Martin Cass, CPA, CVA

Managing Partner
Cass, Levy & Leone, An Alpern Rosenthal Company
561-689-7888

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.

Litigation Support - Mr. Cass 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

Business Valuations - Mr. Cass has conducted valuation studies involving such matters as marital dissolution, commercial damage litigation, shareholder disputes, buy-sell transactions, and estate and gift tax proceedings.
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.

Areas of Specialization
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.

Professional Affiliations

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
• Past President and Director of Palm Beach Tax Institute
• Past President and Director of Palm Beach Fringe Benefit Council
• Member and former Chairman of Florida Institute of CPA's Continuing Education Committee
• Former Member of Board of Directors of Broward County Chapter of Florida Institute of CPA's
• Past President of Palm Beach-Martin County Estate Planning Council, Inc.

Community Affiliations

• Past President of Jewish Community Day School of the Palm Beaches
• Past Member and Chairperson of Health and Social Services Committee of Central Allocation Committee of Jewish Federation of West Palm Beach and Chairman of Subcommittee on allocations
• Former President and member of the Board of Directors of the Urban Business Assistance Corporation.
• Former Member of Board of Directors of the Children's Home Society of Palm Beach County
• Current Treasurer and Past Member of Board of Directors of Temple Beth El, West Palm Beach, Florida
• Chairman of Planned Giving Council of Palm Beach County Chapter of American Cancer Society
• Member of Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County Professional Advisory Committee
• Member of the Board of Directors of American Cancer Society

Other

• Lecturer for numerous continuing education programs for legal and accounting professionals
• Service awards - New York University Graduate School - Business Administration

Education

• MBA in accounting and finance, New York University
• BS in accounting (Cum Laude), Syracuse University
• Certified Valuation Analyst