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1. On the Road: Your Key to Getting Started
2. Get the Lay of the Land: Discovery Tools and Tactics
3. Navigating the Fork in the Road: Fairly Dividing Assets and Liabilities
4. Baby on Board: Handling Child Custody, Visitation and Support Issues
5. Rules of the Road: Maintaining High Ethical Standards
6. Back in the Garage: Concluding the Divorce Action

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1. ON THE ROAD: YOUR KEY TO GETTING STARTED
   9:00 - 10:00, Neal T. Feinerman
   1. Surefire Interviewing Techniques for the Initial Client Intake
   2. Collecting Records, Reviewing Credit and Creating a Budget
   3. Essential Elements of a Separation Agreement
   4. Initiating the Divorce Action
      1. Drafting the Summons and Complaint
      2. The Response
      3. Temporary Orders
      4. Meeting Service Requirements
2. GET THE LAY OF THE LAND: DISCOVERY TOOLS AND TACTICS
   10:15 - 11:00, Neal T. Feinerman
   1. Determining the Need for Discovery
   2. General Formal Discovery Tools Including Interrogatories, Depositions and Requests to Produce
   3. Informal Methods of Discovery
   4. Proven Methods for Discovering Assets in Divorce
      1. How to Uncover Hidden Assets
      2. On-Line Records Searches
3. NAVIGATING THE FORK IN THE ROAD: FAIRLY DIVIDING ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
   11:00 - 12:00, Dennis J. McGlothin
   1. Identifying and Handling Assets Acquired Before the Marriage
   2. Distinguishing Between Community and Separate Assets
   3. Division of Marital Assets - Businesses, Property and Vehicles
   4. Division of Retirement Benefits Including QDROs and EDROs
   5. Equitable Property Division Strategies
   6. Insurance and Inheritance Issues
   7. Spousal Maintenance
   8. Dividing Debt
4. BABY ON BOARD: HANDLING CHILD CUSTODY, VISITATION AND SUPPORT ISSUES
   1:00 - 2:00, Dennis J. McGlothin
   1. Custody Arrangements - Traditional, Creative and Alternative Methods
   2. Visitation Issues
   3. Modifying Existing Custody and Visitation Terms
   4. Determining and Calculating Child Support
5. RULES OF THE ROAD: MAINTAINING HIGH ETHICAL STANDARDS
   2:15 - 3:15, Dennis J. McGlothin
1. How to Remove the Potential for Conflicts of Interest
2. How to Set Fair Attorneys' Fees
3. Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues Unique to Divorce
6. BACK IN THE GARAGE: CONCLUDING THE DIVORCE ACTION
   3:15 - 4:30, James C. McGuire
   1. Drafting a Comprehensive Marital Settlement Agreement
   2. Preparation and Trial of a Divorce Action
   3. Final Judgment or Decree of Divorce
   4. Post-Divorce Issues

NEAL T. FEINERMAN has been in private practice in the state of Washington since 1981, and before that, in California since 1977. He has a general family practice with a concentration on custody disputes and complex litigation. Mr. Feinerman has spoken to professional groups on his areas of practice, and has been a faculty member for CLE programs through National Business Institute and the state bar. He is a member of the Washington State and East King County bar associations and the State Bar of California. Mr. Feinerman earned his B.A. degree from the University of Oregon and his J.D. degree from Loyola Law School.

DENNIS J. McGLOTHIN is the founding partner in the Seattle law firm of Olympic Law Group PLLP, where he practices in the areas of family law, real estate litigation and commercial litigation. Before becoming a lawyer, he worked as a businessman and real estate developer. He is a frequent lecturer on a variety of litigation topics and adjunct family law professor at Seattle University. Mr. McGlothin earned his B.S. degree, with high honors, and his J.D. degree, with honors, from the University of Florida. He is a member of the Seattle-King County Bar Association (member, Family Law Section), as well as The Florida Bar, the Washington State Bar Association (member, Litigation and Family Law sections), the American Association of Justice (member, Commercial Litigation Section) and the Washington State Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. McGlothin also is a volunteer court-appointed special advocate for children.

JAMES C. McGUIRE is an attorney with Moschetto & Koplin, Inc., P.S. in Bellevue, Washington, where he practices exclusively in family law, handling complex dissolution and child custody matters. He earned his B.S. degree from California State University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Seattle University School of Law. Mr. McGuire is licensed to practice in Washington, California, and for the Tulalip Tribes. He has been an adjunct instructor in law at California State University School of Business and Economics and Highline Community College's paralegal program, and is a frequent lecturer for National Business Institute in family law and ethics. Mr. McGuire is vice president of the QLaw Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of QLaw: the GLBT Bar Association of Washington.

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