About Our Company

Pension Appraisers, Inc. specializes in valuing and distributing retirement benefits in cases of divorce. Established in 1989, Pension Appraisers, Inc. has valued over 30,000 defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans, and assisted attorneys and individuals in drafting over 20,000 Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDRO) and Domestic Relations Orders (DRO). Our services have been employed by individuals and attorneys in all 50 states, and our staff of competent professionals has offered expert testimony in the field of valuing and distributing retirement benefits incident to divorce in over 20 states throughout the United States.

Pension Appraisers, Inc. can offer expertise in all issues relevant to valuing and dividing retirement benefits in divorce, and has had experience with all types of plans, including but not limited to, the following:

  • ERISA Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Plans
  • Deferred Compensation (457b & 457f) Plans
  • Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
  • Federal Employee’s Retirement System (FERS)
  • Military Retirement System
  • State and Local Governmental Retirement Plans
  • Railroad Retirement System
  • Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association/College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA/CREF)
  • Collection of Past-Due Child Support

About the President

Theodore K. Long, Jr

In 1975 Mr. Long formed Industrial Commercial Investments Company, which, up until 1983, was exclusively involved in the evaluation and appraising of commercial investment real estate. In 1983 the scope of Industrial Commercial Investments business was expanded to include the Actuarial Determination of the Present Value of Defined Pension Benefits for Equitable Distribution Purposes. These services include the determination of the present value of (1) Level Annuities, (2) Variable Annuities, (3) Increasing and Decreasing Annuities and (4) Deferred Annuities.

In 1989 Mr. Long formed Pension Appraisers, Inc., which specializes in determining the present value of defined pension benefits for equitable distribution purposes and the preparation of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders. At the present time, the company actively does business throughout the U.S.

In 2009 Mr. Long formed Pension Appraiser Online, Inc, a sister company, which operates QdroDesk.com and PensionAppraisalDesk.com. These two innovative web-based solutions have paved the path for the future of the Pension Valuation and QDRO preparation industry.

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