Loanna Overcash

Editor's note: Also read "Who Would Run Your Firm?" Feb. 2011, page 40. In August 1988, 48-year-old CPA Jim Feigel was in an accident that left him in a coma for 23 days. “If anything ever happens to me, the first thing you should do is sell the practice,” he recalled telling his wife, Janice, well before the accident.

Editor's note: This is a sidebar to "The CPA's Role in Quantifying Post-Acquisition Dispute Damages," March 2010. Most CPAs with an accounting and auditing background have advised a client who has acquired or sold a business or business interest. Disputes may arise related to the M&A transaction as outlined in the accompanying article. Having the requisite skills and experience to assist the client in resolving the dispute can add tremendous value to the relationship.

by Thomas Maskell Adams Media, 2009, 256 pp. If you, or a client, have reached retirement age with only a modest savings for retirement, this book is for you. With no market experience, former engineer Thomas Maskell started his investing career during retirement and learned the business of buying and selling stocks from the ground up. Now he shares that knowledge so others can get into the game. According to Maskell, a retiree’s chances for success are enhanced, not hurt, by a market collapse.