Cases involving high conflict parties are bound to test your patience and limits, and increase your stress while
decreasing your confidence. These cases beg for structure but unless you start with structure and know how to
structure a case, whether in litigation or mediation, you’ll likely be caught in a whirlwind feeling a bit helpless.
When high conflict opposing counsel is involved, it can be even worse, as they feed the fire and
carry the torch for a high conflict client, which may feel challenging beyond your expertise.
However, there is a path for handling high conflict parties or opposing counsel, or even others in the legal system.
There is a way to determine if the lack of civility is just zealous representation or high conflict, by definition.
In this session, Megan Hunter, co-founder and CEO of the High Conflict Institute in the U.S. will discuss:
- Identifying high conflict early on
- Structuring the case/mediation
- Managing the case
- Competency
- Self-represented litigants
- Self-care
Date: Tuesday 29 November 2022
Time: 10.00am – 12.00pm
Location: Zoom Webinar
Presenter: Megan Hunter - High Conflict Institute
About Megan Hunter:
Megan Hunter, MBA, is an expert on high conflict disputes, complicated relationships.
She is co-founder and CEO of the High Conflict Institute along with author and speaker, Bill Eddy, LCSW, Esq.
who developed the high-conflict personality theory. Megan developed the concept of the Institute after
13 years in family law as the Family Law Specialist with the Arizona Supreme Court, and Child Support Manager
of the Dawes County Attorney’s Office in Nebraska. She is CEO of Unhooked Media, a U.S.-based media company
focused on relationship and conflict revolution through print, digital and the spoken word.
Megan has trained legal, mental health, business, leadership groups, universities and other professionals across Australia,
the U.S., Canada, Scotland, Israel, Italy, and South Africa. She also has strong policy and judicial training experience gained
during her tenure at the Arizona Supreme Court as Child Support Specialist and Family Law Specialist.
Megan holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix and a Business and Economics degree from Chadron State College,
Chadron, Nebraska. She has served as President of the Arizona Chapter of the Association of Family & Conciliation Courts,
the Arizona Family Support Council and Nebraska Child Support Enforcement Association. More recently, she served
5 years on the Arizona Board of Psychologist Examiners.