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Accounting 101 for Attorneys

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Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
New York CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Washington CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Wisconsin CPE for Accountants Approved 7.2 Total
CPE for Accountants/NASBA Approved 7 Total
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6 hours
Mark Cherry
Robert Bollengier
Michele Avery
Janathan Allen
John Samberg
With Mark S. Cherry from Mark S. Cherry Attorney at Law, PC + 4 others

Thu, Dec 11, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 101251

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Overview

Gain a Practical Understanding of Accounting and its Relevance for Transaction, Litigation, and Management Attorneys

Do you understand basic accounting terms, ratios, and statements? Can you apply this knowledge to create a clear understanding of the overall financial picture? It is imperative that attorneys are able to develop a working understanding and analytical framework of accounting terminology to strengthen their background and avoid unintentional accounting errors. This course will teach you the basics of accounting so you can be knowledgeable when reviewing statements and identifying red flags. Don't put yourself at risk - register today!

  • Build your understanding of financial statements: gain perspective on calculating important ratios and how they're interconnected.
  • Recognize potential red flags: hone your error detection skills with help from seasoned experts.
  • Interpret income statements and cash flow to accurately determine profitability and liquidity.
  • Develop an accounting vocabulary to ensure clear communication with financial professionals.
  • Get a primer in accounting standards and fundamental principles to understand the "lay of the land" for financials.
  • Understand how accounting documents vary depending on the business's entity structure.
  • Learn how forensic accounting methods are used for finding hidden assets in divorce.
  • Mitigate your liability when dealing with financial statements and accounting documentation.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. Understanding Basic Accounting Concepts and Reading Financial Statements
  2. Analyzing Financial Statements: Calculating and Interpreting the Numbers
  3. Accounting and Tax Return Analysis for Different Entities
  4. Law Office Accounting and Management
  5. Dealing With the IRS
  6. Identifying Fraud and Forensic Accounting
  7. Complying With Ethical Standards
  8. Using Accounting and Financial Records as Evidence
Product ID 101251

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
Alaska CLE Reciprocity 6 Total
Alabama CLE Approved 6 Total
Arkansas CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CLE Approved 6 Total
California CLE Approved 6 Total
Colorado CLE Approved 7 Total
Connecticut CLE Approved 6 Total
Delaware CLE Approved 6 Total
Florida CLE Approved 7 Total
Georgia CLE Approved 6 Total
Hawaii CLE Approved 6 Total
Iowa CLE Approved 6 Total
Idaho CLE Approved 6 Total
Illinois CLE Approved 6 Total
Indiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Kansas CLE Approved 7 Total
Kentucky CLE Approved 6 Total
Louisiana CLE Approved 6 Total
Maine CLE Approved 6 Total
Minnesota CLE Approved 6 Total
Missouri CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Northern Mariana Islands CLE Approved 6 Total
Mississippi CLE Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Approved 6 Total
North Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
North Dakota CLE Approved 6 Total
Nebraska CLE Approved 6 Total
New Hampshire CLE Approved 6 Total
New Jersey CLE Approved 7.2 Total
New Mexico CLE Approved 6 Total
Nevada CLE Approved 6 Total
New York CLE Approved 7 Total
Ohio CLE Approved 6 Total
Oklahoma CLE Approved 7 Total
Oregon CLE Approved 6 Total
Pennsylvania CLE Approved 6 Total
Rhode Island CLE Approved 7 Total
South Carolina CLE Approved 6 Total
Tennessee CLE Approved 6 Total
Texas CLE Approved 6 Total
Utah CLE Approved 6 Total
Virginia CLE Approved 6 Total
Vermont CLE Approved 6 Total
Washington CLE Approved 6 Total
Wisconsin CLE Approved 7 Total
West Virginia CLE Approved 7.2 Total
Wyoming CLE Approved 6 Total
Arizona CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
New York CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Washington CPE for Accountants Approved 7 Total
Wisconsin CPE for Accountants Approved 7.2 Total
CPE for Accountants/NASBA Approved 7 Total
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Agenda

