Family Law Basic Skills
February 2014
Family Law Basic Skills
Co-Sponsored by the CBA Family Law Section and Metro Volunteer Lawyers
Program Highlights:
WHY should you attend this program? Because nowhere else will you get the comprehensive toolkit you need to take on family law cases from start to finish. In just two days, some of the most experienced and knowledgeable family law experts in Colorado will gather to bring you every element you need to handle a family law case.
DON'T MISS your chance to build a foundation upon which you will build your successful family law practice-
- Overview and Initial Client Information
- Jurisdiction
- Disclosures/Discovery
- Ethics and Professionalism
- Rule 16.2
- Collaborative Law
- Mediation
- Protective Orders
- Parental Responsibilities
- Juvenile Issues
- Child Support
- Intersection of Criminal Law and Family Law
- Financial Issues in Divorce
- Maintenance
- Separation Agreements
- Property
- Low Income Issues
- Bankruptcy
- Trial Preparation
- Childhood Development
- Evidence/Trial Tactics
… and more!
Featuring a View from the Bench!
Honorable Judge Angela R. Arkin
18th Judicial District
Honorable Karen Hubler, Magistrate
2nd Judicial District
Honorable Ted Tow III
17th Judicial District
Program Description:
Take a pro bono case and attend for only $99!
JOIN THE FAMILY LAW SECTION OF THE COLORADO BAR ASSOCIATION!
The Family Law Section encourages you to take this opportunity to become a member. Membership has innumerable benefits, including a forum for the education of, and communication between, family law practitioners and their staff, judges, elected officials, the state bar association, and members of the public. Membership in the Section includes a quarterly newsletter containing the latest information on key legislation, listings and analyses of recent case law, and Section news; regular luncheons covering all areas of interest and concern to those involved in the practice of family law and from which luncheon attendees receive valuable CLE credits; regularly-scheduled CLE programs on substantive areas of family law; membership reports on changes in statewide and local rules, and views from the bench; and much, much more! To apply for membership, an individual must be a member of the Colorado Bar Association.
For more information, contact the CBA-DBA Membership Department at (303) 860-1115
Agenda:
Day 1: Thursday, February 6
8:00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:25 am
Welcome and Introduction
Extended by Brenda L. Storey, Esq., Program Chair
8:30 am
Ethics
Presented by Stephen R. Fatzinger, Esq.
9:00 am
Overview and Initial Client Information
Presented by Robin L. Beattie, Esq.
9:15 am
Jurisdiction
Presented by Patricia Cooper, Esq.
9:45 am
Rule 16.2
Presented by David Johnson, Esq.
10:00 am
Disclosures/Discovery
Presented by Denise K. Mills, Esq.
10:30 am
Networking Break
10:45 am
Bankruptcy
Presented by John Eckelberry, Esq.
11:00 am
Mentoring
Presented by John Eckelberry, Esq.
11:10 am
Collaborative Law Primer
Presented by Terri Harrington, Esq.
11:30 am
Criminal Law/Family Law Intersection
Presented by R. Suzanne Iantorno, Esq.
11:50 am
Pick Up Box Lunch
12:00 pm
Lunch Presentation: Professionalism (Box Lunch Provided)
Presented by David Littman, Esq.
1:00pm
Networking Break
1:10 pm
Protective Orders
Presented by Rick L. Nicoletti, Esq.
1:40 pm
Parental Responsibilities
Presented by Brenda L. Storey, Esq., Program Chair
2:30 pm
Mediation
Presented by Elizabeth Henson, Esq.
2:45 pm
Low Income Issues
Presented by Gina Weitzenkorn, Esq.
3:15 pm
Networking Break
3:25 pm
Evidence/Trial Tactics
Presented by Justice Nancy Rice
4:25 pm
A View from the Bench: Judges' Panel Presentation
Presented by Honorable Angela R. Arkin, Honorable Karen Hubler, Magistrate, Honorable Ted Tow, III
5:15 pm
Adjourn
Day 2: Friday, February 7
9:00 am
Child Support
Presented by Steven E. McBride, Esq.
9:50 am
Property
Presented by Ronald D. Litvak, Esq.
10:40 am
Networking Break
10:50 am
Juvenile Issues in Domestic Cases
Presented by Bonnie E. Saltzman, Esq.
11:20 am
Separation Agreements
Presented by William L. Hunnicutt, Esq., and Erica Kemmerley, Esq.
12:00pm
Pick Up Lunch if Purchasing
12:10 pm
Resources, References and Tips of the Trade
Presented by Brenda L. Storey, Esq., Program Chair
(Optional Box Lunch for Purchase)
1:00pm
Networking Break
1:20 pm
Trial Preparation
Presented by Diane M. Carlton, Esq.
1:35 pm
Maintenance
Presented by Jordan M. Fox, Esq.
2:00 pm
Financial Issues in Divorce 101
Presented by Eric Six, CPA/ABV
3:00 pm
Networking Break
3:10 pm
Childhood Development 101
Presented by Lee Hockman, PsyD
4:10 pm
Adjourn
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
Non Member | $399.00 |
CBA Member | $359.00 |
CBA Family Law Section Member | $339.00 |
Paralegal/Legal Support Staff | $279.00 |
New Lawyer - in practice 3 years or less | $279.00 |
Yes! I agree to take a pro bono case within 1 year | $99.00 |
CLEACCESSPASS | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 16.00
- Ethics Credits: 2.00
- EDI Credits:
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