Why Attend?
- Understand how to ethically protect yourself and your law practice from clients in high-conflict cases, including divorces
- Learn strategies to professionally and ethically manage opposing counsel in high-conflict cases
- Know your responsibilities for reporting and addressing difficult parties
During this engaging and interactive program, perennial favorite Brian Hirsch will walk practitioners through a variety of common scenarios involving clients and counsel in high-conflict cases. He will offer practice pointers throughout the discussion, and will provide an in-depth overview of the ethical and professional responsibilities that every Virginia lawyer must be aware of when handling contentious parties.
Topics to be covered include:
- A look at the damage caused by recurring conflict and an overview of personality disorders often found in high-conflict cases
- Ethical considerations when determining whether to represent a potential client in a high-conflict case (and how to ethically withdraw from representation)
- Tips for ethically and successfully suing a difficult client to recover fees
- Strategies to ethically avoid conflict and protect yourself from a difficult client
- How to handle negotiation and mediation in high-conflict cases
- Advice for professionally dealing with opposing counsel in high-conflict situations, and your responsibilities for reporting or managing misconduct and obstructive behavior in a variety of situations
| Registration Deadlines: |
| Webcast: |
10 minutes prior to seminar. If you register for a webcast the day of the seminar, your e-mail receipt will include a link to launch the seminar and download the materials. |
| Telephone: |
Online registration ends at 11:59 p.m. the day preceding the seminar
Call (800) 979-8253 to register up to one hour prior to the seminar |
Cancellation Policy: Cancellation/transfer requests will be honored until 5:00 p.m. the day preceding the seminar. You will, however, be charged $40 if you cancel or transfer your registration to a different seminar after the link to the materials has been e-mailed by Virginia CLE.
Full refunds or transfers are available up to two days after a webcast in the unlikely event that you experience technical difficulties.
MCLE Credit Caveat: The MCLE Board measures credits by the time you spend in attendance. If you enter a seminar late or leave it early, or both, you must reflect those adjustments accurately in the credits you report on your credit reporting form. A code will be given at the end of the seminar, which must be written on your MCLE form.
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