Legally Speaking Podcast

The Powerful Role of Religion in Family Law - Jacqueline Harounian - S4E11

May 31, 2021 Legally Speaking Podcast™ Season 4 Episode 11
Legally Speaking Podcast
The Powerful Role of Religion in Family Law - Jacqueline Harounian - S4E11
Show Notes

This week on the Legally Speaking Podcast, our host Robert Hanna speaks to Jacqueline Harounian.

Jackie is an influential New York divorce attorney and mediator, working as a Partner at Wisselman, Harounian & Associates.

With degrees in both law and behavioural forensic psychology, she's worked in family law for over 25 years.

She's won numerous awards for her work, and has worked on multiple cases involving issues like domestic violence, substance abuse, high net worth asset disputes, religious complications and much more.

She's also a successful author, has performed extensive pro bono work for The Safe Center, and lectured regularly at the Hofstra School of Law for over a decade.

In this episode, she discusses:

  • How domestic violence, economic power imbalances and religion intersects, further fuelling the contemporary divorce epidemic
  • Why religion remains a key complication in modern divorces 
  • How divorce law has changed in recent decades
  • Her tips on getting into family law as a career

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