Guardians ad Litem in Contested Guardianship and Conservatorship Cases (On Demand Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming VIDEO replay of the June 2023 webcast, Guardians ad Litem in Contested Guardianship and Conservatorship Cases.

Topics Covered

• Compare representing the interests of the respondent as a GAL to serving as the respondent’s attorney
• Ask a judges panel about the challenges they often see in guardianship cases
• Explore when a GAL should request that independent counsel be appointed for a respondent
• Discuss techniques that GALs use to communicate effectively with persons with diminished capacity
• Review how the rules of professional conduct concerning communicating with represented and unrepresented persons affect the GAL’s investigation of the guardianship petition

FACULTY

Hon. Paul A. Dryer, Judge, City of Waynesboro Circuit Court / Waynesboro
Hon. Mary Jane Hall, Norfolk Circuit Court / Norfolk
Hon. Tania M.L. Saylor, Fairfax Circuit Court / Fairfax
Samantha S. Fredieu, Hale Ball / Fairfax
Virginia C. Haizlip, McCandlish Lillard / Fairfax
Beth Norton, Norton Health Law, PC / Charlottesville
Lelia Winget-Hernandez, Commonwealth Life & Legacy Counsel, a Winget-Hernandez PC Company / Troy

MODERATORS

Cary Z. Cucinelli, Cucinelli Geiger, PC / Fairfax
Valerie B. Geiger, Cucinelli Geiger, PC / Fairfax
Neal L. Walters, Scott | Kroner, PLC / Charlottesville