CREDENTIALS
Past Case Summaries
- Exempt Organizations and Non-Profits
- Accounting compliance with a Hispanic job rehabilitation organization and grant compliance for Department of Education
- Accounting, tax compliance, and IRS defense with over 50 churches and religious
organizations including:
— Section 4958 violations for excess benefits
— Excess compensation both for analysis and IRS defense
— Fraud examinations with damages ranging from $30,000 to $1,500,000.
— Federal A pplication for Exempt Status - For Profit Organizations
— IRS tax defense for collections, audits, offers in compromise, and innocent spouse relief
Fraud Examination and Prevention
- Performance of fraud examinations of local churches, religious organizations, foundations,
and credit unions; Damages ranged from $30,000 to $1,500,000 - Assisting local churches with petitions to insurance companies concerning bond requirements and documentation
- Assisting the District Attorney’s office in investigation and reporting
Legal Assistance
- Attorneys in legal compliance work concerning articles of incorporation and by-laws
- Audit of insurance coverage for general liability, officers and directors liability, misconduct
liability, professional responsibility liability, and property liability - Implementing a remedial plan for county fire marshal related to construction in progress and
revocation of building use - Assisting in the preparation of Non Qualified Retirement Plans and Rabbi Trusts
- Assisting attorneys in writing of legal opinions concerning legal compliance
Certifications
- Certified Public Accountant
- Certified Fraud Examiner
- Certified in Financial Forensics
- Certified Insolvency and Reconstruction Advisor
General Accounting Experience
Ministerial Experience
- First United Methodist Church of Richardson, Texas
— Executive Pastor of 4,000 member Church - North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church
— Administrator of Pensions, Insurance, and Equitable Salaries - Trinity United Methodist Church
— Senior Pastor - First United Methodist Church of Carrollton
— Executive Pastor of 3,000 member Church and K – 12 Christian School
Education
- Bachelor or of Business Administration in Accounting
— University of Texas at Arlington - Master of Divinity
— Southern Methodist University - Doctor of Ministry
— Texas Christian University - Juris Doctor
— Oak Brook College of Law
Professional Organizations
- Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- American Bankruptcy Institute
- Association of Insolvency and Reconstruction Advisors
Teaching Experience
- Dallas Community College District
— Business Law
— Principles of Accounting - University of Texas at Arlington
— Guest Lecturer in Business Ethics in the Graduate School of Business - Dallas Christian College
— Business Law
Legal Experience
- Brewer, Couch, and Asiatico, LLP, Attorneys at Law
— Exempt organization tax and legal compliance