ABA Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute

Build your self-assurance as you master the skills and techniques for success at trial. Over the course of
seven days, you will gain experience and knowledge in:

·Developing a persuasive story of your case

·Helping a witness present their factual story through direct examination

·Showing why a witness is biased, mistaken, or wrong through powerful, pointed cross examination

·Organizing your case to tell a powerful story that illustrates the wrong to your client and how to make it right

·Eliminating clutter to give the fact finder the critical information needed for a successful decision in your  client’s favor

·Mastering legal argument for motions and closing to marshal the facts and tell the fact finder what you want and  why you deserve it

·Opening your case in a way that makes the fact finder want to know more and lean in your favor

·Working with Mental Health and Financial Experts to effectively deliver information during direct and illustrate  flaws, bias, and faulty theories during cross

·Effectively preparing witnesses and using your expert to enhance your understanding of business valuationor  psychological assessments

• James Lawrence
  
  Program Director
  Houston, TX

  
  
  James Lawrence
  
  Jim Lawrence is the Director of the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center.  He currently teaches Legal Negotiation, Advanced Negotiation and, Advocacy Survey. He also directs the Law Center’s highly successful Moot Court Program.  Over the past four years, the program has fielded intercollegiate teams that have won 18 national and regional titles, including three National Best Speaker Awards.  He serves as a senior consultant to The Advocates, a national and international trial and arbitration advocacy consulting firm, where he is engaged in the study of judge, jury, and arbitration decision making and the development of successful trial and arbitration advocacy.  Mr. Lawrence is Program Director for the American Bar Association’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and he holds a Certificate in Advanced Arbitration Skills from the Law Center’s A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center.  He is also a Qualified Mediator in Texas.  He holds a Jurist Doctorate degree from the University of Houston Law Center, a Master’s Degree in Human Development and Psychological Counseling from Appalachian State University, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology/Pre-Med from Appalachian State University.  Mr. Lawrence has attended the International Chamber of Commerce Institute Masterclass for Arbitrators, the ICC and FIDIC Conference on International Construction Contracts and the Resolution of Disputes.   Mr. Lawrence has served as a coach, and arbitrator, for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, served as faculty in the Kessler-Eidson Trial Techniques Program at Emory Law School, given advocacy presentations at law firms such as Baker Botts and Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, interned at the ICC International Court of Arbitration, and has pursued post-graduate studies in Educational Psychology.

  Communication Expert:  Mr. Lawrence has studied and taught communication and presentation for over 25 years.  He helped design and teach the University of Houston Law Center’s Attorney Communication and Persuasion course and he currently works with law students and lawyers on improving their oral presentation skill set.  Mr. Lawrence is also a professional actor and has appeared in many local, regional, and national theatre productions and commercials.  Most recently, he had a featured role in ABC’s The Deep End and will be seen next fall in NBC’s Friday Night Lights.

  Email: jelawrence@uh.edu

   

   

• Mark Caldwell
  NITA
  Program Director
  Boulder, CO

  
  Caldwell, Mark S.
  
  Mark S. Caldwell is NITA's Director for Specialty Programs. In this role Mr. Caldwell designs, administers and serves as an instructor for programs in bankruptcy litigation, child advocacy, and tax litigation. Other programs included under the Specialty Programs banner include NITA's work with other organizations for co-sponsored programs and many of NITA's pro bono courses. His role in NITA's pro bono efforts includes serving as Program Director for many of NITA's courses for lawyers and advocates who represent under-served communities, including Native American lay advocates, legal services lawyers, lawyers and advocates who represent those living with disabilities and the elderly, lawyers and advocates who appear in cases involving children, and lawyers who work in public service positions. In addition to his involvement in these courses, Mr. Caldwell also serves as NITA's Program Director for the Basic Trial Skills and Deposition Programs in Colorado. He is also an instructor at many of NITA's Teacher Training Programs. Mr. Caldwell received his Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctor degrees from the University of Denver. At the College of Law he served as an editor of the Denver Journal of International Law and Policy. After graduation from law school, Mr. Caldwell began his career at the University of Denver College of Law where he eventually was appointed Assistant Dean. Mr. Caldwell also spent seven years as the Executive Director of Continuing Legal Education in Colorado. Over the years Mr. Caldwell has taught international business transactions, legal research, and advocacy skills to law students, legal assistants, and practitioners. He has served on the Board of Directors for the Legal Center Serving Persons with Disabilities in Colorado, the Shawnee, Colorado Water Board, and as a member of the State of Colorado Department of Education's Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Education. Mark Caldwell has been published on a wide variety of topics, including international business, transnational litigation, and adult education. His work in the continuing education world has focused on bringing adult educational theory to continuing legal education. He has also written case files for NITA and contributed to other NITA works, including NITA’s Teacher Training Manual.

