August '06 First Friday - The Catholic as Divorce Attorney

The St. Thomas More Lawyers Society of Wisconsin First Friday Group will meet Friday, August 4, 2006. Mass will begin at 7:30 A.M. in the Chapel of the Holy Family located on the 2nd floor of the Marquette Memorial Union (15th and Wells). Mass will be followed by a presentation and discussion from 8:00 - 9:00 A.M. over a continental breakfast (suggested donation $4.00) in Room 305 of the same building. Parking is available on Wells Street or in one of the nearby campus lots.

Our speaker will be Kelly M. Dodd who is a partner at Petrie & Stocking S.C. in Milwaukee where she handles family law matters and appeals. Attorney Dodd will lead a discussion about the church's position on Catholic divorce lawyers and will review what the Catechism has to say about divorce. She will also discuss how pro-marriage attorneys are finding creative ways to mitigate the effects of the current "no-fault" divorce paradigm and what attorneys can do to educate pre-marital and married couples about divorce.