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December 6, 2023

Robert will present the seminar covering four main topics: 1) Business Valuation-What Family Law Attorneys Need to Know, 2) Business Valuation and Case Law-Where Are We on Personal Goodwill?, 3) Interpreting and Understanding Income from W-2s, K-1s and Form 1040, and 4) Complex Forensic Accounting concepts learned from cases in which experts from my firm testified-Byrd, Schwager, Tarver and Lucchesi.

November 13, 2023

The Tennessee Society of CPAs (TSCPA) thanked two of our presenters that have been with the TSCPA FVS Conference for over a decade. The conference committee presented Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE (2nd from left) and Kevin Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV, ASA (center) with a token of appreciation for all of their years of travel and presentation that have helped to make it one of the premiere conferences of its type in the country. Presenting were Rhonda Sides, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CGMA (left), Rob Vance, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CFP (2nd from right) and Kara Fitzgerald, CPA, CGMA, CAE (right).

January 19, 2023

TN Divorce Case Regarding Which Expert Can Testify Either Vance or Pascal, Impartiality of the Expert Under Rule 706, Consequences of Not Cooperating and Proper Business Valuation Methods

August 1, 2022

Click Here to see Rob Vance and Rhonda Sides in a Promo video for the 2022 Conference

Robert Vance is set to present in two sessions at the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants 2022 Forensic & Valuation Services Conference on October 26, 2022 in Brentwood, TN. Session One, Stranger Things, Unusual Things Encountered in Valuations for Divorce Cases, is co-presented with Shannon Farr, CPA, ABV, CFF of Scenic City Consulting in Chattanooga, TN. In Session Two, Vance is a panelist in a Cross Examination Panel written and moderated by Harold Martin, CPA, ABV, CFF, ASA, CFE.

February 25, 2022

The sole issue on appeal in this divorce case pertained to the coverture percentage employed by the trial court to fund the husband’s marital interest in the wife’s retirement account via a deferred distribution method.

January 15, 2022

Tennessee Governor Bill Lee recently appointed Robert Vance, CPA, ABV, CFF, CVA, CFP of Forensic & Valuation Services, PLC to be a board member of The Tennessee State Board of Accountancy representing the Western Grand Division. Rob will focus on the Enforcement Committee which has review and oversight of the investigation and legal action program along with recommended disposition of complaints and other violations.

August 27, 2021

This divorce case that was tried in 2019 in Montgomery County has two major points of interest for those of us in domestic practice: Personal v. Enterprise Goodwill in the Value of

March 18, 2021

Robert Vance will speak at the TTLA Memphis Family Law Seminar on March 18, 2021. Vance's topic: "Tips for a Winning Marital Balance Sheet & Alimony Need Analysis". The Zoom seminar will feature Judges, Experts and Attorneys covering a wide variety of topics.

October 14, 2020

Vance will present a two hour session entitled "Expert Witness Testimony Tips and Traps with Video Demonstrations". The 2020 conference will be held virtually. The presentation features video from an evidentiary deposition Vance gave in 2019 for a personal injury loss of earning capacity economic damages case that will illustrate many of the following topics: