EXPERIENCE

Throughout his 40-year career as a CPA, Mr. Lipman has earned national recognition for his pioneering efforts in the fields of business valuation and litigation support. He also has extensive expertise in forensic accounting, business consulting, auditing, taxation, and estate planning. He has performed valuations of business enterprises and various types of securities, including common stock and partnership interests for many purposes, such as litigations, mergers and acquisitions, marital dissolution, employee stock ownership plans, estate and gift tax planning and taxation, intangible allocation and succession planning. Mr. Lipman has also been a leading expert witness having given depositions or testimony in more than 200 cases. He was the recipient of the Illinois CPA Society Public Service Award in 2003. He was also one of the original authors of AICPA’s Accreditation Program for Business Valuation Professionals and he has been asked to speak and teach at numerous courses and seminars. Mr. Lipman is a nominee for the NACVA’s Thomas R. Porter Lifetime Achievement Award.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Prior to merging with Horwich Coleman Levin, LLC, Mr. Lipman was Director of Litigation and Valuation services for Frost Ruttenberg and Rothblatt for four years. Prior to that, he served as Managing Partner of his own firm since its inception in 1985, overseeing all departments, including accounting, tax planning and tax return preparation, business valuation, litigation support, estate planning, investigative accounting, divorce planning, and peer review services.

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Business Valuation Accounting Litigation Support

Forensic Accounting Business Consulting Audit and Assurance

Taxation Estate Planning

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science – Accounting, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
• University of Illinois, Chicago, IL- Undergraduate

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)

Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Accountants (DABFA) Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS) American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) The Institute of Business Appraisers, Inc. (IBA) Business Valuation Association (BVA) The American Society of Appraisers (ASA)

National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) American Board of Forensic Examiners (ACFEI) Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) Turn Around Management Association (TMA) Chicago Estate Planning Council (CEPC)

CIVIC AFFILIATIONS

• Treasurer, Great Vest Boys Club
• Budget Committee, Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago
• Board of Directors, Chicago Chapter of the American Jewish Committee