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Martin Cass, CPA, CVA

Director, Business Valuation & Litigation Support Services Group — West Palm Beach

Areas of Specialization

Mr. Cass has over 30 years of public accounting experience in auditing, taxation and consulting services, including partnership taxation, international taxation, corporate, individual and estate tax planning, financial planning and financial management as well as assistance in bankruptcy and insolvency cases.

Experience

Specific industry experience includes real estate, construction, publishing, professional associations, food service industry, manufacturing, broadcasting, agriculture, retail, banking, non-profit organizations and services to professional athletes and entertainers.

Business Valuations - has conducted valuation studies involving such matters as:

Marital dissolution
Commercial damage litigation
Shareholder disputes
Buy-sell transactions
Estate and gift tax proceedings
Manufacturing
Construction
Technology
Professional Practices
Intangible Assets

Litigation Support - has provided support to attorneys and their clients, and testified with respect to diverse areas of the law including:

Divorce
Usury
Personal injury
Creditor/debtor disputes
Business disputes
Developer/condominium owner disputes
Damage and loss of earnings
Fraud investigations
Business valuations

Mr. Cass has also consulted with banks and corporations regarding workouts, foreclosures and bankruptcies; been appointed as trustee by court; and is a former member of Fifteenth Circuit Florida Bar Fee Arbitration Committee.

Professional Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
NACVA, Member of the Editorial Board of Insights
Florida Institute of CPA’s Continuing Education Committee, Member and Former Chairman
Palm Beach County Business Development Board, Member
Palm Beach Tax Institute, Past President and Director
Palm Beach Fringe Benefit Council, Past President and Director
Palm Beach-Martin County Estate Planning Council, Inc., Past President
Broward County Chapter of Florida Institute of CPAs, Board of Directors, Former Member

Community Affiliations

Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Homeland Security Bureau, Business Partners Against Terrorism (B/PAT)
Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, Chairman of the Audit Committee and Member of the Board of Directors
Temple Beth El, West Palm Beach, FL, Current Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors
Palm Beach County Chapter of the American Cancer Society, Former Chairman of the Planned Giving Council and Member of the Board of Directors
Jewish Community Day School of the Palm Beaches, Past President
Central Allocation Committee of the Jewish Federation of West Palm Beach, Former Member and Chairperson
Children’s Home Society of Palm Beach County, Former Member of the Board of Directors
Cancer Alliance of Health and Hope, Former Member of Board of Directors
Urban Business Assistance Corporation, Former President and Member of the Board of Directors

Other

Winner of the “Jeffrey R. Salins Report Writing Award” by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) 2003
Lecturer for numerous continuing education programs for legal and accounting professionals
SerEvice awards — New York University Graduate School — Business Administration

Education

New York University — MBA, Accounting and Finance
Syracuse University— BS, Accounting Cum Laude