Investigating & Litigating Cases of Child Psychological Maltreatment

Ashish Joshi | Joshi Attorneys + Counselors

Ashish Joshi is the owner and managing partner of Joshi: Attorneys + Counselors. He serves as the lead counsel in high-stakes, complex family law and divorce cases, focusing on issues related to intimate partner violence, parental alienation, child psychological maltreatment, and international child abduction. He has counseled and/or represented clients in state and federal courts across the United States and internationally, including in India, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, British Virgin Islands, and China.

Mr. Joshi has been admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, state bars of New York, Michigan, the District of Columbia, and Gujarat, India. Mr. Joshi serves as a senior editor of Litigation, the flagship journal of the ABA’s Section of Litigation. He is a contributing author to Parental Alienation: Science and Law (Charles C. Thomas, 2020) and author of Litigating Parental Alienation: Evaluating and Presenting an Effective Case in Court (ABA, 2021).

In 2024, the Michigan Supreme Court appointed Mr. Joshi to serve on the Michigan Judicial Council.

I. Defining Emotional and Psychological Maltreatment | 3:00pm – 3:20pm

II. Identifying Subtypes and Indicators of Psychological Abuse | 3:20pm – 3:40pm

III. Trauma and Its Impact on Children and Professionals | 3:40pm – 4:00pm

Break | 4:00pm – 4:10pm

IV. Investigating and Litigating Psychological Maltreatment Cases | 4:10pm – 4:30pm

V. Effective Remedies and Interventions | 4:30pm – 4:50pm

VI. Bias, Myths, and Misconceptions in Child Abuse Cases | 4:50pm – 5:10pm