Michael McHugh, (Lawyer)
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I help families and individuals safely navigate life's most difficult transitions. As an active collaborative practitioner, I am dedicated to helping clients, their spouses, and their children respectfully resolve their issues in a client controlled and safe environment. In each case, we work together to help reduce the stress associated with the traditional divorce model, and seek to promote better communication and family relationships.
Collaborative Services
Together with two other practitioners, I was one of the first trained collaborative attorneys in Virginia (2002) and have sponsored trainings to expand collaborative practice in Virginia. I have practiced in various collaborative models, most recently with the full interdisciplinary team that I believe provides famlies the full support they need to make the smoothest transition possible through the divorce process. I recently trained to become a trainer in the collaborative divorce model, and look forward to teaching and mentoring new collaborative professionals.
Professional Activities
CURRENT:
Understanding Domestic Violence and the Challenges in Getting it Right
PRIOR:
Collaborative Practice Training
| Year | Course Title | Instructor | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic/ Introductory Collaborative Law or Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training. | |||
| 2002 | Basic Collaborative Law Training | Sherri Slovin | 12 |
| 30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills | |||
| 2008 | Mediation Training | Morrison, Richards, Rubin | 30 |
| Additional 15 hours Intermediate/ Advanced interest-based negotiation, communication skills, collaborative, or basic professional coach training | |||
| 2012 | Working with Mixed Orientation Couples | I was instructor | 1 |
| 2012 | The Infinity Loop | Smollar | 1 |
| 2012 | Navigating Asset Valuation Pitfalls | Mitlehner/Schleifman | 1 |
| 2012 | Fees in Collaborative Cases | Ravdin | 1 |
| 2009 | IACP Forum | I was instructor | 1.5 |
| 2008 | IACP Forum | I was instructor | 1.5 |
| 2006 | Intermediate Collaborative Law Training | Stu Webb | 8 |
| Annual 4 hours collaborative continuing education (basic, intermediate, or advanced) | |||
| 2022 | Understanding the 5 Conflict Modes at Play in Our Mediation and aborative Case | Amy Kales, Jonathan Kales, and Donne Colton | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Transitioning Clients in Collaborative Divorce | Michael McHugh, Esq. and Teresa Cole, Esq. | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Targeted Tools to Resolve Complex Collaborative Impasses | Carl Mitlehner, CFP®, Sue Soler, LCSW, and Jennifer Bradley, JD | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Solid Foundations - How to build Practices and Teams That Withstand the Storms | CPNV: Debbie Beach, LCSW, Steve Goldman, JD & Don Paris, CPA, MST, CDFA | 1.5 |
| 2022 | If You See Something, Say Something – Navigating Complex Asset Matters During the Collaborative Process | Jamie Blum and Jordan Egert | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Divorcing your Sspouse, but staying married to Uncle Sam | Sarah Avila, CFP®, CDFA® | 1.5 |
| 2022 | Collaborative Clients: When Kumbaya is Not Enough. | Barbara Burr, Esq. | 1.5 |
| 2022 | A Parent’s Mental Illness Should Not Prevent a Successful Parenting Plan | Stephanie Smith, JD, and Patrice Garver, MHP | 1.5 |
| 2021 | VIRGINIA’S UNIFORM COLLABORATIVE LAW ACT: WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE | CPNV: Jennifer A. Bradley, JD; Anne (Jan) W. White, JD; Karen L. Keyes, JD | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Understanding Domestic Violence and the Challenges in Getting It Right | CPNV: Viola Vaughan-Eden, PhD, MJ, LCSW | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Transform Them | CPNV: Jonathan Foust, MA, CSA | 1.5 |
| 2021 | The Flexible Potential of the Child Specialist Role | CPNV: Natalie Goldberg and Lisa Herrick | 1.5 |
| 2021 | NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE | DCACP: Barbara Burr, Esq.; Natalie Goldberg, LCSW | 1.5 |
| 2021 | ADULT ADHD IN COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE: A POWERFUL, UNDER-RECOGNIZED X FACTOR | CPNV: Kate Scharff, PhD | 1.5 |
