Kenneth D. Perkins, J.D., M.B.A., C.P.A.

Attorney at Law                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Education:  B.S. California State College, Bakersfield 

                    M.B.A. California State College, Bakersfield 

                     J.D. University of Pittsburgh School of Law 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Professional Licensing History:  Attorney - Pennsylvania 

                                                      Certified Public Accountant - Pennsylvania, California 

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Admitted to Practice:

All Pennsylvania Courts

U.S. Tax Court

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

United States Supreme Court

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Professional Associations: Pennsylvania Bar Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Relevant Experience: Three decades of practice as a tax attorney, financial expert, and general counsel with broad experience in all facets of business planning; domestic and international taxation and insurance; estate planning; estate and trust administration; mergers and acquisitions; real estate; consultant for structure of transactions with consideration for family, estate, asset protection, and income tax issues; valuations; principally responsible for forensic financial analysis and business valuations as in-house accountant for the then largest Pittsburgh law firm; pension plan formation, administration and dissolution; bankruptcy consultation; valuation of public companies as consultant to investment/hedge funds; consultant for valuation impact of forensic financial scenarios for publicly-held securities; qualified as expert witness in broad range of financial issues in most Western Pennsylvania courts; witness for the U.S. Secret Service and the U.S. Department of Justice (Southern District of New York); forensic litigation consultant; first-chair litigation attorney in complex financial cases; Course instructor, Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education: Business Valuation and the Law, Legal Malpractice, Income Taxation, and Legal Entity Formation Planning. Buy/sell analysis and consultation for proposed mergers and acquisitions, including detailed forensic evaluation of financial results, compliance, operations, personnel, and related company valuation impact.

                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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