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Michael E. Lewis, CPA*/ ABV / CFF, CVA
Litigation Partner




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BACKGROUND:
Established practice in 1977
CPA licensed in State of Florida in 1976
Graduate of the University of Florida - BSBA with emphasis in accounting
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants - Certificate of Educational Achievement in Business Valuation
Certified Valuation Analyst - National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
Registered Investment Advisor - Series 65

EXPERIENCE (TRIAL):
Qualified as an expert for valuation and litigation support approximately 250 times in Pinellas County; 50 times in other Florida counties. Also qualified as an expert for valuation and litigation support in Florida and California federal courts.

VALUATION EXPERIENCE INCLUDES:

 

  • Small business relative to divorce and litigation
  • Computation for estate tax planning and estate returns
  • Business purchases/sales
  • Buy/sell agreements
  • Condemnations - state and local
  • Pension/benefit plans
  • Damage assessments
  • Insurance Claim Analysis
  • NASD hearings, brokerage - negligence claims/investment analysis

CONTINUING EDUCATION AND ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
In excess of 400 hours directly related to Business Valuation during past five years, including four national conferences on divorce valuation and litigation support. Courses provided by:

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Institute of Business Appraisers
  • National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
  • Direct involvement with approximately 500 divorce cases with extensive courtroom, mediation and deposition experience.

Participant in national conferences on litigation and guest lecturer on several occasions at Stetson Law School regarding divorce litigation support.

PAST SERVICE CLIENTS (LITIGATION SUPPORT) INCLUDE:

Allen P. Allweiss, Esq.
Ayres, Cluster, Curry & McCall, P.A.
A.J. Barranco, Jr., Esq.
Carl T. Boake, Esq.
William A. Borja, Esq.
Boyer & Schiltz, P.A.
Meredith Craig, Esq.
Thomas J. Donnelly, Esq.
John D. Fernandez, Esq.
Fields & Foster, P.A.
Fowler, White, Et Al.
Leslie D. Franklin, Esq.
Lee W. Greene, Esq.
John R. Haggitt, Esq.
Jennifer Harrington, Esq.
Hastings & Estreicher, P.A.
Nancy Hutcheson Harris, P.A.
R. Nathan Hightower, Esq.
Holland & Knight, LLP
Dean Hoolihan, Esq.
Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen & Ginsburg, P.A.
Johnson, Blakely, Et Al.
K. Dean Kantaras, Esq.
Knox & Givens, P.A.
Koch, Smith & Hoffman, P.A.
Levine, Hirsch, Segal, MacKenzie & Friedsam, P.A.
 Livingston, Patterson, Strickland & Weiner, P.A.
MacFarlane, Ausley, Ferguson & McMullen
Maney, Damsker, Jones, Kiely & Kuhlman, P.A.
Marian P. McCulloch, Esq.
Philip A. McLeod, Esq.
Richard Militana, Esq.
C. Richard Nail, Esq.
Park & Ossian, P.A.
Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court
Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office
M. Katherine Ramers, Esq.
Reeser, Rodnite & Zdravko, P.A.
Ronald J. Russo, Esq.
Lansing C. Scriven, Esq.
Sessums, Mason & Black, P.A.
James L. Slater, Esq.
The Solomon Tropp Law Group, P.A.
Connie R. Stephens, P.A.
Syprett, Meshad, Resnick, Lieb, Dumbaugh, Jones & Krotec, P.A.
O. Stephen Thacker, Esq.
Trenam, Simmons, Et Al.
Joan LoBianco Walker, Esq.
Wallace, Browning, Clayton & Krawetz
Bruce R. Young, Esq.
Richard A. Zacur, Esq.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Institute of Business Appraisers
  • Litigation Support Accountants of Tampa Bay
  • National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
  • Financial Consulting Group
  • Florida Bar Grievance Committee

CIVIC MEMBERSHIPS:

  • Clearwater Jazz Holiday Foundation - Past President
  • Upper Pinellas Association of Retarded Citizens - Treasurer
  • HCA Largo Medical Center Hospital - Vice Chairman
  • Largo Medical Center - Ethics Committee
  • Leadership Pinellas, Leadership Tampa Bay
  • U.P.A.R.C. Foundation - Treasurer, Investment Chairman
  • Clearwater Kiwanis - Past President

RECENT LECTURES:

  • Florida Conference of Circuit Judges
  • University of Florida Accounting Conference
  • Matrimonial Trial Advocacy


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