This program is eligible for 1 hour of CLE credit in 60-minute states. In 50-minute states, this program is eligible for 1.2 hours of CLE credit. Credit hours are estimated and are subject to each state’s approval and credit rounding rules.
Overview
This session explores the legal, strategic, and interpersonal challenges that arise during a “business divorce,” offering practical guidance for attorneys who counsel clients through ownership disputes, partner exits, and entity dissolutions. Attendees will learn how to identify early warning signs of partnership breakdowns, assess key governance documents, and craft exit strategies that protect client interests and minimize litigation risk. Topics include valuation disputes, fiduciary duty claims, non-compete and confidentiality issues, and navigating closely held business breakups in family-owned or professional firms. The session will also cover negotiation tactics, mediation and arbitration options, and recent case law shaping this volatile area.
Recorded in October 2025.
Faculty
Curtis L. Golkow, Esq.
Mr. Golkow is the founding member of Golkow Business Law LLC, a boutique law firm devoted to business, securities and finance law. For more than 35 years, his practice has concentrated heavily on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, capital-raising and other financing transactions, employment and compensation arrangements, and a wide array of other business and commercial matters. Mr. Golkow regularly counsels clients in the development and implementation of strategic plans, including business plans for start-up and expansion stage companies and succession plans for family businesses. He devotes a substantial portion of his practice to handling business divorces, often involving complex issues of corporate governance. He is a member of the American Bar Association and Philadelphia Bar Association, where he served on the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section and is a former Chair of its Mergers & Acquisitions Committee. Mr. Golkow is a frequent speaker and lecturer on business law topics. He received his J.D. in 1988 from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Journal of International Business Law, and received his B.S. in Economics, cum laude, in 1985 from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
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