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TBPA Membership Lunch & Learn (SEPTEMBER 2017)

When
Thursday, September 21, 2017
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Location
at The Tampa Club, 42nd Floor, 101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Tampa, FL

Registration

Guest Registration – $25.00
Member Registration – $16.50
Sustaining Member – $16.50

Registration is closed

SPEAKER: Sema Yildirim, Esquire

TOPIC: "Family Law / Timesharing" (1 Hour CLE)

SUMMARY: Sema Yildirim, Esq. will be speaking to us on an important family law issue: Parents and Timesharing with their Minor Child(ren). She will discuss this most contentious issue in family law court, addressing how FL Statute 61.13(3) affects the support of children; parenting; time-sharing; and the powers of court; discussion of the best interests of the child shall be made by evaluating all of the factors affecting the welfare and interests of the particular minor child and the circumstances of that family. She will further show how the courts address evidence of domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, child abandonment, or child neglect, regardless of whether a prior or pending action relating to those issues has been brought, and other factors relevant to the determination of a specific parenting plan, including the time-sharing schedule.

Please complete your online RSVP no later than Thursday, September 14, 2017, (RSVP Deadline) at www.tbpa.org (indicate your entrée selection online), and then pay online or mail your payment to: TBPA, P. O. Box 2840, Tampa, FL 33601

If mailing payment after online RSVP, make checks payable to: Tampa Bay Paralegal Association, Inc.

Cost: Members: $16.50 / Guests: $25.00

Regular Entrée: Chipotle seasoned chicken with mango salsa (GF) / Vegetarian Entrée: Spinach ravioli with tomato basil cream, roasted peppers and toasted pine nuts / CONTACT THE LUNCHEON CHAIR FOR SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS

Entrées served with Salad, Rolls, Iced Tea, Coffee and Petite Dessert! (No Substitutions Please)

TBPA is no longer accepting reservations via email or mail.

TBPA reserves the right to change/substitute luncheon speakers, topics or entrées as necessary due to unexpected circumstances. Cancellations for paid-in-full reservations prior to the RSVP Deadline will be refunded, subject to a $2.00 administrative fee. After the RSVP Deadline, no refunds will be provided and payment in full will be due regardless of attendance. Cancellation correspondence may be sent to luncheon@tbpa.org.

Parking: Please note that The Tampa Club validates parking in the Bank of America parking garage during lunchtime hours for the discounted $2.00 rate. Please bring your parking ticket with you and have The Tampa Club Receptionist validate it for you.

In addition, TBPA will be holding a 50/50 raffle to benefit the USO Central Florida.

Please don't forget to bring some extra cash to participate in this raffle!

Special thanks to this month's TBPA Luncheon Sponsor:

The Grafton Group is a Florida-based, multi-disciplined, private investigation and litigation support firm. We provide exceptional private investigative and case management services. We offer a full range of legal support that is accurate, reliable and most important, timely. All of our private investigators are licensed in compliance with Florida Statutes governing both private investigators, and private investigation agencies.

SPEAKER: SEMA YILDIRIM, ESQ.

SPEAKER'S BIO: Sema Yildirim was born and raised in Germany to Turkish parents. She immigrated to the U.S. in 1992 and became a U.S. citizen in 1999. As a fluent speaker of German, Turkish, and English and as the product of three distinct cultures, Sema is comfortable navigating her way through an increasingly diverse landscape. Helping others do the same served as her motivation to pursue a career in law after she graduated from Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah Georgia with a degree in Political Science. She enrolled in Stetson University’s College of Law, serving as a member of the International Moot Court Board. During this time she also interned for the Chief Judge of Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal and for the Judge of the U.S. District Court of the Middle Florida District.

Sema opened her own law firm in 2005, focusing on family and immigration law but also practicing criminal defense. The philosophy that guides her practice is the understanding that any given case represents a client’s life and has a potential of changing that client’s future and life. As such, Sema does not take her clients’ trust and confidence in retaining her law office lightly, and she understands that the client’s concerns are more than a lawsuit or a court case—her firm is not a "law factory." Sema creates a strong personal relationship with her clients, making sure that they understand the procedures and language of the legal process, and using their input to better serve them.

Giving back to the community is a priority for Sema. She has offered free public presentations on Fathers’ Rights and Immigrants’ Rights. Sema also contributes to the legal community, and in 2015 her article "The Pitfall of International Love" was published in the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s LAWYER magazine, discussing the complications that can arise in marriage with non-U.S. citizens. She has been an active member of the Stann Givens Family Law Inn of Court here in Tampa for many years.

Sema takes time to mentor young attorneys who reach out to her and guides them in the practice of law. She frequently makes herself available to answer family law and immigration law related questions when more seasoned fellow attorneys call in need of help.

TBPA is a voluntary professional association and does not make any representation, endorsement or guarantee as to the quality, reliability, competency, accuracy, business practice/standards/ethics, or professionalism of any member of TBPA. TBPA does not conduct background checks or any other form of due diligence on any person or business applying for membership with TBPA.