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Live Seminar: Hot Tips from the Coolest Domestic Law Practitioners

Date: September 18, 2009
Time: 8:20a.m. - 4:40p.m.

For more information and to register please click here 

Seminar Agenda
  8:20 a.m.  Registration
  8:50 a.m.  Welcome and Introduction
                   Melissa F. Brown, Esquire, Melissa F. Brown, LLC
                  
C. Vance Stricklin, Jr., Esquire, Moore Taylor & Thomas , PA
  9:00 a.m.  Post-Trial Motions
                  
The Honorable Dorothy Mobley Jones, Fifth Judicial Circuit Family Court
  9:15 a.m.  Catch the Wave:  Arbitration & Special Referees
                  
J. Mark Taylor, Esquire, Moore Taylor & Thomas , PA
  9:30 a.m.  Oops! I Did It Again
                  
The Honorable Jay D. Vinson, Jr., Twelfth Judicial Circuit Family Court
  9:45 a.m.  Three Most Common Mistakes I See in Family Court Trials
                  
Ken H. Lester, Esquire, Lester & Hendrix
10:00 a.m.  Family Law Ethics
                  
Professor John P. Freeman, University of South Carolina  School of Law
10:30 a.m.  Mid-morning Break
10:45 a.m.  How to Prepare a Mediation Memorandum that Benefits
                   your Client
                  
Carol H. Sanders, Esquire, Carol Sanders, PA
10:57 a.m.  Make the Tool Kit Your Friend
                  
Vicki J. Snelgrove, Esquire, Johnson Johnson Whittle & Snelgrove
11:07 a.m.  10 Best Websites for Family Court Attorneys
                  
J. Benjamin Stevens, Esquire, Stevens & MacPhail, PA
11:20 a.m.  Using Discovery at Trial
                  
Robert N. Rosen, Esquire, Rosen Law Firm, LLC
11:50 a.m.  Trial Notebook:  Direct Examination and Cross-Examination
                   of a Party
                  
John O. McDougall, Esquire, McDougall & Self, LLP
                  
James T. McLaren, Esquire, McLaren & Lee
12:20 p.m.  How to Protect Your Family Court Record
                  
The Honorable H. Bruce Williams, 
South Carolina Court of Appeals
12:35 p.m.  Lunch (not included)
  1:50 p.m.  Alimony Software
                  
Thomas W. Traxler, Esquire, Carter Smith Merriam Rogers & Traxler , PA
  2:03 p.m.  Trial Notebook: Direct Examination and Cross- Examination
                   of a Party (continuation)

                  
John O. McDougall, Esquire, McDougall & Self, LLP
                  
James T. McLaren, Esquire, McLaren & Lee
  2:35 p.m.  Update on Wiretapping
                  
Richard G. Whiting, Esquire, Attorney at Law
  2:47 p.m.  How to Work Effectively with a Financial Expert
                  
Paul E. Tinkler, Esquire, Law Office of Paul E. Tinkler
  3:00 p.m.  What is Really Non-Dischargeable
                  
Jane H. Downey, Esquire, Moore Taylor & Thomas
  3:15 p.m.  Mid-afternoon Break
  3:30 p.m.  Lien on Me!  Using the IV-D Program for your Client’s Benefit
                  
William C. “Bill” Smith, Esquire, S. C. Department of Social Services
  3:45 p.m.  New IRS Filing Requirements for Dependency Exemptions
                  
Martha L. Hamel, Esquire, Attorney at Law, PC
  3:55 p.m.  Fifth Amendment Privilege
                  
Douglas K. Kotti, Esquire, Attorney at Law
  4:07 p.m.  “The Land of ART : Where Gestationals, Surrogates, Donors and
                   Intendeds Live”

                  
David M. Collins, Jr., Esquire, Sinclair & Collins, LLC
  4:22 p.m.  Maintaining Client Safety & Security in a Digital Age
                  
Melissa F. Brown, Esquire, Melissa F. Brown, LLC
  4:35 p.m.  Alimony Update
                  
C. Vance Stricklin, Jr., Esquire, Moore Taylor & Thomas, LLC
  4:40 p.m.  Adjourn

About the Seminar
Hot Tips is back for 2009 and better than ever!  Course Planners Vance Stricklin and Melissa Brown are continuing Ken Lester’s tradition of excellence with a program that promises to be entertaining, practical, and - as always - fast-paced and exciting!

While the focus of the 2009 edition is on trial practice in Family Court, this special seminar features a wealth of related topics ranging from the best family law-related Web sites, to our annual update on wiretapping (look for some surprises!), the new IRS filing requirements for dependency exemptions and much more.

But the thread that ties this year’s program together is successful trial advocacy.  Vance and Melissa have specifically designed the 2009 Hot Tips seminar to give you the tools to be a more effective and polished courtroom advocate.  The object is to win at trial and some of South Carolina ’s most experienced and talented Family Court trial attorneys and judges will provide you with concise yet powerful trial tips so that you can do just that!

As always, Hot Tips features great speakers from all over South Carolina , a fantastic course book that you will use over and over again, and the hottest family law topics!  Join your colleagues at the University of South Carolina Law School auditorium, at one of our six conveniently located video satellite locations, or even on your PC or laptop via our live Webcast for one of the very best Hot Tips ever!

Mandatory MCLE Credit Hours and Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility (LEPR) Credit Hours
This seminar qualifies for 6.0 MCLE credit hours, including up to 1.0 LEPR credit hour.

 

 

 

 

Event Type: Seminars


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