Abbie Frishman
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
United States
Profession(s)
Financial ProfessionalMs. 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.
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)