Chair-Elect, Orange County Bar Association, Immigration Section, 2024
Secretary / Treasurer, Orange County Bar Association, Immigration Section, 2023
AILA Fall Conference, ACES Track, Conference Program Committee, 2022, 2023, 2023
Educational Background:
Credential, 2024 (in progress)Harvard Kennedy School Public Leadership Credential, 2024
Harvard Law School Executive Education Leadership in Law Firms Certificate, 2023
Harvard Law School Executive Education Program on Negotiation Certificate, 2022
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law Leadership in the Legal Profession Certificate, 2021
Scholarly Lectures/Writings:
Lloyd, F.S. (2023). K Visa Processing 101, in The Consular Practice Handbook (pp. 197-204). American Immigration Lawyers Association.American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Latin America and Caribbean Chapter - Discussion Leader “O’s and P’s” (November 2023)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Chicago Conference - Panelist - “Winning Strategies for for the First Preference” (October 2023)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Fall Conference - Discussion Leader - "Taboo, Uncommon, and Unusual Occupations: Guess What? That's extraordinary Talent too!" (September 2023)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Annual AILA National Conference - Panelist -"O-1A and O-1B: Extraordinary Ability and Entertainers"(June 2023)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Paralegal Conference - Panelist - "Role of the Paralegal,"(June 2023)Immigration Lawyers Toolbox Postgraduate Training "O-1 Visa Workshop for Lawyers,"(February 2023)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – Midwinter Conference – Panelist – “O-1 Trends: Extraordinary Hurdles Still Remain and New Ones Emerge” (January 2023)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – California Chapters Conference – Panelist – “Permissible Business Activities for Nonimmigrants: Employees, Entrepreneurs, and Visitors” (November 2022)Global Gab – Rattlestick Theater, NY – “EB-1 a.k.a. The Artist Green Card” – Panelist (September 2022)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – Sports Immigration Law Conference – Panelist – “National Interest Waivers and Other Creative Options for Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Industry Professionals” (September 2022)Brempex - Speaker - “How to Internationalize your Company into the U.S.” Germany (June 2022)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – Annual AILA National Conference – Panelist – “Strategies for Athletes, Artists, Entertainers and Other Extraordinary Individuals” (June 2022)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – 43rd Annual AILA S. Florida Immigration Law Update – Panelist - “Strategies for Successful NIWs” (April 2022)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – Athletics, Culture, Entertainment and Science (ACES) conference - Panelist - “EB-1 vs. EB-2 NIW: Creative Ways to Use Matter of Dhanasar” (October 2021)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) – Sports Immigration Law Conference - Panelist - “Structuring P-1A and P-1S Petitions for Athletes” (September 2021)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Panelist – “Highly Skilled Individuals: A Discussion on Nonimmigrant and Immigrant Visa Petitioner for ‘Talented’ Foreign Nationals” (August 2021)Brazil California Chamber of Commerce - Panelist - “Media and Entertainment - Expanding Business in the United States” (November 2020)American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) - Panelist - “O-1A How Extraordinary is Extraordinary” (October 2020)ProLawCLE - Presenter -“Non-Immigrant Visas and the Challenges of Today’s Environment” (September 2020)Webinar – Presenter - "Imigração e Negócios nos EUA: mídia, entretenimento e tecnologia," (March 2020)University of California, Irvine, Paralegal Program – Presenter -“Paralegal and Lawyer” Irvine, CA. (February 2020)Brempex - Presenter -“How to Internationalize your Company into the U.S.” Berlin, Germany.(August 2019)ESANC – Speaker - “Immigration Law in the United States”Santos, Brazil. (April 2019)Catholic University of Santos - Speaker - “Immigration Law in the United States” Santos, Brazil. (April 2019) Santa Cecilia University - Speaker - “Immigration Law in the United States” Santos, Brazil (April 2019)Bremprex - Speaker - “Becoming an Entrepreneur in the U.S.” Dusseldorf, Germany (March 2019)LABRFF - Speaker - “Arts in the United States - What you need to know from an immigration standpoint” (December 2018)El Aviso Magazine – Interview about Investment Options (December 2018)LawPro CLE- Presenter - “Immigrant and Nonimmigrant Options for Foreign Investors” (November 2018)LawPro CLE - Presenter - “Immigration Options for Artists, Entertainments and Athletes” (June 2018)El Aviso Magazine – Interview about Deportation (2018)Orange County Paralegal Association - Presenter -“Ethics for the Immigration Paralegal” Irvine, CA (April 2018) University of California- Presenter - “Paralegal and Lawyer” Irvine, CA (March 2018) , Writer, Panelist, Discussion Leader, See below, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 2023