Stress and Secondary Trauma in Family Law Professionals

Date: 1/11/2022, 12:00 - 1:00 CDT, Zoom Webinar

Video replays: January 28, 2022 at 12:00 noon, and February 18, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. CDT.
 

Agenda

12:00 – 12:05 Introduction
 

12:05 – 12:40 Stress, Secondary Trauma, and Compassion Fatigue

Karl Nastrom, M.A., J.D.

Karl Nastrom, Indian Child Welfare Law Center (ICWLC), explains:

• the stressors that attorneys, mediators and other professionals who work in the  volatile field of family law experience
• the principal sources of stress
• secondary trauma and compassion fatigue
• common reactions and responses to these
• implications for practice
   

12:40 – 12:55: Recognition and Referral

Bob Schuneman, M.B.A., J.D.
 

Bob Schuneman, Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers Outreach Coordinator, further illuminates the nature, signs and symptoms of secondary trauma and stress, providing suggestions, recommendations, and resources for attorneys and other professionals who find themselves or a colleague in this situation.
 

12:55 - 1:00: Q & A
 

1.0 Standard CLE (professional development) credit has been approved in Minnesota.

Minnesota CLE Event Code  No. 427963

1.0 Mediator CE credit approved in Minnesota. 

Per state CLE comity rules, CLE credit may also be claimed in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Guam, Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota and the Northern Mariana Islands.
 

$25. 

Zoom Webinar:  January 11, 2022 - 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. 

Video replays:

January 28, 2022 - 12:00 noon - 1:00 p.m. (CDT)

February 18, 2022 - 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  (CDT) Register

Karl Nastrom, M.A., J.D.

Karl S. Nastrom is an attorney licensed in Minnesota, Alabama, and California who has practiced family law, criminal defense, and intellectual property litigation at various times since 2001.  Most recently, he practiced family law in Santa Clara County, California for eight years, from 2013 through 2021.  In his family law practice, Mr. Nastrom represented clients ranging from indigent families to families with $100 million estates in trials, contested hearings, and settlement negotiations related to all aspects of family law, including child custody, child support, domestic violence, alimony, paternity, marital dissolution, property division, and marital and pre-marital agreements.  Mr. Nastrom also served as a court-appointed settlement judge in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County. Prior to his family law practice, Mr. Nastrom taught high school math in Mississippi and Maryland for five years and worked for two years as an Assistant Federal Defender for the Middle District of Alabama in Montgomery, Alabama, representing death row inmates in state and federal post-conviction proceedings, as well as federal criminal defendants. Mr. Nastrom also worked in Minneapolis for two years as an associate at Robins Kaplan Miller & Ciresi, LLP and served as a capital habeas graduate extern at the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama. Before attending law school, Mr. Nastrom served for four years as a U.S. Air Force Intelligence Officer. Mr. Nastrom holds a B.A. in Math and German from Macalester College, a J.D from the University of Michigan, an MA in Creative Writing from Newcastle University, and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi. Mr. Nastrom is currently employed at the Indian Child Welfare Law Center in Minneapolis.

Bob Schuneman, M.B.A., J.D. 

Bob Schuneman, is the Outreach Coordinator for Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Minnesota. He is a graduate of Mitchell Hamline School of Law and holds an MBA in Marketing from the University of Saint Thomas. Before becoming a lawyer, he was a business executive for many years. He taught business courses on graduate and undergraduate levels at Twin Cities colleges and universities for nineteen years. Before joining LCL, Bob practiced as a solo attorney in Woodbury, representing business and individual clients.