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Valuation / Litigation Consultants, PLC
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Robert Vance, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CFP

Certified Public Accountant
Accredited in Business Valuation
Certified in Financial Forensics
Certified Valuation Analyst
Certified Financial Planner

 

 
  

 

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      Robert Vance, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, CFP Curriculum Vitae

 

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Upcoming Speaking Engagements for Robert Vance

   NACVA Annual Convention - Boston, MA - May 2009

   AICPA National Business Valuation Conference - San Francisco, CA - October 2009

 

 

 

Licenses and Accreditations
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)  1987
Certified Financial Planner (CFP)®  1990
Tennessee Real Estate Affiliate Broker (License Retired) 1994
Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)      1995
Tennessee Insurance Agent      1997
Securities Agent (Series 6 & 63)   1997
Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 31 Listed General Civil Mediator  2006
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) 2008
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) 2009

 

Professional Memberships

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) - Member

The Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)

State Chapter - Business Valuation, Forensic Investigation & Litigation Services Committee

Memphis Chapter - Past President

National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) - Member

Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA) - Member

Memphis Bar Association (MBA) - Associate Member

 

 

 

Personal and Community

Married to Tamara  Minges Vance, with two children

Boy Scouts of America - Eagle Scout

The Boys & Girls Clubs Foundation

Memphis Bar Association - “Entertaining Motions”

Boy Scouts of America, Chickasaw Council - Advisory Board of Directors and Troop 278 Committee Chairman

The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Memphis - Treasurer, Central Board of Directors

The Phoenix Club - President, Vice President, Treasurer, Asst. Treasurer, Board of Directors

 

 

 

Range of Experience

Personal Injury Damages Analysis

Wrongful Death Damages Analysis

Business lost profits

Divorce-Marital Balance Sheet & Spousal Support Needs

Business Valuation

Forensic Investigative Accounting

Contract Disputes

Business Structure

Class Action Claims Administration

Special Master

Court-appointed Accounting

Civil Mediation in Financial Matters

 

Qualified as an Expert or Special Master in the Following Courts

 

U.S. District Court for the Western District of TN, (Judges McCalla & Mays)

Personal Injury Economic Damages, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Lost Business Profits

 

Circuit Court of TN at Shelby County, Divisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 & 9 (30th Dist. at Memphis)

Business Valuation, Divorce Needs & Ability to Pay Alimony Analysis & Division of Property, Divorce Separate Property Issues, Personal Injury Economic Damages, Court-Appt. Accountant

 

Circuit Court of Tennessee at Shelby County, Division 7 (30th Dist. at Memphis)

Special Master for Divorce Separate Property Valuation of Retirement Plan

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Memphis, Parts 1 & 2

Business Valuation, Divorce Needs & Ability to Pay Alimony Analysis & Division of Property,

Business Structure

 

Shelby County Divorce Referee

Determination of Income for Support

 

Probate Court of Shelby County

Business Valuation

 

Claims Commission for the State of Tennessee

Economic Damages

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Dyer County (29th Dist. at Dyersburg)

Child Support Determination

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Haywood County (28th Dist. at Brownsville)

Business Valuation

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Obion County (27th Dist. at Union City)

Business Valuation

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Madison County (26th Dist. at Jackson)

Divorce Needs & Ability to Pay Alimony Analysis & Division of Property

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Fayette County (25th Dist. at Somerville)

Special Master for Investigation of Spouse’s Income in Divorce

 

Chancery Court of Tennessee at Tipton County (25th Dist. at Covington)

Business Valuation, Divorce Needs & Ability to Pay Alimony Analysis & Division of Property,

Lost Business Profits

 

Chancery Court of Mississippi at Marshall County

Business Valuation

 

Circuit Court of Florida at Pinellas County (6th Dist.)

Business Valuation

 

Circuit Court of Arkansas at Craighead County

Divorce Separate Property Issues & Division of Property

 


 

Publications and Presentations

·   Article - “Dividing the Marital Estate and Calculating Reasonable Need and the Ability to Pay Alimony”, Two-part series in American Journal of Family Law, Aspen Publishers, Fall 2008·   Presenter - “Tax Issues Related to Divorce”, 2008 Singleton B. Wolfe Memorial Federal Tax Conference, Knoxville, TN, Oct. 2008

·   Presenter - "Business Valuations in Divorce", Williamson County Bar Assoc., Franklin, TN, Oct. 2008

·   Presenter - “Mock Deposition for a Business Valuation Engagement”, TSCPA Conference on Bus Val., Forensic Investigation, & Litigation Services, Nashville, TN, Oct. 2008

·   Presenter - “Business Valuations in Divorce: What Family Lawyers Need to Know", TN Attorneys Memo 2008 Family Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners, Nashville, Memphis, Chattanooga & Knoxville, TN, Oct. 2008

·   Presenter - “Calculation of Economic Damages for Personal Injury & Wrongful Death Cases”, TN Attorneys Memo 2008 Law Conference for Tennessee Practitioners, Nashville, Memphis & Knoxville, TN, Sep. 2008

