Hidden Forms of Domestic Violence
10:00 a.m. Check-In
10:15 a.m. Welcome and Featured Speaker: The Economic Impact of Domestic Violence
Abi Adams, Professor of Economics and Director, Morton Schapiro Center for Applied Economics, Northwestern University
Professor Adams will open the symposium by examining the economic dimensions of domestic violence and how financial control, coercion and instability impacts survivors in family law matters.
10:45 a.m. Panel 1: Financial Abuse
Panelists will discuss how financial abuse may appear in intimate partner relationships and family law cases, including patterns of control, barriers to independence, and issues practitioners should consider when representing clients.
Aziza Khatoon, Senior Staff Attorney, Children & Families Practice Group, Legal Aid Chicago
Bruce Richman, Senior Managing Director, Corporate Valuation Advisors
Lauren Ellbogen, Staff Attorney, Consumer Practice Group, Legal Aid Chicago
Moderator: Mallory Morgan, Supervisory Attorney, Children & Families Practice Group, Legal Aid Chicago
11:45 a.m. Lunch (Provided by Soberlink)
12:15 p.m. Panel 2: Technology-Facilitated Abuse
This panel will explore how technology can be used to monitor, harass, control and/or intimidate a partner, and how family law practitioners can recognize and respond to these issues in their cases.
Honorable Megan Goldish, Judge, Domestic Violence Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Chloe Mullens, Director, Family Law, Ascend Justice
Dominique Ward, Domestic Violence Survivor
Moderator: Lindsay Nathan, Legal Access Solutions Manager, Illinois Legal Aid Online
1:45 p.m. Break
2:00 p.m. Panel 3: Traumatic Brain Injury
This panel will examine traumatic brain injury in the context of domestic violence, including how it affects survivors, client communication, evidence and court proceedings.
Honorable Lester Finkle, Judge, Domestic Violence Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Sonya Crabtree-Nelson, Associate Professor and Director, Community Service Studies Minor Program, DePaul University
Dorothy Kozlowski, Chair and Vincent de Paul Professor, Department of Neuroscience, DePaul University
April Flores-Brayton, Director, Community-Based Services, WINGS Program
Moderator: Alexandra Greenberg, Partner, Davis Friedman LLP
3:00 p.m. Panel 4: Judicial Perspectives on Hidden Domestic Violence
Judges will discuss what they see in the courtroom and how practitioners can more effectively identify, present and address hidden forms of domestic violence in family law cases.
Honorable Judith C. Rice, Presiding Judge, Domestic Violence Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Honorable Regina A. Scannicchio, Presiding Judge, Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Honorable Geri Pinzur Rosenberg, Judge, Domestic Relations Division, Circuit Court of Cook County
Moderators: Sarah Hawkins, Director, Domestic Relations Division, Cook County Office of the Public Guardian
Jason Pica, Associate, Dussias Wittenberg Koenigsberger LLP
4:00 p.m. Networking Reception (Provided by OurFamiliyWizard)
5:00 p.m. Symposium Concludes