  Contact Information:
  mcaldwell@nita.org

• Anita Ventrelli
  Schiller DuCanto & Fleck
  Faculty
  Chicago, IL

  

  Anita M. Ventrelli

  Anita M. Ventrelli is a partner of Schiller DuCanto and Fleck LLP. She has a strong background in trial and settlement of complex matters, employing her extensive experience in computer analysis and litigation support techniques. A graduate of DePaul University School of Law, Ms. Ventrelli was recommended by peers to the Leading Lawyer's Network and Illinois Super Lawyers and was named one of the "40 Under 40 Illinois Attorneys to Watch" in 2003 by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Ms. Ventrelli is currently the Chair of the American Bar Association's Family Law Section and a member of the Board of the Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute as well as a faculty member. She has served on the governing council, the Publications Board, the Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Long-Range Planning Committee, and formerly chaired the Domestic Violence/Family Abuse Committee and Ethics Committees. Ms. Ventrelli is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a member of the Board of Managers of the Illinois Chapter. Ms Ventrelli was named Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year by the Illinois State Bar Association in 2001, where she served on the Family Law Section Council, chaired the Minority and Women Participation Committee, was a member of the Special Committee on Women and the Law, and served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee.

  Ms. Ventrelli has lectured on family law topics for the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association and community groups. She is a co-author of the "Trial Practice Considerations" Chapter of the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education's Illinois Family Law Series and has published articles for the American Bar Association Family Advocate magazine and other periodicals.

• Kathleen Henken
  
  Faculty
  Denver, CO

  
  
  Kathleen Henken
  
  M.A., Columbia University
  M.D., University of Denver

  Kathleen Henken, LCSW, PsyD, is both a licensed psychologist and a licensed clinical social worker who has been providing services to children and families for more than thirty years.  She received her Master’s degree in Social Work from Columbia University and her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Denver.  Formerly on staff at The Children’s Hospital and the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, she has a private practice in Denver, Colorado, specializing in the evaluation and treatment of individuals who have been affected by various psychological disorders as well as high-conflict divorce, chronic illness, crisis and trauma, and child abuse and neglect.  She has taught family therapy in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, supervises graduate students at the University of Denver Graduate School of Professional Psychology, and is a consultant to the Rocky Mountain Children’s Law Center and the University of Denver Sturm College of Law’s Child Advocacy Clinic.  In addition, Dr. Henken has served as a faculty member for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy for more than a dozen years.  A member of various professional organizations, including the American Psychological Association, Colorado Psychological Association, Society for Personality Assessment and the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, she is a past president of the Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee, a group of mental health professionals and lawyers who specialize in various areas related to family law.

• Catherine Holland Petersen
  Petersen Henson & Meadows PC
  Faculty
  Norman, OK

  President of Petersen, Henson, Meadows, Pecore and Peot, P.C. of Norman, Oklahoma, Catherine Holland Petersen has practiced family law in excess of thirty years. She is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, named one of the Best Lawyers in America, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in American Women and an Oklahoma Superlawyer. She is a frequent lecturer on ethics and family law around the country and has taught for the American Bar Association Family Law Section Trial Advocacy Institute for over ten years.

• Arthur Balbirer
  
  Faculty
  Bethlehem, CT

  

  Arthur E. Balbirer is admitted to the Connecticut Bar; the U.S. District Court for District of Connecticut; and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

  Named one of the best matrimonial lawyers in the United States, Town & Country Magazine (1985); named one of the Best Lawyers in America, Naifeh and Smith (all editions); Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1972.

  President of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) (1992-1993); Governor of AAML (1984-1987); President of the Connecticut Chapter of AAML (1979-1981); Chairman, Family Law Section of the Connecticut Bar Association (1976-1978); Founding Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers; Co-author of "Annual Survey of Connecticut Family Law," Connecticut Law Journal (1974- 1996); Senior Topical Editor on Family Law, Connecticut Bar Journal (1979-1996).
  
  Lecturer: University of Connecticut Law School; Fairfield University; numerous conferences/seminars in the United States, Mexico and Europe.
  
  Adjunct Professor of Family Law University of Connecticut Law School (2000-2001); Special Master appointed by the Superior Court in New Haven, Fairfield and Hartford Counties; Mediator in numerous cases throughout the country.

