Program Details
2026-11-12 12:00:00
Over 1,000+ webinars
Course Overview
2026-11-12 12:00:00
2h CLE Credits
Intermediate
2
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ESTThis session guides family law attorneys through the full advisory arc for divorce clients who own cryptocurrency, from the first intake interview through an enforceable settlement agreement. Drawing on her experience litigating high-value property cases and writing on crypto divorce, board-certified family law attorney Kelly Burris explains which questions to ask at intake, how to classify and trace digital assets as marital or separate property, and how to select defensible valuation dates amid extreme price volatility. Attendees will examine the new Form 1099-DA reporting regime, cost-basis issues, and Section 1041 transfer rules, then turn to drafting settlement provisions covering on-chain transfer mechanics, wallet handoffs, tax indemnification, and post-decree staking income. Attorneys leave with an intake checklist, a classification framework, and model settlement language they can use immediately.
Kelly L. Burris 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm ESTThis session equips family law practitioners with a systematic, investigator’s approach to identifying, locating, and preserving cryptocurrency that a spouse may be concealing through self-custody wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, privacy coins, or offshore exchanges. Drawing on more than two decades as an IRS Criminal Investigation special agent—where he served as a designated cryptocurrency subject matter expert and traced digital assets in complex money laundering and darknet investigations—forensic accountant Robert Nordlander shows attendees how to read tax returns, Form 1099-DA filings, bank statements, and credit card records for crypto red flags, and how to match discovery tools to the asset: targeted requests and exchange subpoenas for custodial accounts, and device preservation for private wallets and seed phrases. He explains what blockchain tracing tools can and cannot reveal, when to escalate to a forensic expert, and how to build the evidentiary record that supports sanctions and post-decree remedies when digital holdings are hidden. Attorneys leave with a practical discovery triage protocol that moves from the paper trail to on-chain analysis.
Robert NordlanderKelly Burris is a Senior Litigation Partner in the Austin, Texas office of Cordell & Cordell, where she litigates property division in high-value cases, including multi-million dollar estates, along with complex custody and child custody relocation matters. She has written about cryptocurrency and divorce for Divorce Magazine and Family Lawyer Magazine, and The New York Times has quoted her on the complications cryptocurrency is creating in divorce cases. She is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Robert Nordlander is a forensic accountant with Nordlander CPA in Colfax, North Carolina, and a former special agent with IRS Criminal Investigation, where he spent more than two decades, served as a designated cryptocurrency subject matter expert, and traced digital assets in complex money laundering and darknet investigations. His firm examines divorce assets, uncovers hidden assets, and provides forensic accounting, financial investigation, and litigation support, including expert witness testimony.
Kelly Burris is a Senior Litigation Partner in the Austin, Texas office of Cordell & Cordell, where she litigates property division in high-value cases, including multi-million dollar estates, along with complex custody and child custody relocation matters. She has written about cryptocurrency and divorce for Divorce Magazine and Family Lawyer Magazine, and The New York Times has quoted her on the complications cryptocurrency is creating in divorce cases. She is Board Certified in Family Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Robert Nordlander is a forensic accountant with Nordlander CPA in Colfax, North Carolina, and a former special agent with IRS Criminal Investigation, where he spent more than two decades, served as a designated cryptocurrency subject matter expert, and traced digital assets in complex money laundering and darknet investigations. His firm examines divorce assets, uncovers hidden assets, and provides forensic accounting, financial investigation, and litigation support, including expert witness testimony.
Requirements
The Alabama State Bar MCLE Commission requires attorneys to complete 12 credits, including 1 ethics, by December 31 of each year. All credits must be reported by February 15 of the following year. A maximum of 12 credits, including 1 ethics credit, may be carried over for 1 year only.
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