Joan Coullahan, (Affiliate member - Financial Advisor)
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Joan Coullahan is The Financial Divorce Expert, a title earned from over 20 years of creating specialized calculations and financial information for the use of clients, mediators and attorneys during the divorce process. She is a Certified Financial Divorce Specialist, who specializes in analyzing the financial issues of the divorce process and educating couples and individuals about their present and future financial lives. As her practice is limited exclusively to the financial issues during divorce, she also has a great deal of expertise, knowledge, and experience regarding retirement plans, calculation of plan assets, and the division of plans in divorce. She is an author, speaker, and educator, offering classes and workshops which address the many financial issues of the divorce process. Joan has also co-authorized a book, Financial Custody: You, Your Money and Divorce, contributed content to several other books and has authored numerous articles and a blog. Mrs. Coullahan received a Bachelor of Science, Business from the University of Maryland and a Master of Business Administration from Shenandoah University. She has testified as an expert witness in the Circuit Courts of Alexandria County, Fairfax County, Loudoun County and Prince William County, Virginia, Montgomery County, Maryland, and Nashville, Tennessee.
Collaborative Services
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Collaborative Practice Training
| Year | Course Title | Instructor | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic/ Introductory Collaborative Law or Interdisciplinary Collaborative Team Training. | |||
| 2003 | Introductory Collaborative Practice Training | Can't Recall | 16 |
| 30-Hr Interest-Based Negotiation & Mediation Skills | |||
| 2021 | Beyond Spreadsheets and Cash Flow | May/Taub | 1 |
| Additional 15 hours Intermediate/ Advanced interest-based negotiation, communication skills, collaborative, or basic professional coach training | |||
| 2016 | What to Share with Collaborative Clients | Keyes/Bradley/Lee | 1.5 |
| 2016 | Challenge of Addiction or Substance Abuse in a Collaborative Case | Herrick/Moher/Bonin | 1.5 |
| 2011 | Advanced Collaborative Law Training - Marketing Your Practice | Can't Recall | 4 |
| 2006 | Advanced Collaborative Law Training | Stuart Webb | 8 |
| Annual 4 hours collaborative continuing education (basic, intermediate, or advanced) | |||
| 2023 | Tax Considerations for Collaborative Divorce Settlements | VaCP Clubhouse: Sallie Mullins Thompson, CPA | 1 |
| 2023 | Home on the Range – Current Approaches and Solutions to The Marital Home | CPNV: Jane Rowny & Jordan Egert | 1.5 |
| 2023 | Divorce Options Presentation | CPNV: I was Financial Neutral in presentation | 1 |
| 2022 | The ABC's of Different Financial Experts in Divorce - Forensic Accountant, Business Valuator, Collaborate Law Financial Neutral, CDFA and Financial Mediator | IDFA | 1 |
| 2021 | Transform Them | Jonathan Foust | 1.5 |
| 2021 | Divorce Options | CPNV Members | 18 |
| 2021 | Beyond Spreadsheets & Cash Flow | Debbie May & Robin Taub | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Unveiling the Unspoken Truth; The Financial Challenges Women Face Before and After Divorce | National Association of Divorce Professionals, presented by Avani Ramnani, CFP | 1 |
| 2020 | The New Normal | CPNV: Steve Goldman & Patrice Garver | 1.5 |
| 2020 | Keep The Dream, Lose The Nightmare; 7 Must Knows For Medicare and LTC Planning | Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts Presented by Cathy Sikorski, JD | 1 |
| 2019 | Parent Child Contact Problems and applying collaborative principles | Patrice Garver, Ph.D. & Lynn Hawkins, Esq. | 1.5 |
| 2018 | Creative “Out-of-Court’ Process Options: How to Keep Our Work Effective and Ethical? | Debbie May CPA, CFP®, CDFA®, Sue Soler LCSW-C, LICSW, Suzy Eckstein JD | 1 |
| 2018 | And They Lived Happily Ever After… | Carol Miller, Ph.D, J. Christopher Brown, Elizabeth Gray, Steve Metzler | 1 |
| 2017 | What Does Neutrality Look Like? | Herrick and Goldberg | 1 |
| 2017 | Update On The Divorce Options Program | Rowan Loy and Hitlin-Mason | 1 |
| 2017 | Stop Driving at the End of Your Hood | McHugh, Schleifman and Garver | 1 |
| 2017 | Creating the Conditions for Growth As We Help Our Clients Navigate Separation and Divorce | Lisa Herrick and Kate Scharff | 6 |
| 2017 | Development of a Film on Collaborative Divorce | Pallombi | 1 |
| 2016 | Grey Divorce | Pendzich/Szpanka/D'Ari | 1.5 |