Using the Tools You Already Have: Smarter Strategies for Family Law Practice
Family law practitioners often have the right tools but are not always using them to their full advantage. This program offers a focused look at how to approach domestic relations cases more effectively, from applying new statutory frameworks to refining litigation strategy and making better use of discovery.
In a concise, high-impact format, you will examine coercive control under new statutory language, strategies to streamline hearings and obtain faster rulings, and the effective use of depositions, along with a timely session on ethical considerations in the use of artificial intelligence. Step away briefly and return with practical ideas you can implement immediately.
Program Highlights:
• Apply new law with confidence: Understand and effectively use Colorado’s evolving statutory framework on coercive control in domestic relations cases
• Get to orders faster: Learn practical litigation strategies to help courts issue same-day rulings and reduce delays in temporary and permanent orders
• Use the tools you’re overlooking: Discover how depositions can be a powerful, cost-effective strategy in family law litigation when used intentionally
• Navigate emerging ethical risks: Understand how to protect your practice when using artificial intelligence in family law matters
IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE HAS ITS PERKS
Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc. (CBA-CLE) values you and your participation in the Colorado legal community. The pandemic taught us that community building comes more naturally in person than it ever could via Zoom. Attending CBA-CLE events in person is a great way to network and meet new colleagues.
To encourage community building through in-person attendance, CBA-CLE will be holding a drawing at every live program held in the CLE Classroom, available only to in-person attendees. The winner will receive a CLE Elite Pass for 1 year (a value of $1,295 for members/$1,695 for non-members) simply by attending live.
CLE CREDITS: This program has been submitted for 4 General CLE Credits, including 0.6 Ethics.
The program is accredited in Colorado. CBA-CLE staff can provide a Uniform Certificate of Attendance, and it is the attendee's responsibility to complete the accreditation outside of Colorado.
Home studies will be available 2-3 weeks following the live program.
CBA-CLE is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, and employment. To request an accommodation please contact [email protected] at least 14 business days in advance.
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Registration
1:00 – 1:05 pm
Welcome and Introductions
Extended by Jody Davis, Esq., CBA-CLE Program Attorney, and Program Co-Chairs: John C. Haas, Esq., Epstein Patierno, LLP, and W. Benjamin King, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran, PC
1:05 – 2:05 pm
Coercive Control in DR Cases: A Review of New Statutory Language
Presented by Amy Pohl, Esq., Project Safeguard, and The Honorable Billie Rounds, 2nd Judicial District Court Magistrate, Denver County
2:10 – 3:00 pm
W.T.F. – Where’s the Fault
Members of the bar and the bench will be discussing litigation tactics to help streamline temporary and permanent orders to more easily achieve same-day orders. Discussions will center on rules of evidence, civil procedure, and practicing tips to better assist courts in being able to provide rulings same-day and cut back on weeks long—or even months long—waiting periods for temporary and final orders.
Presented by Sibylle M. Clark, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran, PC; Danielle Loth, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran, PC; and Hunter Martin, Esq., Montgomery Little & Soran, PC
3:00 – 3:10 pm
Break
3:10 – 4:00 pm
Depositions in Family Law Litigation
Family law attorneys regularly and routinely overlook and seldom deploy one of the most powerful and cost-effective discovery techniques in family law cases: depositions, whether of the opposing party, other fact witnesses – both individuals and organizations – or for expert witnesses in a case.
Presented by John H. Tatlock, Esq., Epstein Patierno, LLP
4:05 – 4:35 pm
AI in Family Law: Protecting Your Practice by Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls
Presented by Rebecca I. Gumaer, Esq., Front Range Family Law, LLC
Submitted for 0.6 Ethics Credit
4:35 pm
Drawing for CBA-CLE Elite Pass and Adjourn
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $299.00 |
| CBA Member | $219.00 |
| CBA Family Law Section Member | $179.00 |
| Paralegal/LLP/Support Staff | $109.50 |
| Gov't/Active Military/Public Service/Non-Profit | $109.50 |
| CLE Elite/New Attorney Pass | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 4.00
- Ethics Credits: 0.60
- EDI Credits:
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