| 2020 | The New Normal | CPNV: Steve Goldman & Patrice Garver | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Prenups, the Collaborative Way | CPNV: Michael McHugh & Lynn Fletcher | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Full Disclosure of Adultery in Collaborative | Goldman and Ginsberg | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Dialectical Behavior Therapy | CPNV: Britt Rathbone, LCSW-C | 3 |
| 2019 | Women & Financial Wellness: Beyond the Bottom Line | CPNV: Peter Gorman, CFP & Rod Brandon, CRPC | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Parent Child Contact Problems and applying collaborative principles. | CPNV: Patrice Garver, Ph.D. & Lynn Hawkins, Esq. | 1.5 |
| 2019 | Managing Client Expectations About the Collaborative Process | CPNV: Jennifer Bradley, JD, Debbie Beach, LCSW, Caroline Girgis, JD, CDFA, & Dwayne Grady, CFP, CDFA | 1.5 |
| 2019 | ASD/Neuro-diversity in the Family: How to better understand the neuro-diverse adult client (and their neuro-diverse children) | CPNV: Jamell White, Ph.D., LCSW-C | 1.5 |
| 2019 | A Collaborative Case Study | CPNV: Lisa Herrick, Ph.D., Lynn Fletcher, JD & Jennifer Bradley, JD | 1.5 |
| 2018 | Spiritual Journeys in a Material World: Thoughts about Spirituality for Divorce Professionals | CPNV: Larry Gaughan | 1.5 |
| 2018 | Collaborative TEAM protocols: How the TEAM establishes an environment of thinking and reasoning | CPNV: Christine Hissong and Mary Szpanka | 1.5 |
| 2018 | Avoiding Financial Errors in Divorce Settlement | CPNV: Adam Morgan, CFP, CDFA, MBA | 1.5 |
| 2017 | Where are we now in Collaborative Divorce: A Short Film and Discussion | Al Bonin, JD, Phyllis Miller Palombi, LMFT, and Paul Smollar, JD | 1 |
| 2017 | What Does Neutrality Look Like | Lisa Herrick, PhD, and Natalie Goldberg, LCSW | 1 |
| 2017 | Stop Driving at the End of Your Hood | I was instructor with Patrice Garver, Ph.D. and Erika Schleifman, CFP CDFA | 1 |
| 2017 | Divorce Options Program Overview | Rona Hitlin-Mason, LPC, Cherise Loy, JD, and Charlie Rowan, JD | 1 |
| 2017 | Business Valuations in Collaborative Divorce | Erika Schleifman, CFP CDFA and Jennifer Bradley, JD | 1 |
| 2016 | What to Share with Collaborative Clients | Keyes/Lee/Bradley | 1 |
| 2016 | Is One Client Controlling the Team | I was the instructor. | 1 |
| 2016 | Gray Divorce | Szpanka, D'Ari, and Pendzich | 1 |
| 2016 | Discernment Counseling - to Divorce or not to Divorce | Hitlin-Mason | 1 |
| 2016 | Abuse and Addiction in Collaborative Cases | Bonin, Herrick, Moher | 1 |
| 2015 | My Daddy Has a Special Friend and My Mommy is Always Sad | Nackman | 1 |
| 2015 | Ethical & Practical Considerations for Virginia Collaborative Law Practice | Hayden | 1 |
| 2015 | Employee Benefits: What the Employee and Spouse Need to Know | Schliefman & Lindahl | 1 |
| 2015 | Collaborative Premarital Agreements | I was the instructor. | 1 |
| 2014 | Seven Structural Elements of a Successful Marriage | Gaughn | 1 |
| 2014 | Professional Profiles in Collaborative | Smollar | 1 |
| 2014 | Brainstorming | Taub / Mitlehner | 1 |
| 2013 | Parental Alignment, Estrangement and Alienation | Zuckerman | 1 |
| 2013 | Brandenburg, Keeling and Division of Hybrid Property | I was the instructor. | 1 |
| 2013 | Alcohol and Drug Addictions in Collaborative | Beauregard | 1 |
| 2012 | Team Collaboration in a Difficult Case | Fletcher/Miller | 1 |
| 2012 | Expanding Collaborative to Lower Income Families | Hirsch/Eckstein | 1 |
| 2011 | Three Day Interdisciplinary Team Training (Northern Virginia) | I was instructor | 21 |
| 2011 | Three Day Interdisciplinary Team Training (Chapel Hill) | I was instructor | 20 |
| 2011 | Three Day Interdisciplinary Team Training (AOC) | I was instructor | 20 |
| 2010 | Mediation Training | I was instructor | 15 |
| 2009 | Two Day Interdisciplinary Training | I was instructor | 12 |
| 2009 | Three Day Interdisciplinary Team Training | I was instructor | 20 |
| 2008 | Train the Trainer | Rick Shields | 20 |
| 2007 | Train the Trainer | CDTT | 32 |
| 2006 | Basic Interdisciplinary Training | Pritchard, Ross, et al | 20 |
| 2003 | Basic Collaborative Law Training | Pritchard / Carter | 12 |
| 1994 | Mediation Training | Frank Morrison | 20 |