Learn from attorneys who have been on both sides

As a Trial Attorney at the Department of Justice's Office of Immigration Litigation, Oz Barnard handled complex cases in federal district and appellate courts nationwide, addressing issues of first impression in federal jurisdiction, statutory interpretation, administrative law, and constitutional law.

Her caseload included mandamus and APA challenges to citizenship, permanent residency, and visa delays, habeas petitions, and class-action challenges to adjudication procedures. She also represented federal agencies in settlement conferences, applying conflict-resolution and mediation skills.

Before DOJ, Oz served as a Trial Attorney at ICE within DHS, representing the agency across the Fourth, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits, then advised ICE and DHS Headquarters on high-profile cases and policy matters. She trained federal attorneys, ICE, USCIS, and CBP officers, and immigration judges throughout her government career.

With 19 years of federal immigration litigation experience, Oz now trains and mentors immigration attorneys on mandamus and APA litigation, drawing on her experience on both sides of these cases at DHS and DOJ.

Enes Hajdarpasic helps attorneys evaluate, develop, and litigate federal court matters arising from immigration-related agency action and detention, drawing on extensive experience representing both the federal government and private clients.

He served as the first Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey dedicated exclusively to civil immigration litigation, representing federal agencies in district court and defending mandamus, habeas corpus, APA, and class-action claims.

Before that, Enes was a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, representing the government in removal proceedings before the immigration courts, giving him a distinctive understanding of how federal agencies and government counsel evaluate immigration disputes, litigation risk, jurisdictional defenses, and potential resolution.

Enes now represents clients and mentors attorneys on federal immigration litigation, including habeas corpus, APA, and mandamus matters. He speaks and teaches regularly on the topic and has been a panelist at two national conferences of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and two national conferences of the Federal Bar Association.