Michele has been through a complicated divorce herself. During her case, many
financial issues such as undisclosed out of state business, hidden assets, and
"forgotten" accounts surfaced too late for her to benefit from. There were many ploys
during the proceedings, such as stall tactics and efforts to temporarily reduce his
income to distract and deplete her of any savings she had. The judge made decisions
on her case SIX years after the divorce. This settlement only awarded her 18% of her
marital assets! Much of this was due to the overwhelming amount of issues, missed
assets during the proceeding, and financial analysis wasn't completed prior to trial.
The ex was granted 82% of the marital assets. Her divorce attorney's ability to protect
her was limited. The judge failed to look at the short- and long-term effect and only
looked at the dollar amount.
Michele is passionate about assisting others by evaluating critical financial situations
that are beyond the scope of a Family Law Attorney's expertise. She empowers her
clients to make the most with their lives and money. Many of her clients come to her
feeling powerless, desperate, and discouraged. Michele's goal is to give them hope in
their situation and educate them on how to become independent and take control of
their financial lives. She understands the importance of having a divorce team, not just
legal counsel. She is able to analyze the numbers for division of assets, perform
various forensic applications to attempt to find hidden income and assets as well as
valuation of your business. She can assist you on putting together the documents the
courts ask you to complete of your income, expenses, assets and debts and many of
scopes of work. If you go to trial, she is able to produce reports to assist the court in
your case and testify to those reports
She holds a B.A. in Business with a specialization in finance, a Certification as a
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA), a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics
(MAFF) from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) from the
National Associated of Certified Valuators and Analysts. She is an Investment
Advisory Representative with advisory services offered through Portside Wealth
Group, LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.