Family Law Section Plans All Day Affair Friday

Broward County Bar Association Family Law Section

presents

RAISING THE BAR FAMILY LAW SEMINAR

FRIDAY, March 27, 2009

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

Renaissance Fort Lauderdale Hotel

1617 Southeast 17th Street,

Ft. Laud. FL 33316

PRESENTERS AND AGENDA

8:30 - 9:00 Registration & Continental Breakfast

9:10 - 9:40

Judge Renee W. Goldenberg

Parenting Plans - Five Months Later

9:40 - 10:10

Judge Arthur M. Birken
Common Mistakes
10:10 - 10:40

Judge Linda L. Vitale

Current Procedures and Expectations in Chambers

10:40 - 11:10

Judge Marina Garcia-Wood

Hot Practice Tips

11:10 - 11:40

Russ Adler, Esq., Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler

Cutting Edge Software for the Future

11:40 - 12:00

Judge Renee Goldenberg, Suzie Higgins, Suzanne Ferriss and Lesley Kleiner

Stretch and Relieve Stress At Your Desk

12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH /

Table Topics:
Core Procedures and Problem Solving

1:30 - 1:50 Judge Eileen M. O'ConnorDomestic Violence and Related Issues
1:50 - 2:30

Judge Lisa Porter;
Judge Guiseppina Miranda;

Donald Gelin, Office of the General Counsel, Broward Sheriff's Office; and,

Emilio Benetiz, Esq.Dependency Practice and Procedure in Family Courts

2:30 - 2:40

AFTERNOON COFFEE
2:40- 2:55

Judge Susan F. Greenhawt,

Katherine Birnbaum, Esq.,

Kirschbaum, Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC, and

Ken Gordon, Esq., Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley & Lunny, LLP

Private Judging and Special Magistrates

2:55- 3:30

General Magistrates,
Surprise Presentation

A surprise presentation? Like Vic Tobin shows up in drag? This should be special