Join adoption attorney Colleen Quinn as she discusses avoiding contested adoptions, protecting client’s hearts and pocketbooks, and limiting attorney liability and exposure to possible legal malpractice claims. Colleen begins by reviewing the primary ways in which adoptions may become contested which include: lack of due diligence, insufficient information obtained or sought, false information provided, incarcerated birth parent, mentally ill/drug-alcohol addicted birth parent, Indian tribe intervention under ICWA or birth parent able to claim ICWA protection, grandparent intervention cases, legal malpractice in failing to strictly adhere to statutory requirements, birth parent in active military, and breach of fiduciary duties. With these primary areas established, Ms. Quinn then discusses the associated practical considerations including financial and emotional cost to the parties, stress, risk, sufficiency of resources, negative publicity, and implications for the child.
The filing of multiple RICO complaints in federal courts in New York State against plaintiffs’...
Part 1 - This program focuses specifically on cross?examining expert witnesses, whose credentials an...
The landscape of global finance is undergoing a seismic shift as traditional assets migrate to the b...
This program provides attorneys with a practical and ethical framework for understanding and respons...
Navigating Stress and Trauma in the Legal Profession, explores the unique challenges faced by legal ...
This program provides a detailed examination of the Black Market Peso Exchange (BMPE), one of the mo...
Established in 1992, the 340B Drug Pricing Program has many nuances and applications to different si...
This program examines critical 2025-2026 developments in patent eligibility for software and AI inve...
In 2016, the term “materiality” as it relates to the False Claims Act made a splash in t...
The program will cover the key issues for lawyer leaving government employment including the nuances...