so i’m a cpa in addition to an attorney

um and some people ask hey why do you

need a an accountant when it comes to

divorce law you know this is all about

kids but actually

it has a lot to do about money and my

background originally is

i was a forensic accountant for about

four years and that was after law school

i really enjoyed that type of work and i

was doing that for a lot of matrimonials

we were looking into the books and

records of people trying to figure out

if there was misappropriation of funds

trying to identify assets understanding

the universe of estates so i worked for

an accounting firm

that had lawyers who were forensic

accountants who would do that for

matrimonials fraud investigations all

sorts of work and i was doing that a lot

for matrimonials specifically for mr

clare and he said hey do you like this

whiteboard come join me as a matrimonial

attorney

i said really and he said yeah you can

do this for me and

you’ll enjoy it a lot more doing it in

the context of seeing the entire case so

i went from being a forensic accountant

to a divorce lawyer

and i’m able to use my skills as an

accountant and a former forensic

accountant to really understand the

assets in a case that helps me and helps

our client and really helps our team

here to to get a hold of what we’re

dealing with and i’m able to communicate

with our experts and our other

accountants because i speak their

language so to speak

um and i’m able to understand what they

want and what we need to give them to

maximize the benefit for our client