Comprehensive guide to revocable and irrevocable trusts covering structure, tax implications, Medicaid planning, and practical administration strategies for estate planners.
Master high-conflict divorce cases with a multidisciplinary playbook—covering asset identification, business valuation, support frameworks, and client conflict management—straight from attorneys, accountants, therapists, and financial planners.
How legal, financial, mental health, and valuation professionals collaborate across the full lifecycle of a divorce — from pre-filing through post-judgment — and how to identify, value, and protect complex assets including businesses, compensation packages, and digital holdings.
What Will You Gain
Practical tools to manage high-conflict client dynamics, reduce case delays, structure durable settlements, and advise clients on the short- and long-term financial consequences of divorce — including retirement planning and post-decree stability.
Key topics to be discussed:
The Full-Team Playbook: Examine how attorneys, forensic accountants, financial planners, and mental health professionals work in concert to drive strategy and outcomes across every stage of a complex divorce matter.
Follow the Money: Learn how to identify, document, and challenge the valuation of closely held businesses, executive compensation packages, and digital assets to build a stronger litigation and settlement strategy.
Manage the Room: Develop practical techniques to navigate high-conflict client behavior, improve decision-making under emotional stress, and foster co-parenting arrangements that hold up long after the decree.
Beyond the Decree: Gain a working framework for assessing the immediate and lasting financial consequences of divorce — from cash flow and tax impacts to retirement restructuring and long-term client stability.
Master irrevocable trust design, avoid costly income-tax traps, and build audit-ready documentation that protects clients and your practice from day one
Tax fraud enforcement is rising rapidly—with over $4.5 billion identified in fiscal year 2025, law firm owners must understand where legitimate planning ends and fraud begins.
Attendees will learn how to distinguish legitimate tax planning from abusive or fraudulent schemes using core legal principles and enforcement trends. They will understand why law firm owners are prime targets and how aggressive marketing tactics create hidden exposure. The program explains the IRS “Dirty Dozen” and the strategies most often challenged. Participants will also learn the financial, civil, criminal, and ethical consequences tied to improper tax positions.
What Will You Gain
Attendees will gain a practical framework for evaluating tax advice before implementation. They will be better equipped to identify red flags, question advisors effectively, and pause risky decisions. The program strengthens their ability to protect their firm, license, and reputation from audit and enforcement exposure. Participants leave with a defensibility-focused mindset designed to safeguard long-term professional and financial stability.
Key topics to be discussed:
Defining the legal boundary
Clarifies the line between legitimate tax planning and tax fraud, including key doctrines and why “gray area” strategies create serious exposure.
Enforcement & the Dirty Dozen
Explains the IRS’s enforcement priorities and the abusive schemes most likely to impact law firm owners.
Targeting high-income attorneys
Examines why sophisticated professionals are prime targets and how aggressive promoters market risky strategies.
Red flags & risk indicators
Identifies common warning signs such as excessive complexity, secrecy, guaranteed outcomes, and advisor conflicts.
Practical defensibility framework
Provides a structured method for evaluating tax advice to protect long-term wealth, licensure, and professional standing.
Financial, civil & ethical consequences
Outlines the real-world impact of improper tax positions, including penalties, audits, criminal risk, and reputational harm.
Date / Time: April 30, 2026
1:00 pm – 3:10 pm Eastern
12:00 pm – 2:10 pm Central
11:00 am – 1:10 pm Mountain
10:00 am – 12:10 pm Pacific
Closed-captioning available
2026-04-30 13:00:00
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