LECTURES PRESENTED

“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review for 2016 “(co-presented with Sharon Hornett and Jorge Tormes), Dade County Bar Association Juvenile Court Committee, Florida Bar CLE (2017)
“Juvenile Court:  A View from the Bench” (co-presented with Judge Mavel Ruiz), Dade County Bar Association Bench & Bar Conference, Florida Bar CLE (2017)
“Guardian Ad Litem Representation of Defendants in Foreclosure Cases”, Dade County Bar Association and 11th Judicial Circuit, Florida Bar CLE (2015)
“Big Brother is Watching You:  The New Local Professionalism Panels”, Lunch & Learn Program (Joint Project of Dade County Bar Association Criminal Courts Committee, League of Prosecutors and Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami Chapter), Florida Bar CLE (2015) 
“Practicing with Professionalism and Ethics in Juvenile Cases”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2015)
“Traffic Defense for Non-Ticket Lawyers and Red Light Camera Ticket Update”, Lunch & Learn Program (Joint Project of Dade County Bar Association Criminal Courts Committee, League of Prosecutors and Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami Chapter), Florida Bar CLE (2015)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
January 2014 – June 2014”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2014)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
July 2013 – December 2013”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2014)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
January 2013 – June 2013”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2013)
“Avoiding the Speed Bumps in Traffic Court: Traffic Infraction Representation for Non-Ticket Attorneys”, Lunch & Learn Program (Joint Project of Dade County Bar Association Criminal Courts Committee, League of Prosecutors and Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers-Miami Chapter), Florida Bar CLE (2013)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
July 2012 – December 2012”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2013)
“Practicing Before the General Magistrates in Dependency Cases”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2012)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
January 2012 – June 2012”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2012)
“Judicial Notice”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2012)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
July 2011 – December 2011”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2012)
“Duties of Trial Counsel before Withdrawing Where Appeal Planned”, Joint DCBA Criminal Courts and Appellate Court Committee Seminar, Florida Bar CLE (2012)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review January 2011 – June 2011”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2011)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review July 2010 – December 2010”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2011)
“The Role of a Guardian Ad Litem in Foreclosure Cases”, North Dade Real Estate Council, Florida Bar CLE (2011)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review January 2010 – June 2010”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2010)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review July 2009 – December 2009”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2010)
“Guardian Ad Litem Representation of Defendants in Mortgage/Claim of Lien Foreclosure Cases”, Dade County Bar Association and 11th Judicial Circuit, Florida Bar CLE (2010)
“The Child Victim Exception to the Hearsay Rule”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2009)
“Invoking the Fifth Amendment in Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Cases and Related Topics”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2009)
“Domestic Violence as a Basis for Dependency”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2009)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
January 2009 – June 2009”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2009)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review
July 2008 – December 2008”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2009)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review January 2008 – June 2008”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2008)
“Ethics and Professionalism in Dependency and TPR Cases: A View from the Bench” (Moderator), Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2008)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review July 2007 – December 2007” (Co-presenter), Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2008)
“The ABC’s of TPR”, University of Miami Law School Juvenile Justice Class (2007)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review January 2007 – June 2007”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2007)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights Case Law Review 2006”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2007)
“2006 Amendments to Chapter 39”, Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2006)
“Dependency and Termination of Parental Rights: 2005 Case Law in Review”, Broward County Attorney General’s Office (2006) and Juvenile Justice Center Lecture Series, Florida Bar CLE (2006)
“Signs and Symptoms of Child Sexual Abuse”, Florida Department of Children & Families Child Protective Investigators (2005)
“Domestic Violence as a Basis for Dependency”, Florida Department of Children & Families Child Protective Investigators (2005)
“Child Interview Procedures and Techniques”, Florida Department of Children & Families Child Protective Investigators (2005)
“Preparing for and Giving Depositions and Testifying at Trial”, Florida Department of Children & Families Child Protective Investigators (2005)
“Child Victim Exception to the Hearsay Rule”, Florida Department of Children & Families, Florida Bar CLE (2005)
“Evidence at Trial”, Florida Department of Children & Families, Florida Bar CLE (2005)
“Business Records Exception to the Hearsay Rule”, Florida Department of Children & Families, Florida Bar CLE (2005)
“Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions”, Miami Beach Bar Association Pro Bono Seminar (2004)
“Traffic Infraction Defense”, Miami-Dade County Legal Support Association (2000)