YLS Family Law Committee (10/5/23)

TOPIC: 

Introduction to actuarial pension valuations: Understanding the benefits and potential pitfalls in domestic relations matter

SPEAKER/ORGANIZATION: John C. Madden, Moon, Schwartz & Madden

John Madden is a partner at Moon, Schwartz, and Madden, a valuation consulting firm specializing in assisting individuals, family law attorneys, and their clients in valuing marital property interest in retirement benefits. Mr. Madden is qualified as an expert witness in actuarial pension valuations (including survivor benefits) as well as non-marital separate property tracings in the Superior Court of many counties in California, New Mexico and Illinois. He is a member of the “QDRONES” which is an organization of attorneys and valuation experts who specialize in issues related to the valuation and division of retirement benefits. Mr. Madden has also been a guest speaker at numerous family law conferences in Northern and Southern California and is a graduate of Temple University and was born in Philadelphia, PA

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