DAVID HART EARNS EXCLUSIVE CERTIFIED IN FINANCIAL FORENSICS CREDENTIAL AS FINANCIAL FORENSICS EXPERT

     David Hart, a partner with Alexander Thompson Arnold CPAs, has recently been awarded the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) Credential by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). The CFF Credential, established in 2008 by the AICPA, is granted to qualified CPAs with considerable professional experience in financial forensics.

The credential, Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), combines specialized forensic accounting expertise with the core knowledge and skills that make CPAs among the most trusted business advisers. The CFF  encompasses fundamental and specialized forensic accounting skills that CPA practitioners apply in a variety of service areas, including: bankruptcy and insolvency; computer forensics; economic damages; family law; fraud investigations; litigation support; stakeholder disputes and valuations.

     Hart met the requirements to earn the CFF credential, which include demonstrating significant business experience in the area of financial forensics as well as completing a minimum of 75 hours of life-long learning and education activities in the area of financial forensics. The CFF Credential is granted exclusively to CPAs who are members in good standing of the AICPA which binds them to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct. CPAs who have earned the CFF Credential must be recertified every three years to maintain their credential.

     Hart has been with ATA since 1997. His practice focuses on business valuation, auditing, tax, and client development.  He earned his BSBA from University of Tennessee at Martin in Accounting.  In addition to being a CFF, Hart is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Valuation Analyst.  He is a member of the TSCPA, AICPA, Ky. Society of CPAs and TGFOA. 

     As an active member of the community, Hart is a member of UT Martin’s Skyhawk Club board of directors, the president and head coach for Tennessee Wings AAU Girls Basketball, and a volunteer coach for the Westview High School girls’ basketball team.  He and his family are active members of First United Methodist Church, where Hart is the finance committee chairman.

     Alexander Thompson Arnold CPAs is one of the largest accounting and consulting firms in the Mid-South and was named the ninth largest accounting firm in the State of Tennessee by Business TN Magazine.  Founded in 1946, ATA offers a comprehensive array of tax, audit, accounting, consulting and wealth management services and is a member of the BDO Seidman Alliance.  Firm offices are located in Dyersburg, Fulton (Ky.), Henderson, Jackson, Martin, McKenzie, Milan, Paris, Trenton and Union City.

     For more information, call Alexander Thompson Arnold CPAs at 731.598.5145 or visit www.atacpa.net.