Retirement Plans and QDROs: How to Make Your Practice More Valuable in Marital Dissolution Cases

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Recorded On: 05/21/2020

Join Tim Voit and learn the importance of effectively drafting QDRO's, advising attorneys on the division of retirement plans and accounts, and providing expert testimony. Avoid pitfalls such as thinking only attorneys can draft a QDRO or trying to divide an IRA with a QDRO. Topics to be discussed include:

Advising attorneys on the division of retirement plans and accounts.
Effectively drafting QDROs
Dos and don’ts of expert witness testimony
Mis-identifying plans
DROP, BackDrop, and pensions
Municipal pensions in divorce

Tim Voit

Certified QDRO Specialist, Certified QDRO Analyst

Tim Voit is the author of Retirement Benefits & QDROs in Divorce (published by CCH), as well as Federal Retirement Plans in Divorce—Strategies & Issues. He has prepared QDROs and valued pensions for nearly 30 years and taught at the International College courses specific to the preparation of QDROs. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and has has been qualified as an expert witness in both state and federal courts.

Mr. Voit has been retained in legal malpractice cases by the insurance carrier to reverse QDRO transfers and/or compute damages and is often called upon to lecture on liability issues. He has been interviewed and quoted in Forbes, BusinessWeek, NewsWeek, and Rueters. Mr. Voit has developed online courses for CCH, IOMA, and the International College, specifically the Introduction to QDROs in Divorce and Effectively Drafting QDROs in Divorce.