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ALRP is pleased to support a free seminar on "Marriage After DOMA: Why You Should Walk (Not Run) To Tie the Knot."

During July and August 2013, Kelly McCown and Jeptha Evans will be co-presenting a series of free seminars in San Francisco and Oakland with estates and trusts attorney Alma Soongi Beck of Beck Law Group, P.C. Please join us as we discuss immigration, tax, social security, property co-ownership and other legal implications of same-sex marriage and the possible repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

The seminars are co-hosted by Our Family Coalition, Gay Asian Pacific Alliance, Asian Pacific Islander Queer Women & Transgender Community, API Equality, and Out4Immigration.

"Marriage After DOMA: Why You Should Walk (Not Run) To Tie the Knot"

Kelly McCown, Esq. and Jeptha Evans, Esq., McCown and Evans LLP
Alma Soongi Beck, J.D., LL.M. Taxation, The Beck Law Group, P.C.

Topics will include:

  • Immigration options for same sex binational couples after DOMA
  • Requirements for fiancĂ© visas or marriage-based green cards
  • Differences between applying for a green card in the U.S. vs. abroad
  • Federal Income Tax implications after DOMA
  • Social Security benefits implications after DOMA

San Francisco:

Thursday, August 22nd, 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
San Francisco Public Library
Koret Auditorium
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102

East Bay:

Tuesday, July 30th, 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, August 17th, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Bananas Inc., Main Meeting Room
5232 Claremont Avenue
Oakland, CA 94618

Space is limited. To RSVP, please contact Andrea from McCown & Evans LLP at info@mccownevans.com or (415) 834-9123.

COST: Seminars are free of charge. These are informational seminars. There is no cost or obligation.