welCoMeFroMyourCollaborativeSeCtionCo-CHairS!
collaborative law Section
Chairs:CoryBrandfon–HarrisHunt&Derr,PA&ShannonGreen–WestbayCPAs
inadditiontothetraditional
panelsofferedinprior
years,wespecificallywant
tohighlighttheroleof
technologyandcollaterals
inthecollaborativeprocess.
Shannon and I are excited
to serve as co-chairs of
the HCBA Collaborative
Section for 2020 – 2021.
Given the challenges associated
with COVID–19, and the new
landscape in which collaborative
meetings are being held, we see this
year as an opportunity to highlight
the advantages of the flexible
nature of the collaborative process.
Given the uncertainty surrounding
future in-person hearings, parties
to family law proceedings will
be looking more than ever for
non-conventional ways to efficiently
resolve their cases. We believe that
through the programming we will
offer in the upcoming year, we
can help empower practitioners
throughout Hillsborough County
to offer their clients meaningful
alternatives to litigation. In addition
to the traditional panels offered in
prior years, we specifically want to
highlight the role of technology
and collaterals in the collaborative
process. Also, to the extent these
past months have brought to the
forefront new challenges, we call
on the HCBA’s most experienced
and accomplished collaborative
practitioners and ask that they share
the insights they’ve learned and
solutions they’ve crafted in response
to parenting, financial, and mental
health issues, among others.
Throughout the year, we will
have presentations from attorneys,
financial neutrals, facilitators and
collaterals. Some examples of
collaterals we may have present
include a substance abuse
evaluator, psychology evaluator,
child specialist, financial advisor,
vocational evaluator, parenting
coordinator, and real estate
professional. We expect to have
presenters from several of these
disciplines. We will explore the
expansion of the collaborative
team to include a collateral and
discuss situations where it may
be helpful to bring an additional
professional into the process.
We hope our presentations will
help you understand the roles
of collaterals in the collaborative
process and how they can be
utilized to achieve the best result
for the clients.
Our attorney, financial neutral,
and facilitator presenters will
speak about their roles in the
collaborative process as well as
the differences between a litigated
family law case and a collaborative
family law case. They will discuss
the challenges in switching hats
and the different approaches they
bring to collaborative cases. Our
presenters will speak about their
experiences in collaborative
matters and identify what has
been successful for them and what
has not. We will set aside time
to have our presenters do Q&A
sessions at the end of their
presentation, so that your
questions can be addressed, and
so other attendees can have the
benefit of hearing your question
and the answers as well. We are
very excited to hear at these
presentations about the issues you
are facing in your collaborative
cases and from other professionals
about possible solutions.
Please mark your calendars
and reserve the following dates
and times for anticipated CLEs:
November 18, 2020 from 12:00 –
1:00 p.m.; February 17, 2021 from
12:00 – 2:00 p.m.; and April 28,
2021 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
We look forward to a full year of
valuable content and programming
and we thank you for your continued
active involvement in the Section. n
Authors: Cory Brandfon – Harris
Hunt & Derr, PA & Shannon Green
– Westbay CPAs
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