Gone are the days when about all an attorney could do to market his or her law firm was to buy a stack of very conservative business cards (engraved, of course) and take out a Yellow Pages listing – but not an ad. Today’s attorneys must be considerably more proactive than that. Fortunately, state bar…
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As a family law attorney, you likely have frequent occasions to represent clients seeking enforcement of their out-of-state divorce decrees and child and spousal support orders. While your CFL Designation for Divorce Practitioners gives you the advanced financial knowledge necessary to analyze their often complex orders, including such things as QDROs, you nevertheless need to…
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As a family law attorney, you know that your CFL Designation for Divorce Practitioners gives you the advanced financial knowledge necessary to understand and analyze your clients’ complex financial issues and documents. This is especially important when your client is half of a high net worth couple. But have you ever considered using your Certified…
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This is the third in our three-part series on the critical importance of the Requests for Production of Documents that as a divorce attorney you send to opposing counsel so as to gain financial information about your client’s spouse. After discussing RFPs in general, we next discussed the personal documents you should request. Today we…
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We recently discussed the critical importance of the Requests for Production of Documents that as a divorce attorney you send to opposing counsel so as to gain financial information about your client’s spouse. These documents are especially important when your client is half of a high net worth couple. Once you receive the documents, your…
DetailsComputing your divorce clients’ state and local taxes that often affect property settlement negotiations may have just become even more complicated. While your CFL Designation for Divorce Practitioners gives you the advanced financial knowledge necessary to understand federal and state tax issues, keeping up with the ever-changing tax laws can be problematic at best. Now,…
DetailsAs a divorce attorney, you know that the documents and other information you receive from opposing counsel during discovery can make or break your case, especially your complex high-asset cases. Unfortunately, many lawyers make the mistake of taking a one-size-fits-all-forever approach, using the same Requests list year after year for virtually all their cases. This…
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It is not unusual for many of your divorce clients to hold a real estate parcel in joint tenancy with their respective spouses. Should the couple wish to sell the property and split the proceeds, your CFL Designation for Divorce Practitioners gives you the advanced financial knowledge necessary to value it, determine each spouse’s interest,…
DetailsAs a practicing divorce attorney, you frequently draft property settlement agreements for your clients and your CFL Designation for Divorce Practitioners gives you the advanced financial knowledge to do so fully and competently. Oftentimes these PSAs include equitable division of the couple’s retirement accounts, whether or not either spouse is yet of the age to…
DetailsRecently, we discussed when and how to add a forensic accountant to your family law team. If you already have your CFL Designation for Divorce Practitioners, you have a good idea of the numerous documents your forensic accountant will need as quickly as possible so as to be able to get right to work on…
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