Which profession is more prone to divorce litigation?

BVWireIssue #117-3
June 20, 2012

We just did a quick search by SIC code of all the marital dissolution cases in BVLaw (over 1,240 to date) and found that—by far—there were more published court decisions concerning the valuation of doctors’ practices than any other profession. Law and dental firms ranked second and third, respectively—and, interestingly, when we limited our search to just the past three years of divorce cases, it looks like dental practice valuations are catching up:

SIC Code

Industry/services

No. of cases reported in BVLaw

No. of cases reported in the last 3 years

8011

Offices and clinics of medical doctors

131

10

8111

Legal services

72

7

8021

Offices and clinics of dentists

57

6

8721

Accounting, auditing, and bookkeeping services

25

1

8711/8712

Engineering/architectural services

12

1

8041

Offices and clinics of chiropractors

10

1

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