Brent McDade to Discuss Business Valuation Fundamentals at Memphis Bench Bar Conference

(April 13, 2011)–Decosimo Advisory Services Managing Director Brent McDade, ASA, CBA, BVAL, will present "Business Valuation Fundamentals: Dissolving, Divorcing and/or Distributing" at the Memphis Bar Association’s Bench Bar and Boardroom Conference in Destin, Florida, May 4-8. The presentation covers the basic areas business owners need to consider if they are contemplating an ownership transition of their business to family members, management, or a third party, as well as how to address the value of a business in an involuntary transaction such as a divorce, either of spouses, co-managers of a business, or of joint venture partners.

Brent McDade is Managing Director of Decosimo Advisory Services, providing business valuation, litigation support, and transaction advisory services. His experience includes the appraisal of equity securities, debt instruments, and derivatives. He has provided expert testimony in federal and state courts regarding business valuation and economic damages.

This will be the fourth time Mr. McDade has presented at the conference, which for more than 30 years has regularly attracted hundreds of attorneys and judges to learn and interact. Mr. McDade said, "I always enjoy the Bench Bar Conference. I invariably learn something new while I am there, and it is great to be able to interact socially with attorneys, judges, as well as leaders in the Memphis community."

Established in 1874, the Memphis Bar Association is a voluntary association of attorneys and judges upholding high standards of integrity in the legal profession through continuing professional education, supporting legal services to all in the community, and educating the public about law and the administration of justice.

Founded in 1971, Joseph Decosimo and Company, PLLC (Decosimo) is a nationally recognized firm, perennially ranked as a Top 100 accounting and business advisory services firm. The regional firm has nine offices in the United States and Cayman Islands, with nearly 300 professionals and staff. Each of Decosimo’s offices provides a full range of accounting and advisory services to a wide array of industries. Additionally, Decosimo is an independent firm associated with Moore Stephens International Limited. With more than 314 member firms and a total of 638 offices spanning 97 countries, the Moore Stephens association and Decosimo provide clients access to a significant depth of resources and expertise.