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Waste Not, Want Not: Presenting Claims When Community Funds Are Used in Ways That Don’t Benefit the Community


Total Credits: 1 CLE, 1 Family Law Specialization

Average Rating:
   41
Categories:
Family Law |  Legal Paraprofessional Resources
Faculty:
Mitchell Reichman |  Nicole Dawn Marie Siqueiros-Stoutner
Format:
Audio and Video
Original Program Date:
Dec 05, 2023


Description

In this presentation, participants will gain a heightened awareness of family law situations that are prone to generating waste claims, an understanding of actions which the courts have recognized as constituting waste, and insights into the strategies for effectively litigating such claims.

Faculty:
Mitch Reichman, Jaburg & Wilk PC
Nicole Siqueiros-Stoutner, Sheldon Siqueiros-Stoutner

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Faculty

Mitchell Reichman Related Seminars and Products

Chair of Family Law Department

Jaburg & Wilk PC


MITCHELL REICHMAN is a shareholder at Jaburg Wilk where he chairs the Family Law Department. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and a State Bar Certified Family Law Specialist. Now in his forty-third year of practice, most of his work is in high conflict, complex domestic relations cases involving substantial assets. Admitted to practice in both Arizona and California, Mr. Reichman has been a frequent presenter to lawyers, judges, mental health professionals and accountants in programs sponsored by the State Bar of Arizona, the Maricopa County Bar Association, the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts and the Arizona Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He has been Chair of the Executive Council of the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Arizona. Mr. Reichman is listed in Best Lawyers in America 2013 through 2025; Martindale Hubbell’s Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and has been recognized as a Southwest Super Lawyer every year since 2009. For a more complete biography, visit https://www.jaburgwilk.com/our-people/mitchell-reichman


Nicole Dawn Marie Siqueiros-Stoutner Related Seminars and Products


Since graduating from ASU Law, Nicole Siqueiros-Stoutner has devoted her career to family law, with a focus on litigation, mediation, and parenting coordination. She began as a legal advocate for domestic violence victims and a CPS case specialist, supporting children and families in crisis. She later clerked for a former presiding family court judge at Maricopa County Superior Court and mediated divorce and paternity cases. Nicole went on to lead the legal department of a nonprofit and practiced at three boutique Phoenix family law firms, eventually becoming a partner and co-founding Sheldon & Stoutner in 2019.
In 2020, she was appointed as a Commissioner of the Maricopa County Superior Court, serving for one year before returning to private practice. Nicole has received numerous honors, including the State Bar of Arizona Leadership Institute (2009–2010) and Phoenix Business Journal’s "Forty Under 40" (2011). She was named a "Top Attorney" by North Valley Magazine from 2012 to 2020. Thomson Reuters recognized her as a "Rising Star" in 2019 and 2020, and a "Super Lawyer" in 2023, 2024, and 2025.
She co-authored Co-Parenting By Design, published by Unhooked Books in 2024. Nicole frequently writes and presents CLE seminars for the Arizona State Bar, Maricopa County Bar, AFCC chapters, AAML, and the Arizona Supreme Court Committee on Domestic Violence. Her topics include trial advocacy, legal decision-making, mental health, cultural competency, parenting coordination, and multi-jurisdictional custody.
She has served as a Judge Pro Tem for Maricopa County Superior Court, conducting ADR conferences and private mediations. Nicole is a trained mediator and Parenting Coordinator. She chaired the Arizona State Bar Family Law Executive Council in 2024 and the Maricopa County Bar Family Law Section in 2018 and 2019. She is a former Board Member of Los Abogados and remains active in both that organization and the Arizona Women Lawyers Association.


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Overall:      4.7

Total Reviews: 41

Comments

Mark W

"very helpful"

Shaun K

"Both speakers did a great job providing information about litigating waste claims in divorce matters."

Erika C

"Extremely relevant in my cases right now"

James W

"It was a good presentation."

Mervyn B

"Good summary of current case law"

Julie L

"Excellent and detailed presentation."

Onise S

"I knew very little about making waste claims beforehand."

Joan B

"Interesting and not often covered topic"

Marlene P

"This was a nice narrow topic and so able to cover in some depth."

Dawn W

"EXCEPT the stream was bad and I missed a good 10 minutes of the presentation., "