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Basics and Best Practices for Minors Counsel in Family Court
$74.99
Credits in
1.00 General
Practice Areas:
Family & Matrimonial, Family Law, Skills Training
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About
This Course
This Important Training is a Prerequisite to Qualify for Appointment by the San Francisco Superior Court in FL 3150 proceedings. Family Law as well as Dependency Law Practitioners are Encouraged to Register. Join us for this Important and Highly Informative 2 Hour Presentation.
Topics
- CRC requirements (Rules 5.240, 5.241, and 5.242) and Rights and Duties Enumerated in FL 3150 et seq
- Responsibilities of Minors Counsel & Working with Parents Counsel
- Scope of Appointment and Boundaries for Minors Counsel
- Psycho/Social Interviewing and Working with Children
- Other Topics: Accessing Records, Waiver/Assertion of Privileges, and Best Interests vs. Stated Interests
About the Presenters
Hon. Roger Chan
San Francisco Superior Court
Practice Area: Trial (+ 1 other areas)
Honorable Roger Chan was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court by Governor Brown in 2016. He is currently the Supervising Judge of the Unified Family Court. Judge Chan is a member of the California Judges Association and the Co-Chair of CJA’s Juvenile Court Judges of California (JCJC) Legislative Committee. He is also a member of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and the Judicial Council’s Family and Juvenile Law Advisory Committee. Prior to his appointment, Judge Chan represented children and youth in San Francisco and Alameda counties for 18 years, including co-founding and serving as Executive ...
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Hon. Anne Costin
San Francisco Superior Court
Practice Area: Trial (+ 1 other areas)
Honorable Anne Costin was appointed to the San Francisco Superior Court in 2023 by Governor Gavin Newsom. She is currently assigned to the Unified Family Court where she presides overlaw and motion calendars, family law trials, and domestic violence restraining order hearings. She was previously assigned to misdemeanor trials and preliminary hearings. Before joining the Court, Judge Costin practiced civil litigation. She primarily represented plaintiff employees indiscrimination and retaliation matters and tried many employment cases to verdict throughout California. Judge Costin was a Sole Practitioner from 2013-2023, and before that worked as an Associate at the Dolan Law Firm from ...
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David Donner, Esq.
Law Office of David A. Donner
Practice Area: Family Law (+ 4 other areas)
David Donner has worn many hats over a long career: Deputy City Attorney in San Francisco, civil rights jury trial work – federal and state, certified Federal District Court mediator, mentor attorney in the Juvenile Court, and a Judge Pro Tem in the San Francisco Superior Court.His private practice shifted from litigation to ADR services, including but not limited to consultation, custody mediation, serving as Minor’s Counsel, and Parent Coordination.He has been an expert witness in CA and abroad and has served on numerous Boards, David authored a chapter in CEB’s Dependency Guide on De Facto Parent Status and has ...
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Margaret Pendergast, Esq.
Furst & Pendergast
Practice Area: Family Law (+ 1 other areas)
Margaret Pendergast has been practicing Family Law for over 35 years. Prior to beginning her law practice, she was a teacher with the San Francisco Unified school district teaching middle school children. Margaret Pendergast has been court appointed to represent children in family Law matters, as well as being court appointed to represent both parents and children in Juvenile Dependency Matters. She is a member of the NACC.
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Julie Traun, Esq.
The Bar Association of San Francisco
Practice Area: Administrative
Julie's team works with the San Francisco Superior Court to qualify and schedule attorneys to provide high-quality legal representation of indigent clients.
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