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How Using A Certified Divorce Financial
Analyst Can Strengthen Your Core Divorce Practice
This is a "Practice Builders" Teleconference
presented by the ABA General Practice Solo, Small Firm Division and an ABA-CLE. The
Purpose of this program is to provide divorce attorneys with the information on one
solution – The use of a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst in your practice.
This teleconference series has 5 parts, each one will provide you with information you
need to strengthen your practice.
The speakers of this series are: the Honorable Judge Kathleen McCarthy from Michigan, Frederic J. Siegel, the Co-Chair of the
Stamford/Norwalk Bar Association Committee on Law Practice Management, and Fadi Baradihi, the President and CEO of
the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts.
Part 1 - Use a Certified Divorce
Financial Analyst to help build your practice
This section introduces the listener to a Certified
Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA). Listen further to learn how a Family Law Attorney can
work with a CDFA and why using one will give your practice a competitive advantage and
increase client satisfaction. This section also offers key insights and perspectives from
a top Family Law Attorney and Judge.
Part 2 - How Attorney's Benefit
from Using a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst
This section describes some of the major benefits that
come from working closely on a divorce case with a CDFA. Listen further to learn when to
bring in a CDFA and explore the many ways you can use the financial skills a competent
CDFA will bring to your practice.
Part 3: The Judicial
Point of View
This section covers how a Judge is likely to perceive a
CDFA's involvement in a divorce proceeding. Listen further to learn how a Judge believes
using an outside expert to review the financial aspects of a divorce – tax
considerations, spousal support, pension analysis, property settlement issues - makes
their job much easier and settles cases more quickly.
Part 4: Common Financial
Pitfalls in a Divorce
This section describes some of the key financial mistakes
a couple can make with their Attorney when structuring a separation agreement. Listen
further as the CEO of the Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts runs down a list of the
most common pitfalls and how to use a CDFA to avoid these potential issues.
Part 5: Call Summary and Q & As
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