Conference Sessions this year will be divided into 3 tracks: Probate/Estate Planning, Family Law, and Business Development.

Mix and Match - no need to preselect your classes. Schedule best viewed on desktop/PC.

SESSIONS WILL BEGIN AT 2PM ON THURSDAY, OCT. 9 AND CONCLUDE AT 3PM ON SATURDAY, OCT. 11 - DETAILED SCHEDULED BELOW.

PROBATE & ESTATE PLANNING:

  • Ancillary Estate Planning Documents: Pour Over Will, Power of Attorney Financial, Power of Attorney Health Care, HIPAA etc.
  • Court Accounting 101: From Inventory & Appraisal to Preparing Schedules, including GC-400(SUM)
  • Court Accounting 102: Preparing and Submitting Petition, including Schedules
  • Simplified Trust Administration: From Understanding the Trust through Distribution
  • New for Probate in 2025: AB2016. Drafting the Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence

FAMILY LAW:

  • Simple Dissolution of Marriage v. Legal Separation (FL-100, FL-110, FL-115, FL-150, FL-160, FL-170, FL-180, FL-190)
  • When to Process a Nullity (Annulment) (FL-100) / When to ask for a Nunc Pro Tunc Judgment (FL-180)
  • When and Why? Marital Settlement Agreement v. Stipulated Judgment
  • Disclosures: Community Property v. Separate Property
  • Retirement Division: Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:

  • Is Your LDA Business on Life Support? Channeling the Entrepreneurial Mindset
  • Client Acquisition & Marketing: Building Relationships and Generating Referrals
  • Creating an LDA Business Model that Stays within the Lines
  • Nobody Lives Forever: Preparing your Business for the Unexpected...and the Inevitable
  • Scaling Up: Taking Your Business to the Next Level

GENERAL:

  • THE THREE PILLARS: Compliance with Business and Professions Code, Avoiding UPL, Ethics
  • How to make your local County Recorder your BFF
  • CALDA at Work for You: Advocating Behind the Scenes

Conference Schedule - TENTATIVE
(sessions and times MAY BE subject to change)

Thursday, October 9

TIME ACTIVITY

11:00AM to 1:00PM Optional - Sacramento County Public Law Library Tour

Space is limited - REGISTER HERE


12:00PM to 6:00PM Registration Table Open


2:00PM to 3:30PM BREAK OUT SESSIONS:  All Aboard!

Probate & Estate Planning - 1.5 hours MCLE

Ancillary Estate Planning Documents:

Pour Over Will, Power of Attorney Financial, Power of Attorney Health Care, HIPAA etc.

Natasha Oden, Esq.

Family Law - 1.5 hours MCLE

Simple Dissolution of Marriage v. Legal Separation

(FL-100, FL-110, FL-115, FL-150, FL-160, FL-170, FL-180, FL-190)

Nancy Newlin, Colusa Legal Support Services

Business Development - 1.5 hours Non-MCLE

Is Your LDA Business on Life Support? Channeling the Entrepreneurial Mindset

David Muñoz, Union M


3:30PM to 4:00PM VISIT EXHIBITORS - Anchors Aweigh!


4:00PM to 5:30PM PLENARY SESSION: Stay Above Board!

General - 1.5 hours MCLE

THE THREE PILLARS:

Compliance with Business and Professions Code, Avoiding UPL, Ethics

Richard Lubetzky, Esq.


5:30PM to 7:00PM WELCOME MIXER - Setting Sail for a Great Conference! 

Friday, October 10

TIME ACTIVITY

6:30AM to 8:30AM Breakfast available to Hotel Guests

8:00AM to 5:00PM Registration Table Open

8:00AM to 2:00PM COMPLIMENTARY HEADSHOT PHOTOS with Olivers Captured Moments

8:00AM to 5:00PM Exhibitor Area Open


8:30AM to 10:00AM BREAK OUT SESSIONS:  Getting Underway...

