Archived Webinar Packages
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200 – A Discussion of Current Valuation and Litigation Hot Topics and Best Practices
Speakers: Valuation Insights Panel (“VIP”):
Laurie-Leigh White (moderator)
Bethany Hearn
Carli Lehr
Alina Niculita
Maureen Rutecki
199 – Advanced Expert Witness Skills for Business Valuators
Speaker: Brian P. Brinig JD, CPA/ABV, ASA
198 – Harnessing AI to Transform Your BVFLS Practice
Speaker: Rod Burkert
197 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
196 – ESOPs – What They Are, How They Work, and Why You Should Care
Speaker: Greg Weiss, MBA, CPA/CFF, CVA
195 – A Technical Overview of Financial Valuation Applications and Models, 5th Edition, 2025
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
194 – Improving Your Cost of Capital Estimates – Theory vs. Practice Using a Case Study
Speaker: Speakers: Carla Nunes, CFA/ABV
193 – How to Prepare/Defend a Business Valuation Review Analysis and Report of an Opposing Expert’s Work in Litigation
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
192 – Business Valuation Litigation Reports – How and Where They Will Come After You
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
191 – How to Be a Great Expert Witness Business Valuation, Damages, and Fraud
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, Jim Alerding CPA/ABV, Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE, Ronald Seigneur, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, and
Kevin R. Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
190 – A Comprehensive Guide to Estate, Gift, and Charitable Contribution Court Cases
Speaker: R. James (Jim) Alerding, CPA/ABV and Carli D. Lehr, CPA, CVA, CEPA, CM&AA
189 – The Trade Secrets of Understanding and Valuing Medical Practice Specialties
Speaker: Mark O. Dietrich, CPA, MBA, MST
188 – Hitchner & Martin’s Greatest Hits
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF & Harold Martin CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
187 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update The NEW Concepts, Data, Models, and Methods from 2023 That You Need to Know and Understand
Presenter: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
186 – Reasonable Certainty for New Business Lost Profit Calculations Case Studies
Presenters: Josh Shilts, CPA, ASA, ABV/CFF/CGMA, CFE and Melissa Deighan MS, CFE
185 – Reflections on a 50-year Career in Business Valuation
Presenters: Jay E. Fishman, FASA, FRICS and Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV
184 – Hardball with Hitchner, Martin, Seigneur, and Yeanoplos
Moderator: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV, CFF
Panel: Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE, Ron Seigneur, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA, Kevin Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
183 – Complexities and Challenges of Business Valuation in Litigation
Presenters: Carl Saba and Matthew Lombardi
182 – Private Equity-Sponsored Healthcare Transactions and the Physician Services Landscape
Presenters: Aaron Murski, CVA and Jonathan Helm, CVA
181 – Defending Your Cost of Capital New Concepts to Strengthen Your Discount Rate
Presenters: James R. Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
180 – Two-Part Presentation: Alternative Methodologies for Lost Profits Damages and Ex Ante v. Ex Post
Presenters: Brian Brinig, JD, CPA, ASA and Peter Schulman, CPA, CIRA, CDBV
179 – Nailing Down the Numerator in the Discounted Cash Flow Method
Presenters: Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV and Carli D. Lehr, CPA, CVA, CSEP
178 – Gift and Estate Tax Valuations: Overview and the Continuing Saga of Pass-through Entities
Presenters: Don M. Drysdale, CPA/ABV, ASA and Chris D. Treharne ASA, MCBA, CVA
177 – Practice Management Steps That Will Dramatically Increase Your Firm’s Profitability
Presenter: Rod Burkert
176 – The Inflation Reduction Act’s Impact on Business Valuations
Presenter: Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA, MBA
175 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update: The NEW Concepts, Data, Models, and Methods from 2022 That You Need to Know and Understand
Presenters: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF and Greg P. Saunders, CPA/ABV, ASA
174 – Personal Goodwill Calculations and Case Studies: Theory to Practice
Presenters: Josh Shilts
173 – Valuation in Divorce Cases
Presenters: Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV and James Ewart, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA
172 – New Detailed Cost of Capital Case Study Step-by-Step Comparison of the Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator, BVR Cost of Capital Pro, Damodaran Data, and Surveys
Presenter: Jim Hitchner
171 – Recent Trends in Estate and Gift Tax Valuation
Presenters: Laurie-Leigh White, CPA*/ABV, ASA, CEIV
170 – Two Part Presentation: Lost Profits for New Businesses and Neutralizing Lost Profits Damages for Tax Consequences
Presenters: David Duffus, CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE, Robert P. Gray, CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, CFE, Kenneth D. Rugeti, CPA, ABV, CFF
W. Ira Bowman, JD
169 – Cost of Capital Dispute: Damodaran vs. Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator vs. BVResources Cost of Capital Professional – What Is Right and What Is Wrong?
