Assembling the right professionals
Valuators, forensic accountants, financial neutrals, appraisers, therapists, and divorce coaches, each chosen for what this matter actually requires.
Private Family Counsel
One trusted advisor at the center of it all.
A complex divorce rarely involves only attorneys. There may be a business valuator, a forensic accountant, a wealth manager, an estate planning attorney, a therapist, a divorce coach, and a child’s school to consider. Each sees one piece. As private family counsel, Beth sees all of it, and makes sure every piece moves in the same direction.
What It Means
Counsel for the whole matter, not only the case.
Beth advises the individual, and when appropriate the family, on every decision the matter requires. She identifies which professionals are needed and when, introduces trusted colleagues or works with the ones already in place, sets the order of the work, and keeps everyone informed of what the others are doing. Her clients have one person who knows the whole picture and is accountable for it.
In Practice
What private family counsel looks like day to day.
Setting the sequence
What happens first, what can wait, and which decisions depend on others, so no one acts on incomplete information.
Keeping advisors aligned
Coordination with the client’s financial advisors, accountant, and estate planning attorneys, so tax, estate, and investment decisions fit the divorce strategy.
Protecting privacy across the circle
Clear rules for who knows what, how information is shared, and how every professional communicates securely.
Planning before anything is filed
For clients still deciding, a private framework for what to gather, whom to tell, and how to prepare.
Caring for the family system
Attention to children, extended family, and family business relationships, so the process protects the people as well as the assets.
When It Fits
Often the right choice when the matter has many moving parts.
- A business, family enterprise, or trust involves several advisors
- The family has relationships, reputations, or privacy to protect
- A client lives, works, or holds assets in more than one state or country
- Advisors are already involved and need one point of coordination
- A client wants a steady, senior perspective before deciding whether, or how, to proceed
Within Beermann
Beth’s Curated Team is the legal team she leads inside Beermann LLP. Private family counsel extends that same leadership to the wider circle of professionals around the family.
For referring professionals
For wealth managers, estate planning attorneys, and therapists, private family counsel means one attorney who keeps you informed and respects your relationship with the client.
“Periscope thinking. I look around the cornerto see what my clients are not thinking about yet.”
Bring the whole picture into one conversation.
A confidential first meeting with Beth’s office can clarify which professionals your matter needs, and in what order.
The scope of each engagement is defined in writing at the outset. Contacting Beth’s office does not create an attorney-client relationship. Representation is subject to conflicts checks and formal engagement procedures.