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Probate Court Appointed Counsel and Guardians Ad Litem Training
Original Program Date :
Pursuant to the mandate of Rule 10 of the Arizona Rules of Probate Procedure, all court-appointed counsel and guardians ad litem must complete this three-hour initial training course before taking on your first case.
Experienced practitioners will lead discussions on the issues court-appointed counsel (CAC) and guardians ad litem (GAL) are facing.
Topics will include: • Rule and Statute Updates for CAC and GALs and a general view from the bench
• CAC/GAL Appointments beyond initial appointment proceedings:
? Representing ward/protected persons in litigation and personal injury settlement
? Visitation disputes
? Conservator's use of protected persons funds and assets
? Investigation to protect the ward when fiduciary does not comply with court orders
? Family disputes
- Intersection of Title 14 and Title 36 and CAC/GAL's Role
Chair
Hillary Gagnon, Stacey L. Johnson, PLLC
Faculty
Judge Dean Fink, Maricopa County Superior Court
Michael Doyle, Baumann Doyle Paytas & Bernstein
Joshua Mozell, Mozell Law Group, P.L.L.C.
Denice Shepherd, Law Office of Denice R Shepherd PC
Denice Shepherd
Hillary Gagnon
Hon. Dean M Fink, Maricopa County Superior Court
Judge Dean M. Fink is the Presiding Judge of the Probate and Mental Health Department of the Maricopa County Superior Court. He has been on the Superior Court bench since June 2004. He began his judicial career as a commissioner. In August 2007, Governor Janet Napolitano appointed him as a judge. In addition to Probate/Mental Health, Judge Fink has served in the Family, Civil and Criminal departments of the Superior Court. He was also the Presiding Judge of the Arizona Tax Court from 2009 to 2014. Judge Fink currently serves on the Judicial Performance Review Commission of the Arizona Supreme Court. He previously served on the State Bar of Arizona’s Civil Practice and Procedure Committee, the Arizona Supreme Court’s Fiduciary Board, the Board of Directors of the Arts & Business Council of Greater Phoenix, the University of Arizona Student Life National Leadership Board, and the State Bar of Arizona’s Communications Advisory Committee. Judge Fink received his undergraduate degree in 1990 from the University of Arizona, where he served as the student body president. He received his law degree from the Columbia University School of Law in 1993. Prior to joining the bench, he worked at the law firms of Fennemore Craig, Kirkland and Ellis, and Lewis and Roca.