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  1. Understanding Basic Accounting Concepts and Reading Financial Statements

    1. Comprehending Accounting Terms
    2. How to Read Financial Statements
      1. Balance Sheet
      2. Income Statement
      3. Statement of Cash Flows
      4. Relationship Between Statements
    3. Understanding GAAP and Other Accounting Styles
  2. Analyzing Financial Statements: Calculating and Interpreting the Numbers

    1. Liquidity Analysis
    2. Profitability Analysis
    3. Activity Analysis
    4. Capital Structure
    5. Capital Market
  3. Accounting and Tax Return Analysis for Different Entities

    1. Sole Proprietorships
    2. C-Corporations
    3. S-Corporations
    4. Partnerships
    5. Limited Liability Companies
  4. Law Office Accounting and Management

    1. General Features
    2. Accounting Problems
    3. Financing Problems
    4. Basic Chart of Accounts
    5. Tax Issues
  5. Dealing With the IRS

    1. An Overview of the IRS Examination Process
    2. Different Types of Audits
      1. Audits of Individual Returns
      2. Audits of Business Returns
      3. Audits of Other Returns
    3. Preparing for an Audit: An Organized Approach
      1. Collection Procedures
  6. Identifying Fraud and Forensic Accounting

    1. Detecting Red Flags
    2. Preventing Attorney Liability
    3. Understanding the Difference in Prepared Financial Statements
    4. Fraud Detection and Prevention
      1. The Fraud Triangle
      2. Types of Fraud
      3. Steps in Conducting a Fraud Investigation
      4. Internal Controls
    5. Divorce: Hidden Income Analysis
      1. Expenditure Method
      2. Net Worth Method
      3. Bank Deposit Method
  7. Complying With Ethical Standards

    1. Confidentiality
    2. Attorney-Client Privilege
    3. Work Product Doctrine
    4. Protecting Confidentiality, Privilege, and Work Product Doctrine When Working With Accountants and Tax Advisors
    5. Conflicts of Interest
    6. Reporting Professional Misconduct
  8. Using Accounting and Financial Records as Evidence

    1. Obtaining Vital Documents
    2. Introducing Financials at Trial
    3. Evidentiary Pitfalls
    4. Identifying Potential Experts
    5. Preparing an Accountant for Trial

Who Should Attend

This program will provide attorneys with a comprehensive overview and offer a practical understanding of financial records and accounting methods. It will also benefit business owners, law office administrators, accountants, bankers/loan officers, and paralegals.

Speakers

Mark S Cherry
Mark S.
Cherry
Mark S. Cherry Attorney at Law, PC
Robert E Bollengier
Robert E.
Bollengier
Robert E. Bollengier Law Offices
Michele Avery
Michele
Avery
Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors
Janathan L Allen
Janathan L.
Allen
Allen Barron, Inc.
John M Samberg
John M.
Samberg
Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Speaker bio
Mark S Cherry

Mark S. Cherry

Mark S. Cherry Attorney at Law, PC
Mark Cherry

is a self-employed attorney and certified public accountant in a general practice law firm in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. His firm has extensive experience in foreclosure prevention, real estate, tax law, and bankruptcy law. Mr. Cherry is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, federal district courts, bankruptcy court, Federal Court of Appeals, and U.S. Tax Court. He is also qualified as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) in business valuation and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF). Mr. Cherry is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants (AAA-CPA). He earned his J.D. degree from the Delaware Law School of Widener University and his B.B.A. degree from Temple University (Moot Court Honor Society).

