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CBA RECORD 39
Professional Responsibility in Adoption
Law Practice
Wednesday, February 18, 3:00 PM - 6:00 pm
MCLE Credit: 2.75 IL PR Credit, subject to approval
Chicago Bar Association, 321 South Plymouth Court, Chicago,
IL 60604
Presented by: CBA Adoption Law Committee
The complex nature of family building through adoption raises myriad
ethical issues. These vary based upon the type of adoption, whether you
represent the birth parent or the adoptive parent, whether you are involved
in an agency or non-agency adoption, and whether the adoption involves
multiple jurisdictions. Foster care and surrogacy family planning also
raise novel ethical issues. This seminar will provide a basic blueprint of
how to spot and address ethical issues in adoption, surrogacy and foster
care representation.
This program will discuss Professional Standards in Adoption Procedure
in Illinois; Types of Adoptions, Standards of Court Procedure, and Foster
Care Adoptions; Ethical Issues Related to Birth Parents: Representation
and Termination of Parental Rights; Multijurisdictional Professional Re-
sponsibilities: Interstate And International Adoptions; and Ethical Issues
in Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology.
Speakers include: Shelley Ballard, Partner, Ballard, Desai & Miller; Nancy
Hablutzel, Hablutzel and Associates; Diana Lopez, Owner/President, Lopez
Law Group, P.C.; Genie Miller Gillespie, Attorney at Law; Kathleen Hogan
Morrison, KathleenHoganMorrison, P.C.; Nidhi Desai, Partner, Ballard, Desai
& Mille. Moderators: Meg Ledebuhr, Berger Schatz; Chair, CBA Adoption
Law Committee; and Barbara Sereda, President, Adoption Advocates of
America; Vice Chair, CBA Adoption Law Committee.
Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament
Join the Young Lawyers Section at its Ninth Annual Texas Hold’emTourna-
ment for the benefit of The Chicago Bar Foundation on Friday, January 30.
Prizes will be awarded. This event will be held at The Standard Club, 320
South Plymouth Court.
$150 per person on or before Jan 23. $175 per person after Jan 23. For
Reservations: call 312-554-2031 or register online at h
foundation.org.
Underwrittenby: BuckleySandler LLP and Clifford LawOffices.Thank you
toour sponsors: Chicago Daily LawBulletin, Certus Deposition Services LLC,
ColinMFinn, MesirowFinancial Structured Settlements, D4 Discovery, Corboy
&Demetrio, Passen LawGroup, Peck Bloom, LLC, Salvi Schostock &Pritchard,
Stewart Title, and Verity Group.
January 2015
14th Folsom Lecture
1/23 – CETA and TTIP: Free Trade Agreements between the EU
and NAFTA Nations
1/29 – 23rd Fair Housing Litigation Skills Training Program
1/31 Effective Advocacy under the Fair Housing Laws
February 2015
2/10 – A Primer on Recent Developments in Divorce Case Law
and the Recently Enacted Maintenance Statute Taking
Effect on January 1, 2015 (with Enrico Mirabelli)
2/18 – Torture and International Human Rights
59th Annual IP Law Conference
2/27 – Hot Topics and Current Developments in Patent,
Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secrets Law
March 2015
3/16 – Power of Persuasion: Winning Your Case in Summations
in both the Criminal and Civil Arena
(with Mark Panzavecchia)
April 2015
4/08 – Law Review Symposium
Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law Symposium
4/10 – The Future of Digital Communications:
Technology and the Law
13th Annual Employee Benefits Symposium
4/20 – Hot Topics Surrounding the Affordable
Care Act
4/24 – Ethics in the Practice of IP Law
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