| 11. Divorce Source: LAW PRACTICE - VALUATION OF CONTINGENT FEES
(�1999) The husband in this case was a lawyer who commenced work on some contingent fee cases before the wife initiated a divorce action. Rather than attempting to value each file, the trial court simply awarded
... 5.6%
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         | 12. Divorce Source: VALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
(�1999) It was an abuse of discretion to value the husbands medical practice by a capitalized earnings approach and to consider offers to purchase the practice which included amounts for covenants not to compete
... 5.6%
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         | 13. Divorce Source: DISTRIBUTIVE AWARD OF LAW PRACTICE
(�1998) Given the wifes relatively minimal role in the husbands law career, her distributive share of his practice should be reduced from 40% to 25%
... 5.6%
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         | 14. Divorce Source: CONTINGENT FEE CONTRACTS AS ASSETS OF A LAW PRACTICE
(�1997) When the law practice of a divorcing lawyer includes contingency fee cases, a number of difficult issues present themselves. Are contingent fee contracts marital property? If so, how should the marital
... 5.6%
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         | 15. Divorce Source: ASSETS OF LAW FIRM STARTED BEFORE MARRIAGE
(�1997) The husbands interest in the assets of his law practice must be classified as marital property without offsetting the value of his interest in his law firm assets at the time of the parties marriage
... 5.6%
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         | 16. Divorce Source: MINORITY DISCOUNT PARTNERSHIP INTEREST IN LAW FIRM
(�1997) The trial court did not abuse its discretion when it reduced the value of the husbands stock in his law firm by 20% because he held only a minority interest in the firm and the stock was not readily
... 5.6%
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         | 17. Divorce Source: LAW PRACTICE AND CONTINGENT FEES
(�1995) After the parties separated, the husbands law firm received a contingent fee of more than $13 million, and the husband received a partnership share of the fee. The trial court ruled that the husband
... 5.6%
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         | 18. Divorce Source: VALUATION OF LAW PRACTICES
(�1995) The good will of a law practice acquired during a marriage is marital property, but good will could not be included in the value of the husbands law partnership interest because the governing partners
... 5.6%
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         | 19. Divorce Source: UPDATE ON LAW PRACTICES AND EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION
(�1994) When a spouse with a successful law practice gets divorced, difficult classification and valuation problems are likely to be involved. Courts disagree on such problematic questions as the classification
... 5.6%
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         | 20. Divorce Source: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AS MARITAL PROPERTY
(�1994) Accounts receivable from husbands medical practice should have been included in the valuation of marital assets
... 5.6%
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