January 16, 2010
Joseph E. Cordell is the Principal at Cordell and Cordell, P.C., which he founded in 1990 with his wife, Yvonne. Mr. Cordell is licensed to practice in the states of Illinois and Missouri. He received his B.S. in Accountancy from Oklahoma State University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. He is a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He holds a Missouri CPA license. Mr. Cordell received his LL.M from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. 
He is the founder of DadsDivorce.com, a popular website for divorced and divorcing fathers, where he participates in regular podcasts. Mr. Cordell is the author of Your Civil War: A Father’s Guide to Winning Child Custody, which is in its third edition.
Mr. Cordell has written extensively on matters of Family Law. His columns have appeared in the American Conservative and the St. Louis Metrovoice. He was a commentator for six years on the popular weekly radio program “Listener’s Legal Line.” Mr. Cordell speaks at various seminars dealing with topics from domestic relations to bankruptcy to estate planning. He has also hosted numerous family law seminars for the public and fellow attorneys featuring nationally recognized authors.
Ron Caruthers is the nation’s leading expert on getting into and paying for colleges-as well as helping students choose their careers and command top money in their fields. He is also famous for helping families that didn’t save enough for college get on track for the retirement. In 1995, Ron Caruthers launched his college planning company in Vista, CA. Since then, he has worked with over 2600 families helping them attain their college dreams. For the Class of 2009, he personally worked with 96 families. In addition he is an instructor at Palomar and Mira Costa Colleges in San Diego, California, and a regular on KUSI in San Diego’s morning news program. He is also the author of several books on college planning, including “What Your Guidance Counselor Isn’t Telling You”. He is also a co-author of a book with marketing expert Dan Kennedy called ‘Wealth Attraction Secrets for Entrepreneurs’ that was released in
January 2006.
