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AM Session: 9:00 - 12:00

• Contested Custody Matters
• Child Support
• Finances and Property Division Issues

PM Session: 1:00 - 4:30

• Legal Ethics - The Judicial View
• Trial Practice Tips in Family Court
• In the Best Interest of the Child
• Domestic Violence

AM Session: 9:00 - 12:00
Panel Members:
Hon. Kevin S. Burke
Hon. William H. Leary III
Ann K. Leppanen, Former Family Court Referee
Mary Madden, Family Court Referee
James J. Street, Family Court Referee
Tsippi Wray, Family Court Referee
Moderator: Kathryn A. Graves

• CONTESTED CUSTODY MATTERS
  • Evidence From the Child
  • Timesharing
  • Relocation
  • Guardian ad Litem
  • Experts: How to Use Them
• CHILD SUPPORT
  • Child Support Guidelines and Statutes
  • Child Support and Maintenance Case Law
  • Support of Children with Special Needs
• FINANCES AND PROPERTY DIVISION ISSUES
  • Marital Estate Statute: Initial Determination of Estate, Division of Estate, Inherited Property, Pre-Marital Property
  • Dissipation of Marital Assets
  • Case Law: Property Included in the Marital Estate, Factors Considered When Including or Excluding Property from the Marital Estate

PM Session: 1:00 - 4:30
Panel Members:
Hon. Gary W. Bastian
Hon. Kevin S. Burke
Hon. William H. Leary III
Ann K. Leppanen, Former Family Court Referee
Mary Madden, Family Court Referee
James J. Street, Family Court Referee
Tsippi Wray, Family Court Referee
Moderator: Kathryn A. Graves

• LEGAL ETHICS - THE JUDICIAL VIEW (1:00 - 2:00)
  • Best Practices in Communication Between Bench and Bar
  • The Boundary of Advocacy and Ethical Litigation Conduct
  • Protecting Confidentiality
  • Ethical Conduct in the Courtroom
  • Keeping the Client in the Loop
  • Whose Case Decision is it Anyway? When Attorneys Can and Cannot Speak in Clients' Stead
  • Attorneys' Fees
  • Effective and Ethical Lawyer Advertising
• TRIAL PRACTICE TIPS IN FAMILY COURT
  • Effective Discovery
  • Pretrial Procedures
  • Preparation of Witnesses
  • Effective Use of Income and Expense Declarations
  • Effective Use of Disclosure Documents
  • Effective Presentation of Evidence
  • Chambers Conferences
  • Professionalism
• IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILD
  • Best Interests of Children vs. Client's Goals
  • Client in Need of a Guardian
  • Client's Actions in Violation of Orders
• DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
  • Acts Which Constitute Domestic Violence
  • Ex-Parte Orders of Protection
  • Permanent Orders of Protection
  • Powers of the Court
  • Civil Contempt
  • Impact on Custody/Domestic Cases
  • Impact on Firearm Ownership

HON. GARY W. BASTIAN is a District Court Judge in the Second Judicial District in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

HON. KEVIN S. BURKE is a District court Judge in the Family Court of the Fourth Judicial District in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

HON. WILLIAM H. LEARY III is a District Court Judge in the Second Judicial District in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

ANN K. LEPPANEN is a former Ramsey County District Family Court Referee.

MARY MADDEN is a Family Court Referee in the Fourth Judicial District in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

JAMES J. STREET is a Family Court Referee in the Second Judicial District in Ramsey County, Minnesota.

TSIPPI WRAY is a Family Court Referee in the Fourth Judicial District in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

MODERATOR - KATHRYN A. GRAVES is a shareholder in the firm of Katz, Manka, Teplinsky, Graves & Sobol, Ltd., located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She practices in the area of family law, and is family law neutral/mediator. Ms. Graves earned her B.S. degree and her J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota. She has been practicing law in Minnesota since 1985, focusing primarily on family law litigation and mediation. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and a member of the Hennepin County (Family Law Section) and Minnesota State (Family Law Section) bar associations. Ms. Graves has been selected as a Minnesota SuperLawyer for the past eight years for her work as a family law attorney. She has delivered numerous continuing legal education seminars on family law-related issues, including the impact of bankruptcy proceedings on divorce, custody and parenting time disputes, child support and discovery issues in dissolution proceedings.

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