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October 2010
2010 Annual Fall Family Law Update
Program Highlights
- Case Law and Legislative Update
- Cross-examination of Valuation Experts in Divorce Cases - Refresher and What's New
- What to Do When You Suspect Your Client Has Mental Competency Issues
- Preventing the Mistakes That Lead to Both Ethics Violations and Malpractice Liability
- Parental Responsibilities When a Child Has Developmental Disabilities
- The Judges Speak: Electronic Evidence Issues in Family Law Cases
Who Should Attend
- Family Law Attorneys
- Family Law Paralegals
- Social Workers, Psychologists, Health Care Professionals, Mediators, Consultants, Court Personnel, and Other Professionals Who Assist in Family Law Matters
- Anyone Who Needs to Know About These Hot Issues in Family Law
Program Description
It's time again for the Annual Fall Family Law Update - brought to you by the CBA Family Law Section and CBA-CLE!
Each fall, family law attorneys in Colorado attend the Family Law Update because they get a value-packed CLE program, taught by experienced, expert faculty, that gives them information and skills they can put to use right away to help their clients. This year the Fall Update is better than ever!
The day begins with the always useful case law and legislative update - catch up fast with summaries of all the new legislation and case law in one convenient 60 minute session!
Next up is a very informative segment on cross-examination of valuation experts in domestic relations cases. What are the key points that valuation experts will be questioned on and what approach should a cross-examining attorney take? Learn from both a noted valuation CPA and an attorney who regularly deal with these issues!
The third segment of the day is a fascinating and important session on the issue of mental incompetence in a client. What does a family law attorney do when faced with a client he/she suspects of legal competence problems? Find out!
The fourth segment of the program is the always useful legal ethics hour!
The second to last segment of the day is an extended session on the issue of children with developmental disabilities in family law cases. When a child of divorcing or divorced parents has a developmental disability, this fact often drives almost every other aspect of the matter. Learn the best strategies for arriving at successful outcomes in your cases that involve children with developmental disabilities.
Of course, the program would not be complete without hearing from Colorado's hard-working judges hearing domestic relations matters. In this program the judges will discuss the sometimes confusing nature of electronic evidence, including the best ways to introduce and present electronic evidence at trial.
This convenient, affordable program will give the family law attorney, novice and veteran alike, practical, timely information: It's a superb value for your CLE dollar!
Topics
Case Law and Legislative Update
Presented by Courtney J. Leathers, Esq. and Barbara G. Jensen, Esq.
Cross-examination of Valuation Experts in Divorce Cases - Refresher and What's New
Learn about the cross-examination of valuation experts in family law matters from both the expert's perspective and the attorney's perspective! You will learn the best approaches for cross-examining both joint experts you don't agree with and experts hired by only one party!
Presented by Ronald L. Seigneur, MBA ASA CPA/ABV CVA CFF, Gary Polidori, Esq., and Laurin Quiat, Esq.
What to Do When You Suspect Your Client Has Mental Competency Issues
Presented by Melody K. Fuller, Esq.
Preventing the Mistakes That Lead to Both Ethics Violations and Malpractice Liability
Presented by Nancy L. Cohen, Esq.
Parental Responsibilities When a Child Has Developmental Disabilities
- Autism and how it impacts parental responsibility discussions, negotiations, and decisions in family law matters
- Other developmental disabilities you may encounter and how these disabilities impact parental responsibility discussions, negotiations, and decisions in family law matters
- And more!
Presented by Betty Lehman, Jill Rose Tappert, Esq. and Ronald D. Litvak, Esq.
The Judges Speak: Electronic Evidence Issues in Family Law Cases
The court's view of illegally or inappropriately obtained electronic evidence (for example, when one party takes a spouse's computer without permission, post-separation, and hires a forensic investigator to examine all the data on the computer)
- What if the inappropriately obtained information is relevant to a key issue in the case (for example, child pornography is found on the spouse's computer and parental responsibilities is an issue)?
- What about unauthorized access to the spouse's e-mail accounts, post-separation?
- What is the preferred manner for laying the foundation for the introduction of electronic information into evidence for different sorts of electronic evidence? Are there preferred testifying witnesses for different types of electronic evidence?
- Top 3 things attorneys can do to make the presentation of electronic evidence at trial more effective and useful
- And more practical tips direct from the bench relevant to electronic information as evidence!
Panel Members: Honorable W. Terry Ruckriegle, Chief Judge, 5th Judicial District, Honorable Dolores D. Mallard, 20th Judicial District, Honorable Elizabeth Strobel, 19th Judicial District
Panel Moderators: Nathan M. J. Dowell, Esq. and Sarah W. Quinlan, Esq.
Planning Committee
Nathan M. J. Dowell, Esq., Program Co-chair
Attorney Mediator
Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, PC
Denver, CO
Sarah W. Quinlan, Esq., Program Co-chair
Fontana & Associates, PC
Littleton, CO
Faculty
Hon. Dolores D. Mallard, Judge
20th Judicial District
Boulder, CO
Hon. W. Terry Ruckriegle, Chief Judge
5th Judicial District
Breckenridge, CO
Hon. Elizabeth Strobel, Judge
19th Judicial District
Greeley, CO
Nancy L. Cohen, Esq.
Wheeler Trigg O'Donnell, LLP
Denver, CO
Melody K. Fuller, Esq.
Melody K. Fuller, P.C.
Boulder, CO
Barbara G. Jensen, Esq.
Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, PC
Denver, CO
Courtney J. Leathers, Esq.
Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, PC
Denver, CO
Betty Lehman, Executive Director
Autism Society of Colorado
Lakewood, CO
Ronald D. Litvak, Esq.
Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, PC
Denver, CO
Gary Polidori, Esq.
Polidori, Franklin & Monahan, LLC
Lakewood, CO
Laurin Quiat, Esq.
Baker & Hostetler, LLP
Denver, CO
Ronald L. Seigneur, MBA ASA CPA/ABV CVA CFF
Seigneur Gustafson, LLP
Lakewood, CO
Jill Rose Tappert, Esq.
Boulder, CO
- CLE Pass Price *FREE! - exclusions may apply
- Standard Price $329.00 USD
- Member Price $269.00 USD
- General Credits 7.00
- Ethics Credits 1.00
- EDI Credits