*NEW DATE*
Greetings!
To protect the safety of attendees given current circumstances, we have made the difficult decision to move the date of the CLE to June 18, 2020 . We hope you can join us for this amazing presentation!
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020
8:35 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center
Charleston, WV

CLE Credit: 8.9 credits,
including 1.1 law office management
PRICE: $150 per person

*Price includes breakfast and catered LUNCH
HOW TO REGISTER:

Pay Online : CLICK HERE

Check : Mail check to "Kanawha County Bench Bar Committee" c/o Susie Shepard at 218 6th Avenue, St. Albans, WV 25177.
*Include each Registrant's name and WV Bar #
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8:00 AM
Registration & Breakfast
 
8:30 AM    
Opening Remarks
Lyne Ranson, Esq., Committee Chair
 
8:35 AM    
Top Tax Planning Tips & Traps
for Family Law Attorneys
Sharon Klein, Esq.
President, Family Wealth, Eastern US Region Wilmington Trust, N.A. New York, NY
 
9:35 AM    
P ractice Pointers for Depositions
& Witness Testimony
Jonathan Wolfe, Esq.,
Chair, ABA Family Law Section
Skoloff & Wolfe, P.C.—Livingston, NJ
10:35 AM  
BREAK
 
10:45 AM
S ocial Changes Impacting Family Law
S usan Myres, Esq., President AAML
Myres & Associates Divorce & Family Law, Houston, TX

11:35 AM
Making your case through Direct & Cross      
Christopher C. Melcher, Esq. (Program TBA)
W alzer & Melcher, LLP, Woodland Hills, CA
12:25 PM LUNCH
Sponsored by 
Wilmington Trust & Soberlink
                         
1:00 PM
Ins and Outs of Military Divorce
Steven Shewmaker, Esq.
Shewmaker & Shewmaker, LLC, Atlanta,GA
 
1:50 PM
Pros & Cons of Riding Solo
versus Growing Your Firm
Randy Kessler, Esq.
Kessler & Solomiany LLC, Atlanta, GA
 
2:45 PM
BREAK
 
3:00 PM
Update on Family Law in West Virginia
Brittany Ranson Stonestreet, Esq.
Lyne Ranson Law Offices, Charleston, WV
 
3:50 PM
Infant Parenting Schedules: Pros and Cons of extended or overnight parenting time
Brian Vertz, Esq. Pittsburgh, PA
Timothy Saar, Ph.D., Charleston, WV

5:00 PM
ADJOURN
RESERVE YOUR HOTEL ROOM
A block of hotel rooms is reserved at the Charleston Marriott Town Center for June 17 and June 18, 2020 at the low rate of $96 plus tax and fees per night . If you would like to make a reservation you can call Marriott Reservations at 1 (800) 228-9290 or you can use the link ( HERE ). 

When calling, please identify yourself as part of the “June 18 CLE group.”
THANK YOU TO OUR DIAMOND SPONSORS
WILMINGTON TRUST
Financial planning and
wealth management for
all your divorce and family law needs

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Presented by the Kanawha County Family Law Bench Bar Committee
Lyne Ranson, Esq. - Chair
Susie Shepard, Esq. - Treasurer
Mark Kelley, Esq. - Former Chair
Hon. Jim Douglas
Hon. Mike Kelly
Michael Cary, Esq.
Kim Farha, Esq.
Erica Lord, Esq.
Paul Saluja, Esq.
Brittany Ranson Stonestreet, Esq.