Wednesday, November 19, 2025

8:45 AM to 3:30 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Aqua Turf Club

556 Mulberry St., Plantsville

Presented by the Connecticut Probate Assembly and the CBA’s Estates and Probate and Elder Law Sections

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Hot Topics in Probate is the popular biennial seminar sponsored by the Connecticut Probate Assembly and the CBA’s Estates and Probate and Elder Law Sections. This year’s seminar, presented by probate judges, distinguished attorneys, and a medical professional will focus on professionalism, creditor claims, highly contentious cases, and a cross discipline discussion among medical and legal panelists regarding challenges facing incapacity and the provision of care.

You Will Learn

• About professionalism in estates and probate proceedings
• About creditor claims from different perspectives
• About managing highly contentious cases
• About challenges facing incapacity and the provision of care in conservatorships and institutional settings

Who Should Attend

All attorneys or members of the judiciary who work within Connecticut’s probate courts. Any practitioners whose practice includes estates and probate matters, and practitioners whose work is related to conservators or individuals under conservatorship.

Cost

(Includes electronic materials)
Member $75
Student $40
Non-Member $100

Financial hardship information is available upon request.

Please log into your account to receive CBA member pricing.

Law student registration may be sponsored by a CBA Section.

Speakers

Beverly Streit-Kefalas Hon. Beverly K. Streit
Office of the Probate Court Administrator, West Hartford

Judge Darby1 Hon. Michael M. Darby
Greater Manchester Probate Court, Probate District 13, Manchester

Brandt Michael1 Hon. Michael R. Brandt
CT Probate Assembly, East Haven-North Haven Probate Court, East Haven

Hon. Americo Carchia
New Haven Probate Court

Hon. Paul Ganim
Bridgeport Probate Court

jalowiec headshot1 Hon. Matthew Jalowiec
PD18 Cheshire-Southington

Lisa Wexler1 Hon. Lisa Wexler
Westport Probate Court

Dr. Vruksha Cabral1 Dr. Vruksha Cabral
Yale School of Medicine

Melissa Lang1 Dr. Melissa Lang
Agency on Aging South Central Connecticut

Dr. Hemal Patel
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

Douglas Brown1 Douglas R. Brown
Brody Wilkinson PC, Southport

karen gargamelli-mccreight1 Karen Gargamelli-McCreight
Connecticut Legal Services, Hartford

Adrienne Guiliano
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital

Paul Knierim1 Paul J. Knierim
Czepiga Daly Pope & Perri LLC, Simsbury

Kelley G Peck1 Kelley G. Peck
Cummings & Lockwood LLC, West Hartford

Sandra Sherlock White1 Sandra Sherlock-White
Law Offices of Sandra Sherlock-White LLC, West Hartford

Luke Tashjian Luke T. Tashjian
Cohen and Wolf PC, Westport


CLE Credit

CT: 4.5 CLE Credits (3.5 General; 1.0 Ethics)
NY: 5.0 CLE Credits (4.0 AOP; 1.0 Ethics)

The Connecticut Bar Association/CT Bar Institute is an accredited provider of New York State CLE. This program qualifies for newly admitted and experienced attorneys CLE credits. 

Attorneys seeking NY CLE credit who have been admitted to the New York State Bar for two years or less must attend the live seminar for skills or ethics credit, a fully interactive videoconference, or simultaneous transmission with synchronous interactivity. Diversity, Inclusion and Elimination of Bias CLE credits are only available as non-transitional credits. For further information please see the NYCourts.gov page on CLE: http://ww2.nycourts.gov/attorneys/cle/index.shtml. 

If the seminar is recorded, all member registrants will receive complimentary access to the recording approximately six weeks after the program.

Please note that refunds will not be granted once course materials have been sent.

Cancellations made less than 2 business days prior to event are non-refundable.



Contact

Member Service Center
Email: msc@ctbar.org
Phone: (844)469-2221