The Divorce Terrorist Playbook: How to Counter High-Conflict Narcissists in Court

Welcome to Latte with a Lawyer—the essential podcast for attorneys navigating the industry's most complex challenges. This episode features Robyn Ginney, a partner at Hart Ginney who has built a unique practice specializing in what she calls "horrible, messy, nasty, litigious divorces." She focuses on cases involving high-conflict personalities, mental illness, and what she terms "divorce terrorism." Robyn shares her playbook for representing clients, often women who have been married for decades to wealthy, C-suite executives who feign poverty, telling them they can't spend '$100 on a purse' while secretly 'sitting on a hundred million dollars.' Robyn reveals her unconventional path to this niche, from a psychology major who wanted to profile serial killers to a crisis counselor working crime scenes. She explains why this background drove her to the "punishing side" of the law and how her personal experience with coercive abuse allows her to 'change the narrative' for judges who fundamentally misunderstand the case dynamics. She provides a masterclass in translating a client's experience of microaggressions into a coherent legal story, discussing why she loves being in court multiple days a week and how to thrive in the "mile wide and an inch deep" world of family law. Linkedin:   / robyn-ginney-76b1277   FIRM Website: https://hartginney.com/ Learn more about EmotionTrac and our AI-driven Emotional Intelligence Platform: https://legal.emotiontrac.com/