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This program is a can't miss for both new and experienced guardianship practitioners. It will highlight the procedures, potential traps, ethical dilemmas, and litigation tactics that can arise when handling guardianship and incapacity matters. There will be presentations on jurisdictional issues, exploitation, the ethics surrounding representing clients with capacity issues, a legislative and case law update for the ages spanning the last 25 years of important cases in the guardianship realm, and a panel on the role and responsibilities of the Court Appointed Attorney and how best to work with them. The program also includes presentations on discovery, tactics on how to examine the examining committee, and insights into the mediation process in the highly contested guardianship case.

8:25 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jeffrey Eisel, Esq., Clearwater

8:30 AM - 9:20 AM
Florida's Exploitation Statutes: The Power Tools in Your Guardianship Toolbox
Catherine P. Hanna, Esq., Orlando

9:20 AM - 10:10 AM
A Primer in Guardianship Discovery
Peyton Brown Esq., West Palm Beach

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM
Break

10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Guardianship Mediation: Navigating the New Gulf of America
J. Richard Caskey, Esq., Tampa

11:20 AM - 12:10 PM
The Ultimate Power Struggle: FL Guardianship Jurisdictional Issues: Part Deux
Dale Noll, Esq., Miami

12:10 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch

1:00 PM - 1:50 PM
Ethical Considerations in Representing Clients with Diminished Capacity: The New Rule
Andrew B. Sasso, Esq., Clearwater

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM
Examining the Examining Committee
Jamie B. Schwinghamer, Esq., Naples

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM
Break

3:00 PM - 3:50 PM
You Represent Who? Duties of the Court Appointed Counsel and How to Work With Them
Stephanie L. Cook, Esq., Orlando
Marve Ann M. Alaimo, Esq., Naples
Jeffrey Eisel, Esq., Clearwater

3:50 PM - 4:40 PM
Florida's Guardianship Decisions: What 25 Years of Cases Teach Us
Eric Virgil, Esq., Coral Gables

4:40 PM - 4:45 PM
Closing Remarks
Jeffrey Eisel, Esq., Clearwater
Marve Ann M. Alaimo, Esq., Naples