Annual Seminar

Our 2009 Annual Seminar is scheduled for May 7, 2009 at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham.

The 2008 Annual Seminar was held on May 8,2008. The Academy presented Roger Dodd, a nationally known speaker who taught and entertained on direct and cross examination techniques.

SEMINAR AGENDA
Time Subject/Speaker(s)

8:15-9:00 Registration and continental breakfast

9:00-9:15 Welcome
Betty Lou Lowenthal, Harvey I. Hauer Richard S. Victor

9:15-10:45 The Cross Examination of a Witness by the Expert
Roger Dodd - Internationally known author and lecturer on the examination and cross-
examination of witnesses.

10:45-10:55 BREAK

10:55-11:10 Assisting Clients in Helping Their Children Adjust to Separation and Divorce, and the introduction of "You and Me Make Three", a new children's book based on the SMILE program. Richard S. Victor

11:10-11:40 "Hot Tips"
Concise and exciting hot tips on how to improve your family law practice, practical suggestions for improving your knowledge of family law, nuances in the law and the latest developments and procedure, presenters include: Ronald M. Bookholder,
James P. Cunningham, Janice K. Cunningham

11:45-12:00 Point/Counter-Point: Income or Cash Flow When Calculating Support.
Mark A. Bank, David S. Mendelson

12:00-1:30 Luncheon
Welcome: Betty Lou Lowenthal, President, Michigan Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Feature Speaker: Justice Maura D. Corrigan of the Michigan Supreme Court

1:30-3:00 Trial Demonstration: Dealing with business valuation issues and red herrings.
Anne Cole Pierce, William O. Lynch Joseph W. Cunningham,
Honorable Elizabeth M. Pezzetti

3:00-3:15 BREAK

3:15-3:30 A Review of the Changes to Michigan's new Child Support Guidelines,
Suzanne K. Hollyer, Oakland County Friend of the Court

3:30-4:30 Continuation of "Hot Tips."
Presenters include: Henry S. Gornbein, Felice V. Iafrate, W. Jack Keiser, Margaret J. Nichols, Monika U. Holzer Sacks, Kenneth E. Prather
 

For more information contact:
Harvey I. Hauer at
(248) 258-0800
Richard S. Victor at
(248) 646-7177