About the Course
Introduction
This CLE webinar will help family lawyers recognize the indicators of high-conflict divorce cases and provide effective strategies for working with our clients and opposing counsel. The panel will share insights on managing aggressive litigation tactics.
Description
High-conflict divorces involve heightened emotional, financial, and legal challenges. We often see aggressive litigation tactics; domestic violence issues; parental alienation claims; disputes over parenting time and parental decision-making, support, and the division of assets; or a combination of these factors and others.
Contentious divorce cases require skills in discovery preparation, expert witness use, strategic negotiation tactics, and responding to aggressive opposing counsel. The more contentious the case, the more important it is that counsel work with his or her client as a team to effectively manage expectations, de-escalate conflict, and maintain a professional demeanor.
Counsel must be prepared with a thorough understanding and command of the tools available to protect their client's interests while managing these often volatile disputes.
Listen as our panel discusses important considerations in these complex matters and identifies best practices and strategies for navigating the challenges they can present, from initial filing to final judgment.
Presented By
Mr. Conlon, Partner, is the Practice Leader for DarrowEverett’s Private Client Group and Co-Chair of our Family Law Practice Group. His practice concentrates on complex family court litigation, and civil cases on behalf of children abused in the care of others. Throughout Mr. Conlon's career, he has handled challenging cases at the forefront — from computer crime investigations in the 1980s to chairing and settling Rhode Island’s clergy abuse cases on behalf of dozens of victims, all while cutting new ground in contentious family court litigation. He regularly serves as lead counsel in complex divorces with high-net worth, multiple business assets, intergenerational trusts, and testifying experts, and has worked with the leading forensic accountants and forensic psychologists in the region. Mr. Conlon has appeared on NBC Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight, and has been quoted in publications including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and frequently The Boston Globe and Providence Journal, on issues relating to institutional child sexual abuse, teacher and coach misconduct, but also family law, spousal snooping, and child mistreatment issues.
Mr. Gitlin exclusively practices divorce and family law. He is a published author and frequent lecturer to family lawyers both statewide and nationally a wide variety of issues including business valuation issues in divorce cases. He is Fellow of AAML and was named by the Illinois ICLE as one of five Illinois family lawyers for their 21st Century Master Teacher's Program.
Ms. Soltys is an Attorney and Founder of Atlanta Holistic Family Law. After graduating from the University of Georgia and Wake Forest University School of Law, she represented the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services in abuse and neglect cases. Ms. Soltys has worked for over fifteen years focusing on divorce and custody cases, handling thousands of family law matters throughout metro-Atlanta.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
- event
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- schedule
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
- Characteristics of a high-conflict divorce case
- Child custody disputes
- High-conflict custody disputes
- Managing parental alienation claims
- Domestic violence, substance abuse, and mental health issues
- Client management
- Litigation and negotiation
- Discovery strategies and considerations
- Hidden assets and financial misconduct
- Negotiating to de-escalate conflict
- Dealing with aggressive opposing counsel
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Trends in family courts' handling of high-conflict divorce cases
- Legal strategies for high-conflict divorces
- Tools for navigating high-conflict dynamics and achieving favorable outcomes
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