CLE Courses

8/12/22 Active Bench Officers

2022 Speaker Series Part 2 – Strategies For a Domestic Violence Action

Business Valuation, Goodwill and How Risk Affects Value

This presentation will comment on the three primary valuation approaches but will emphasize the income approach. With a focus on intangible value (goodwill) this presentation will draw attention away from the business benefit stream ($$$) and focus on how risk, discount rates, growth rates, and capitalization rates affect business value.

“What Do You Mean My Tax Returns Can’t Be Trusted” – Establishing Business Expenses After Marriage of Hein

Based on the precedent established in Marriage of Loh, for almost 20 years family law practitioners could rely on their client’s tax returns as being “presumptively correct” and establishing a starting point for the calculation of support. However, Marriage of Hein (2020) upended this well-established presumption. The Hein court concluded that, in the case of self-employed individuals who wholly own a business (or businesses), the burden of proving expenses reflected on tax returns falls upon “the self-employed parent who controls the corporations.” This program will address when Hein applies and how to satisfy the heightened evidentiary burden created by Hein for self-employed parents, as well as subsequent cases which have addressed the holding in Hein.

2022 Speaker Series Part 1 – “Building Blocks and Foundation of a Domestic Violence Action”

2022 Annual Spring Seminar – Battle of the Experts: Preparing Your End Game

“Working with Traumatized Clients and Strategies to Empower Clients”

This presentation will go over different kinds of trauma, their symptoms, and how it can affect clients abilities to perform in court. We will also discuss strategies to help prepare clients that have been traumatized for court so that they can be more present and regulated when court is in session.

Divorce on the Blockchain: NFTs, DAOs, DeFi, and More

The program will inform family law attorneys about the emerging class of assets, organizational structures, and income streams powered by blockchain technology, and how these affect their law practice. The speaker will explain the nature of NFTs, DAOs, DeFi, and other nascent digital concepts; their impact on property, support, attorneys fees, and fiduciary duties; and the unique challenges they present for discovery, valuation, and division.

“Collection and enforcement of judgments: The good, the bad and the ugly”

This panel will discuss the common methods of enforcement of orders, such as bank levies, stock brokerage levies and wage garnishment. We will also address some more sophisticated methods such as assignment orders, charging orders and receiverships. The presentation will aim to educate family law practitioners about the different post- judgment remedies available as well as the benefits and problems associated with these remedies.Ira is a Certified Family Law Specialist with over 45 years experience in this area. David is also a Certified Family Law Specialist with over 20 years experience in this area. Ira and David have done hundreds of bank levies and wage garnishments and also been successful in more novel methods of enforcement of judgments/orders.

“Mitigation of Bias”

The Percipio Company fosters inclusive cultures by creating safe spaces for brave conversations. We introduce a common language that differentiates between various types of bias. Through a process of self-reflection & discovery, we strengthen workplace relationships by identifying the hidden (and not-so-hidden) biases that are impacting attorney performance and the practice of family law.