Program Chair and Speaker:
Christopher S. Krimmer
Forward Legal Services
Madison
Speakers:
Lindsey A. Burghardt
Gagne McChrystal De Lorenzo & Burghardt LLC
Milwaukee
Amy Everson, LMFT
Amy Everson Counseling, LLC
Madison
Hon. Daniel R. Moeser
Dane County Circuit court (Retired)
Madison
8:30 a.m. What is Mediation-Arbitration?
- Statutory Requirements
- Due Process Rights
- Appellate Review
- Top 5 Reasons to do Mediation-Arbitration
- Top 5 Reasons not to do Mediation-Arbitration
- Guardian ad Litem Involvement
Christopher S. Krimmer, Hon. Daniel R. Moeser
9:20 a.m. Serving as a Mediator
- Acting as a Mediator throughout the entire divorce
- What can and cannot be drafted by a mediator
- Risks of working with pro se parties
- How to handle high income and complex financial assets in mediation
Lindsey A. Burghardt
10:10 a.m. Break
10:25 a.m. Mediating High Conflict Divorces
- Effective Strategies for Deescalating the Conflict
- Focusing the parties on only the relevant information
- Interplay of domestic violence and mediation
Lindsey A. Burghardt, Amy Everson, Hon. Daniel R. Moeser Moderator: Christopher S. Krimmer
11:15 a.m. Parent Coordinators
- Different types and roles of Parent Coordinators
- The legal authority for Parent Coordinators
- The type of issues a Parent Coordinator can and cannot decide
- Who benefits the most from Parent Coordinators?
Christopher S. Krimmer
12:05 p.m. Program Concludes
- Gain clarity on the legal framework for mediation-arbitration
- Understand how mediation differs from litigation and arbitration, and when each approach is most effective
- Receive practical guidance for managing high-conflict situations and keeping negotiations productive
- Identify best practices for working with pro se parties and complex financial issues
- Account for the presence of domestic abuse in divorce mediation
- Recognize the scope and value of parent coordinators in custody and placement cases
- Family lawyers
- Family law mediators
- Divorce lawyers
- Family Court Commissioners
- Corporation counsel
- General practitioners
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