Nevada Family Law Practice for Paralegals
Agenda
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Friday,February 7, 2025
8:30 am – 4:00 pm PDT
Working with Divorce Clients and Opposing Counsel
Presented by: Saira Haseebullah
- Establishing and maintaining good communication with clients
- Methods of communication and contents of communications
- Guidelines for responding to client communications
- Maintaining appropriate methods of communication with clients and opposing counsel
- Working with difficult clients
- Working with the courts and opposing counsel
- Maintaining professionalism
Preparing Marital Settlement Agreements
Presented by: Saira Haseebullah
- Assisting with different types of agreements
- Premarital agreements
- Child-related agreements – legal and physical custody and decision making authority
- Property agreements
- Support agreements – financial support, benefits in lieu of spousal support
Obtaining and Evaluating Financial Information
Presented by: Lorien K. Cole
- Identifying relevant information on assets, debts, income and expenses
- Obtaining financial information
- Using financial information questionnaires
- Using interrogatories, requests for production, deposition testimony, private investigators
- Valuing assets
- Evaluating the information you have obtained
- Working with accountants and financial experts
- Preparing financial statements
Assisting with Child Custody and Visitation Issues
Presented by: Lorien K. Cole
- Recent developments in Nevada custody law
- Obtaining relevant information
- Client interview, custody questionnaires, authorizations for disclosure, formal discovery
- Working with guardian-ad-litem Working with experts
- Drafting and reviewing parenting plans
Enforcing and Modifying Family Law Orders and Decrees
Presented by: Francesca M. Resch
- Implementing divorce decrees and orders
- Preparing and filing the decree
- Preparing other necessary documents
- Enforcing judgments and orders
- Modifying decrees and orders
- Determining which parts of a decree or order are subject to modification, deciding when to seek modification
- Assisting in modification actions
Assisting with Alternative Dispute Resolution – Mediation
Presented by: Lianna Urfalyan
- What is alternative dispute resolution?
- Selecting a mediator
- Preparing for mediation
- Assisting in family law mediation
- Documents to prepare at mediation
- Cost of mediation
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Credits
Paralegals
6.5 CLE Hours
NFPA - National Federation of Paralegal Associations
6.5 CLE Credits
Continuing Education Credit Information
This webinar is open to the public and is designed to qualify for 6.5 CLE hours for paralegals. Paralegal certification is not required to participate in this course.
This webinar has been approved by the National Federation of Paralegal Associations (NFPA) for 6.5 general CLE credits.
Attendance will be monitored, and attendance certificates will be available after the webinar for those who attend the entire course and score a minimum 80% on the quiz that follows the course (multiple attempts allowed).
On-Demand Credits
The preceding credit information only applies to the live presentation. This course in an on-demand format is not pre-approved by any licensing boards and may not qualify for the same credits; please consult your licensing board(s) to ensure that a structured, asynchronous learning format is appropriate.
Speakers
Lorien K. Cole
Certified Family Law Specialist at Cole Family Law Firm in Las Vegas, NVIn May 2022, Ms. Cole opened Cole Family Law Firm, a boutique family law firm in Las Vegas. In addition to serving the Las Vegas metropolitan area, she also serves the Ely, Nevada community, and has a second office there. Previously, Ms. Cole practiced with Willick Law Group, a premier Las Vegas family law firm, for seven years. She attended the Houston Family Law Trial Institute program in 2019 to build her trial advocacy skills, and is well versed in complex litigation. Ms. Cole practiced in Elko, Nevada from 2011-2015, and served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Dan Papez and the Honorable Steve Dobrescu in the 7th Judicial District Court of Nevada in White Pine, Lincoln, and Eureka Counties in 2010. She is a graduate of Gonzaga University School of Law where she earned a Cali Excellence Award in Legal Research and Writing. Ms. Cole is admitted to practice in the State of Nevada and the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada.
Saira Haseebullah, Esq.
Child Welfare Law Specialist at Kelleher & Kelleher, LLC in Henderson, NVMs. Haseebullah is a 2014 graduate of UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law. While in law school, she gained experience in the family law arena, externing at Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada, interning with the Honorable Judge William Gonzalez, and clerking at a local family firm where she worked with divorce, custody, and bankruptcy clients. Upon admission to the Nevada State Bar, Ms. Haseebullah accepted a position as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Frank P. Sullivan in the Family Division of the Eighth Judicial District, where she specialized in child abuse and neglect court. She later joined Kelleher and Kelleher, practicing domestic cases exclusively until 2018, when she began practicing in abuse and neglect matters. In 2022 Ms. Haseebullah was certified as a national specialist in Child Welfare law.
Francesca M. Resch, Esq.
Certified Family Law Specialist at Gonzalez Law Firm in Las Vegas, NVMs. Resch has been practicing since 2013. She obtained her bachelors degrees in Political Science and Drama from the University of California, Irvine and attended the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. After graduating, Francesca was a Judicial Law Clerk for a Family Court Judge in the Eighth Judicial District Court of Nevada. Ms. Resch is a skilled trial attorney and graduate of the National Family Law Trial Institute in 2017 where she worked directly with nationally renowned forensic, business, and child custody experts. Due to her experience and knowledge, She spoke for American Institute of Certified Public Accountants at the Forensic Valuation Services Conference and the Expert Witness Skills Workshop. Prior to partnering with Gonzalez Law Firm to run the family law department, Ms. Resch was a partner at Naimi & Cerceo, where she worked side by side with fellow specialists, as well as Fellows with the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Lianna Urfalyan, Esq.
Attorney at The Abrams & Mayo Law Firm in Las Vegas, NVMs. Urfalyan has dedicated her entire legal career to complex divorce and child custody matters. She is admitted to the State Bar of Nevada and is currently in the process of being certified as a family law specialist. Ms. Urfalyan has co-authored the Hague Convention Chapter for the American Bar Association (ABA) in 2017; The Codex of Family Law Manual to assist new attorneys with specific statutes and case law for the Family Law Conference in Bishop, California in 2018; the ABA publication for Foreign Discovery in 2020; and the State Bar of Nevada divorce information guide in 2023. She has also been distinguished by the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada for her legal contributions and community service. In 2022, Ms. Urfalyan served as a co-instructor for a State Bar of Nevada Continuing Legal Education (CLE) class for over 50 family law attorneys. Attorney Urfalyan received her Juris Doctorate from Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California in 2017. While in law school, she received the CALI Excellence for the Future Award for Children and the Law, the Witkin Award for Family Law Procedure and Practice, and the Wiley W. Manuel Certificate for Pro Bono Legal Services by the State Bar of California.
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