Contributor Bio: Carl Palatnik
Trained in 1994, when divorce financial planning was still in its infancy, Carl M. Palatnik, Ph.D., CFP®, CDFA™, AAMS has become one of the most experienced divorce financial planners in the country. He is founding president and executive vice president of the Association of Divorce Financial Planners, the largest professional not-for-profit association of divorce financial planning practitioners in the United States. He previously hosted the internet radio program “Divorce Talk,” broadcast on VoiceAmerica.com. Carl is a certified financial planner™ practitioner, a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst™ (formerly known as Certified Divorce Planner or CDP), an Accredited Asset Management Specialist, an NASD-Registered General Securities Principal and Branch Manager of the Mineola, NY office of Cadaret, Grant & Co., Inc., an NASD-registered broker/dealer. He has been consulted frequently and cited by the media on divorce planning issues and has lectured to other divorce professionals on a variety of financial topics. He has served on the advisory boards of Divorce Magazine, the College for Divorce Specialists and the NYU Divorce Project. He is on the editorial board of New York Family Law Monthly and has published numerous articles in New York Family Law Monthly, Divorce Magazine, DivorceInteractive.com and other financial publications.
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