Family Law

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Divorce Litigation Lessons Learned the Hard Way: Part II

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Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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3 hours 1 minute
Tamar Faulhaber
William Gentry
Ilona Antonyan
With Tamar O. Faulhaber from Faulhaber Family Law, LLC + 2 others
Recorded August 05, 2025.
Product ID 100656

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Overview

The Ultimate Guide to Divorce Litigation for Family Law Attorneys

Dealing with adverse witnesses, navigating the emotional impact on children who testify, and presenting evidence effectively are all critical aspects of divorce litigation. As such, each requires careful preparation and strategy. How do your skills stack up? In this course, our seasoned instructors supply you with tips and tricks for ironing out frequent issues that arise in divorce trials, as well as during post-trial. Power up your practice - register today!

  • Devise strategies for dealing with adverse witnesses.
  • Discover tips for handling expert witness testimony.
  • Examine the pros and cons of calling a child to testify.
  • Identify steps to take post-trial, including post-decree orders.

This program was designed in conjunction with NBI's esteemed 2023-2025 Content Advisory Committee Member Erika MacCormac.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Witness Testimony: Sophisticated Adverse and Expert Witness Tips
  2. Children as Witnesses: Navigating the Emotional and Legal Impact
  3. Getting Your Evidence In
  4. What to Do Post-Trial: A Survival Guide for Attorneys
  5. Ethical Considerations in Divorce Litigation

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Product ID 100656

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 3 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 3 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 3 Total
California CLE Approved 3 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 4 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 3 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 3 Total
Florida CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 3 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 3 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 3 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 3 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 3 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 3 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 3 Total
Louisiana CLE Upon Request 3 Total
Maine CLE Approved 3 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 3 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 3 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 3 Total
Montana CLE Approved 3 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 3 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 3 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 3 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 3 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 3 Total
New York CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 3.5 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 3 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 3 Total
Rhode Island CLE Upon Request 3.5 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 3 Total
Texas CLE Approved 3 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 3 Total
Washington CLE Approved 3 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 3.5 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 3.6 Total
Wyoming CLE Upon Request 3 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Witness Testimony: Sophisticated Adverse and Expert Witness Tips

    1. 5 Questions That You Should Never Ask
    2. Tips and Tricks for Clarifying or Correcting Negative Testimony
    3. Qualifying the Witness as an Expert and Explaining Detailed Testimony in a Digestible Form
    4. Challenging Witness Credibility and Bias

  2. Children as Witnesses: Navigating the Emotional and Legal Impact

    1. In-Camera or Closed-Circuit TV
    2. Pros and Cons of Calling a Child to Testify
    3. Legal Best Practices for Questioning Children

  3. Getting Your Evidence In

    1. Hearsay
    2. Foundation
    3. Authentication
    4. Best Evidence Rule

  4. What to Do Post-Trial: A Survival Guide for Attorneys

    1. Post-Decree Orders (Including QDROs, Name-Change Orders, Deeds, etc.)
    2. Preserving Clients' Right to Appeal, If Required or Requested

  5. Ethical Considerations in Divorce Litigation

    1. When and Why Would You Have to Withdraw Before Trial?
      1. What to Do If the Client No Longer Wants to Agree to the Settlement
      2. What to Do If You Realize the Client Hasn't Provided Necessary Info in Pretrial Discovery
      3. What to Do If You Discover Your Client Lied in a Deposition or Another Discovery Process
    2. Navigating Ethical Conflicts Without Prejudicing Your Client
      1. What to Do When the Client Wants to Appeal and Claim Inefficient Counsel
      2. What to Do If the Client Lies on the Stand in Court
      3. What to Do If the Client Won't Authorize You to Sign Necessary Papers

Who Should Attend

This program is designed for attorneys. Paralegals may also benefit.