Presenter: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF
168 – Understanding Complex Compensation in Marital Divorce
Presenters: Marc Bello, CPA/ABV, CVA, MAFF, MST
167 – 7 Pitfalls in Small Business and Practice Exit and Succession Planning
Presenters: Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA
166 – Developing the Discount Rate for Lost Profits Claims
Presenters: Roger Grabowski, Jaime d’Almeida
165 – Icky Valuation Issues with ESOPs! What 45 Years Working with ESOPs Have Taught Me
Presenter: Larry Cook, CPA/ABV/CFF, CBA, CVA, CDFA
164 – Hardball with Hitchner, Gallagher, and Mercer
Moderator: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF
Presenters: Michelle Gallagher, CPA/ABV/CFF and Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR
163 – What Can You Expect with BV at the IRS in 2022 and Beyond?
Speaker: Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA, NSA, MBA
162 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF
161 – Cost Analysis for Lost Profits Claims
Speaker: Jeffrey Kinrich
160 – How to Attack and Defend the Databases Used by Valuation Analysts How the Unknown Will Kill You
Speaker: Jim Hitchner
159 – Considerations in the Valuation of Intellectual Property: Patents and Trade Secrets
Speakers: Kristopher Boushie, CPA/AV/CFF, CVA, CFE and Devalina Chatterjee, PhD
158 – S-Corp Valuations: Avoiding the Chaos and Selecting the Proper Methodology
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Sam Wessinger
157 – Valuation in Divorce
Speaker: R. James Alerding, CPA/ABV
156 – Providing Expert Testimony in Business Valuation: What to Watch For and What to Watch Out For
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
155 – Business Valuation Litigation Reports How and Where They Will Come After You
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
154 – Healthcare Valuation 2021 Update: Regulatory Updates and Healthcare-Specific COVID Valuation Considerations
Speakers: Don Barbo CPA/ABV and Brad Parker CPA/ABV
153 – IRS Business Valuation Initiatives in 2021
Speaker: Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA
152 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – One Year Later
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
151 – Hitchner’s Annual New Year BV Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
150 – Ethics and Business Valuation Standards
Speaker: Jim Alerding CPA/ABV, ASA
149 – Valuing Small Businesses During COVID-19
Speaker: Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA
148 – Business Valuation in a COVID World – Cost of Capital, Growth Rates, and Uncertainties
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
147 – Advanced Issues in Basic Valuation Part 2
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
146 – Advanced Issues in Basic Valuation Part 1
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
145 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – What to do NOW! Valuing Small- and Medium-size Businesses Part 3
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
144 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – What to do NOW! Valuing Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Part 2
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Kate Morris, MBA, ASA
143 – COVID-19 and Business Valuation – What to do NOW! Valuing Small, Medium, and Large Businesses Part 1
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Harold G. Martin, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CFE
142- Estimating Long-Term Growth Rates in Times of Economic Uncertainty
Speakers: Robert F. Reilly, CPA/ABV, ASA, CFA, CVA and Kyle J. Wishing, CFA
141 – Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Business Valuation
Speaker: Jim Alerding CPA/ABV
139 – New Year Business Valuation Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
138 – Tuesday, December 17, 2019 Business Valuation Reports and Engagement Letters – An ADVANCED look at the Beginning and the End of a Valuation
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
137 – Valuing Intangible Assets for Property Tax Purposes
Robert Reilly CPA/ABV/CFF and Matt Courtnage, CFA
136 – S Corp Valuations – The Final Word
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
135 – How to Review a Valuation Analysis and Report
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
134 – Critical Issues in Divorce Valuations
Speakers: Scott A. Womack, ASA, MAFF and Karolina Calhoun, CPA/ABV/CFF
133 – Valuation’s Dirty Little Secrets
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
132 – Mid-Year Business Valuation Update
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
131 – Hitchner and Gregory – Supporting Your Business Valuation with the IRS
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Michael Gregory, ASA, CVA, NSA, MBA
130 – Confessions of Two Reluctant Expert Witnesses
Speakers: Z. Christopher Mercer, FASA, CFA, ABAR and Scott A. Womack, ASA, MAFF
129 – Goodwill in Divorce
Speaker: James Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
128 – The Great Debate: Valuing Small Businesses – Business Broker vs. Business Appraiser
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, James Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA, and Gregory R. Caruso, JD, CPA, CVA
127 – Annual New Year BV Update – The NEW Concepts, Data, Models, and Methods from 2018 That You Need to Know and Understand
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
126 – Ethics in Business Valuation: Applying the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and Professional Standards
Speakers: Rod Burkert, CPA/ABV, CVA and Mark Kucik, CPA, CVA, CM&AA, CFF, CPVA
125 – New Best Practices – The Income Approach
Speaker: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
124 – Valuing Small Businesses Worth Less than $10 Million Includes the Impact of the TCJA PART 2
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
123 – Valuing Small Businesses Worth Less than $10 Million Includes the Impact of the TCJA PART I
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Jim Alerding, CPA/ABV, ASA
122 – S Corp Valuations and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA and Sam Wessinger
121 – BV and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act – Q&A with Hitchner, Treharne, and Drysdale
Speakers: Jim Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, Chris Treharne, ASA, MCBA, Don M. Drysdale, CPA/ABV, ASA
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