8:30 – 9:00                      Registration, continental breakfast, networking

9:00 – 9:30                      Welcome, introductions, and section business

• Chris Hayes – Family Law Conference update
• Lynda Schauer – Forensic Expert Leadership Program update

9:30 – 10:30                    Session I: Depositions – Preparing for yours, the opposing party’s, and the opposing party’s expert’s depositions

• Experienced trial attorney, Steve Wagner, will be taking us through a two-part program starting with preparing for depositions, your own, opposing party’s, and their forensic expert. The second part of the program will walk us through the steps to prepare for direct and cross-examination in the trial.

Stephen J. Wagner, Esq., Dick & Wagner, Sacramento

10:30 – 10:45                  Break

10:45 – 11:45                  Session II: Trial Preparation – Expert’s direct and cross-examination

Stephen J. Wagner, Esq., Dick & Wagner, Sacramento

12:00 – 1:15                    Lunch

1:15 – 2:15                      Session III: Family Law Case Update

• Darlene Elmore and Christiana Samuels will provide an update about current family law cases.

Darlene Elmore, CPA/AVB, Santa Rosa

Christiana Samuels, Esq, Law Office of Christiana Samuels, Belmont

2:15 – 2:30        Break

2:30 – 3:30        Session IV: Family Law Tax Cases Update

• Leslie Dawson shares the tax implications of family law case updates.

Leslie Dawson, CPA/CVA, ABV, CFF, Walnut Creek