Dispute Resolution Counselor

The Dispute Resolution Counselor is a newsletter for users of business valuation, litigation, and mediation services, published by David Melton & Associates.

Jan97

• What are 10 of the most common mistakes found in business valuation reports?
• Benefits of using a joint or court-appointed expert
• When is Mediation a success?

• Who decides which individuals are qualified to perform business valuations?
• Premarital Agreements - Part 1
• Was Sgt. Joe Friday a good mediator?

• How is the "value" of a business defined?
• Premarital Agreements - Part 2
• Recognizing negotiating styles - Part 1

• Where do they come up with those capitalization rates?
• How accounting experts determine the amount of lost profits in a lawsuit
• Recognizing negotiating styles - Part 2

• Preparing a business for sale
• Managing financial information in complex lawsuits
• Preparing to negotiate

• Using family limited partnerships to reduce taxable gifts and estates by 45%
• Should CPAs represent existing clients in marital dissolutions?
• Using binding arbitration for financial disputes under $50,000

• Standards of value used in Colorado divorce cases
• How do you properly threaten someone?

• Buying a business - caveat emptor
• Welcome to the Roaring Fork Valley, embezzlement capital of Colorado
• Deadlock - Part I

• Asset tracing to establish the existence of separate property in a marital dissolution - Part 1
• Deadlock - Part II

• Asset tracing to establish the existence of separate property in a marital dissolution - Part 2

• When should a non-moneyed spouse not sign a pre-marital agreement?

• Buying a professional practice

• Arbitration of valuation disputes

• Don't try another divorce case involving separate property without this book!

• Preserving separate property between separation and trial dates

• A CPA's observations on white collar crime in the Roaring Fork Valley

• Forensic accounting in a divorce

• Expert's reports

• Settling the financial issues in a divorce

• How income taxes affect property settlements

• Dividing retirement assets upon divorce

• Should Divorcing Spouses file Joint Returns?

• David Melton & Associates launch Assettracing.com Website

• Asset Tracing Discussed at Annual Law Conference

• Why does it cost so much to get a divorce?