This program will give attorneys a solid understanding of how to recognize significant accounting and finance issues existing or arising in a business’ operation. The experienced panelists review the basic principles of accounting and financial statements, but they devote most of the time to exploring how you apply these concepts in evaluating and understanding the financial and economic health of companies, including not-for-profits, in today’s Sarbanes-Oxley and post-Enron environment. The panelists highlight the rules of corporate governance under Sarbanes-Oxley and the responsibilities placed by that law and its growing body of regulations on lawyers, accountants and corporate officials.

Program Contents

· Basics of Financial Statements

· Assessing the Financial Health of a Company

· Games Companies Play

· Not-for-Profit Accounting and Financial Statement Considerations

· The New Environment

Program Speakers

William F. Chandler, JD, CPA/ABV, CFA, ASA
Managing Director, Spectrum Consulting Partners, LLC
—New York City

Vincent J. Love, CPA
Kreamer Love & Cutler
—New York City

John R. McAteer, CPA/ABV
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
—Melville

Gordon M. Siess, CPA
Holtz Rubenstein Reminick LLP
—Melville

Ashwinpaul C. Sondhi, Ph.D.
A.C. Sondhi & Associates, LLC
—Maplewood, NJ

John J. Zak, Esq.
Hodgson Russ LLP
—New York City

Total MCLE Credits...... 6.0

Ethics MCLE Credits..... 1.0

* Each additional person who uses the tapes for MCLE credit must purchase a copy of the “MCLE coursebook.”