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Family Law on the Front Lines

Galveston Jun 19-20, 2008 Moody Gardens
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Overview

The 2008 Family Law on the Front Lines provides resources, strategies, and solutions for the real-world problems faced by practitioners. The conference focuses on useful practice strategies—hear tips on managing the attorney/client relationship, the art of negotiation, electronic evidence, using psychological evaluations, and more.

Don’t miss the opportunity to network and discuss best practices with colleagues. Faculty and attendees are encouraged to dress casually and bring the family!

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Event Schedule

Program is subject to change.
All times are Central Time Zone.

  • Day 1 June 19, 2008
  • Day 2 June 20, 2008
  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Thursday Morning, June 19, 2008
    Presiding Officer:
    Katherine A. Kinser, Pezzulli Kinser, L.L.P. - Dallas, TX
  • 7:45 am
    Registration Opens
    Includes continental breakfast.

  • 9:00 am
    0.50 hr ethics
    Developing the Attorney/Client Relationship
    Practical considerations regarding building solid relationships, gathering necessary information, assessing the case, communicating effectively, setting and managing client expectations, training the client and associated ethical concerns.

    Jonathan J. Bates, Kinser & Bates, L.L.P. - Dallas, TX

  • 9:30 am
    0.75 hr
    Temporary Hearings at Break-Neck Speed
    How to prepare for the 20 minute hearing with three days notice!

    John F. (Bo) Nichols Jr, Jenkins & Kamin LLP - Houston, TX
    Barbara D. Nunneley, Nunneley Family Law Center - Hurst, TX

  • 10:15 am
    0.50 hr
    Tilting at Windmills: Representing Non-Parents in Suits Affecting Parent-Child Relationships
    Insights into representing non-parents in suits affecting parent-child relationships, including grandparents and other relatives, unmarried co-habitants, and litigants in same-sex partnerships.

    Co-Author:
    Sharon D. Cammack, Jenkins & Kamin, LLP - Houston, TX
    Lynn Kamin, Jenkins & Kamin LLP - Houston, TX

  • 10:45 am
    Break

  • 11:00 am
    0.50 hr
    Trust Fund Babies and Their Issues

    Patricia A. Wicoff, Schlanger, Silver, Barg & Paine, L.L.P. - Houston, TX

  • 11:30 am
    0.50 hr
    Helping Your Client Deal with Debt in Divorce
    A review of the law related to debt in divorce, management rights, division of debt in divorce, enforcement of decree provisions related to post-divorce payment of debts, with practical tips for addressing client issues and questions related to debts.

    Michelle May O'Neil, O’Neil Anderson - Dallas, TX

  • Thursday Afternoon, June 19, 2008
    Presiding Officer:
    Jonathan J. Bates, Kinser & Bates, L.L.P. - Dallas, TX
  • 12:00 pm
    Pick up Box Lunch

  • 12:15 pm
    0.75 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    The Art of Negotiation

    Frank W. Sullivan III, Arlington, TX
    Christopher K. Wrampelmeier, Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein, & Johnson, P.C. - Amarillo, TX

  • 1:00 pm
    Break

  • 1:15 pm
    0.75 hr
    Internet Landmines: What Every Family Lawyer Needs to Know
    From YouTube to Facebook to MySpace, the Internet is an important tool for family lawyers, especially in gathering information for custody disputes. This class will provide family lawyers with a no-nonsense checklist for what they MUST know to keep from being blindsided in court by Internet evidence.

    Ada Elene Brown, McKool Smith, P.C. - Dallas, TX

  • 2:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    Private Termination and Adoption
    Handling a private termination and adoption doesn’t have to be so scary for all involved. Recognizing the sadness of the birthparents and the anxiety of the adoptive parents can make a world of difference in designing a home for the child. This presentation hopes to give attorneys the needed understanding for intrastate and interstate adoptions as well as tips on working with the hospital staff, birthparent and adoptive families, and the Interstate Compact.

