Welcome to the Financial Advisor Success Podcast, where you go behind the scenes with

financial planner, speaker, and consultant Michael Kitsis to hear stories of how leading

financial advisors navigated the inevitable challenges that arise on the path to success

and get insight from leading industry consultants about how to break through to the next

level in your advisory business. And now here's your host, Michael Kitsis. Welcome, everyone.

Welcome to the 288th episode of the Financial Advisor Success Podcast. My guest on today's podcast is

Patrick Kilbain. Patrick is a partner and the director of the Divorce Advisory Group

for Oman Walth Partners, an independent RIA based in Jacksonville Beach, Florida that oversees

800 million in assets under management for about 350 client households. What's unique about Patrick,

though, is how he stepped away from a successful career as a family law attorney to transition into

becoming a financial advisor who

specializes in divorce with a unique value out of being able to work collaboratively with

his former legal colleagues to provide support services for new clients who are going through

the divorce process. In this episode, we talk in depth about how and why, after almost a decade

of practicing family law and helping clients

through divorce, Patrick made the transition to a financial advisor to better help his clients

navigate the financial challenges that come with divorce. How Patrick leverages the professionalism

trusts and the connections that he built as a lawyer to gain referrals for him in his advisory

firm. And while he doesn't give any formal legal advice to clients,

Patrick is able to utilize his knowledge of the law to offer specialized assistance to divorcing clients

so they can better prepare for meetings with their lawyers during divorce proceedings.

We also talk about how after reading Rich Dad Poor Dad while in college, Patrick realized his interest in

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