• (Sale of Business) Manufacturing Company: Completed a full business appraisal of a multi-state manufacturing company for ownership transition purposes.
  • (Sale of Business) Manufacturing Company: Completed a full business appraisal of a manufacturing company for ownership transition purposes.
  • (Sale of Business) Agricultural Company: Tax consulting project to analyze and calculate potential discounts for lack of control and lack of marketability for ownership transition purposes.
  • (Estate Planning) Retail Shopping Center: Completed a full business appraisal of a retail shopping center for IRS gifting purposes.
  • (Litigation) Construction Company: Completed a full business appraisal of a large regional construction company for marital dissolution litigation purposes. Prior to business appraisal I analyzed financial statements, identified potential financial statement fraud, developed forensic accounting plan to corroborate red flags, prepared document production requests to independent certified public accounting firm and prepared mediation/trial slides. Result: Settlement and significant valuation differences due to discoveries of potential fraud.
  • (Litigation) Construction Company: Completed a full business appraisal of a construction company for shareholder litigation purposes. Prior to business appraisal I analyzed financial statements, identified potential financial statement fraud, developed forensic accounting plan to corroborate red flags, prepared document production requests to independent certified public accounting firm and prepared mediation/trial slides. Result: Settlement and significant valuation differences due to discoveries of potential fraud.
  • (Litigation) Logging Company: Completed a full business appraisal of a logging company for shareholder litigation purposes. Prior to business appraisal I analyzed financial statements, identified potential financial statement fraud, developed forensic accounting plan to corroborate red flags, prepared document production requests to independent certified public accounting firm and prepared mediation/trial slides. Result: Settlement and significant valuation differences due to discoveries of potential fraud.
  • (Litigation) Fabrication Company: Testifying expert for dispute related to Discount for Lack of Marketability for marital dissolution litigation purposes.
  • (Litigation) Service Company: Consulting expert for dispute related to Discount for Lack of Marketability for marital dissolution litigation purposes. Result: Settlement.
  • (Litigation) Hair Salon: Business appraisal of a well-known hair salon for marital dissolution litigation purposes. Prior to business appraisal I analyzed financial statements, identified potential financial statement fraud, developed forensic accounting plan to corroborate red flags, prepared document production requests to independent certified public accounting firm and others, reviewed bank statements and prepared adjustments to financial statements which enhanced value to accurate amounts. Result: Settlement.
  • (Sale of Business) Health and Beauty Service Provider: Business appraisal of a well-known health and beauty service provider for sale to outside investor group.
  • (Shareholder Buy-out) Construction supply wholesaler: Business appraisal of a regional construction supply wholesaler for buyout of minority investor.
  • (Litigation) Software and Service Company: Business appraisal of out of state software and service company in marital dissolution matter.
  • (Collaborative Marital Dissolution) Construction and Medical Companies: Completed multiple business appraisals of related entities for collaborative marital dissolution litigation purposes. Prior to business appraisal I analyzed financial statements, identified red- flags of misstatements, developed forensic accounting plan to investigate red flags, prepared summaries for both parties, discussed with both parties the items within my valuations that an independent expert for either party could disagree with and exploit arguments for value increase or decrease and the reasons why those arguments would likely fail, communicated with all parties at the same time and facilitated both parties’ desire to settle. Result: Settlement.