Welcome to DTP: Woodland Hills, CA
PLEASE NOTE: THIS MEETING IS IN PERSON
Welcome to the Divorce Transition Professionals (DTP)
DTP was founded in 2017. Our primary Mission Statement that still holds true today is:
Making Divorce Just a Little Bit Easier™
We believe that this can be accomplished by bringing together amazing professionals all of whom have expertise in the divorce landscape and all of whom understand what it means to collaborate.
At each chapter meeting we bring you a top-notch speaker or program, providing on-going education, and an opportunity to network and collaborate with some of the best divorce professionals in your community. Our meetings are typically an hour. We respect that you are a busy professional and are sure to provide a compelling, productive meeting, the ultimate results of which will meet our goal of supporting folks as they go through divorce and in growing your business, concurrently.
This event is completely free to all FIRST-TIME attendees. It is an opportunity to learn more about the Divorce Transition Professionals.
If you are a professional with divorce expertise, please check us out.
There is nothing like DTP!
This Month's Program
Retirement Division Red Flags and QDRO Basics
Natasha Tang-Mendoza
QDRO Expert
Natasha Tang specializes in the preparation of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (“QDROs”) and has worked in the field since January 2013. In that time, she prepared thousands of QDROs for various retirement plans, including military, federal, public, and private plans. Additionally, she has reviewed and edited thousands of QDROs prepared by staff under her supervision and has been qualified as an expert witness on retirement benefit division and calculations in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Known for her meticulous attention to detail, Natasha excels in various methods of calculating retirement benefits, including estimated rate of return calculations, tracing calculations and present value calculations. Natasha is passionate about empowering individuals during challenging times using techniques she learned while obtaining her bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University, Los Angeles. She is committed to providing clear guidance and support throughout the process, making her a trusted resource in the realm of divorce and retirement division. Beyond her role at QDROCounsel, she is deeply committed to corporate social responsibility and volunteers her time to support individuals facing financial hardship and trauma. In addition to her substantive QDRO preparation experience, Natasha is a frequent speaker, teacher, and trainer on topics of QDROs, leadership, business management and divorce strategies. Recently, she led MCLEs for the Beverly Hills Bar Association and the National Business Institute. She has also presented at various educational institutions, including Bryan University and Norco College, and to professional associations for attorneys and other family law professionals, including California Association of Legal Document Assistants (CALDA), Vesta and Divorce with Dignity. Natasha began her career in QDRO preparation working at QDRO Benefits Law Group, a firm owned and operated by Louise Nixon, a nationally renowned QDRO expert. The apprenticeship with Ms. Nixon, which lasted over a decade, led to her present expertise in retirement benefit division. While at QDRO Benefits Law Group, Natasha prepared numerous QDROs pro bono for clients of the Harriett Buhai Center for Family Law. Beginning in 2017, Natasha worked with Ms. Nixon and others to develop QDROCounsel, a software platform that automates the drafting of QDROs. As a QDRO Expert, she developed master QDRO templates for hundreds of retirement plans and worked with software developers to turn those templates into software. Natasha is the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Training for QDROCounsel. She co-created QDROCounsel’s case management system to help democratize access to QDRO services, which are frequently expensive and thus out of reach for a vast majority of litigants. Natasha is also the Director of Legal Services at the Center for Access to QDROs (“the Center”), an IOLTA-funded 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports legal aid organizations, self-help centers, and low-income litigants in California and Nevada with QDRO services. QDROCounsel donates an exclusive license to the software she helped create to the Center, which the Center makes available to legal aid and self-help center staff and uses internally to draft QDROs. She supervises all the client work performed at the Center and ensures the staff provides the highest quality QDRO services to legal aid partner organizations and their litigants.
Natasha Tang-Mendoza
Chief Operating Officer | QDRO Expert
Tel.: (833) 355-7376; ext. 202 or (626) 407-2896
Fax: (833) 883-6222
natasha@qdrocounsel.com
https://qdrocounsel.com/book-a-consultation-nt/
DTP Woodland Hills Chapter Leader
Gary Weiss CPA
Gary Weiss, Certified Public Accountant
Phone:(805) 874-2001
eMail: gary@garyweisscpa.com
We believe in the value of relationships. We view every client relationship like a partnership, and truly believe that our success is a result of your success. We are committed to providing close, personal attention to our clients. We take pride in giving you the assurance that the personal assistance you receive comes from years of advanced training, technical experience and financial acumen.
We provide a variety of services including:
Income Tax Preparation for all types of businesses, and individuals
IRS and State Audit Representation
Payroll Reporting
QuickBooks® setup, support and training
Business startup services
Monthly bookkeeping
Financial statements – making sure your financial records are timely and accurate
Our continual investment of time and resources in professional continuing education, state-of-the-art computer technology and extensive business relationships is indicative of our commitment to excellence.
DTP President & Founder
Neil Palache
The Wealth Creator Company For Women
Phone: (818) 606-7327
eMail: neil@thewealthcreatorcompany.com
Neil Palache is dedicated to empowering women as is shown by his involvement in many community and business organizations such as the National Association of Women Business Owners Ventura County, Women’s Economic Ventures and the International Women’s Festivals Santa Barbara. He has also started several groups such as the Money Mastermind for Women™ and the Divorce Transition Professionals™. Neil has been married to Stacie since 1987, has three beautiful children and lives and works in Westlake Village, California.