Abbie Frishman

7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 500
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
United States
Office Phone: 301-986-0600
Member since 2022
Membership Type: IACP

Profession(s)

Financial Professional

Ms. Frishman is the manager of divorce financial planning services at Councilor, Buchanan & Mitchell (CBM). She focuses her practice on assisting individuals, couples, and their attorneys to resolve the financial aspects of their divorce. Since 2017, she has been assisting individuals and couples in divorce financial planning and analysis for collaborative, mediated, negotiated, and litigated divorce cases. Her holistic approach covers many areas of the divorce process, including financial planning and analysis for support, division of property and retirement needs including cash flow, tax and retirement projections, budget analysis, financial asset division, non-marital property allocations, and tracing of assets. She is collaboratively trained and a trained mediator. She also assists individuals and young couples across broad areas of financial planning and financial consulting.

Ms. Niehoff has presented and published articles on a range of financial topics including collaborative divorce and financial planning for young couples.

Area(s) of Practice: Financial Professional, Mediator
License(s): CFP®, CDFA®

Professional Activities

Member, Financial Planning Association (FPA) Member, Insititute for Divorce Financial Analysts (IDFA) Member, International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) Member, Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia (CPNV) Member, Virginia Collaborative Professionals (VACP) Member, Howard County Collaborative Professionals (HCCP) Treasurer, Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals (CDRP) Member, D.C. Academy of Collaborative Professionals (DCACP)

Undergraduate Education

Towson University, 2017

Postgraduate Education

The George Washington University, 2018

Professional Education

Certified Financial Planner® Certificant (CFP®, 2021)
Mediation & Interest Based Negotiation Skills Training (2021)
Introductory Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training (2022)
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst® (CDFA®, 2022)