Welcome to DTP: Long Beach, 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
Johan Deprez
Principal Attorney/ Owner
Topic: Tax Law
Johan Deprez is a tax attorney who has been practicing law in California since 2001. Before starting his own law practice, Johan worked for a large multinational company, major accounting firms, and for more than eight years with Chief Counsel and Competent Authority of the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Johan Deprez earned his J.D. from Loyola Law School in 2001, where he graduated in the top 25% of his class and was on the Dean’s Honor List for 1999-2000 and 2000-2001. He was Articles Editor (2000-2001) and Staff Member (1999-2000) of the Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review. At Loyola, he won First Honors Award (top grade), Corporate Taxation II, Spring 2001. In 2005, Johan Deprez earned an advanced law degree (LL.M.) in taxation law from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles. Johan Deprez is admitted to practice law in the state of California, including all the state courts, and the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Originally from Belgium and growing up in Canada, Johan truly enjoys working on the international dimension of individual and business tax issues. Prior to becoming an attorney, Johan was an economics professor who taught at a number of American universities and published over 40 articles and book chapters in economics and law. He has a Ph.D. in economics from Rutgers University. Johan enjoys long distance running, travel, and fine food and wine.
DTP Long Beach, CA Chapter Leader
Maddie Merrill
Morgan Stanley
Phone: (562) 901-4388
eMail: madelynn.merrill@morganstanley.com
Maddie is a Financial Advisor who joined The Maize Group in 2020. After studying finance and economics at The University of Southern California, she started her career working as a Municipal Bond Analyst at Guggenheim Partners. While at Guggenheim Partners, she realized how much she missed connecting and helping others. Exploring other career options, she realized that advising was the perfect blend of her top two interests: capital markets and helping people.
Maddie’s approach to advising is based on who her clients are as individuals. Her investment recommendations are never the same from client to client because no two clients have the same set of financial circumstances. She finds joy in educating her clients and helping to find suitable solutions that fit their unique needs and wants. In Maddie’s mind, the guide to any client relationship is their financial plan. While many plans change over time, she prides herself on having timely communication with clients to ensure they always know she is looking after their assets so they can spend time living the life they love.
Maddie is an active member of her Alumni network and volunteers as a mentor at the USC Dornsife School of Economics. She also enjoys community involvement and is currently on the Board of Directors for the Seal Beach Chamber of Commerce. Before her career in finance, Maddie had a 15-year long career in athletics including earning a swimming scholarship to USC and qualifying for the 2016 United States Olympic Trials of Swimming in three events. In her spare time, she enjoys working out, reading, international travel, and considers herself a “foodie”. She lives in Seal Beach with her husband and black Labrador Retriever.
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.