    Susan Amanda Rankin, Rochelle & Rankin - Dallas, TX

  • 2:30 pm
    0.50 hr
    Navigating the Attorney General Maze
    This presentation will provide forms and tips for dealing with the Texas Office of the Attorney General on child support issues with added insight from a former employee of that office.

    Cynthia J. Barela-Graham, Law Offices of Cynthia J. Barela-Graham - Amarillo, TX
    Co-Author:
    April Palmer, Law Offices Of April A Palmer - Amarillo, TX

  • 3:00 pm
    Break

  • 3:15 pm
    0.50 hr
    In Chambers Conferences: Making Them Count
    This session includes issues dealing with in chambers conferences, such as when a record is needed, whether it's binding or advisory, and whether or not there is a risk to the lawyer or judge.

    Heather Leah King, Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson - Southlake, TX

  • 3:45 pm
    0.50 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    Preparing Your Client for the Social, Psychological or Home Study
    How to work with the psychologist or social worker. When do you overstep your boundaries? How much is enough? Can you send them information without telling the other side?

    Beth M. Maultsby, Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy, PLLC - Dallas, TX

  • 4:15 pm
    1.00 hr
    Making the Most of Social Studies and Psychological Evaluations
    Determining what type of report you really need and why; tips on selecting the expert; new social study guidelines and qualifications; and referral questions, psychological testing, evidentiary issues (including res judication in a modification) and cross-examination techniques.

    Hon. Scott A. Beauchamp, 301st District Court - Dallas, TX
    Christy Bradshaw Schmidt, Social Study Evaluator - Dallas, TX
    Barry S. Coakley, Institute for Families in Transition - Dallas, TX
    Moderator:
    Diana S. Friedman, Diana S. Friedman, P.C. - Dallas, TX

  • 5:15 pm
    Adjourn

  • Time
    Credit
    Subject
    Speaker
  • Friday Morning, June 20, 2008
    Presiding Officer:
    Karl E. Hays, Law Offices Of Karl E. Hays - Austin, TX
  • 8:30 am
    Conference Opens

  • 9:00 am
    0.75 hr
    Personal Injury Lawsuits in Intimate Relationships
    What sorts of tort remedies are available for those in intimate relationships? How do you file these sorts of suits? What do the pleadings look like? When do you file them? If you win, how do you collect? Find out all of this and more from a family lawyer AND a personal injury lawyer.

    Jeana Lungwitz, Domestic Violence Clinic - Austin, TX
    Leslie Michelle Stewart, Houston, TX

  • 9:45 am
    0.50 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    Representing and Defending Against the Impaired Parent
    Considerations in cases dealing with high conflict and bad facts, such as drug use, mental impairment, bad parenting and clients who ignore or refuse your advice, and how to prepare your case when these issues arise.

    Wendy S. Burgower, Burgower & Rainwater, LLP - Houston, TX
    JoAl Cannon Sheridan, Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, LLP - Austin, TX

  • 10:15 am
    0.50 hr
    The Littlest Victims: How Domestic Violence Impacts Your SAPCR
    It is clear that the exposure of children to domestic violence has a significant negative impact on their emotional, social, and cognitive development. What steps should be taken in presenting your case to the court to protect the children from further exposure?

    Angela G. Pence England, Tindall & England, PC - Houston, TX

  • 10:45 am
    Break

  • 11:00 am
    1.00 hr
    0.50 hr ethics
    Electronic Evidence—Fighting the War of the Roses in the Electronic Age
    An interactive discussion of issues relating to the discovery and admissibility of electronic evidence as viewed from the Bench and from the trenches.

    Moderator:
    Karl E. Hays, Law Offices Of Karl E. Hays - Austin, TX
    Reginald A. Hirsch, Law Office of Reginald A. Hirsch - Houston, TX
    Marilea Whatley Lewis, 330th District Court - Dallas, TX
    John Wiechman, TLSI, Inc. - Arlington, TX

  • Friday Afternoon, June 20, 2008
    Presiding Officer:
    Sherri A. Evans, Jenkins & Kamin LLP - Houston, TX
  • 12:00 pm
    Pick up Box Lunch

  • 12:15 pm
    0.75 hr
    Use of Technology in Trial
    This session focuses on how technology can best be used in the courtroom to make a better presentation to the trier of fact.

