Conflicts Identification and Problem Solving for All Practice Areas

Charity Anastasio is a Practice Management Advisor for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s Practice and Professionalism Center in Washington D.C.

Charity received her JD from Seattle University School of Law in 2007 and opened a solo practice in 2008 focusing on estate planning, probate and family law.

In 2013 she joined the Washington State Bar Association’s Law Office Management Assistance Program. In 2015 she became the Director of Profession and Practice Advancement at the Maryland State Bar Association as, where she oversaw the Law Office Management Assistance and member benefits for a year and a half. Charity collaborates with AILA’s Ethics Committee and Practice Management Interest Group. She is the co-chair of the ABA Law Practice Division’s Outreach Committee and member of the Professional Development Board. She frequently authors the AILA PPC weekly practice tips and practice management and ethics articles.

Craig Dobson provides ethics advice to lawyers, represents lawyers in disciplinary matters, and practices immigration and nationality law at Dobson Law LLC. He has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Furman University and a Juris Doctor, cum laude, from New England School of Law. During law school, he received CALI awards in both the Law and Ethics of Lawyering and International Business Transactions and served as Editor-in-Chief of the New England Journal of International and Comparative Law. He previously served as Georgia UPL Liaison for the American Immigration Lawyers Association’s (AILA) Georgia-Alabama Chapter and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Georgia to serve as Chairperson of the District 1 UPL Committee for the State Bar of Georgia from 2014 to 2017. He is currently a member of AILA’s National Ethics Committee and was chair from 2017 to 2021. He is also a member of the Association of Professional Responsibility’s (APRL) Cross-Border Practice Subcommittee, which is working on proposed amendments to current ABA multi-jurisdictional practice rules. Additionally, he is a member of the New York City Bar Association’s Mindfulness & Wellbeing in Law Committee and vice-chair AILA’s new Lawyer Well-Being Committee. In October 2017, he became one of the first National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coaches.

Craig not only spends his days studying the law and ethics of lawyering, but he is also frequently called upon to teach and write on the subject. Craig has the heart of a teacher, and he enjoys helping his clients become the best that they can be as well as contributing to the advancement of the profession. He gives his clients his full and complete attention to help them find lasting solutions.