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We Know It Takes More Than Legal Knowledge to Win a Case.

Winning your case requires more than a cold recitation of facts and law.

Success often depends on how effectively you communicate, how steady you remain under pressure, and how calmly you respond when your opposing party tries to provoke or intimidate you.

Never is this more apparent than when survivors of intimate partner abuse must litigate against their abusers.

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Survivors of intimate partner abuse, narcissistic abuse, or domestic violence quickly learn how overwhelming the legal system can feel.

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Divorce, custody, and other court proceedings often mean facing the abuser in front of a judge while navigating unfamiliar laws and procedures. 

 

You need relevant legal knowledge and the tools to manage the fear, anxiety, and emotional triggers that surface in the courtroom.

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Some of the Knowledge and Skills You Will Acquire in the Workshop:

 

• Litigation fundamentals that apply in most legal contexts

• What it means to be "post-trauma" in family court

• Researching, writing, and responding to pleadings, motions, and discovery

• Overcoming trauma-driven procrastination so you can work on your case

• Oral advocacy skills

• Short-circuiting trauma responses in the courtroom

• Accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act

• Strategies for litigating against narcissists and the attorneys who represent them

• Putting it all together for trial​

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ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTORS:

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      Sherri Renner, J.D.
While Sherri was still a full-representation civil litigator, she began helping pro se litigants. She went on to found LawYou America and its members-only Association for Pro Se Advancement, through which she focuses her many years of litigation experience on helping self-represented litigants. Most of the pro se litigants helped through LawYou are survivors of pathological love relationships who are involved in family court proceedings with their former partners.

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​      Chelli Pumphrey, LPC, CCTP-II, NAST
Chelli is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Level II Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with over 30 years of experience. She is also a Certified Narcissistic Abuse and Survivor Treatment Clinician, specializing in complex trauma, adult attachment, and recovery from narcissistic abuse and toxic relationships, using integrative healing practices such as EMDR and psychedelic-assisted therapy.

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Both Sherri and Chelli are also survivors of pathological love relationships.  Not only do they bring their respective areas of expertise to the workshop, but they each bring deep empathy and understanding from their own lived experiences.

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Chelli and Sherri both serve on the Board of Advisors of the Association for NPD/Psychopathy Survivor Treatment, Research & Education. You can learn more about the Association here.