Family Law

VA Specific

Virginia Family Law From A to Z

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Credit Status Total
Virginia CLE Approved 5.5 Total
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5 hours 11 minutes
Jeanette Irby
Kurt Brickman
Amy Weisberg
Tashina Gorgone
With Hon. Jeanette A. Irby from Juridical Solutions PLC + 3 others
Recorded May 12, 2025
Product ID 100076

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Overview

Successfully Resolve Your Clients' Family Law Issues

When families run into difficulties, they are dealing with highly emotional situations that may cloud their judgment and prevent them from making rational long-term decisions. As a family law attorney, it's your job to help clients through family law issues with knowledge, insight, and compassion. Developing these skills and sensitivity can take years to perfect, but you can get the essential knowledge and techniques you need in just one day. Join us as we explore legal updates, procedural tips, and problem-solving strategies critical to family law success. Register today!

  • Simplify the process and avoid missing steps with our sample forms and checklists.
  • Achieve the best custody arrangement for children and parents.
  • Get the best financial settlement for your client: understand how to value and divide.
  • Avoid novice mistakes: know relevant court procedures.
  • Advise clients of their options by understanding the different ways to dissolve a marriage.
  • Protect the rights of non-traditional relationships: grandparents, unmarried couples, and other parties.
  • Prepare clients for immediate and future financial ramifications: retirement funds, taxes, insurance, child support, and bankruptcy.
  • Apply recent legislative updates and laws to your cases.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Legal Update - A Year in Review
  2. Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure
  3. Discovery in Divorce
  4. Child Custody and Visitation Rights
  5. Ethics
  6. Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers

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Product ID 100076

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Credit Status Total
Virginia CLE Approved 5.5 Total
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  1. Legal Update - A Year in Review

    1. Procedural Rules for Family Law Cases
    2. Case Law Update: Family Law
    3. Application of Recent Cases and Amended Statutes to Your Cases

  2. Marriage Dissolution - Process and Procedure

    1. Prenuptial Agreements
    2. Annulment
    3. Legal Separation
    4. Divorce
    5. Checklist of Necessary Documents
    6. Typical Case Timeline and Basic Steps to Follow
    7. Sample Pleadings and Motions: What to Use and When

  3. Discovery in Divorce

    1. Social Media Tips and Tricks
    2. Discovery of Electronic Communications
    3. Locating Hidden Assets
    4. Model Letters and Motions (with Sample Forms)
    5. Discovery Abuses and Remedies

  4. Child Custody and Visitation Rights

    1. Petition for Visitation
    2. Petition for Custody
    3. Motion for a Change of Custody or Visitation
    4. Questions of Paternity
    5. Termination of Parental Rights
    6. The Rights of Grandparents and Other Relatives
    7. UCCJEA: Uniform Child Custody and Enforcement Act
    8. Checklist of Necessary Documents and Sample Forms

  5. Ethics

    1. Client/Lawyer Relationship
    2. Attendance at Client Conferences by Friends or Family of Client
    3. Attorneys' Fees
    4. Communication With Adverse Party
    5. Malpractice Concerns

  6. Common and Not So Common Family Law Issues and Answers

    1. The Emotional Side of Family Law - Strategies for Working With Families and Children
    2. Domestic Violence and How to Handle it When it's Part of Your Case
    3. Rights of Unmarried Parties - Cohabitation Agreements
    4. Representing Gay and Lesbian Parents
    5. Immigration Issues in Divorce
    6. Juvenile Court
    7. Collaborative Law
    8. Emancipation of Minors
    9. Adoptions
    10. Relocation

Who Should Attend

This basic-to-intermediate level online seminar will provide topical insights, sample forms, and important legal updates. This is a must attend for professionals who are new to the field or who need a timely refresher, including:

  • Attorneys
  • Paralegals

Speakers

Hon. Jeanette A Irby
Hon. Jeanette A.
Irby
Juridical Solutions PLC
Kurt D Brickman
Kurt D.
Brickman
Friedman Law Firm, P.C.
Amy C Weisberg
Amy C.
Weisberg
Weisberg & Weisberg, P.L.L.C
Tashina M Gorgone
Tashina M.
Gorgone
Maddox & Gerock, P.C.
Speaker bio
Hon. Jeanette A Irby

Hon. Jeanette A. Irby

Juridical Solutions PLC
Jeanette Irby

is a retired Circuit Court Judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit of Virginia. She is currently managing director of Juridical Solutions PLC, where she mediates family law disputes which are most suited to alternative dispute resolution. Judge Irby is experienced in all areas of civil litigation, including complex business disputes, divorce (equitable distribution, spousal support and custody), and personal injury claims. Before going on the bench, she practiced law with her primary focus on domestic relations. Judge Irby earned her B.S. degree from Central Michigan University and her J.D. degree from Thomas W. Cooley Law School.

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Kurt D Brickman

Kurt D. Brickman

Friedman Law Firm, P.C.
Kurt Brickman

is an attorney with Friedman Law Firm, P.C., where his practice areas include family law, criminal law, personal injury, and general civil litigation. His bar admissions include Virginia and the U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia. Mr. Brickman earned his B.S. degree from James Madison University and his J.D. degree from Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law. He is listed as a Super Lawyers Rising Star 2014-2016.

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Amy C Weisberg

Amy C. Weisberg

Weisberg & Weisberg, P.L.L.C
Amy Weisberg

is a partner with Weisberg & Weisberg, P.L.L.C. in Newport News, Virginia. She has been practicing law exclusively in the area of domestic relations. Ms. Weisberg is a member of I'anson Hoffman Inn of Courts. She earned her B.A. degree, cum laude, from Dickinson College and her J.D. degree from Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University.

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Tashina M Gorgone

Tashina M. Gorgone

Maddox & Gerock, P.C.
Tashina Gorgone

is a partner with Maddox & Gerock, P.C. in Falls Church, Virginia. She focuses her practice in the areas of family law and appellate litigation. Ms. Gorgone handles all areas of family law, from custody to child support to property distribution. She has particular experience and interest in complex custody cases. Ms. Gorgone has handled cases involving allegations of domestic violence, substance abuse, and sexual abuse. She has successfully litigated relocation cases, as well as assisted both mothers and fathers in obtaining shared or primary custody of their children. To Ms. Gorgone, the most rewarding aspect of practicing law is the challenge of problem-solving; and she strives to help families develop and effectuate a plan that will not only address their immediate needs, but provide them with peace of mind for the future. She is adept at determining what cases are ripe for alternative dispute resolution, such as mediation or settlement conferences; however, when a case must be tried in court, she is able to effectively and comprehensively prepare and deliver strong oral advocacy on behalf of her client and their family. Ms. Gorgone earned her B.A. degree from The University of Mary Washington and her J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law, with a concentration in litigation. While attending George Mason, she was an active member of the Moot Court Team, where she won first place in the Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition. Ms. Gorgone also served as a notes editor on the George Mason Law Review, and was a member of the Trial Advocacy Association. She is licensed to practice in all courts in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Ms. Gorgone is an active member of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association and the Fairfax County Bar Association, and serves on the Board for the Northern Virginia Women's Attorney Association. She also volunteers as a judge for local law school mock trial events, hosts courtroom tours for Fairfax County middle school students, and speaks at local middle schools about the legal profession. In 2017, Ms. Gorgone was named by Super Lawyers as a Virginia Rising Star in the practice area of family law, and she has remained a Rising Star each year since.

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