Drafting Enforceable Arbitration Agreements for Family Law Cases

This program will examine how state laws and the Uniform Family Law Arbitration Act inform arbitration agreements in family law cases, providing valuable insights into their application and impact on resolving family law disputes. The agenda includes requirements for the agreement, determining the scope of the agreement, limitations on the authority of arbitrators, arbitration involving children’s issues, issues involving domestic violence, enforcement of the agreement, the role of the court in arbitration cases, mediation-arbitration, and a checklist for creating the agreement to arbitrate. 

Speakers:

David M. Johnson

Johnson Kush PC

https://www.johnsonkush.com/ 

David M. Johnson practices in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he has specialized in family law for over 42 years. Mr. Johnson is a 1971 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. He received his law degree from St. Louis University in in 1976. He is a member of the Missouri and Colorado bars. Mr. Johnson is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and has been named in The Best Lawyers in America since 2006. He is certified as a Family Law Arbitrator by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Mr. Johnson received the ICON Award of the CBA Family Law Section in 2014 and the Ben S. Wendelken Award from the El Paso County Bar Association in 2015. In 2021 he received the Award of Merit from the Colorado Bar Association. He is the author of numerous articles on family law issues and has presented dozens of CLE presentations. He has acted as a mediator or arbitrator on complex family law cases for over 20 years. Mr. Johnson was a faculty member of the AAML Family Law Arbitration Institute in June 2024.Mr. Johnson's service includes: District Court Magistrate in the Fourth Judicial District from 1995-1997; Chair of the Family Law Section of the CBA in 2006-2007; past member of the Colorado Supreme Court's Standing Committee on Family Law Issues and the Subcommittee for Revisions of Rule 16.2; past member of the Supreme Court Committee on Ethical Issues in Family Law; past member of the Judicial Nominating Committee of the 4th J.D. He served as the President of the El Paso County Bar Association 1989-1990; and as President of the Colorado Bar Association 2009-2010. He has served on the Boards of the Legal Aid Foundation, Colorado Lawyers Trust Fund Foundation, Safe Passage, TESSA, and CASA of the Pikes Peak Region.Mr. Johnson currently serves on the Supreme Court Legal Regulation Committee; the Judicial Performance Commission of the 4th Judicial District and the Board of the El Paso County Bar Association Foundation.