CHICAGO, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ — A majority of the respondents to a recent poll of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyer (AAML) members cited an increase in divorce cases being settled before trial. In all, 58% of the attorneys said that they have seen more cases being resolved without trial during the past five years.Read More

Here is the seminar agenda for the AAML Chicago meeting: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 8:30 – 9:45 a.m. Topic: “IMPAIRMENT AFFECTING THE CLIENT LITIGATOR, Or SELF INCLUDING BIPOLAR DISORDER, DEPRESSION, BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER and SUBSTANCE ABUSE (Prescription Drugs, Designer Drugs, Street Drugs and alcohol)” Speaker: Barbara Nunneley Hurst, TX 9:45 – 10:15 a.m. PANEL DISCUSSION...Read More

PR and Law Firm Marketing was the video clip about blogs that was presented at the March, 2007 American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers meeting and seminar at Grand Cayman, Island about which I posted here. President Gaetano Ferro gave me permission to post it, commenting that it was well received and deserved to be disseminated....Read More

For the first time, Super Lawyers has published a Kentucky directory, listing who it believes are the top five percent of the state’s 14,000 attorneys based on peer recognition and professional achievement. Not surprisingly, ten of the twelve family lawyers selected are Fellows of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers: Mitchell A. Charney, Sandra M....Read More

The 10th Annual “Kicking Off Our Next Decade of Cutting Edge Topics” presented by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Kentucky Chapter and the Louisville Bar Association received great reviews. The seminar kicked off with a panel of family court judges presenting “Top 10 Tips for Domestic Relations Practitioners.”Read More

You may download the April 19-20, 2007 AAML/LBA 10th annual seminar brochure for info and registration here:Download seminarbrochureaaml_072nd.pdf :Read More

Benjamin Cowgill, Lexington, Kentucky, is the former Chief Bar Counsel for the Kentucky Bar Association, where he was responsible for the investigation and prosecution of all disciplinary cases against members of the bar. He has also taught professional responsibility as an adjunct professor at the University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law.Read More

On April 19, 2007 the Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers will welcome back James A. Hennenhoefer, Vista, CA, the President-Elect of the AAML. He will speak this year on Representing the Economically Disadvantaged Spouse. Also back by popular demand is Norman D. Levin, an AAML Fellow from Orlando, FL who will...Read More

The Kentucky Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers is hosting its 10th annual seminar April 19-April 20, 2007 in Louisville. Highlights this year include: Prof. Mary M. Beck, Missouri University Law School presenting “Fathers’ Registries – Why Every State Needs One” and “Putative Fathers or Pop Up Pops” and David H. Levy, “Use...Read More