June 4th & 17th | Two, ½ Day, Afternoon Live Webcasts
Moderators: Gloria Block, Hoffenberg and Block LLC, Chicago
Anna Markley Bush, Law Offices of Bush & Brady, LLC,Barrington
DAY 1 – June 4, 2025 – Afternoon
12:30 – 12:55 Registration opens, log in to the webcast via your account at www.iicle.com
12:55 – 1:00 Welcoming Announcements
1:00 – 1:45 First and Next Steps
(0.75 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
Getting Started—Initial client intake, Petition, Answer and other common pleadings.
Anna Markley Bush, Bush & Brady, LLC, Barrington
1:45 – 1:50 Break
1:50 – 2:35 Understanding and Utilizing Financial Affidavits
(0.75 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
The financial affidavit is the divorce lawyer’s greatest tool. Learn how to prepare the affidavit with your client and how to avoid pitfalls and sanctionable offenses. Understand how to effectively disclose and discover income, assets, expenses and debts.
Gail O’Connor, O’Connor Family Law, Chicago
2:35 – 2:50 Break
2:50 – 3:35 Allocation Judgment/Parenting Time
(0.75 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
Learn the nuts and bolts of drafting a comprehensive parenting allocation judgment. Recognize common drafting pitfalls and how to avoid them. Discuss sample parenting time and holiday schedules. Get pointers on preparing your client for mediation.
Gloria Block, Hoffenberg and Block LLC, Chicago
3:40 – 4:40 Child Support & Maintenance
(1.0 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
Identify best practices in calculating child support under the income shares model. Understand best practices in calculating maintenance. Learn how to successfully argue for and against deviations.
Bridget Storrs Davis, Berger Schatz, Chicago
4:40 Adjourn Day 1
DAY 2 – June 17, 2025 – Afternoon
12:30 - 12:55 Registration opens, log in to the webcast via your account at www.iicle.com
12:55 – 1:00 Welcoming Announcements
1:00 – 1:30 Discovery Toolbox
(0.50 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
Discovery is key to effective representation. Know what document production is required at the initial stages of a case and the evidentiary value of recorded conversations, text messages, Facebook messages, emails and other communications.
Rebecca L. Zeilenga, Law Offices of Rebecca L. Zeilenga, Rolling Meadows
1:30 – 1:35 Break
1:35 – 2:20 Marital Settlement Agreements
(0.75 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
Once a divorce is settled its important to craft an agreement that addresses every single aspect of the settlement, both financial and in terms of who does what when. Walk through the nuances of exactly what to include during this session.
Gloria Block, Hoffenberg and Block LLC, Chicago
2:20 – 2:35 Break
2:35 – 3:05 Post Decree Relief and Attorney’s Fees
(0.5 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
The case is not over once the judgment is entered. Learn how to close your case, prepare for an appeal, and enforce or modify an order post-decree. Setting and collecting attorneys’ fees will also be discussed.
Susan Polachek, Polachek & Polachek, Barrington
3:05 – 3:10 Break
3:10 – 3:40 Hearing and Trial: How Do I…What Do I…When Do I?
(0.5 Professional Responsibility, pending approval)
Get practice tips to help you most effectively and efficiently prepare for and conduct hearings and trials.
Miriam Cooper, Cooper Trachtenberg Law Group, Rolling Meadows
3:40 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:45 Guided Round Table Discussion
Topic- and practice area-specific discussions
All Presenters
4:45 Adjourn Day 2
