Family Law Institute

Seminar Number 6800 Early Registration Fee: $335 On-Site Registration Fee: $355 CLE Hours 12 CLE Hours including 1 Ethics Hour, 1 Professionalism Hour and 4 Trial Practice Hours	26th Annual FAMILY LAW INSTITUTE
	MAY 22-24, 2008 Hilton Sandestin Beach Resort Destin, FL
	Co-Sponsor: Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
	Presiding: Edward J. Coleman, III, Program Chair; Surrett & Coleman, P.A., Augusta
	THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008
	7:30	REGISTRATION (All attendees must check in upon arrival. A removable jacket or sweater is recommended.)
	8:25	OPENING REMARKS Kurt A. Kegel, Chair, Family Law Section, State Bar of Georgia; Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C., Atlanta
	8:30	DIRECT EXAMINATION OF BUSINESS VALUATION EXPERT K. Paul Johnson, McCorkle & Johnson LLP, Savannah Martin S. Varon, CPA, CVA, JD, CEBS, Alternative Resolution Methods, Inc., Smyrna
	9:30	BREAK
	9:45	NATIONAL TRENDS IN FAMILY LAW John C. Mayoue, Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C., Atlanta
	10:45	DAUBERT CHALLENGES OF EXPERT WITNESSES BEFORE AND DURING TRIAL Hon. J. Stephen Schuster, Judge, Superior Court of Cobb County, Marietta David S. Givelber, Cohen, Pollock, Merlin & Small, P.C., Atlanta Nancy F. Lawler, Cohen, Pollock, Merlin & Small, P.C., Atlanta
	11:45	BREAK
	12:00	SMALL TOWN DOMESTIC RELATIONS PRACTICE: PANEL DISCUSSION Moderator: John F. Lyndon, Attorney at Law, Athens Panelists: Hon. Hulane E. George, Judge, Superior Court, Ocmulgee Circuit, Milledgeville Hon. Ronnie Joe Lane, Judge, Superior Court, Pataula Circuit, Donalsonville Regina M. Quick, Regina M. Quick, P.C., Athens Russell W. “Rusty” Smith, Sanders & Smith, P.C., Toccoa
	1:00	RECESS
	2:30	TENNIS TOURNAMENT
	5:45	YLD RECEPTION
	6:30	WELCOME RECEPTION
	FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008
	8:30	HOT TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS Moderator: Shiel G. Edlin, Stern & Edlin, P.C., Atlanta Stick With What Works Richard M. Nolen, Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C., Atlanta Statistics Stephen C. Steele, Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP, Atlanta Cell-Phone Tower Tracking; Integrating Third- Party Discovery Tina Shadix Roddenbery, Kidd & Vaughn, LLP, Atlanta Personal Injury Proceeds in Divorce R. Scot Kraeuter, Savage Turner Pinson & Karsman, Savannah How to Seal the Deal Jonathan R. Levine, Levine & Smith LLC, Atlanta How to Keep the G.A.L. from Killing Your Case Karen Brown Williams, Attorney at Law, Atlanta Railroad Retirement Division in Divorce B. Seth Harp, Harp & Associates, P.C., Columbus Waiver and Preservation of Attorney-Client Privilege Frank A. DeVincent, Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C., Atlanta Virtual Visitation Jonathan J. Tuggle, Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C., Atlanta Requests for Admissions in Domestic Cases Carol Ann Walker, Attorney at Law, Gainesville
	9:30	ARE YOU SMARTER THAN AN APPELLATE JUDGE? INTELLIGENT PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT AND COURT OF APPEALS Hon. Anne Elizabeth Barnes, Chief Judge, Court of Appeals, Atlanta Hon. John H. Ruffi n, Jr., Judge, Court of Appeals, Atlanta Hon. Bensonetta T. Lane, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta Hon. J. D. Smith, Judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Gainesville Hon. Gail S. Tusan, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta Hon. Cynthia D. Wright, Judge, Fulton County Superior Court, Atlanta Mary Beth Hebert, Attorney at Law, Atlanta Susan A. Hurst, Bogart & Bogart, Atlanta Jeanney M. Kutner, Attorney at Law, Atlanta Steven P. Shewmaker, Of Counsel to Lynch & Shuman, Atlanta
	10:45	BREAK
	11:00	UNIFORM FAMILY LAWS AND GEORGIA: OPPORTUNITIES AWAIT Paul M. Kurtz, Associate Dean, University of Georgia School of Law, Athens
	12:00	ATTORNEYS FEES IN DOMESTIC CASES: ETHICS AND PRACTICE Hon. Jeffrey S. Bagley, Chief Judge, Superior Court, Bell-Forsyth Judicial Circuit, Cumming Rebecca L. Crumrine, Davis, Matthews & Quigley, P.C., Atlanta Leigh F. Cummings, Warner, Mayoue, Bates & Nolen, P.C., Atlanta Paula J. Frederick, Office of the General Counsel, State Bar of Georgia, Atlanta
	1:00	RECESS
	1:30	GOLF TOURNAMENT
	6:30	SECTION RECEPTION
	SATURDAY, MAY 24, 2008
	8:30	OUT OF THE KETTLE AND INTO THE FIRE: WHEN DOMESTIC RELATIONS CASES BECOME CRIMINAL CASES Brian Steel, The Steel Law Firm, P.C., Atlanta
	9:30	BREAK
	9:45	GEORGIA’S NEW CHILD CUSTODY STATUTE (H.B. 369) – PROVING THE “FACTORS” Susan Warren Cox, Edenfield, Cox, Bruce & Classens, P. C., Statesboro Hon. Daniel J. Craig, Judge, Superior Court, Augusta Circuit, Augusta Hon. Sheryl B. Jolly, Judge, Superior Court, Augusta Judicial Circuit, Augusta J. Andrew Tisdale, Tisdale Law Firm, Evans
	10:45	REAL ESTATE ISSUES IN DIVORCE Kurt A. Kegel Kelly A. Miles, Smith, Gilliam, Williams & Miles. P.A., Gainesville
	11:45	BREAK
	12:00	CASE LAW UPDATE AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Marvin L. Solomiany, Kessler, Schwarz & Solomiany, P.C., Atlanta Victor P. Valmus, Moore, Ingram, Johnson & Steele, LLP, Atlanta
	1:00	ADJOURN