Tips from Judges who Used to be Family Law Lawyers: Effective Settlement Conferences & Changing Perspectives from Bar to Bench Tax Rules Frustration | CPDonline.ca

Tips from Judges who Used to be Family Law Lawyers: Effective Settlement Conferences and Changing Perspectives from Bar to Bench Tax Rules Frustration

Tips from Judges who Used to be Family Law Lawyers: Effective Settlement Conferences and Changing Perspectives from Bar to Bench Tax Rules Frustration

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Substantive: 0.75
45 minutes
Published
2018
Presenter(s)
Julie Audet
Cynthia Runolfson
Darlene Summers
Source
County of Carleton Law Association (CCLA)
Provider
CPDOnline.ca
Language
English
Length
45 minutes
Price
$209.00 plus tax
27th Annual Institute of Family Law
Includes Handouts

Justice Julie Audet, Justice Darlene Summers, and Cynthia RUnolfson discuss the following topics:

  • Tips from Judges who Used to be Family Law Lawyers: Effective Settlement Conferences and Changing Perspectives from Bar to Bench Tax Rules Frustration
  • What tax benefits and credits should I know about when I am doing up a Separation Agreement?

Presenters

Justice Julie Audet

Prior to her appointment to the Bench in 2017, Justice Julie Audet practiced family law as a lawyer, mediator and collaborative practitioner in the Ottawa and Eastern Ontario regions. Justice Audet has taught Family Law at the University of Ottawa, led the Family Law component of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s Law Practice Program (in French) and co-authored a textbook, “L’essentiel du droit de la famille dans le provinces et territoires de common law au Canada”. She was appointed to the United Family Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in Ottawa, in 2017, and is currently the Local Administrative Judge for that court.

 

Avant sa nomination à la magistrature, la juge Julie Audet pratiquait le droit familial à Ottawa et dans la région de l’est de l’Ontario, incluant à titre de médiatrice et de praticienne collaborative. Elle a enseigné le droit familial à l’Université d’Ottawa, dirigé la composante de droit familial du programme de pratique du droit du Barreau du Haut-Canada (en français), et co-écrit L’essentiel du droit de la famille dans les provinces et territoires de common law au Canada. Elle a été nommée juge de la Cour supérieure de l’Ontario, Cour unifiée de la famille, à Ottawa, en 2017, et elle agit présentement à titre de juge administrative locale pour cette cour.

Cynthia Runolfson

Cynthia Runolfson is the President of Runolfson Kehoe & Haché. Ms. Runolfson provides forensic and investigative knowledge to entities in the public and private sectors. Ms. Runolfson provides valuation advice regarding the fair market value of business assets for tax and estate planning, shareholder and partnership disputes and other purposes. Ms. Runolfson formulates reports and analyses addressing division of family property, income for child and spousal support, net worth analysis, income replacement benefits, losses due to personal injury and business interruption, and breach of contract. Ms. Runolfson received her Bachelor of Business Administration from Acadia University in 1996. Following her graduation, Ms. Runolfson obtained her Chartered Accountant from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario in 2003, was Certified in Financial Forensics from the American Institute of CPA’s in 2014, and obtained her Chartered Business Valuator from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators in 2014.

Justice Darlene Summers

Justice Summers received her law degree from Queen’s University in 1988. After her call to the Bar in 1990, she practiced exclusively in the area of family law. She was appointed to the Superior Court of Justice (Family Branch) in June 2017.

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