FAMILY LAW SECTION ANNUAL REPORT -  2011

January:  This month’s speaker was Patricia Cooper, Esq., Of Counsel to The Office of Steven J. Harhai (http://harhai.com) in Denver who many of us paralegals have worked with in the past.   Ms. Cooper spoke to us on “The Impact of Divorce and Other Trauma on Attachment.”  You may read more about Ms. Cooper at http://harhai.com/our-people/our-attorneys.

February:   This month's speaker was a Private Investigator and Contract Attorney, Joan Papke.  Ms. Papke is a lawyer and private investigator.  She has served as a legal officer in the U.S. Navy at an overseas joint intelligence base, and was a litigation associate with Clifford Chance US, LLP in New York, where she specialized in white collar criminal defense, securities defense and internal corporate investigations.  Ms. Papke spoke to us about "Social Network Sites and Other Online Resources."

March:  This month’s speakers were attorneys Courtney Leathers and Mike Switzer of Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C.  As Ms. Leathers has done for the past three years, she and Mr. Switzer presented to us the Case Law Update.  You may find out more about Ms. Leathers and Mr. Switzer at http://www.familyatty.com

April:  This month’s speaker was Attorney Steven B. Epstein of Litvak Litvak Mehrtens and Epstein, P.C.  Mr. Epstein spoke to us about "Constitutional Rights in Family Law."  You may find out more about Mr. Epstein at http://www.familyatty.com/sepstein.html.

May:  This month’s speaker was Deb Johnson, ChFC, CDFA, of Divorce Resource Centre of Colorado, LLC.  Ms. Johnson is a chartered financial consultant and certified divorce financial analyst and mediator.  She spoke to us about the financial aspects of divorce such as tax ramifications, defined benefit plans, etc.  You may find out more about Ms. Johnson at www.drcofcolorado.com. This was also our Sixth Annual Potluck with an Italian theme.

June-August:  No meeting.

We resume in September for our monthly meetings with upcoming topics such as How You Can Assist Your Attorney for Mediation, Excel Tips and Tricks, How to Help Attorneys to Avoid Malpractice and more interesting topics. 

Our Family Law Section meets the second Tuesday of each month at noon in the conference room of Litvak, Litvak, Mehrtens & Epstein, 900 Grant Street, Fifth Floor, Denver, CO 80203 for a brown bag lunch.  We take the months of June, July and August off but start again in September.  Email Susan Raiser at sraiser@kghllaw.com or Gerry Hernandez at gerryjhernandez@hotmail.com to be put on our email list.