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Listen to this one: I recently worked on a divorce case in which the separating couple had agreed to bring in a neutral business valuation analyst, to help ascertain what the husband’s business was worth, in order to craft an equitable settlement that would include spousal maintenance. That’s a smart, prudent, and commendable move.

Let’s start with a simple set of facts: You bill by the hour. I do, too, but I also am compensated in other ways which give me a degree of flexibility on the clock that you don’t have.

In my last newsletter, I gave you what I hope is a good working overview of executive compensation such as stock options. I explained how this type of “payment” is purposely deferred, typically over a rolling period of several years, in order to incentivize the employee to stay with the company, and also help it grow, so that he or she can eventually cash in on its growth and heftier stock price.

I like to say that there are three parties in any divorce: The husband, the wife, and Uncle Sam. Because everyone agrees that the less we can give to that greedy uncle, the more that’s left for the remaining two parties.

Did you know that 69% of American women are living without a spouse or partner?

Julie had the great honor of being a guest on Nina Blaicher’s "See the Upside" Podcast.  She was able to share her insight on money and the myths that surround it.

I’m going to stick my neck out here and offer you something entirely free, something you’re guaranteed to find incredibly valuable, which will make you look like (even more of) a hero to your clients, with absolutely no obligation to engage me or my services whatsoever.

Imagine how a CPA and tax expert, like me, cringes when she hears people who are not tax experts, casually tossing around tax “advice.” Yup. I’m talking about family law attorneys. Let me count the ways...

Here’s a financial vocabulary word that many women facing divorce don’t understand: “fungible.” It means that items are basically interchangeable in value.