Upcoming events

    • 13 Mar 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ March 13th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.


    Gerard Zielinski, CDFA®

    QDRO Creativity


    Gerard is a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA®) and mediator who has spent the last 15 years providing individuals, couples, and family law attorneys with financial tools, resources, and expertise incident to divorce. Gerard specializes in the valuation and division of retirement benefits including Military Retired Pay and the Federal Service Retirement Systems. With over 5000 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders drafted, Gerard is a retirement plan expert with key competencies in plan terms, division options, valuation, taxes, survivorship issues and benefit election options. Whether he is working in the role of retirement plan expert, neutral financial specialist or as an advocate for one party, Gerard prides himself on helping his clients achieve their short and long-term financial goals by giving them the power to make well informed financial decisions before, during and after divorce.

    Gerard is a Graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Finance). Along with receiving his CDFA® designation in 2013, he became a certified domestic relations mediator through the Mediation Training camp; Consultation Institute in 2014. Gerard is also a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals as well as the Divorce Financial Planning Training Center.

    When Gerard is not outdoors with his beautiful wife and 4 children or coaching youth sports, he is focused on bringing awareness to his profession and the impact a Divorce Financial Specialist can have.

    • 08 May 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ May 8th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.


    Please join us for our NGD Virtual Membership Meeting, we will be meeting in Matthew Thatcher's zoom room where we can virtually network, discuss cases, ask questions and support each other.

    • 12 Jun 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ June 12th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.

    Thabatta S. Mizrahi

    Special Needs Child Consultant

    Special Needs Considerations in Collaborative Cases

    Please join us for our NGD Virtual Membership Meeting,
    we will be meeting in Matthew Thatcher's zoom room.


    Thabatta S. Mizrahi is an educator having over two decades of expertise in neurodiversity, special needs, child advocacy, learning development and curriculum design.

    She graduated from the University of Miami Cum Laude with dual specializations in Exceptional Education and Psychology. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from New York University with a master’s degree in Special Education- Varying Exceptionalities. A state and nationally certified educator in exceptional education, she also holds an educational certificate from Israel’s Ministry of Education.

    Thabatta has applied her skills in the United States and abroad providing consulting services in Israel and Brazil, where she created community, home, and educational programs from the ground up for organizations, families, and schools internationally through her own educational consulting company, ThabattaSM Consulting.

    In South Florida, and in Brazil, Thabatta’s leadership positions focused on varying components of social, emotional and educational aspects of child and adolescent development, with a particular focus on family support, professional development, curriculum enhancement and development of special services in schools, community centers, and clients’ homes.

    Her community service includes serving on the advisory committee The Social Cog from its inception, promoting social inclusion opportunities for adults with special needs. She was among the final 15 applicants selected from the United States and Canada to participate in a two-year Educational Leadership Program through the William Davidson Graduate School of Jewish Education.

    Her studies and experience in these roles have nourished her knowledge and interest in child and adolescent development and neurodiversity. It has also fueled her unwavering pursuit to advocate and educate in the area of special needs. Thabatta has presented at conferences and led workshops on various topics related to special needs/education/services and professional development internationally and is trusted and recognized by colleagues and clients for her passion, dedication and innovative perspective, particularly when it comes to children with special needs and their families.

    Most recently, having completed training in Collaborative Divorce, Thabatta has presented with colleagues for Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals (FACP), International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP), and Collaborative Divorce Solutions of Orange County (CDSOC) on the crucial role of collaborative in divorce involving families with children with special needs. She hopes to support collaborative teams with her expertise in special needs, in her role as Special Education Consultant and Collaborative Specialist for Children with Special Needs.


    • 10 Jul 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Zoom - Link in event emails.
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ July 10th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.


    Please join us for our NGD Virtual Membership Meeting, we will be meeting in Matthew Thatcher's zoom room where we can virtually network, discuss cases, ask questions and support each other.

    • 11 Sep 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ September 11th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.


    Please join us for our NGD Virtual Membership Meeting, we will be meeting in Matthew Thatcher's zoom room where we can virtually network, discuss cases, ask questions and support each other.

    • 09 Oct 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ October 9th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.


    Please join us for our NGD Virtual Membership Meeting, we will be meeting in Matthew Thatcher's zoom room where we can virtually network, discuss cases, ask questions and support each other.

    • 11 Dec 2026
    • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    • Zoom - Link in event emails.
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    Next Generation Divorce Virtual Member Meeting

    Friday ~ December 11th 2026 ~ 12:00 p.m.


    Please join us for our NGD Virtual Membership Meeting, we will be meeting in Matthew Thatcher's zoom room where we can virtually network, discuss cases, ask questions and support each other.