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When the Lawyer Is a Client

By Jonathan Tuggle
April 02, 2015

Almost half of all first marriages in the United States will end before the couple reaches their 20th anniversary. Lawyers are not immune to that statistic. In fact, given the demands our profession makes on our time, our attention, our energy and the stress that places on our personal relationships, the divorce rate among lawyers likely rivals that of any other profession.

At the same time, lawyers ' especially equity partners ' may have unique vulnerabilities, including the valuation and treatment of his or her ownership interest in the firm and the possibility that sensitive firm financial and other information is open to being made public.

This article offers the following considerations for those attorneys who are contemplating divorce:

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