  Arbitrator Certified by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

• James Bailey
  Senn Visciano Canges
  Faculty
  Denver, CO

  
  
  James S. Bailey
  
  B.A., University of Colorado, 1988
  J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge College of Law, 1992
  Biography: Order of the Coif. Recipient: Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, 1992; West Publishing Company Award, 1990-1991; Valedictorian Award. Editor in Chief, Pacific Law Journal, Volume 23. Author: "Allocation of Loss for Forged Checks Under Articles 3 and 4 of the Proposed Revisions Thereto," 22 Pac. L.J. 1263, 1991. Author with: S. Dhaunda, Comment SB-2638 Review of Selected California Legislation, 22 Inc. L.J., 726, 1991. Co-Author: with Steven Epstein, Marital Agreements, Colorado Domestic Relations Law, 2003. Law Clerk for the Honorable Luis D. Rovira, Chief Justice of the Colorado Supreme Court, 1992-1993.
  Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Appellate Practice; Family Law; Probate.
  Admitted: 1993, Colorado; U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
  Member: Denver Bar Association; The Colorado Bar Association.

   

• David Ainley
  Katz & Stefani LLC
  Faculty
  Chicago, IL

  

  Mr. Ainley concentrates his practice in the area of family law as a partner in the Chicago law firm of Katz & Stefani, LLC.  He received his B.S. in Business Management from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana (1990) and his J.D. from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois (1994).  He was admitted to the Illinois State Bar in 1994 and the Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court in 1999.  Mr. Ainley is a Fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a former member of the Board of the Illinois Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He has a top AV Preeminent peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He is a member of the Chicago and Illinois State Bar Associations, and a former appointed member of the ISBA Family Law Section Council and Committee on Professional Conduct. He is also recognized by his peers as a member of the Leading Lawyers Network and Illinois Super Lawyers.

  Mr. Ainley is a frequent lecturer on family law issues including tax, trusts, evidence, trial advocacy, and business and real property valuation including, Faculty, National Institute for Trial Advocacy and American Bar Association Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, 2010 and 2011; Speaker, “Business Valuation, Financial and Tax Issues in Divorce”, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2011; Speaker, “Examining Financial Experts,” Chicago Bar Association, 2010; Business Valuation Guest Attorney “Trying the Domestic Relations Case," Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2008 and 2009; Speaker, "Advanced Evidence," American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 2008; Speaker, "Issues Affecting the Treatment of Trusts in Divorce," Stout Risius Ross, 2007; Speaker, "Tax Matters and Ramifications in Divorce," National Business Institute, 2007; Speaker, National Business Institute Seminar on Financial Settlement Strategies for Divorce, 2006; Speaker, “Property Issues in Family Law”, Illinois State Bar Association Family Law Section, 2006.  Mr. Ainley is also a Co-Author of the Attorneys' Fees chapter in the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education Family Law Series, 2008-2011.

   

• Greg Ortiz
  Ham & Ortiz LLC
  Faculty
  Highlands Ranch, CO

  

  Greg Ortiz practices exclusively in the area of family law and is a member with the law firm Ham and Ortiz, LLC. Mr. Ortiz is a standing member of the American Bar Association Family Law Section executive council and has been a member and/or chair on a number of the Family Law Section's committees, including the CLE Planning Committee, Long Range Planning, Finance Committee, Diversity Committee, Marital Property Committee and Nomination Committee. Mr. Ortiz obtained his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from University of Colorado and his Juris Doctorate from University of Denver. He has worked in various capacities in the areas of juvenile and family law and has published and spoken on issues in family law across the country. Mr. Ortiz is a member of the Family Law Section of the Colorado Bar Association and the Metropolitan Denver Interdisciplinary Committee. In addition, Mr. Ortiz has volunteered his services to numerous legal aid and pro bono legal services in the Denver, Colorado, metropolitan area.

• Nancy Chausow Shafer
  Chausow Shafer PC
  Faculty
  Highland Park, IL

  

  Nancy Chausow Shafer is principal in the Highland Park firm, Chausow Shafer, PC, concentrating in Matrimonial Law, including Litigation, Mediation and Collaboration. She is chapter co-author of Child Custody Litigation, Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education publication 1991 Edition, and has conducted presentations at Continuing Legal Education seminars on various topics, including: Business Valuation for Dummies (2002); Presentation of complex financial issues in divorce litigation (2004); Mediation: Being an Advocate without being Adversarial (2005); Domestic Partnerships—Financial Implications (2005); UCCJEA and UIFSA: Understanding Jurisdictional Distinctions (2006); and Maintenance Guidelines: A Modest Proposal (2008).

  She is recipient of the AAML 2008 Michael Cohen Award for contributing greatly over the years to the continuing education of lawyers in the area of Family Law and has been selected by her peers as an Illinois Leading Lawyer in Family Law and Illinois SuperLawyer.

