#495 AI, Form Changes & Staying Sane in Immigration Practice w/ Ruby Powers, Esq.

Ruby Powers, Esq. returns to the Immigration Lawyers Toolbox Podcast to talk with John Q. Khosravi, Esq. about running an immigration practice today. They cover why many law firm owners find they are the bottleneck in their own firm, how to build a team culture that actually uses the tech you pay for, and how AI can help lawyers digest long regulations and compare new form versions. They also get into vicarious trauma and resilience, the lasting effects of detention, Federal Tort Claims Act claims, growing processing delays and when mandamus makes sense, USCIS denials without RFEs, and the move toward online filing.

Timestamps:

00:00 Opening

00:33 Intro

03:22 New DOS FOIA request form for community members

04:13 Ruby Powers joins the show

04:40 Inside the Denver law firm retreat

07:04 The big lesson: owners are the bottleneck

08:46 Tech stacks and tools firms aren't fully using

10:23 Small tech wins and building a kaizen culture

12:54 Keeping up with sudden policy changes

13:38 Form changes: I-864, I-485, I-539, I-765