby and Renee Stackhouse...

The first episode of SDCBA’s “Meet & Confer” podcast hosted by SDCBA Members, Renee Stackhouse and Jim Crosby. “Meet & Confer” is a podcast for and about our unique San Diego legal community and we are quite proud of this inaugural episode. We had lots of fun recording it and hope you will enjoy it. Let us know what you’d like to hear about on future episodes by sending an email to [email protected].

Renee Stackhouse (née Galente) is a serious force in San Diego’s legal community, recognized equally for her tenacity, diligence, legal knowledge, and exceptional trial skills. As an advocate, Renee is lauded for her strategic and empathetic approach, and she is known as a leader in the profession and the community. Ms. Stackhouse's substantial volunteer experience also has included leadership roles with the San Diego County Bar Association, serving as a Vice President on the Board of Directors, and inaugural Chair of the Association’s high-profile Law and Technology committee, which was responsible for not only guiding educational program related to technology, but also hiring a Member Technology Officer to assist lawyers in acquiring basic technology competency. She also serves the organization as regular contributor to San Diego Lawyer magazine, and as frequent speaker on social media, trial skills, and general civil litigation. In addition, Renee has served San Diego’s legal community as the President of San Diego La Raza Lawyers and on the board of Lawyers Club of San Diego. She earned her J.D. from Thomas Jefferson School of Law, graduating magna cum laude, and earned a B.S. in Management and Marketing from Park University, also graduating magna cum laude. She is a 2012 graduate of the Gerry Spence Trial Lawyers College. She earned a Women in Leadership Executive Certificate from Cornell University in 2019.

James D. Crosby is a highly experienced business litigator and trial attorney with offices in San Diego, California. Mr. Crosby represents entities and individuals, both plaintiffs and defendants, in complex and general business, commercial, contract, intellectual property, unfair competition, securities, real property, and business tort litigation in state and federal courts. He has successfully represented clients throughout California as well as in New York, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina and South Dakota. He has successfully tried numerous jury and non-jury cases, and represented clients in numerous JAMS, AAA and private arbitrations and mediations. Mr. Crosby is AV Preeminent Peer Review rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for ethical standards and legal ability. Mr. Crosby has received the highest ranking of 10.0, Superb, from AVVO. Mr. Crosby was named a San Diego Daily Transcript 2015-2017 Top Attorney for Corporate Litigation, a San Diego Business Journal “Best of the Bar” for 2015-2017, a San Diego Super Lawyer 2014 through 2018 for Business Litigation, a Southern California Super Lawyer in 2014 for Business, Securities and Intellectual Property Litigation, and a San Diego Magazine Top Lawyer in 2014 through 2018 for Complex Business & Commercial Litigation. A native Southern Californian, Mr. Crosby was born in Los Angeles, grew up in Santa Barbara and has lived in San Diego since 1974. He attended San Diego State University, receiving a B.S. degree in Marine Biology in 1978. Mr. Crosby attended the University of San Diego School of Law and received his law degree in 1983. Mr. Crosby and his wife, Jill, happily married for over 30 years, have three grown daughters. They reside in San Diego and enjoy sailing, water-skiing, the beach, music, concerts, dining out, cooking, art, books, and, most importantly, spending time when they can with their daughters.

The first episode of SDCBA’s “Meet & Confer” podcast hosted by SDCBA Members, Renee Stackhouse...

It's TechTuesday! Today we are sharing another video tip in our series titled "Tech Tip in a Tenth". These are short, targeted, and practical videos approximately 6 minutes in length, because, as Technology Committee Member, David Majchrzak said, "Who can't spare a point one!?" Today's tip is all about updating and optimizing your SDCBA profile.

It’s TechTuesday! Today we are sharing another video tip in our series titled “Tech Tip...

It's TechTuesday! Today we are sharing another video tip in our series titled "Tech Tip in a Tenth". These are short, targeted, and practical videos approximately 6 minutes in length (ok, ok, today's is really TWO tenths), because, as Technology Committee Member, David Majchrzak said, "Who can't spare a point one!?" First, a list of more resources on the topic followed by today's Tech Tip in a Tenth!

Track Changes in Word for MacMore Tips for Windows Users from MicrosoftWatch the video below if you're a Windows user!

It’s TechTuesday! Today we are sharing another video tip in our series titled “Tech Tip...

It's TechTuesday! Today we are sharing another video tip in our series titled "Tech Tip in a Tenth". These are short, targeted, and practical videos approximately 6 minutes in length, because, as Technology Committee Member, David Majchrzak said, "Who can't spare a point one!?" First, a list of more resources on the topic followed by today's Tech Tip in a Tenth!

Humans are born with a DNA, a self-replicating code which is the carrier of genetic information - that human's "defaults." Well, similarly, every Word document birthed from Word's womb does so with a set of default settings that for font and paragraph spacing. But unlike your DNA, the good thing about Word, is the default's can be changed to your liking! Watch the video below to watch a detailed demo on just how to do that in Word for Windows. If you're a Mac user, watch the video first then click on the links below to follow the (very similar) steps for setting default font and spacing on Word for Mac.

Change the default font in Word for MacChange the default line spacing in Word for MacWatch video below if you're a Windows user!