  Professional affiliations include: Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, 1992–present; Past member, Illinois AAML Chapter Board of Governors, Illinois Delegate to national AAML Board of Governors; Faculty for Mediation Training offered by the AAML, DePaul University and Mediation Training and Consultation Institute, Ann Arbor MI.

• Gaetano Ferro
  Law Offices of Gaetano Ferro
  Faculty
  Darien, CT

  

  Gaetano Ferro is a past president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers, and a past chair of the Connecticut Bar Association's Family Law Section.

  Mr. Ferro is one of Super Lawyers Magazine's top ten lawyers in Connecticut and one of its top one hundred lawyers in New England. He has been continuously listed in Naifeh and Smith, The Best Lawyers in America since 1989. He frequently appears in other listings of top lawyers including those in Worth Magazine, New York Magazine, Westchester Magazine, and Connecticut Magazine.

  Mr. Ferro served as Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and of the Connecticut Family Lawyer. He was the Connecticut Bar Journal's Senior Topical Editor for Family Law and was Executive Editor of the Connecticut Law Review.

  Mr. Ferro has authored more than sixty-five published articles on a wide variety of family law topics. Those articles have been published in the Connecticut Law Tribune, the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Connecticut Bar Journal, the Connecticut Family Lawyer, and the Family Advocate.

  Mr. Ferro has lectured or delivered more than seventy family law presentations to many different professional organizations including, most recently, the American Bar Association Family Law's Trial Advocacy Institute (Denver, 2009), the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' annual meeting (Chicago, 2008), the Association of Divorce Financial Planners' 6th annual conference (New York City, 2008), the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers / the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants' biennial conferences on divorce (Las Vegas, 2008, 2006, 2004, 2002), and the Section of Family Law of the American Bar Association's Fall CLE conference (Memphis, 2007).

• Ronald Nelson
  Ronald W. Nelson PA
  Faculty
  Shawnee Mission, KS

  Ronald W. Nelson is a principal of Ronald W. Nelson PA, focusing his practice on complex family law issues, with special emphasis on high conflict and special needs families, interstate and international child custody and support. Mr. Nelson has an extensive appellate practice, having handled over 80 appeals. Receiving his JD from Washburn University Law School in 1981 (with honors), Ron is admitted to practice before the Kansas Supreme Court, the federal district courts for Kansas and the Western District of Missouri, the Tenth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He served two terms on the American Bar Association Family Law Section Governing Council and three terms as Chair of the Kansas Bar Association Family Law Section. He continues to serve as Legislative Liaison for the KBA Family Law Section, as a member of the Johnson County (Kansas) Bench-Bar Committee, and the Kansas Judicial Council, Family Law Advisory Committee, and in leadership positions in the ABA Section of Family Law. Mr. Nelson frequently lectures at national, state, regional, and local conferences, is contributing author to the Practitioner's Guide to Kansas Family Law, and contributes to national, state, and local family law publications.

• James McLaren
  McLaren & Lee
  Faculty
  Columbia, SC

  Jim McLaren maintains a statewide family law practice emphasizing complex marital litigation in Columbia, South Carolina. He is a partner in the law firm of McLaren & Lee. He has served the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers in various capacities since becoming a Fellow. He currently serves as a Vice-President and is on the Executive Committee. He received the Fellow of the Year from the Academy in 2007. He serves on the Board of Directors of the AAML Foundation. He is the Co-Chair of the Website Committee, and serves on the Best Practices Committee. For the South Carolina Chapter of the Academy, he has served as President and National Delegate. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Family Trial Lawyers. He is currently the Chapter President for the International Network of Boutique Law Firms. Mr. McLaren has been named in the Best Lawyers in America, Family Law Designation, from 1993 through 2010, received an "AV" designation from Martindale Hubbell since 1996, and was named in the South Carolina Super Lawyers publication. He is a contributing author to the South Carolina Equitable Apportionment Act (§20-7-741, et. seq., S.C. Code of Laws) and the South Carolina Alimony Statute (§20-3-130, South Carolina Code of Laws). Mr. McLaren received his Bachelor of Arts (1973) and Juris Doctorate (1976) degrees from the University of South Carolina. He was admitted to practice in 1976 and has maintained a private practice in Columbia, South Carolina since that time. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, US. District Court, South Carolina District, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a frequent speaker on various family law topics for the South Carolina Bar, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, American Bar Association, South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Mandatory Judicial and Continuing Legal Education Seminars.

