A divorce case can present numerous landmines for the weary family law lawyer who may not necessarily focus on the future considerations that may flow from the conclusion of a marriage. Having practiced family law for the first part of my career, I am intimately familiar with the realities of high-asset and hotly contested divorce cases. Your client is in financial crisis with their generational wealth at stake, and child custody issues are playing out in real time with no clear answers on the horizon.

As a family law lawyer, you are the day-to-day guiding force and steward for your clients to help them not only navigate the emotional rollercoaster of a divorce, but also to help get them to a position of stability and security once the dust settles. Family law is a particularly nuanced area of the law that exposes lawyers to many different areas and issues. While pragmaticism as a lawyer is rewarded in real-time, there are some key items that trail the divorce case and that family law practitioners should be aware of when your client is a partner in a business partnership.