Dana Basney is a shareholder in the Certified Public Accounting Firm of Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C., and is a Director of CBIZ MHM, LLC in San Diego. He is the Director in charge of the San Diego office’s due diligence, litigation and insolvency services and is often called upon to assist clients in acquisitions and mergers. He has practiced public accounting since 1973 and has extensive experience in the tax, audit and consulting areas servicing a large number of clients in virtually every field of enterprise. He has performed services for both publicly held and closely held entities. He has represented numerous taxpayers before federal, state and local taxing authorities in cases involving complex legal and valuation issues.

Litigation Experience

Dana has qualified and testified as an expert witness on numerous occasions in cases involving accounting, valuation and tax matters before the Federal District and Bankruptcy Courts and California Superior Courts. Additionally, Dana has acted as a consultant to attorneys in both civil and criminal cases in Federal District Court, state courts, and the High Courts of Guam and American Samoa. He has testified in cases involving:

• Accounting principles and auditing standards
• Income tax matters
• Securities litigation
• Tracing assets in fraudulent conveyance and bankruptcy matters
• Business valuations in bankruptcy, family law and Superior Court matters
• Determination of income in divorce and contractual disputes
• Damages from personal injuries, wrongful death, and wrongful termination
• Arbitrations and litigation regarding losses in securities and investments
• Losses incurred due to premature lease terminations

He has also been appointed as special master, joint expert in matters of valuation and accounting, mediator and settlement referee in a number of court cases. Dana is a Certified Insolvency Accountant (CIA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), as well as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), he holds the Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV) credential and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) credential, he has acted as accountant for trustees, debtors and creditors in numerous bankruptcy cases and has assisted in reorganizing both public and closely held businesses.

Academic Experience

Dana has taught a variety of accounting and business classes since 1978. From 1978 to 1984, he taught undergraduate and graduate courses at National University. Since 1982, he has taught accounting classes at the University of California San Diego including classes in Advanced Accounting which consisted of accounting for consolidations, mergers, and acquisitions; Managerial Accounting; Financial Statement Analysis; and the State Board of Accountancy approved Professional Ethics and Conduct for Accountants class. Dana teaches the University of San Diego’s graduate class in Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting. He is also a curriculum advisor to the University of California San Diego Extension’s accounting program, and is on the Deans Advisory Counsel and the counsel’s curriculum committee for the San Marcos State University School of Business.

Next Step

If you would like more information on our litigation support services, please contact Dana Basney at 858-795-2018.

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