South Bay CPA’s & Collaborative Divorce

The Lakes Golf Course at El Segundo – Collaborative Divorce May 30, 2017, 8:30 am to 10:00 am. Bob Watts, Deborah Ewing and David Kuroda spoke recently to a breakfast meeting of South Bay CPAs. They met at the Lakes Golf Course Meeting Room and promoted the use of collaborative divorce for parties. Their goal was to promote collaborative divorce for their clients, but also to present collaborative divorce as a way of expanding their CPA practices. They were very well received and there was considerable interest. They also had an opportunity to talk about the A Better Divorce group. […]

Joseph Spirito – LACBA Chair

Joseph Spirito will be the chair of The Los Angeles County Bar Association’s family law section starting July 1, 2017.

David Yamamoto – LACBA Vice Chair

David Yamamoto will be the vice chair of The Los Angeles County Bar Association’s family law section starting July 1, 2017.

Collaborative Divorce Practice – LAX Chapter

David Kuroda, LCSW, Robert Watts, CPA, and Deborah Ewing, Esq. presented a talk about Collaborative Divorce Practice for the LAX Chapter of CalCPA, a CPA organization, on May 30, 2017.

Family Law Symposium

Improving the Mental Health of Children in Divorce Written by Alison Spirito & Joe Spirito The article can be viewed here in pdf format. This article was published in the 2017 Family Law Symposium.

The Phantom Returns

White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna and Hunt South Bay Study Group: The Phantom Returns Presented by: Warren Sacks, Wendy S. Jones and Philip M. Daigneault Phantom Income, Balance Sheet Issues IRMO Finby and the Tangled Web Financial Consultants Cases Create April 17, 2017, 5:30pm – 7:30pm This presentation covered how to value investment advisors / financial advisors and various legal and financial issues regarding transition bonuses as well as performance bonuses for division of assets as well as spousal and child support.

Converting your law practice from litigation to collaboration.

“Jim Hallett, an ABD collaborative attorney, will be presenting at the Statewide Collaborative Practice California (CPCAL) annual conference on April 28, 2017, as part of a pre-conference institute. He will be discussing marketing collaborative divorce – converting your law practice from litigation to collaboration.” website: www.jmhallettlaw.com

David Kuroda inducted in to the California Social Work Hall of Distinction

David Kuroda was inducted into th e California Social Work Hall of Distinction on October 15, 2016. Website: www.davidkuroda.com

Improving The Mental Health of Children in Divorce

Improving The Mental Health of Children in Divorce By Alison Spirito and Joseph P. Spirito, Jr. High-conflict behavior during divorce may have a more significant effect on children than divorce itself.[1] Children who witness their parents’ high-conflict divorces suffer from preventable mental and emotional health problems at significantly higher rates than children from intact families or even divorced families where the parents exhibit low or no conflict.[2] While litigation often normalizes high conflict, Collaborative Law and mediation consistently succeed in severing it from the divorce process by promoting consensual dispute resolution and drawing on the unique skills of child specialists […]

Sorrell Trope Family Law Trial Institute

Presented by: Los Angeles County Bar Association Distinguished Judges and Attorneys Title: “Trial Techniques” When & Where: March 11, 2017 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City Description: The Panel of Judges & Attorneys Presented on Trial Techniques for family law cases. Good + not-so-good demonstrations on how to present your clients case at trial.