    Bruce L. Beverly, Bruce L. Beverly, Attorney, P.C. - Fort Worth, TX

  • 1:00 pm
    Break

  • 1:15 pm
    0.75 hr
    0.25 hr ethics
    Looking at Assets Beyond Their Face Value
    Some assets are not as they appear to be. There can be risk issues, questionable side effects and volatility in value. What ethical obligation do we have to discuss these financial concepts with our client?

    Tracy B. Stewart, Stewart Financial Consulting - College Station, TX
    Randall B. Wilhite, Fullenweider & Wilhite, L.L.P. - Houston, TX

  • 2:00 pm
    0.50 hr
    Presenting a Tracing Case at Trial
    An examination and discussion of the case law and rules of tracing combined with a demonstration applying these rules.

    Ann Eileen Coover, Coover & Coover - Corpus Christi, TX

  • 2:30 pm
    1.00 hr
    View from the Bench
    For once, judges will describe the best of the presentations, behavior and professionalism they have seen and give you tips on how to make their “best” lists.

    Moderator:
    Warren Cole, The Law Office Of Warren Cole - Houston, TX
    Panelists:
    Hon. Lisa A. Beebe, 231st District Court - Fort Worth, TX
    Panelists:
    Hon. Patrice McDonald, County Court at Law 3 - Conroe, TX
    Panelists:
    Hon. John Christopher Oldner, 416th District Court - McKinney, TX
    Panelists:
    Hon. Judy L. Warne, 257th Judicial District Court - Houston, TX

  • 3:30 pm
    Adjourn

  • Day 1 June 19, 2008
  • Day 2 June 20, 2008
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Conference Faculty