Speaker bio
Robert E Bollengier

Robert E. Bollengier

Robert E. Bollengier Law Offices
Robert Bollengier

is a sole practitioner with Robert E. Bollengier Law Offices in Warwick, Rhode Island. His practice areas include federal and state taxation, probate, estate planning, wills, trusts, and corporate and business law. Mr. Bollengier has been a visiting instructor for Bryant University and Providence College. He earned his B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from Boston College. Mr. Bollengier simultaneously earned his J.D. degree with his M.B.A. degree, highest honors, from St. Louis University; and his LL.M. degree, cum laude, from Boston University. In addition, he earned a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in estate planning from Bryant University and is currently working towards his CFP®, ChFC and CLU designations. Mr. Bollengier is a member of the Rhode Island Bar Association and a past member of the Rhode Island Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Speaker bio
Michele Avery

Michele Avery

Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors
Michele Avery

is a partner with Carr, Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors. Her experience includes business valuations for sales transactions, management buy-ins and buyouts, marital dissolution proceedings, shareholder disputes, buy/sell agreements, and estate and gift matters. In addition to her valuation practice, Ms. Avery also provides expert reports for litigation proceedings that are concerned with lost profits, shareholder disputes, marital dissolution proceedings and insurance claims. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Society of Louisiana Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Business Valuation and Litigation Services Committee of Louisiana CPA Society, Estate and Financial Planning Committee of Louisiana CPA Society, North Shore Estate and Financial Planning Society, and North Shore Chapter of the Louisiana CPA Society. Ms. Avery has written and lectured extensively on the topic of business valuation. She earned her B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin and her M.B.A. degree from Louisiana State University. Ms. Avery has more than 20 years of business valuation and forensic accounting experience.

Speaker bio
Janathan L Allen

Janathan L. Allen

Allen Barron, Inc.
Janathan Allen

is a partner with Allen Barron, Inc., an estate planning and financial advisory firm located in San Diego. She is also senior partner at Janathan L. Allen, APC. Ms. Allen has an extensive international tax, accounting, finance and legal background, and has worked with a diverse group of businesses advising clients in legal, financial and tax arenas. She began her career in the public accounting arena and then moved into the private sector as tax director for a biotech firm, Hybritech, Inc. Ms. Allen progressed to controller and CFO/legal counsel positions for a number of San Diego companies before becoming a partner at Allen Barron, Inc. and founding Janathan L. Allen, APC. Ms. Allen earned her B.S. degree from the University of Montana; her M.B.A. degree from the University of San Diego; her LL.M. degree from the University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, California; and her J.D. degree from Southwestern University School of Law, Los Angeles, California.

Speaker bio
John M Samberg

John M. Samberg

Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP
John Samberg

is an AV rated civil litigation and trial attorney, a mediator, and is a member of the Bars of California and Nevada.  In over forty years of lawyering, he has handled commercial, construction, and bankruptcy litigation, real estate disputes, creditor's rights, and tort cases in state, federal and bankruptcy courts across the country. Mr. Samberg has extensive experience handling automobile, motorcycle, train, and trucking personal injury and wrongful death matters. His commercial litigation practice includes complex commercial collections, as well as Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 adversary actions. Mr. Samberg's real estate litigation experience encompasses transactional disputes, as well as both commercial and residential construction defect claims. His arbitration, mediation, bench, and jury trial experience includes major injury, wrongful death, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation cases.  From 1985 through 2007, Mr. Samberg was a founding member of a boutique civil litigation and trial practice in Los Angeles, handling commercial litigation and major injury/wrongful death cases. He was responsible for negotiating and documenting major customer contracts, regulatory and trade license compliance, credit and mechanic's lien counsel in major cases, and management of outside counsel. Before entering the practice of law, Mr. Samberg was a licensed private investigator. That background and training has proven invaluable in his litigation and trial practice. Mr. Samberg earned his undergraduate degree from UCLA, and is a magna cum laude graduate of Southwestern University School of Law. As a Dean's Scholar, among other honors and achievements, he earned numerous American Jurisprudence Awards, and two national moot court championships. Upon graduating fourth in his class, Mr. Samberg received the ABOTA Award for Excellence in Preparation for Trial Practice of Law (sole recipient from the graduating class), and admission to the National Chapter of the Order of Barristers. He is a strong proponent of pro bono service, and is a frequent speaker at educational seminars. In his spare time Mr. Samberg enjoys many outdoor activities, including off and on road motorcycling, and bicycling. He is also a NAUI divemaster emeritus.

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