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