• Steven Peskind
  Peskind & Associates
  Faculty
  St Charles, IL

  

  Steven N. Peskind is the principal of the Peskind Law Firm, located in St. Charles, Illinois. Both he and the firm concentrate in matrimonial and family law. He is a member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, and was elected to the American Law Institute in 2006. In 2007, Mr. Peskind was inducted into Scribes, a legal writing honor society. In 2008, he was appointed by the Illinois Legislature to serve on the Illinois Family Law Study Committee. The committee is studying ways to improve Illinois' family laws. Currently Mr. Peskind serves as the chair of the ABA Family Section Law Practice Management/Technology Committee and is also the vice-chair of the ABA Family Law Section Assisted Reproductive Technologies Committee. Steven Peskind publishes a family law blog at lexfamilia.wordpress.com.

• Mario Ventrelli
  Schiller DuCanto & Fleck
  Faculty
  Lake Forest, IL

  

  Mario Ventrelli is a partner with Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP, the largest matrimonial firm in the United States. Over his years of practice, Mr. Ventrelli has represented leaders in the business world and professions, influential civic and political personalities, celebrities and professional athletes. A sought-after speaker on both  the state and national level, Mr. Ventrelli frequently lectures on a  variety of legal topics. Since 2006, Mr. Ventrelli has been named an Illinois Leading Lawyer as well as being named both a SuperLawyer  and a “SuperLawyer Rising Star”. Since 2010, Mr. Ventrelli has been honored as one of the "Best Lawyers In America" by Naifeh & Smith.

• Hon. Edward Newman
  Rhode Island Family Court
  Faculty
  Providence, RI

  Edward H. Newman was appointed a Magistrate of the Rhode Island Family Court on December 17, 2002. He received his BA from Providence College in 1969 and his JD from Suffolk University Law School in 1972. He was admitted to practice before the Rhode Island Supreme Court in 1972, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island in 1972, United States Tax Court in 1974 and the United States Supreme Court in 1978.

  Magistrate Newman served as lecturer at Providence College from 1974 to 1986 and he presently lectures for the Rhode Island Bar Association and has lectured at Roger Williams University Law School.

  He has served as a member of the American Bar Association's Family Law Section (on council); the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Rhode Island Trial Lawyers Association (vice-president); the Rhode Island Bar Association, (Chair of the Superior Court Bench Bar Committee); member of the Family Law Bench Bar Committee; member of the House of Delegates, Rhode Island Bar Association; and the Rhode Island Family Law Inn of Court (president, 3 years).

  Magistrate Newman has served as the Chair of the Rhode Island Supreme Court Ethics Advisory Panel, Supreme Court Permanent Advisory Committee on Women and Minorities in the Court, and Chair of the Education Subcommittee for the Rhode Island Supreme Court Permanent Advisory Committee for Women and Minorities.

  He has served as Town Solicitor for the Town of Richmond, Rhode Island, and was Probate Judge from 1988 to 2002 for the Town of Richmond, Rhode Island. He was also a Bail Commission authorized to issue judicial warrants statewide and set bail for the Rhode Island Family Court and Rhode Island District Court. He is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

• Stacy Collins
  Financial Research Associates
  Faculty
  Bala-Cynwyd, PA

  

  Stacy Preston Collins, CPA/ABV, CFF, is a Managing Director at Financial Research Associates, with offices in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. She has provided expert testimony on business valuation and forensic accounting issues in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Florida.

  Ms. Collins' experience includes marital dissolution cases, corporate litigation, estate planning valuations and transactions. She has co-authored courses on business appraisal and has presented valuation and forensic accounting topics to financial professionals, attorneys and judges in many forums.

  Ms. Collins has been involved with the ABA's Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute since 2000. She also participated in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers' Institute for Training Family Law Associates in 2006-2008.

  Ms. Collins graduated from Drexel University with a concentration in Accounting and Finance. She holds the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) designations from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is Chair of the AICPA's Family Law Task Force and is a member of its Forensic and Litigation Services Committee. She is also a member of the Expert Resource Connection.

• David Martindale
  
  Faculty
  St Petersburg, FL

  

  Dr. David Martindale, board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, served as the Reporter for the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts' Model Standards for Child Custody Evaluation and is the co-author, with Jon Gould, of The Art and Science of Child Custody Evaluations. His 2001 article entitled Cross-examining mental health experts in child custody litigation, published in The Journal of Psychiatry and Law, is widely referenced. Dr. Martindale's practice is limited to consulting with attorneys, psychologists, and psychology licensing boards in the areas of child custody and professional ethics and standards.

• Mary Commander
  NITA
  Administrative Asst
  Boulder, CO

• Modern Trial Advocacy, 4th Edition
• Federal Rules of Evidence with Objections, 10th Edition

Materials are included in the price of tuition.