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Valuing a partner’s share of a law firm

Written by David on June 19, 2011 - 0 Comments
Categories: professional practice valuations

Join Ron Seigneur (Seigneur Gustafson) and consulting guru Pete Peterson (Maxfield Peterson PC) on Wednesday 6/29 at 1 p.m. ET for a 100-minute webinar dedicated to the ins and outs of valuing law practices.  Seigneur and Peterson will discuss operational characteristics of law firms, the challenges they present, and how best to overcome these obstacles in [...]

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Cimasi: “Wal-martization” of healthcare affecting physician practice valuations

Written by David on May 19, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: divorce valuations, healthcare valuation, industry research, professional practice valuations

Healthcare valuation expert Robert Cimasi (Health Capital Consultants) gave a detailed and lively update on emerging issues in healthcare valuation at the AAML/AICPA conference in Las Vegas last week. Cimasi outlined “Four Pillars of the Healthcare Industry” that are impacting the transactional valuation of healthcare enterprises: Reimbursement: e.g. there is a current downshift in reimbursement [...]

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Karlitz recommends Verdict Search for probability modeling litigation

Written by David on May 10, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: intangibles, professional practice valuations, research tools

“You definitely need a high tolerance for ambiguity” when valuing companies with contingent assets, acknowledged Gary Karlitz, CPA, ABV, CBA, ASA (Citrin Cooperman & Co., New York, NY).  Gary has established himself as a rigorous decision modeler and he shared several case studies with the audience at the AICPA/AAML Las Vegas conference.  He follows a [...]

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Excess Earnings Method “out of tune” for most engagements, Duffy says

Written by David on May 10, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: excess earnings method, intangibles, professional practice valuations

One of the “Dirty Little Valuation Secrets” Bob Duffy, CPA/ABV, CFA, ASA (Grant Thornton, Seattle, WA) shared with AICPA/AAML Las Vegas attendees was his concern about the excess earnings method.  “This method is like a guitar” Duffy described.  “A guitar has six strings, the excess earnings method basically has six inputs and you can get [...]

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