Probate & Estate Planning - 1.5 hours MCLE

Court Accounting 101: From Inventory & Appraisal to Preparing Schedules, including GC-400(SUM)

Tammara Brown, CA Legal Docs

Family Law - 1.5 hours MCLE

When to Process a Nullity (Annulment) (FL-100) / When to ask for a Nunc Pro Tunc Judgment (FL-180)

Jenny Barei, Sacramento Legal Documents

Business Development - 1.5 hours Non-MCLE

Client Acquisition & Marketing: Building Relationships and Generating Referrals

Conner Brown, Caffeinated Closings


10:00AM to 10:30AM COFFEE BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITORS


10:30AM to 12:00PM BREAK OUT SESSIONS:  Hoist the Mainsail!

Probate & Estate Planning - 1.5 hours MCLE

Court Accounting 102: Preparing and Submitting Petition, including Schedules

Tammara Brown, CA Legal Docs

Family Law - 1.5 hours MCLE

When and Why? Marital Settlement Agreement v. Stipulated Judgment

Elizabeth Olvera, JD, Olvera & Associates

Business Development - 1.5 hours Non-MCLE

Nobody Lives Forever: Preparing your Business for the Unexpected...and the Inevitable

Soojin Kim, Esq.


12:00PM to 1:30PM Let's Do Lunch!  (No-host meal break)

1:30PM to 2:00PM VISIT EXHIBITORS - Enjoy the Scenery!


2:00PM to 3:30PM BREAK OUT SESSIONS:  Smooth Sailing Ahead...

General - 1.5 hours Non-MCLE

How to make your local County Recorder your BFF

John Tuteur, Assessor-Recorder-County Clerk, County of Napa

Business Development - 1.5 hours MCLE

Creating an LDA Business Model that Stays within the Lines

Christopher Stefan, Esq.


3:45PM to 5:00PM SPEED MENTORING - Choose 3 different roundtable topics (sign-ups at Registration Table)


5:30PM to 6:30PM HAPPY HOUR


6:30PM to 9:30PM EVENING OF EXCELLENCE - Dinner with your CALDA Crew

Saturday, October 11

TIME ACTIVITY

7:00AM to 8:30AM Breakfast available to Hotel Guests

8:00AM to 3:00PM Registration Table Open

8:00AM to 2:00PM Exhibitor Area Open


8:30AM to 10:00AM PLENARY SESSION:  All Hands on Deck!

General - 1.5 hours Non-MCLE

CALDA at Work for You: Advocating Behind the Scenes

Amy O'Gorman Jenkins, Precision Advocacy

Mary Creasey, Precision Advocacy

Chester Ruiz, CALDA Legislative Chair


10:00AM to 10:30AM COFFEE BREAK & VISIT EXHIBITORS


10:30AM to 12:00PM BREAK OUT SESSIONS:  Stay on Course!

Probate & Estate Planning - 1.5 hours MCLE

Simplified Trust Administration: From Understanding the Trust through Distribution

Rex Crandell, Esq., CPA

Family Law - 1.5 hours MCLE

Disclosures: Community Property v. Separate Property

Elizabeth Olvera, JD, Olvera & Associates

Business Development - 1.5 hours Non-MCLE

Scaling Up: Taking Your Business to the Next Level

Conner Brown, Caffeinated Closings


12:00PM to 1:30PM LUNCH & PRIZES / GIVEAWAYS: Limbo on the Lido Deck, Anyone?


1:30PM to 3:00PM BREAK OUT SESSIONS:  Keep an Even Keel...

Probate & Estate Planning - 1.5 hours MCLE

New for Probate in 2025: AB2016. Drafting the Petition to Determine Succession to Primary Residence

Helen M. Bellamy, JD, Judicial Self-Help Center

Ian Duncan, Guideway Legal Document and Mediation Services

Family Law - 1.5 hours MCLE

Retirement Division: Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)

Natasha Tang-Mendoza, QDRO Counsel


3:00PM Land-Ho!  Coming into Port:  CONCLUSION OF CONFERENCE


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