2022 AAML/BVR NATIONAL DIVORCE CONFERENCE!
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DAY 1 PRESENTATIONS
The Long and Winding Road: Building a Championship Legal/Financial Team
Financial issues are often the cornerstone issue in dissolution of marriage cases. Contests over the division of marital assets and debts, the determination of whether individual assets are part of the marital estate or one spouse’s separate property, and disagreements over value and allocation frequently merge to become one of, if not the, primary areas of focus of protracted domestic relations litigation in dissolution cases. Spousal disputes frequently become charged and contentious, and the litigation spreads to embrace financial and valuation experts who are engaged to perform a host of financial services. This presentation will help attorneys and financial experts to work together effectively and successfully.
NOTE: Due to technical difficulties this video only covers the second hour of the presentation. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Digital Evidence in Family Law Cases: What You Need to Know Before It 'Bytes' You in the 41 73 73
This program will cover a broad range of critical digital evidence issues for family lawyers and related professionals with a focus on recent trends and challenges that counsel and financial experts must be prepared to address regarding electronically stored information (ESI). The program will cover important basics, including what ESI is and the technical digital processes by which it is formed as well as much more sophisticated topics, including understanding the risks and strategic decisions that must be made regarding the acquisition, preservation, and use of ESI; data encryption; geolocation data; “spyware” and digital espionage; and the use of cryptocurrency to secrete assets. Attendees can expect key takeaways in the areas of how a digital forensic expert extracts, preserves, and analyzes ESI and converts it into “courtroom useful” format and the pitfalls that exist in the realm of ESI including evidence of illegal activities such as child porn, illegal financial activities, missed preservation opportunities, spoliation of ESI, and manipulation or editing of ESI (video, voice, or other manipulation), including computer-generated voice mimicry, slice editing, and the like. The program seeks to deliver key lessons on how to manage the entirety of the ESI component of a case from client intake to expert retention to completion of trial, including chain of custody issues and introduction into evidence.
NOTE: Due to technical difficulties the first 30 minutes of this program are unavailable. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
From the Eyes of the Judges
Speakers:Hon. Scott M. Gordon (Ret.): justice retired of the Los Angeles Superior Court
Hon. Charles J. Hoskin: judge of the Nevada 8th Judicial District Court Family Division
Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman: justice retired of the New York State Appellate Division, 2nd Judicial Department
In a question-and-answer format, Justice Scheinkman, Judge Gordon, and Judge Hoskin will provide guidance to attorneys and experts regarding expert testimony, including:
- Supporting expert opinions;
- Excluding expert testimony;
- Analysis of competing expert opinions;
- What is effective and persuasive testimony and cross-examination and
- Pitfalls—evidence of illegal activities including illegal financial activities (e.g., “perq” or fraud?), spoliation of evidence, and more.
All in the Family—Related Party Companies in Divorce
Karolina Calhoun and Kevin Segler will cover all things related party in divorce valuation, including entity structure issues, multilayering with discounts, and tracing marital versus separate asset ownership with complex multientity ownerships. We will also discuss related parties in the business and said impact on ownership, valuation, and division—including the consideration of classes of stock in division, such as GP versus LP or voting versus nonvoting.
Waste Not, Want Not—Dissipation vs. Allowed Expenses
Top 10 Tax Tips in Five Minutes or Less
When tax topics crop up in your family law engagement, you need quick answers. So tax gurus Michelle Gallagher and Brian Vertz are coming to the rescue with the tax help you need to avoid mistakes and keep the family law engines running smoothly. Packed with takeaways, this program will deliver answers about the 2022 personal and child-related tax credits, tax brackets and QBI thresholds, exemption and deduction limitations and phase-outs, and maybe some tax extenders. Michelle and Brian have your back with the latest tax developments, reference materials, tips, and summaries that you’ll need at your fingertips.
NOTE: Due to technical difficulties there are some gaps in the recording. Our apologies for the inconvenience.
Untangling the Web of Complex and Startup Businesses
DAY 2 PRESENTATIONS
The Two Keys to Mastering Financial Testimony That Give You the Edge
What’s Mine Is Mine. What’s Ours Is Mine. Stashing Assets and Income.
Part I: Understanding and Examining the Professional Judgment of Financial Experts
Speakers:Ron Seigneur, Lisa Ann Sharpe
Market Multiples: Key Differences Between Transactions
Intellectual Property Conundrums
Part II: Understanding and Examining the Professional Judgment of Financial Experts
Neutral Expert Assignments: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Accounting for Attorneys
Creative Settlements and Reaching for the Golden Ring
How to Attack and Defend the Databases Valuation Analysts Use How
the Unknown Can Help You (Attorney) or Kill You (Financial Analyst)
The Gray Divorce: Unique Challenges in Long-Term Marriages
Discovery Disputes in Complex Litigation: Tips for Experts to Effectively Assist in the Discovery Process (sponsored by Whitley Penn)
Ethical Quandaries: An Interactive Session
DAY 3 PRESENTATIONS
Cryptocurrency Trends in Divorce
Active Passive Appreciation—Community Property vs. Equitable Distribution Jurisdictions
Follow the Yellow Brick Road—Trial Planning With Your Expert
Speakers:Briggs Stahl, Joe Hunt
BVLaw Case Update
Reasonable Compensation Is the Answer? I’ll Take ‘Common Mistakes’ for $1,000, Alex
Best Trial Practices
Offshore Issues in Complex International Divorce—Valuation and Tracing
Executive Compensation: The Ghost of Past, Present or Future?
Cannabis in Family Law: Buckle Up, This Is About to Get Interesting!
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