Memphis Divorce Skills CLE Features Vance as Only Financial Speaker

Robert was the only financial professional to speak at the Larry Rice - 25th Anniversary Divorce Skills Seminar. The title: "The Magic a Forensic CPA can Bring to your Case: Better Business Valuations" which was based around valuing a professional practice in a Tennessee Divorce and methods to allocate personal and enterprise goodwill.

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Vance to speak twice for the Memphis Bar Assoc and twice for Tennessee Bar Assoc Webcasts in December

Robert will be speaking at two CLE events in Dec. for the Memphis Bar Assoc. in December:

Family Law Section Annual CLE Dec. 5: Business Valuation in a Tennessee Divorce; A Case Study Using a Professional Practice Litigation Section Annual Meeting Dec. 18: The Numbers, Studies and Statistics Behind a Personal Injury/Wrongful Death Economic Damages Analysis Robert will also be ...

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TSCPA Asks Vance to Speak Again at the 2012 TSCPA Southeastern Forensic & Valuation Services Conference

Robert will lead a CPE session on calculating economic damages for personal injury and wrongful death cases entitled: "The Numbers, Studies and Statistics Behind a Personal Injury/Wrongful Death Economic Damages Analysis." The conference caters to CPAs and other related financial expert witnesses.

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Vance Authors Chapter in National Publication

We are pleased to announce that Aspen Publishers of Wolters Kluwer published a chapter written by Robert Vance entitled: "Dividing the Marital Estate and Determining Alimony for High Income and High Asset Professionals" in their national publication:Valuing Professional Practices and Licenses: A Guide for the Matrimonial Practitioner, Third Edition.

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The 6th Annual Family Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners in Nashville

Robert spoke for the fourth year in a row to the conference in Nashville. He presented two sessions entitled: "Attacking a Business Valuation Report - A Little Here, A Little There and Hey, That's Real Money!" and "What Family Lawyers Need to Know About Business Valuation". 

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2011 TSCPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference

Robert moderated a Judges Panel on the final day of the three day confrence. The session was lead by an address from Hamilton County Circuit Judge Neal Thomas who discussed the program that he is implementing in Chattanooga for the use of experts in the Circuit Courts of Hamilton County. Nashville family law attorney Greg Smith presented the evolution of business valuation case law in TN with ...

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Vance Featurd in "Standout" Article in the125th Anniversary Edition of the Memphis Daily News

The Memphis Daily News ran an article featuring Robert entitled "Vance Specializes in Forensic Accountancy". The article appeared in the October 15, 2011 on-line version of the daily edition and in the print version which was the 125th year anniversary edition.

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Vance Contributes to American Bar Association Book: The Forensic Accounting Deskbook

Robert contributed several items in the newly-released book written by Miles Mason, JD, CPA. Most noteably, Robert's version of a defined benefit pension present value calculation, the Marital Balance Sheet, and his unique Alimony Needs & Ability to Pay Analysis. The book may be obtained using this ...

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Tennessee Bar Association Offers a Webcast Featuring Robert

Robert presented "Understanding the Most Common Forensic Accounting Issues Encountered in a Divorce". The one hour session started at noon and taught lawyers how to interpret documents and data they encounter every day in divorces actions, such as Form 1040 Tax Returns, Form W-2, Schedule K-1, a complex brokerage statement, defined benefit pension valuation documents, IRA ...

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TSCPA Hears Vance Speak at the Annual State Convention

Robert spoke on the topic of "The Numbers, Studies and Statistics Behind a Personal Injury/Wrongful Death Economic Damages Analysis". The one hour session for CPAs taught them the basic theory and methodology for figuring the economic damages or "replacement value" of a life for litigation purposes, along with the backup data that supports the conclusions.

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