| Bill Black is a financial professional with extensive experience in business
valuation, litigation consulting and litigation support, intellectual property
valuation and analysis, forensic accounting and records reconstruction, fraud
investigation and analysis, and management strategy and risk assessment. Since
1991, he has led analytical teams and performed in-depth analysis of complex
financial problems from his home base in Atlanta. Black has been appointed by courts to provide a neutral financial perspective
and to assist the trier of fact in understanding complex business issues. He has
been assigned to provide a neutral business valuation in the dissolution of a
regional distribution concern, and appointed to serve as an auditor and business
valuation expert in winding up the affairs of a personal-injury law firm.
Prior to establishing his independent consulting practice, Black directed and
managed litigation consulting engagements for Deloitte & Touche and Price
Waterhouse. He has served as a financial information systems consulting manager
for Deloitte Haskins & Sells, and has directed financial planning and
analysis for a $500 million group of the Penn Central Corporation. Black has
worked on the research and technical staff of the Financial Accounting Standards
Board, where he assisted in the development and issuance of major components in
the conceptual framework for financial accounting and reporting, including Qualitative
Characteristics of Accounting Information, Elements of Financial Statements, and
Measurement
Professional certifications and memberships
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Certified Public Accountant
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Certified in Financial Forensics
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Accredited in Business Valuation
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Certified Fraud Examiner
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Certified Valuation Analyst
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Member: Georgia Society of Certified
Public Accountants, Board of
Directors for the Forensic and
Valuation Services section
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Member: American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants,
Forensic and Valuation Services
section
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Member: Association of Certified
Fraud Examiners, Georgia Chapter
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Member: National Association of
Certified Valuation Analysts, Past
President
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Member: Institute of Business
Appraisers
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Member: American Accounting
Association
Certified Public Accountant
Member: GSCPA, AICPA
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the AICPA
Certified Fraud Examiner Member: ACFE
Member, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)
Member, Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA)
Certified Management Accountant
Education
University of Mississippi, PhD in
Accounting (in progress)
The Pennsylvania State University, MS in Accounting
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, BS in Business Administration
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