Who We Help
Individuals
Jacki and her team act as educators and advocates for individuals in divorce. Whether you’ve been the financial decision maker and/or bill payer or if your spouse handled those roles during your marriage, Jacki will work side-by-side with you to bring clarity to the complex financial decisions you’re facing. From budget analysis to helping you determine which are the best assets for you to keep, evaluating settlement offers and more, Jacki’s clients appreciate having her as a thinking partner.
Couples
As a Certified Domestic Relations Mediator, Jacki provides professional divorce mediation services that help couples resolve divorce and post-divorce matters with clarity, balance, and respect. Her focus is on creating win-win financial agreements—whether you’re dividing assets, determining support, or planning for long-term financial stability. Mediation offers a private, lower-stress alternative to litigation, where both parties maintain control and are supported in making informed, future-focused decisions. I bring deep experience in guiding constructive conversations around money—turning a potentially divisive process into one that promotes mutual understanding and sustainable outcomes.
“Working with Jacki Roessler as our mediator was such a collaborative and productive experience-her financial expertise, creative problem-solving, and patience were invaluable in guiding both parties and counsel toward a customized, mutually beneficial agreement”
-Meredith D., family law attorney
As a financial neutral, Jacki also supports Collaborative teams work through the financial decisions in their case. The role of the neutral includes collecting all financial documents from both parties, creating a marital balance sheet, evaluating each client’s current and future cash flow and assisting the team in developing and analyzing a variety of settlement scenarios. Jacki’s empathetic approach and broad expertise and experience make her a good fit for Collaborative cases.
Divorce Attorneys
Jacki has been a sought-after resource as an educator for lawyers on the complex financial issues in divorce for many years. She often consults with attorneys on the division of complex retirement assets, non-qualified deferred compensation, stock options, RSUs and other executive benefit plans in their divorce cases.
She is a frequent speaker across the country to financial planning and legal organizations on the financial issues of divorce and QDROs, including such diverse groups as the national Society of Financial Service Professionals, various statewide financial planning associations’ and state bar association conferences. Ms. Roessler’s work with divorcing clients has been featured in “Investment News,” “Bloomberg Wealth Manager,” “Fortune Magazine,” the syndicated cable show of “Kiplinger’s Personal Finance,” and numerous local publications and media. She has also had numerous articles published in the “Michigan Family Law Journal” as well as “Michigan Lawyers Weekly” and has been a presenter for the State Bar of Michigan and ICLE.
