Virginia Bar
Association, Winter Meeting, January, 2014 “Divorce and Death: Ten Issues Confronting Both Domestic Relations and
Estate Planning Practitioners”
Virginia Bar
Association Journal
– Winter Edition – “’Til death do us
part: The U.S. Supreme Court pre-empts
Virginia’s Statute on Revocation of Death Benefits”
National
Business Institute
“What Family Court Judges Want You to
Know” September 20, 2013
Virginia Bar
Association, Summer Meeting, Panel
Discussion, July, 2013, “You Ain’t From
Around Here, Are You? A Step-by-Step
Guide to Foreign Subpoenas, the Foreign Deposition Act, and Interstate Discovery”
2013 Financial
Planning Forum,
The Legal and Financial Consequences of
Clients’ Failure to Plan, March 15, 2013, Richmond, Virginia.
National Aging
& Law Institute, A Joint Conference of NAELA and NALC – November 9,
2012, “What Aging Advocates Need to Know
About Family Law” Washington, D.C.
National
Business Institute 2012 Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorces – “Failure to Secure Adequate Legal Assistance
in Handling Qualified Domestic Relations Orders”
National
Business Institute 2012 Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorces – “Ethical Considerations”
2012 Financial
Planning Forum,
Safeguarding Your Client’s Golden Years, June
8, 2012, University of Richmond.
Law Education
Institute, National CLE Family Law Section, January 6, 2012, Divorce in the Golden Years, sponsored
by the American Bar Association Section of Family Law, Snowmass, Colorado.
Strafford
Publications,
June 7, 2011, Mid-Life Divorce: Unique Challenges for Baby Boomers and Older
Couples: Strategies for Martial Estate
Division, Spousal Support and Retirement Distribution.
Virginia CLE,
“27th Annual Advanced Family Law CLE, April 28,
2011, Beneficiary Designations &
Divorce, Richmond, Virginia.
Virginia Bar
Association, Young Lawyers Division, March, 2011, Ethical Issues in Elder Law/ Conservatorship – Guardianship Panel,
University of Richmond School of Law.
American Bar
Association Section of Family Law 2010 Spring Meeting, Plenary
Session, “Death and Divorce in the Golden
Years: Does It Get Much Better Than This,”
New Orleans, Louisiana.
Virginia CLE, “Valuing Assets in Today’s Economy,”
February 16, 2010
Virginia Bar
Association, Winter Meeting, Panel Discussion, January, 2010, “Brandenburg Revisited: Does the Separate
Equity Formula Still Apply”
“The Development & Death of Federal
Common Law in Divorce,” Virginia Bar Association News Journal, Vol. XXXVI,
No. 4, Winter 2009/2010
Metro Richmond
Family Bar Association, Panel Discussion, October 28, 2009, Impact of Retirement on Spousal Support –
“Additional Spousal Support Issues for Clients At or Near Retirement Age”
VPLC , Project 2025
Enhanced Access to Legal Assistance for Older Americans in Virginia, October,
2009 – “Estate Planning Basics”
Virginia Bar
Association, 119th Summer Meeting July, 2009 – “Divorce in the Golden Years”
Virginia Academy
of Elder Law Attorneys, Unprogram 2009, Meet the Experts – “Family Law Issues in Elder Law”
National
Business Institute 2008 Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorces – “Failure to Secure Adequate Legal Assistance
in Handling Qualified Domestic Relations Orders”
National
Business Institute 2008 Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorces – “Ethical Considerations”
National
Business Institute 2008 Estate, Financial and Health Care Planning for Elder
Clients
– “How to Prepare for Incapacity”
Advanced Family
Law Practice for Paralegals: Handling
Financial Issues at a Higher Level – “Preparing
and Filing Qualified Domestic Relations Orders,” December, 2007
Senior Law Day,
“Divorce for Senior Citizens,”
Henrico County Bar Association, Fall, 2007
National
Business Institute August 2007 Estate Planning and Recovery for Elderly Clients – “Establish Appropriate Ethical Boundaries”
and “Draft Wills That Protect Clients’
Interests”
National
Business Institute 2007 Preventing Critical Financial Mistakes During Divorces – “Failure to Secure Adequate Legal Assistance
in Handling Qualified Domestic Relations Orders”
Virginia
Continuing Legal Education 2007 Annual Divorce Practice Seminar – Family Law
for the Baby Boomers
– “Surviving Survivorship Issues in
Dividing Deferred Compensation”
Henrico County
Bar Association,
Fall, 2006 - Senior Law Day, “Divorce for
Senior Citizens”
Virginia Trial
Lawyers Association’s 2006 Annual Family Law Seminar – “Identifying Potential Pitfalls and Solutions
in Conveying Real Property”
Bar Associations:
Virginia State Bar Association/Family Law and Estates & Trusts Sections
Virginia Bar Association/former member of Domestic Relations & Elder Law Sections/former member of
Domestic Relations Council/former VBA Representative to the Virginia Family Law Coalition/former
Member of Elder Law Council
American Bar Association/Family Law Section/former Co-Vice Chair, Vulnerable
Adults and Special Needs Families Committee (2007-2012)
National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
Virginia Academy of Elder Law Attorney/former Board of Directors
Chesterfield-Colonial Heights Bar Association
Metro Richmond Family Law Bar Association
Metro Richmond Women’s Bar Association
Additional Publications:
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