Speakers

Tamar O Faulhaber
Tamar O.
Faulhaber
Faulhaber Family Law, LLC
William C Gentry
William C.
Gentry
Gentry Law Firm
Ilona Antonyan
Ilona
Antonyan
Antonyan Miranda, LLP
Speaker bio
Tamar O Faulhaber

Tamar O. Faulhaber

Faulhaber Family Law, LLC
Tamar Faulhaber

is an attorney and owner of Faulhaber Family Law, LLC. She is a trained guardian ad litem and domestic mediator; and over the past 17 years, has handled all types of family law matters, including divorces, child support, custody, legitimation and paternity, contempt, domestic violence, international custody disputes, appeals and jury trials. In addition to the practice of domestic litigation, Ms. Faulhaber also taught domestic relations law as an adjunct professor at John Marshall Law School in Atlanta. She is admitted to practice law in California, Arizona and Georgia, and is a member of the Family Law sections of the American and Atlanta bar associations. She served on the Rules Committee to establish and maintain the Fulton County Family Division, which has served as an example as a model of a family court to other counties in the state. Ms. Faulhaber also served on the Forms Committee of the Fulton County Family Law Information Center to assist citizens of the state to represent themselves in domestic matters. She earned her bachelor's degree in philosophy, magna cum laude, with honors, from Lafayette College and her J.D. degree from UCLA Law School.

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William C Gentry

William C. Gentry

Gentry Law Firm
William Gentry

is the managing partner with Gentry Law Firm, where his practice is primarily litigation, centered around family law. He has tried and argued hundreds of cases in both state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout Georgia. Mr. Gentry he has handled dozens of appeals in Georgia's Supreme Court, Court of Appeals and 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Atlanta. He is a long-time member of the Cobb County Bar Association, State Bar of Georgia, American Bar Association and Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Gentry is also a member of the U.S. Supreme Court Bar. In March 2001, he was elected president of the 1,000+ member Cobb County Bar Association. In 2012, Mr. Gentry was elected to the Board of Governors of the State Bar of Georgia, where he continues to serve Cobb’s lawyers and judges in that capacity. He is the President-Elect of the State Bar of Georgia. Mr. Gentry is a graduate of the University of Virginia's Economics Honors Program, where he earned his B.A. degree. After college, he worked for two years as a congressional aide in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington D.C. before returning to his native Georgia to earn his J.D. degree from the University of Georgia Law School.

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Ilona Antonyan

Ilona Antonyan

Antonyan Miranda, LLP
Ilona Antonyan

is a founding partner of Antonyan Miranda, a litigation trial attorney, and a Certified Family Law Specialist. She became the youngest person in California to become a Certified Family Law Specialist, after achieving the rigorous requirements in only five years of practice. Ms. Antonyan is fluent in English, Russian, and Spanish, and is collaterally licensed as a real estate broker, obtaining her Series 7 and 66 securities licenses. She focuses her practice exclusively on family law matters, specializing in high-net worth cases and those which generally involve complex areas of law and litigation. Prior to co-founding Antonyan Miranda, Ms. Antonyan managed her own successful family law and civil litigation practice, where she achieved multi-million dollar jury verdicts on behalf of her plaintiff clients. In recognition of her substantial family law and trial accomplishments, she was named as a Super Lawyer® in 2015-2025, and has also been selected as a Top Attorney by the San Diego Daily Transcript. In 2019, San Diego Metro awarded Ms. Antonyan “40 Under 40” San Diego Brightest Young Leader award. In 2020, she was recognized as one of San Diego’s Top Attorneys by the San Diego Metro, which relies on Martindale-Hubbell® peer review ratings in making its selection. Concurrent to the practice of law, for five years she taught as an adjunct professor of family law at California Western School of Law. Ms. Antonyan volunteers as a Judge Pro Tem in the family law and small claims divisions of the San Diego Superior Court. She previously served three years as a director for the San Diego County Bar Association’s Board of Directors, from 2012 through December 2015. Ms. Antonyan also speaks at various CLE and legal seminars. She graduated cum laude from Case Western Reserve University with two majors and two minors, including a B.A. degree in psychology and political science. Ms. Antonyan earned J.D. dgree from California Western School of Law.

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