MCFM Professional Development Workshop (Online)

The newly reviewed Child Support Guidelines have recently been released for a December 1, 2025 effective date.  Please join in a presentation about the new Guidelines with Holly Hinte and Jamie Sabino, both members of the Child Support Task Force, as they highlight and discuss what is different, what is the same and the nuances in between – as well as a discussion led by Michael Leshin on how mediators approach child support in light of Cavanagh (including Cavanagh II).

Meet Our Panelists:

Holly A. Hinte is a partner at Lee & Rivers LLP, focusing her practice exclusively on family law. Before joining Lee & Rivers LLP, Ms. Hinte served as a Judicial Fellow (2011-2012) and a Judicial Law Clerk (2012-2014) to the justices of the Massachusetts Probate and Family Court. Ms. Hinte has co-authored two Amicus Briefs involving issues of first impression in Massachusetts (Chin v. Merriott and DeMarco v. DeMarco) and has moderated numerous panels & has lectured on domestic relations topics for various organizations. Ms. Hinte has been included in Best Lawyers in America in Family Law since 2024; has been recognized as a Massachusetts “Rising Star” by Boston Magazine and the Super Lawyer publication since 2017; has received the highest Avvo rating possible (10.0 Superb) as a family law attorney; has been listed in Boston Magazine as a “Top Lawyer” in family law since 2022, and was recognized by Doyle’s Guide as a Recommended Boston Leading Family, Matrimonial and Divorce Lawyer for 2025.

Michael L. Leshin is of counsel with HealyFiske LLP in Waltham. From 1998 through June 2021, he was a partner with the law firm of Ginsburg & Leshin LLC in Wellesley and thereafter was of counsel with Goldman & Sidgwick, LLP in South Natick. He continues to focus his practice in the area of family law and mediation. He has served as chair of the Family Law Section of the Boston Bar Association and as president of the Massachusetts Council on Family Mediation, Inc. (MCFM). He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (family law, 2006–2026; family law mediation, 2007–2026). He is also certified as a divorce mediator by MCFM. In 2013, he received the John Adams Fiske Award for Excellence in Mediation from MCFM. He is the co-author of the chapter “Mediation and Other Dispute Resolution Alternatives” in Massachusetts Divorce Law Practice Manual (MCLE, Inc. 5th ed. 2023). For over twenty years, he authored the annual MCLE publication, Massachusetts Family Law Sourcebook. Mr. Leshin has chaired or co-chaired numerous MCLE programs and has lectured on tax, mediation, and family law issues for the Boston Bar Association; Mediation Works, Inc.; Community Dispute Settlement Center; and several Boston-area law schools. He is a graduate of Brandeis University, Boston University School of Law, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Following law school, he clerked for the Massachusetts Superior Court, serving as the deputy chief law clerk.  

Jamie Ann Sabino, Deputy Director of  Advocacy, Massachusetts Lw Reform Institute

Jamie Sabino joined MLRI in October 2014. She is the Deputy Director of Advocacy and the Managing Attorney of the Civil Legal Needs for Victims of Crime Initiative (CLAVC). The CLAVC Initiative is supported by the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance through a Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. In addition she serves as lead advocate for the Domestic Violence Legal Assistance Project (DVLAP) including facilitating the Family Law Task Force, a statewide group of legal services family law attorneys, attorneys in domestic violence service provider agencies and attorneys involved in family law pro bono programs and law school clinics.

Prior to this position Ms. Sabino served for over 13 years as the VAWA STOP Grant Coordinator for the Massachusetts Trial Court, were she worked at a policy level on how the Trial Court handled cases involving domestic violence and sexual assault. Ms. Sabino formerly practiced in the law firm of Klibaner & Sabino in Cambridge, MA concentrating in family law and criminal defense appellate law.

Ms. Sabino is a past president of the Women's Bar Association and Women's Bar Foundation of Massachusetts and has been honored by the Boston Bar Association, the Women’s Bar Association, the National Lawyers Guild, Massachusetts Chapter and Northeastern University School of Law for her commitment to pro bono work. In addition to her legal work, Ms. Sabino has broad experience in the non-profit world and has sat on a number of non-profit boards. She is a graduate of Wellesley College with a B.A. in History and Political Science and Northeastern University School of Law.

COST:  No charge to attend the Workshop but you must be a member of MCFM or MCLC

REGISTRATION REQUIRED:

Please register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/TeQK3nGoTQ6mdJnrwMY_ZQ

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RECORDING:  This workshop WILL be recorded

CANCELLATIONS:  If you discover after you register that you will not be able to attend, please let us know ASAP by emailing admin@mcfm.org.

QUESTIONS?  Email Kacy Wiant, MCFM Administrator