·   Presenter - “Understanding Economic Damages & Present Value for Personal Injury, Wrongful Death & Wrongful Termination Cases for Mediation & Trial”, Knoxville Bar Assoc., Knoxville, TN, Sep. 2008

·   Presenter - “Divorce Fallout: The Half Life is Longer Than You Think-Tax Repercussions of a Divorce and Retirement Decisions in Divorce”, Knoxville Bar Assoc., Knoxville, TN, Aug. 2008

·   Presenter - “Advanced Issues in Divorce: Valuation And Division Of Complex Assets”, National Business Institute, Nashville, TN, Mar. 2008

·   Presenter - “From Alimony Calculation to Property Settlement: Analyzing the Financials of Divorce”, Tennessee Attorneys Memo, Audio Conference Broadcast from Knoxville, TN, Feb. 2008

·   Presenter - “Analyzing Financial Discovery in Divorce”, Mississippi Society of CPAs, Annual Business Valuation and Litigation Services Conference, Jackson, MS, Nov. 2007

·   Presenter - “Family Law: Helping Your Clients Through Difficult Cases; Analyzing Financial Information in Divorce”, National Business Institute, Knoxville, TN, Nov. 2007

·   Presenter - "Finding and Tracing Hidden Sources of Income”, Memphis Bar Assoc., Memphis, TN Oct. 2007

·   Presenter - "Beyond Child Support: Financial Planning for Children”, American Bar Assoc. Section of Family Law, 2007 Fall CLE Conference, Memphis, TN, Oct. 2007

·   Presenter - " Understanding and Using Business Valuations in Divorce: What Family Lawyers Need to Know", Memphis Bar Assoc., 2007 Bench Bar Conf., Destin, FL, May 2007

·   Presenter - “Tip on [Economic] Damages", Barristers Ed. Serv., Memphis, TN, Dec. 2006

·   Presenter - Panel for “Best Practices for Developing and Managing a Business Valuation/Litigation Consulting Practice”, Conference on Bus Val., Forensic Investigation, & Litigation Services, Nashville, TN, Nov. 2006

·   Presenter - (live presentation recorded for on-line CLE) "Analyzing Financial Discovery in Divorce", Tennessee Bar Assoc., Knoxville and Nashville, TN, Nov. 2006

·   Presenter - “Proof of Economic Damages in Tort Cases", Memphis Bar Assoc., Memphis, TN, Aug. 2006

·   Article - “What’s Your Life Worth”, Memphis Business Journal-Litigation Insert, June 23, 2006

·   Presenter - “Valuing And Organizing Pension Plans & Other Retirement Assets In Divorce", Memphis Bar Assoc., Memphis, TN, June 2006

·   Guest Lecturer - University of Mississippi School of Law, “Business Valuation and Pension Valuation in Family Law”, Oxford, MS, Oct. 2005

·   Presenter - “Valuation of Pension Plans and Other Retirement Assets in a Divorce”, Mississippi Family Law Annual Update, Jackson, MS, July 2005

·   Presenter - (live presentation recorded for on-line CLE) "Financial Aspects of Divorce", Tennessee Bar Assoc., Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville and Memphis, TN, Nov. 2004

·   Article - “CPA CSI: Creatively Searching for Income”, Memphis Business Journal, February 6, 2004

·   Presenter - “She Got the Goldmine and I Got the Shaft - What’s Your Spouse Really Worth?”, Memphis Bar Assoc., 2003 Lawyers Helping Lawyers, Memphis, TN, Oct. 2003

·   Presenter - “Understanding and Using Business Valuations”, TSCPA, Memphis, TN, Oct. 2003

·   Presenter - "Dividing the Wealth in Divorce", Memphis Bar Assoc., 2003 Bench Bar Conf., Destin, FL, May 2003

·   Article - "Surely You Jest While I Vest - Pension Valuation In A Tenn. Divorce", Memphis Lawyer, Jan., 2003

·   Presenter - "Family Law Practice Management + Preparing Your Forensic Psychologist and Accountant Experts", Tennessee Bar Association, Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis, TN, Dec. 2002

·   Article - "The W-2 as Roadmap for TN Child Support Guidelines Income", Family Practice, The Newsletter for the Family Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association, Aug., 2002

·   Article - "Prof. Practice Valuation in a Tennessee Divorce", Tennessee CPA Journal, TSCPA, June, 2001

·   Article - "Forensic Accounting: Performing Autopsies on Paper", Family Practice, The Newsletter for the Family Law Section of the Tennessee Bar Association, March, 2001

·   Article - "Valuing Professional Practices in a Tennessee Divorce", Memphis Lawyer, July/Aug., 2000

·   Article - "Could'a, Should'a, Would'a, 20:20 Hindsight in a Divorce", The Young Lawyers' App., May, 2000

·   Article - "The Top Ten Accounting Terms for Attorneys", The Young Lawyers' Appeal, May, 1999

·   Article - "Tax Returns Say The Darndest Things", The Young Lawyers' Appeal, Feb., 1998

·   Newsletter - For Better, For Worse - A Discussion of Divorce Related Topics

 

 

 

 

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