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Speaker:    

     

Edward J. Pallotta, Jr., Ph.D., Esq.    

Pallotta Law, APLC    

   

Preventing Your Practice From Managing You; Pre-Mediation Emotionally-Focused Counseling    

 

In part A, Dr. Edward Pallotta, Jr., a California licensed psychologist and attorney, will discuss rarely discussed reasons and effective solutions for acute and chronic attorney fatigue (often erroneously referred to as “attorney burnout”). Attendees will develop increased sensitivity to warning signs and observe practical and ethical repercussions. It will suggest tools to prevent the law practice from managing the lawyer.    

 

In part B, Dr. Pallotta will discuss what he believes to be a common explanation for less-than-ideal mediations: emotionally unprepared participants. The speaker will propose that pre-mediation emotionally-focused counseling with a legally-sensitive mental health professional could assist participant grounding with more desirable mediation processes and outcomes. A discussion of ethical guardrails will also be discussed in this context.    

This program is approved for 1.0 Legal CLE Credit. Attendees must have participated in the program in its entirety to receive MCLE credit.  

   

Registration deadline: 10/01/25

   

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