Let me start by stating the obvious: Aside from a few, super-aggressive, spotlight-loving, confrontation-seeking family-law attorneys (and you know who you are), nobody wants a divorce case to go to trial. As you’ll tell your clients, it’s the court, literally, of last resort.
Read MoreNot every divorcing couple has millions of dollars in assets to divide. It’s called “the one percent” for a reason.
Read MoreI help divorcing women. I help attorneys. How did I get into this? And how does this affect you?
Read MoreAs a family law attorney, you’ve chosen, as a career, an emotionally violent sport. Divorce is hard. It's challenging. You spend a good portion of your days seeing, and dealing with, people at their absolute worst. Unfortunately, they sometimes take it out on you.
Read MoreBut my specialty, my focus, is on women. Divorcing women. Why is that?
Read MoreAs a family-law attorney, you know all about divorce season. The new inquiries peak in January and February, year after year.
Read MoreSeeing how often improperly-completed AFIs can frustrate attorneys like you, I’ve created an all-new service: I’ll help your divorcing-women clients complete their AFI, within one week of getting the supporting documents (bank and credit-card statements, etc.).
Read MoreIn this issue, I’d like to discuss the biggest, most common mistakes I see in “completed” AFIs. Fixing these, mind you, comes with lots of benefits for you.
Read MoreOh. Have I got your attention? I thought that that headline would do it. Sure, it’s a bold claim. It’s also 100-percent true. Allow me to explain.
Read MoreThis might seem like a silly question. “Are you over-taxing your clients?” You’re not a tax collector. You’re not the IRS. You’re a family-law attorney. And no, I’m not talking about “taxing” in the figurative sense, like “putting a burden on them.” I’m talking about good old-fashioned death-and-taxes taxes.
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