Cynthia J. Barela-Graham

Law Offices of Cynthia J. Barela-Graham
Amarillo, TX

Jonathan J. Bates

Kinser & Bates, L.L.P.
Dallas, TX

Hon. Scott A. Beauchamp

301st District Court
Dallas, TX

Hon. Lisa A. Beebe

231st District Court
Fort Worth, TX

Bruce L. Beverly

Bruce L. Beverly, Attorney, P.C.
Fort Worth, TX

Christy Bradshaw Schmidt

Social Study Evaluator
Dallas, TX

Ada Elene Brown

McKool Smith, P.C.
Dallas, TX

Wendy S. Burgower

Burgower & Rainwater, LLP
Houston, TX

Sharon D. Cammack

Jenkins & Kamin, LLP
Houston, TX

JoAl Cannon Sheridan

Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, LLP
Austin, TX

Barry S. Coakley

Institute for Families in Transition
Dallas, TX

Warren Cole

The Law Office Of Warren Cole
Houston, TX

Ann Eileen Coover

Coover & Coover
Corpus Christi, TX

Diana S. Friedman

Diana S. Friedman, P.C.
Dallas, TX

Karl E. Hays

Law Offices Of Karl E. Hays
Austin, TX

Reginald A. Hirsch

Law Office of Reginald A. Hirsch
Houston, TX

Lynn Kamin

Jenkins & Kamin LLP
Houston, TX

Heather Leah King

Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson
Southlake, TX

Marilea Whatley Lewis

330th District Court
Dallas, TX

Jeana Lungwitz

Domestic Violence Clinic
Austin, TX

Beth M. Maultsby

Goranson, Bain, Larsen, Greenwald, Maultsby & Murphy, PLLC
Dallas, TX

Hon. Patrice McDonald

County Court at Law 3
Conroe, TX

John F. (Bo) Nichols Jr

Jenkins & Kamin LLP
Houston, TX

Barbara D. Nunneley

Nunneley Family Law Center
Hurst, TX

Michelle May O'Neil

O’Neil Anderson
Dallas, TX

Hon. John Christopher Oldner

416th District Court
McKinney, TX

April Palmer

Law Offices Of April A Palmer
Amarillo, TX

Angela G. Pence England

Tindall & England, PC
Houston, TX

Susan Amanda Rankin

Rochelle & Rankin
Dallas, TX

Leslie Michelle Stewart

Houston, TX

Tracy B. Stewart

Stewart Financial Consulting
College Station, TX

Frank W. Sullivan III

Arlington, TX

Hon. Judy L. Warne

257th Judicial District Court
Houston, TX

Patricia A. Wicoff

Schlanger, Silver, Barg & Paine, L.L.P.
Houston, TX

John Wiechman

TLSI, Inc.
Arlington, TX

Randall B. Wilhite

Fullenweider & Wilhite, L.L.P.
Houston, TX

Christopher K. Wrampelmeier

Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein, & Johnson, P.C.
Amarillo, TX

Planning Committee

Sherri A. Evans—Co-Chair

Jenkins & Kamin LLP
Houston, TX

Katherine A. Kinser—Co-Chair

Pezzulli Kinser, L.L.P.
Dallas, TX

Angeline L. Bain

Goranson Bain Larsen & Greenwald PC
Dallas, TX

Wendy S. Burgower

Burgower & Rainwater, LLP
Houston, TX

JoAl Cannon Sheridan

Ausley, Algert, Robertson & Flores, LLP
Austin, TX

Ann Eileen Coover

Coover & Coover
Corpus Christi, TX

Diana S. Friedman

Diana S. Friedman, P.C.
Dallas, TX

Karl E. Hays

Law Offices Of Karl E. Hays
Austin, TX

Heather Leah King

Koons Fuller Vanden Eykel & Robertson
Southlake, TX

Hollis Levy

UTCLE
Austin, TX

Jeana Lungwitz

Domestic Violence Clinic
Austin, TX

Angela G. Pence England

Tindall & England, PC
Houston, TX

Susan Amanda Rankin

Rochelle & Rankin
Dallas, TX

Christopher K. Wrampelmeier

Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein, & Johnson, P.C.
Amarillo, TX

Credit Info

  • Galveston
MCLE Credit
Toggle view Texas – 13.00 hrs  |  2.00 hrs Ethics
You may claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and UT Law CLE will report credit on your behalf to the State Bar of Texas. A Certificate of Attendance will be provided in Your Briefcase for your records. The system reports Texas CLE credit every Tuesday. If you are claiming credit in the last week of your birth month, self-report your CLE credit directly to the State Bar of Texas at texasbar.com, using the course number  provided on your certificate of attendance.
Toggle view California – 13.00 hrs  |  2.00 hrs Ethics
You must claim your credit online in Your Briefcase, and will then be provided a Certificate of Attendance for your records. UT Law CLE is required to provide the State Bar with electronic attendance records for any MCLE participatory activity within 60 days of completion of the activity. The California licensee is responsible for reporting their compliance/credit hours earned to the State Bar at the end of their reporting period directly to the State Bar of California at calbar.ca.gov.  UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  
Other Credit
Toggle view TX Accounting CPE – 15.60 hrs
The University of Texas School of Law (Provider #250) live conferences are presumptively approved by The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy for Texas Accounting CPE credit based on a 50-minute credit hour. Approved for general CPE credit only.

At the conference, you are welcome to sign in on the Accounting CPE Record of Attendance form at the registration desk, but we are now reporting all credit online. You will receive a Texas Accounting Certificate of Completion in Your Briefcase. Self-report your CPE credit directly to TSBPA. UT Law CLE will maintain Attendance Records for four years.  

Contact us at accreditation@utcle.org if you have additional questions.

Key Dates

Galveston – Jun 19-20, 2008 – Moody Gardens
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Last day for $495.00 Regular pricing: Jun 11, 2008

$545.00 for registrations received after this time

Last day for cancellation (full refund): Jun 13, 2008

$50 processing fee applied after this date

Last day for cancellation: Jun 16, 2008

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Seven Hope Boulevard
Galveston, TX
888.388.8484 (reservations)

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$168.00 good through May 28, 2008

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Complimentary; Valet: $7 day, $10 night

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