| Name: | Debora E. May, Shareholder |
| Firm name: | MAY & BARNHARD, PC |
| E-mail address: | dmay@may-barnhard.com |
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| Phone number: | 301-656-5794 x 17 |
| Fax number: | 301 656 4310 |
| Address: | 4840 Cordell Avenue Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3011 |
Debora May is the managing partner in charge of quality
review on individual tax, divorce and financial planning engagements. She has
over twenty-eight years of experience in public accounting with varied and substantial
experience in tax, financial planning for individuals and closely held business,
divorce litigation support and negotiation for financial settlements in divorce.
She has provided expert testimony for attorneys in divorce and real estate matters,
and participated in mediations for divorce. Ms. May is recognized as a local
expert in the divorce planning area and has helped negotiate settlements in
over 300 divorce cases. She has also been voted by her peers as one of the top
financial planning experts in the metropolitan Washington, DC area in the only
two polls of that nature sponsored by Washingtonian Magazine (October 1994,
December 2002). In addition, she has also represented clients in IRS and state
audit matters.
She has served on the board of directors of a number of associations
and non-profit organizations and she currently lectures and writes on a number
of tax and financial planning topics. She has also hosted a week long TV program
for Montgomery County, MD cable on tax and financial planning subjects. Ms.
May provides consulting services to other CFP’s and professionals in the
area of divorce and tax planning.
Ms. May was formerly a senior auditor with the national CPA
firm of Ernst & Young.
EDUCATION/DESIGNATIONS:
University of Maryland (B.A. Accounting, 1979)
Certified Public Accountant (CPA, 1981)
CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER Certificant (CFP, 1984)
Personal Financial Specialist (PFS, 1996)
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA, 1998)
Registered Investment Advisor
Mediation Training (2004)
Collaborative Law Training (2005)
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants
Financial Planning Association
Admitted to the Registry of Certified Financial Planners
Institute for Divorce Fianacial Analysts
Collaborative Dispute Resolution Professionals
Maryland Collaborative Professionals Council, Inc.
International Academy of Collaborative Professionals
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