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Our Services
Selling Dealerships
  • Structuring Asset & Stock Purchase Agreements
  • Structuring Non-Competition Agreements - Personal & Business
  • Structuring Blue Sky Agreements - Personal Goodwill and Business Goodwill
  • Structuring Consulting Fee Agreements
  • Dealership Valuations
  • Checklists and Forms


Investing in Car Dealerships
  • Business Plan Analysis
  • Negotiation Process
  • Due Diligence
  • Factory and Finance Application Process
  • Takeover Checklists and Forms


Troubled Dealerships
  • Work-outs and Reorganizations
  • Out of Trust Workouts
  • Crisis & Interim Management Services
  • Upside-Down / Out-of-Round Advice
  • Creditor Advisory Services
  • Wind Down Management
  • Consultant to Receiver in Automotive Group Receivership
  • Consultant to Debtor – Chapters 11 Bankruptcy Reorganization
  • Consultant to Debtor – Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Liquidation
  • Debtor Advisory Services

  • Operating Dealerships
    • Fraud and Embezzlement Detection and Resolution
    • Employee Theft


    Litigation Support, Mediation and Arbitration

    Automobile Dealership Accountants

    The automotive business is a highly specialized business and no matter how good your accountant is, if you want to protect your investment, you need an accountant that specializes in the business.

    Listed below, in alphabetical order, are some automotive accountants that may or may not be members of the CPA organizations listed here, but with whom we visited or worked, and with whom we would enjoy working again. Obviously, with over four decades of transactions, the list is not all inclusive and we apologize to anybody we may have omitted.

      • George R. Applebaum, Rogers, Clem & Company, 1041 W. Badillo Street, # 112, Covina, CA 91722 Ph: 626-858-5100
      • James M. Bowers, Bowers, O’Connor & Bonovich 2125 Oak Grove Rd #125, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Ph: 925-945-3494
      • Brandon Burrows, Lance Soll & Lunghard CPAs, 203 N. Brea Blvd, Suite 203, Brea, CA 92821-4056 Ph: 714-672-0022
      • Steve Bonovich, Bowers, O’Connor & Bonovich, 2125 Oak Grove Rd #125, Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Ph: 925-945-3494
      • Pat ComiskeyComiskey & Company, 7900 East Union Avenue, # 150, Denver, CO 80237, Ph: 303-830-2255
      • John DobsonTom-Dobson-Womack Inc., 6408-B N. Santa Fe, Oklahoma City, OK 73116 Ph: 405-842-0212
      • Neil FreidmanMichael Silver & Co, 8833 N. Gross Point Rd, # 306, Skokie, IL 60077 Ph: 847-982-0333
      • Michael S. HawesMichael S. Hawes & Associates, 4168 Douglas Blvd #300, Granite Bay, CA 95746 Ph: 916-791-9095
      • Dave HawkinsHawkins & Company, – 1790 30th Street, Suite 400, Boulder, CO 80301 Ph: 303-442-4423
      • Dick Heider, Heider, Tanner & Dirks, Inc., 999 Jasmine St, # 300, Denver, CO 80220 Ph: 303-393-0615
      • Collin KanelakosLane Gorman Trubitt, LLP, 2626 Howell St, # 700, Dallas, TX 75204-4064 Ph: 214-461-1464
      • Daphne MaingotCrowe Horwath, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Ph: 954-489-7424 daphne.maingot@crowehorwath.com
      • Earl MartinelliWinetrub Sundberg & Martinelli, 22320 Foothill Blvd, # 605, Hayward, CA 94541 Ph: 510-881-4659
      • Dennis MaxwellMaxwell Bloyd & Company, 333 W Santa Clara St, # 712, San Jose, CA 95113 USA Ph: 408-282-7010
      • Patrick ReillyLane Gorman Trubitt, LLP, 2626 Howell Street, # 700, Dallas, TX 75204-4064 Ph: 214-461-1435
      • Jonathan WilkeDixon Hughes Goodman LLP , 100 Throckmorton St, # 1500, Fort Worth, TX 76102 Ph: 817-276-4127

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