Agenda / Content Covered

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern Standard Time
Presenter: Richard J. Eisen

1. Emergency Motions
   1. Restraining Orders
   2. Protective Orders
   3. Temporary Injunctions
   4. Emergency Motion for Sole Custody
2. Preliminary/Pendente Lite Motions - Factors to Consider and Sample Language
   1. Alimony and Support
   2. Custody and Parenting
   3. Exclusive Use of Marital Residence
   4. Fees
3. Creatively Utilizing Discovery/Evidence Motions (with Samples)
   1. Motion to Compel Discovery/Order of Compliance
   2. Motions in Limine
   3. Discovery Protective Orders
   4. Disclosure of Expert Witness
   5. Motion for Scheduling Order (Depositions/Discovery)
   6. Motions to Seal File/Close Courtroom
   7. Motions to Sequester Non-Party Witnesses
4. Establishing Grounds for Post-Trial Motions (with Samples)
   1. Motions to Modify
   2. Motion to Enforce
   3. Motion for Contempt

Accreditation Details:

RICHARD J. EISEN is a partner at the St. Louis law firm of Growe Eisen Karlen Eilerts LLC. He concentrates his practice in the area of family/domestic law, including dissolution of marriage, legal separation, paternity, maintenance, child support, child custody, modification matters, enforcement, and pre/post-nuptial agreements. Mr. Eisen has tried and settled numerous complex family law cases. He frequently lectures and publishes articles in the area of family law. Mr. Eisen is a certified divorce mediator and has been appointed by the court as a guardian ad litem for children in custody disputes. Mr. Eisen is a member of The Missouri Bar (past-chair, Legislative Subcommittee of the Family Law Section), the St. Louis County Bar Association (past-president and Executive Board member), the Illinois State Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. He earned his B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Washington University and his J.D. degree from Washington and Lee University School of Law.