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Iranian American Lawyers' Association (IALA), in Association with the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Family Law Section (LACBA); the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers(AAML, Southern California Chapter), the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC, California Chapter), the American Inn of Court (Southern California Family Law), the Association of Certified Family Law Specialist (ACFLS), the University of West Los Angeles, School of Law (UWLA)

presents

Program

08:30–08:45	Event, Panels, Discussion, Sponsors and Management Abbas Hadjian, Esq.
08:45–09:00	Welcome Ceremony
09:00–10:15	Panel 1: Culture and Lockdown in Marginalized Populations Impact of COVID on cultural communities, focusing on children, socioeconomics and immigration. Speakers: Hon. Mark A. Juhas, Judge, Family Law, LASC, President of the Association of Family Conciliation Courts, California Chapter; Linda L. Bortell, Psy.D., Bortell Psychological Inc.; Shuray Ghorishi, Esq., Senior Managing Attorney, FAMILY VIOLENCE APPELLATE PROJECT (California) Moderator: Gitu Bhatia, Psy. D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist
10:15–10:30	Q&A Panel 1 / Break
10:30–11:45	Panel 2: Culture and Lockdown in LGBTQ Families How stereotypes about LGBT people may affect the response by police and the courts to complaints of intimate partner violence. Speakers: Hon. Amy M. Pellman, Judge, LASC (Family Law & Dependency Courts); Michael Comlish, M.A., MFT, Marriage & Family Therapist, Mieko Failey, Esq. Moderator: Diane M. Goodman, Esq., PhD, Law & Mediation Office of Diane M. Goodman, APC
11:45–12:00	Q&A Panel 2 / Break
12:00–13:00	Panel 3 - Lunch with Your Family Law Judge Hon. Michael Amerian, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Christine Byrd, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Gia G. Bosley, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Doreen Boxer, Comm. (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Laura Cohen, Comm. (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Michael Convey, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon Angela J. Davis, Comm. (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Firdaus F. Dordi, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Alexander Giza, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Dianna Gould-Saltman, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Dean Hansel, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Bruce G. Iwasaki, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Esther P. Kim, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Amy M. Pellman, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Maria Puente-Porras, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Lawrence P. Riff, Supervising Judge, Family Law Division, LASC; Hon. Gary Roberts, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Jonathan Rosenbloom, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Michelle Short, Judge (Family Law), LASC; Hon. Ashley Tabaddor, Immigration Judge, President, National Association of Immigration Judges (personal capacity) Presiding Judicial Officers: Hon. Christine Byrd, Judge LASC; Hon Bruce G. Iwasaki, Judge LASC Moderators: Laurel Brauer, Esq.; Jinna Kang, Esq.; Steve S. Zand, Esq.
13:00	CLOSING Abbas Hadjian, Esq.