Then, you can breathe a little more comfortably with only 1,900 billable hours a year from that staff person. Gender Presumably we can agree that there are two genders. In most of the work we do, gender is not, and indeed should not be, an issue. However, in divorce work, I strongly recommend that you have a team that includes both genders. Because of the personal and emotional issues involved in this type of work, there are times when you will be much better served by having a female handle the account, and other times you will be better served by having a male handle the account.
Some people going through the divorce process want to have nothing to do with the opposite gender.
Considering what some people have endured in their marriages, and what they are subjected to in the divorce process, that is really not surprising. With the typical accounting client, a certain amount of chit-chat is good for the relationship and natural within the context of servicing that account. Also, because you are working with and for that client, there's nothing about chit-chat in particular that causes you to be overly concerned about conversations with that client and his or her personnel. However, it is a different situation on an investigative case. The staff must understand that if they are investigating a business while representing the nonbusiness spouse, it is extremely important how they conduct themselves, who they talk to, and what they say.