QDRO - Key Persons


Dave Kelley - Founder, VP

Job Titles:
  • Founder
  • Vice President
Dave Kelley is a leading national authority on dividing pensions in divorce. He is the author of Dividing Pensions in Divorce: Negotiating and Drafting Safe Settlements with QDROs and Present Values, Third Edition, has testified over 1,500 times in court and taught over 100 CLE courses.

James Myers

Job Titles:
  • President / Lead ERISA Attorney
James Myers, an ERISA attorney and Lead Staff Attorney for QDRO Group, has extensive experience researching ERISA issues, as well as drafting briefs, motions, complaints and position statements on a wide variety of technical pension, labor, and employment topics. He is a licensed attorney in both Ohio and Indiana. A cum laude graduate of the University of Toledo College of Law, he has a special expertise in multiemployer plans.

Jessica Trease

Job Titles:
  • Lead Staff Attorney
Jessica Trease, a domestic relations attorney and Lead Staff Attorney for QDRO Group, has extensive experience in domestic relations law and is well versed in negotiating and drafting separation agreements and court orders that include the intricate provisions that are necessary to divide retirement assets in a divorce case. She is a graduate of University of Akron Law and has a special interest in legal drafting and assisting attorneys in negotiating divorce settlements that protect their client's interests in divorce cases.