Essential Accounting Principles Every Attorney Should Know

Michele Avery | LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors

Michele’s experience includes extensive business valuation, quality of earnings analysis, financial due diligence, financial modeling, and forensic accounting across numerous industries and for closely held businesses. She provides business valuations for transactions, estate and gift matters, marital dissolution proceedings, disputes amongst business ownership, and business owner exit planning.

In addition, Michele serves as an expert in litigation concerning these areas as well as in lost profits analysis, shareholder disputes, and insurance claims. She has been qualified as an expert in valuation, economic damages, lost profits analysis, and accounting in Louisiana and Mississippi courts of law. She has provided numerous articles and presentations within her areas of experience.

Michele is the co-leader of LaPorte’s Transaction Advisory Services group. Michele works with buyers and sellers to determine deal pricing and structure. This includes advanced analysis of business value, quality of earnings, net cash flows and returns on investment.

I. The CPA Profession | 2:00pm – 2:15pm

II. Professional standards | 2:15pm – 2:30pm

III. Accounting service categories | 2:30pm – 2:45pm

IV. Attest engagements | 2:45pm – 3:00pm

Break | 3:00pm – 3:10pm

V. Accounting Key Terms, Definitions and Lingo | 3:10pm – 3:25pm

VI. Financial Statements | 3:25pm – 3:40pm

VII. Ratio Analysis | 3:40pm – 3:55pm

VIII. Federal Tax Forms | 3:55pm – 4:10pm