Archive: 2012

Smart Money Magazine recently published an article titled “10 Things Divorce Attorneys Won’t Say.” My response: If there are things divorce lawyers won’t tell their clients, it’s probably because they’re untrue.

Lawyers (maybe everyone…) likes to tell stories about the olden days.

The popular myth is that lawyer’s drag out cases to increase their fees. While I’m sure that this does happen on occasion, the myth is far over blown.

Smart Money’s divorce article (finally) has one correct.

We do say this to clients on occasion, but only in specific cases where there is more debts than assets – which, unfortunately, is all too common today.

Over the course of practicing family law for over 25 years (I started quite young, if you must know), the practice has been subject to various significant trends and changes. This is not your father’s practice.   Some of these trends have been positive, some neutral and some quite negative.  Let’s examine some of the main […]

Good divorce lawyers not only warn potential clients about plummeting income, but about the larger picture of likely financial sacrifices which are part of divorce.

Judges are not above the law, and Wisconsin needs a system for investigating allegations of judicial misconduct.

The emotional toll of a divorce is worse than the financial. We usually recommend that our clients be in counseling during a divorce.

For cases with a lot at stake or complex issues, a potential client should be less interested in cost and more interested in the skill and experience of the lawyer.