Basic Accounting Principles: What Attorneys Need To Know (35-Page Book)

See sample pages above for the complete Table Of Contents.  Alternatively, here are the main topics covered in this book:
Description
Understanding Business Operations
Basis of Accounting / The Accounting System
Types of Financial Transactions/ Basis for Recording Transactions
Accounting System Records / Recording Transactions
Accounting cycle / Trial Balance
Preparation and Types of Financial Statements
Exhibits A-D

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Author:
Mr. Seitz is the founder and the Managing Director of Seitz Consulting, LLC. His firm specializes in
strategic financial planning, emerging business services and business valuation matters. In addition to
providing assistance to both debtors and creditors for bankruptcy and troubled debt restructuring matters,
the firm provides litigation support and forensic analysis assistance including expert testimony on a wide
range of financial and accounting issues.
He has served as an expert witness in the litigation of various business cases including net lost profit and
damage determinations, business valuations, accounting and auditing issues, as well as other complex
financial matters. Additionally, he has been appointed by the Delaware Chancery Court to serve as the
forensic accountant for business disputes. He is experienced in the areas of troubled debt restructuring
and bankruptcy. In addition to his experience on Delaware bankruptcy cases, he has served Committees
of Unsecured Creditors for bankruptcies in Baltimore, Maryland and Houston, Texas. He has testified in
Delaware Chancery and Superior Courts, United States District Court in North Carolina and in the
Houston Bankruptcy Court. The diverse clientele he has served includes closely-held businesses, hightech
and service companies, nonprofit organizations, real estate and financial services companies,
including broker/dealers and banks, manufacturing operations, racetracks and publicly-held clients with
multinational operations.
Mr. Seitz enjoyed a long career with the international accounting firm Price Waterhouse where he was an
audit partner. In addition to being the partner in charge of the firm’s Wilmington Office, he maintained
client service responsibilities serving a diverse group of small and large businesses. As a member of the
firm’s Entrepreneurial Services Group, he gained substantial expertise in assisting emerging middlemarket
businesses with various management challenges including business planning, financing
alternatives and incentive programs for employees. He was also a member of the firm’s Law Firm
Services Group and testified and participated in various litigation engagements. Mr. Seitz was also a
senior member of the Litigation and Bankruptcy Services Group of Deloitte & Touche LLP as well as a
founding member of a regional accounting firm where he was in charge of the financial reporting,
litigation and valuation services areas of the firm.
Mr. Seitz has also served on the Boards of Directors of two financial services companies and held senior
management positions including Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer with those
organizations. He was responsible for the legal affairs of each organization charged with overseeing and
formulating the legal strategies for all litigation. He is experienced in regulatory and legislative matters
having interfaced extensively with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Delaware Office of
the State Bank Commissioner and various state and federal elected officials.
Mr. Seitz is a Certified Public Accountant in Delaware and Pennsylvania and Accredited in Business
Valuation (ABV) as well as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and Certified Forensic Financial
Analyst (CFFA). He has authored various articles on accounting and bankruptcy issues and law firm
management. Mr. Seitz has also been an instructor for Loscalzo Associates a firm providing continuing
education courses for CPAs nationwide. An active member of the community, he serves on the Boards of
several nonprofit organizations, including the United Way of Delaware. Mr. Seitz has also served as
President of both the Delaware State Board of Accountancy and the Delaware State Society of CPAs as
well as the Middle-Atlantic Director of the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy. Mr.
Seitz is a graduate of the University of Delaware and has been honored as the University’s Outstanding
Alumnus and also received the College of Business and Economics’ Annual Award of Excellence.