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Family Law Institute
Original Program Date :
- Speakers, session times and credit hours are subject to change.
Ethics | 
Professionalism | 
Trial Practice
- Presiding:
- Theodore S. Eittreim, Program Co-Chair; Chair, Family Law Section, Co-Chair, 39th Annual Family Law Institute, Eittreim Martin Cutler, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Karine P. Burney, Program Co-Chair; Vice-Chair, Family Law Section, Co-Chair, 39th Annual Family Law Institute, Burney & Reese, LLC, Atlanta, GA
FRIDAY,
JUNE 2, 2023- 8:00
- OPENING REMARKS
- Theodore S. Eittreim
- Karine P. Burney
- 8:15
- DOS, DON’TS, AND HELPFUL HINTS: ADR IN FAMILY LAW
- Hon. Rebecca Crumrine Rieder, Resolute Law, Atlanta, GA
- Andy Flink, Flink ADR, Alpharetta, GA
- Hannibal F. Heredia, Hedgepeth Heredia Family Law, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Pilar J. Prinz, Pilar Prinz, P.A., Atlanta, GA & Santa Rosa Beach, FL
- Christina L. Scott, Covenant Mediation Services, Atlanta, GA
- 9:15
- VALUATION CONSIDERATIONS – ARE WE ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?
- Dan Branch, CPA/ABV, ASA, MBA, IAG Forensics & Valuation, Atlanta, GA
- Ansley S. Callaway, CPA, Callaway & Company, Atlanta, GA
- Charles V. Crowe, Eittreim Martin Cutler, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Deborah S. Gibbon, Gibbon Financial Consulting, Atlanta, GA
- 10:00
- WE HAVE TRUST ISSUES
- Jonathan J. Tuggle, Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle Roddenbery, Atlanta, GA
- 10:45
- BREAK
- 11:00
- NAVIGATING THE APPELLATE WATERS: HOW TO WIN ON APPEAL
- Hon. E. Trenton Brown, III, Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta, GA
- Kyla S. Lines, Bloom Alexander & Lines, Atlanta, GA
- Hon. Amanda H. Mercier, Vice-Chief Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta, GA
- Hon. Brian M. Rickman, Chief Judge, Georgia Court of Appeals, Atlanta, GA
- 12:00
- GEORGIA CHILD SUPPORT: FACTS VERSUS FOLKLORE
- Kathleen B. Connell, Connell Cummings, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Hon. Connie L. Williford, Superior Court, Macon Judicial Circuit, Macon, GA
- 12:30
- WHAT I LIKE (AND DON’T LIKE) ABOUT YOU – VIEWS ON PROFESSIONALISM FROM THE BENCH AND THE BAR
- Hon. Henry L. Balkcom, IV, Pataula Circuit Superior Court, Blakely, GA
- Alexander R. Cutler, Eittreim Martin Cutler, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Hon. Kevin M. Farmer, Superior Court of Fulton County, Atlanta, GA
- Hon. Mark Anthony Scott, Superior Court of DeKalb County (Ret.), Lithonia, GA
- 1:30
- PRESENTATION OF AWARDS
SATURDAY,
JUNE 3, 2023- 8:00
- CUTTING EDGE ISSUES OF GENDER IN CUSTODY AND PARENTING TIME
- Daniel Bloom, Bloom Lines Alexander, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Amanda N. Moulthrop, Moulthrop Law LLC, Marietta, GA
- Dawn R. Smith, Evolve Family Law, Tucker, GA
- McKenzie Wren, SOJOURN, The Southern Jewish Resource Network for Gender and Sexual Diversity, Atlanta, GA
- 9:00
- USING JURY INSTRUCTIONS IS NOT JUST FOR JURY TRIALS
- Marvin L. Solomiany, Kessler & Solomiany, Atlanta, GA
- 9:30
IT’S GETTING LONELY IN THESE PARTS: THE VANISHING CUSTODY EVALUATOR
Hon. Christopher S. Brasher, Chief Judge (Ret.) Fulton County Superior Court, Senior Judge, Superior Courts of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Howard A. Drutman, Ph.D., Atlanta Behavioral Consultants, Atlanta, GA
Dr. Kim Oppenheimer, Ph.D., Atlanta Psych Consultants, LLC, Atlanta, GA - 10:15
- WHERE IS MY ORDER? PRACTICAL TIPS AND TRICKS FOR HOW TO GET YOUR ORDERS EXECUTED ASAP
- Roslyn Grant Holcomb, The Grant Group, Atlanta, GA
- Hon. Asha F. Jackson, Judge, Superior Court of DeKalb County, Decatur, GA
- Hon. Pandora E. Palmer, Judge, Superior Court of Henry County, McDonough, GA
- 10:45
- BREAK
- 11:00
- BEING A GAL IS EASY. IT’S LIKE RIDING A BIKE…EXCEPT THE BIKE IS ON FIRE
- Aisha Blanchard Collins, Blanchard Collins, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Brandy Daswani, Brandy Daswani, LLC, Marietta, GA
- Debra M. Finch, Debra M. Finch, PC, Athens, GA
- Amanda Love, The Love Law Firm, Savannah, GA
- David G. Sarif, Naggiar & Sarif, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- 11:45
- LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
- Jeremy J. Abernathy, Abernathy Ditzel Hendrick, LLC, Marietta, GA
- 12:00
- IT’S ME, HI, I’M THE PROBLEM, IT’S ME: ETHICAL PROBLEMS IN FAMILY LAW
- Mark L. Bryce, Bryce Law, LLC, Marietta, GA
- Kelly Anne Miles, Smith Gilliam, Williams & Miles, P.A., GAinesville, GA
- Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Boyd Collar Nolen Tuggle & Roddenbery, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- 1:00
- RECESS
SUNDAY,
JUNE 4, 2023- 8:00
- HOME COOKIN’ – OUT OF METRO ATLANTA PRACTICE
- Hon. Lisa G. Colbert, Judge, Superior Court of Chatham County, Savannah, GA
- Jonathan V. Dunn, Jonathan V. Dunn, P.C., Savannah, GA
- David “Whit” Frost, Roach Caudill & Frost, Canton, GA
- Hon. David S. Lyles, Judge, Superior Court of Paulding County, Dallas, GA
- 9:00
- WHAT DO FAMILY COURT LITIGANTS AND FRANZ KAFKA’S THE TRIAL HAVE IN COMMON?
- Hon. Bruce R. Cohen, Presiding Family Court Judge, Maricopa County Superior Court, Phoenix, AZ
- Gabriel Goltz, Educational Programs Manager, Arizona Supreme Court, Phoenix, AZ
- 10:30
- BREAK
- 10:45
- CASE LAW UPDATE
- Hon. Kellie S. Hill, Superior Court of Cobb County, Marietta, GA
- Victor P. “Vic” Valmus, Valmus Law, Marietta, GA
- 11:30
- SECURITY FOR THE FAMILY LAWYER
- Christopher Beanland, Wolverine Consultants, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- Kevin J. Rubin, Rubin Family Law, LLC, Atlanta, GA
- 12:15
- HELPFUL TIPS ON ESTABLISHING AN ALIMONY CLAIM
- Audrey Shapiro Chapman, Audrey Shapiro Chapman, P.C., Brunswick, GA
- Hon. Robert "Bert" Guy, Judge, Judge, Superior Courts of Georgia Brunswick Judicial Circuit, Woodbine, GA
- 1:00
- ADJOURN
