Meet the Authors

Author

John H. Tatlock, Esq.

John is a shareholder with Epstein Patierno, LLP, practicing exclusively domestic relations law, with an emphasis on litigating high-asset, high-net-worth cases involving substantial business and financial issues, and complex discovery and trial-preparation planning and execution.

Over his 32-year legal career John has managed and tried complex civil cases in federal and state court involving toxic torts, product liability, securities fraud, breach of contract, fraud, trade secrets, employment law, and professional malpractice. In addition, he has represented private equity funds in fund formation, the drafting of fund transactional documents, and the acquisition and sale of fund portfolio companies.

Before practicing law, John worked for nearly a decade at a major multinational energy company and, before that, was a member of the political science faculties at the University of Houston and Wichita State University, and the Director of Testing at Wichita State.

He received a B.A. degree, magna cum laude with University Honors, from Wichita State University, a Masters degree in Political Science from the University of Iowa, and his law degree from the University of Denver.

John is a regular contributor to family law publications and a presenter at family law continuing legal education programs. He has served as a faculty member for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute.

SuperLawyers recognized John in 2017 as one of its Top 100 Colorado Attorneys. The Colorado Lawyers Committee designated John as its “Individual of the Year” Award recipient in 2011, and he has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Family Law from 2014 through 2019, as a Colorado Super Lawyer in Family Law from 2012 through 2019, and in Commercial Litigation for 2007 and 2008. He served from 2011 until 2018 as the Co-Chair of the CBA/DBA Professionalism Coordinating Council and currently serves as the Chair of the Colorado Lawyers Committee Education Task Force.

Education

Wichita State University, Bachelors Degree

University of Iowa, Masters Degree in Political Science

University of Denver, Law Degree

Activities & Affiliations

• Best Lawyers in America for Family Law from 2014 through 2019

• Colorado Super Lawyer in Family Law from 2012 through 2019

• Chair of the Colorado Lawyers Committee Education Task Force

Bar Admissions

• Colorado

Author

Ronald L. Seigneur, MBA, CPA/ABV, ASA, CVA

Ron is Managing Partner of Seigneur Gustafson LLP, based in Lakewood Colorado, where he is responsible for financial forensics, business and intellectual property valuation, practice management consulting, and exit and succession planning services. He is co-author of Financial Valuations: Applications and Models, Reasonable Compensation: Applications and Analysis for Management, Valuation and Tax, and The Cannabis Industry Accounting and Appraisal Guide. Ron is the co-chair of the Business Valuation Resources Cost of Capital Professional platform and has authored chapters for Valuing Professional Practices and Licenses and the Guide to Commercial Damages.

Ron has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver, Strum College of Law and Daniels College of Business where he has taught law firm leadership and business appraisal classes. He has a BA from Michigan State University and an MBA from the University of Michigan. He is a frequent speaker and author on valuation, cost of capital, professional practice issues including leadership, strategic planning, compensation, and related topics. Ron is currently writing a children’s book on the Sayings of our Elders with his daughter, Chelsea.

Ron has been actively involved in a traditional tax compliance and attestation practice for over three decades and works with clientele throughout the U.S. on the valuation of closely-held business interests and other intangible assets, including patents, trademarks and brand-related assets, whether it be for divorce or other business litigation, gift and estate taxes, mergers and acquisitions, or ESOPs.

Ron has been endorsed as an expert witness in several jurisdictions, including federal and state courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and for private arbitrations. Ron has served as a court-appointed Special Master, Receiver, and Trustee.

Like Kevin, Ron is a popular and experienced presenter and frequently lectures throughout the United States on the topics of valuation, practice management, leadership, and succession and exit planning. He has made presentations to the Environmental Protection Agency, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), the American Society of Appraisers (“ASA”), several state CPA societies, the State Bars of Colorado and Nevada, and many other professional organizations. He has been a planning committee member and a faculty member for the American Association of Matrimonial Lawyers (“AAML”)/Business Valuation Resources (“BVR”) Divorce Conference, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Expert Witness Workshop, and the American Society of Appraisers Business Valuation Conference. Ron is currently on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

Ron is on the editorial board of Law Office Management, Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert, Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms, and the Business Valuation Update newsletters. Ron is a Charter Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Business Valuation and Forensic Division and a Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management. Ron was the chair of the 2012 and 2013 AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services National Conferences.

Ron has been an active volunteer to his profession and to other non-profit interests over his career. He has volunteered time and perspective to his profession, including prior service as an AICPA member of their governing Council, Commissioner on the AICPA’s National Accreditation Commission, Chair of the AICPA’s ABV Credential Committee, and Board Member and past Chair (2009-10) of the Colorado Society of CPAs. The AICPA honored Ron’s contributions by naming him their 2005 and 2008 Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year and inducting him into the AICPA Business Valuation Hall of Fame in 2006, recognizing fewer than 30 individuals whose lifetime achievements and contributions have significantly advanced the valuation discipline and have enhanced the valuation profession for CPAs.

Education

Michigan State University, Bachelors Degree

University of Michigan, MBA

AICPA, Certified Public Accountant Accredited in Business Valuation

Activities & Affiliations

• AICPA Business Valuation Hall of Fame in 2006

• Charter Member of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Business Valuation and Forensic Division.

• Fellow of the College of Law Practice Management

Certified Public Accountant

• Colorado

Author

Kevin R. Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV, ASA

Kevin R. Yeanoplos, CPA/ABV, ASA is a Shareholder and the Director of Valuation Services for Brueggeman and Johnson Yeanoplos, P.C., a firm with offices in Seattle and Tucson that specializes in the areas of business and intellectual property valuation, financial analysis, and litigation support. Kevin is also one of the founders of YS Advisory Services, utilizing his extensive experience over the last 35-plus years in advising professional service providers and their clients on strategic planning and management issues.

Over the last four decades, Kevin has assisted clients around the country with the valuation of a diverse array of intangibles, including patents, trademarks, and song catalogs to name a few, whether it be for divorce or other litigation, financial reporting, gift and estate taxes, mergers and acquisitions or ESOPs, among others. The diversity extends to Kevin’s extensive business valuation experience, with a partial client roster that includes high tech companies, aircraft parts manufacturers, biomedical companies, construction companies, professional practices and automobile dealerships. As both an expert witness and court-appointed neutral in state and Federal courts across the country, Kevin has assisted triers of fact in understanding a variety of complex valuation, financial analysis, and damages issues.

A popular and experienced presenter, Kevin frequently lectures throughout the United States on the topics of valuation, applied finance, and financial analysis, including presentations to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (“AICPA”), the American Society of Appraisers (“ASA”), the State Bars of Arizona and Utah, and many other professional organizations. He has been a faculty member for the AICPA’s National Business Valuation School for close to 25 years and is currently on the faculty of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy.

An accomplished author, Kevin has contributed to Valuing Professional Practices & Licenses, Forensic Accounting in Matrimonial Divorce, Financial Valuation: Application and Models, Guide to Personal v. Enterprise Goodwill, and Reasonable Compensation: Application and Analysis for Appraisal, Tax and Management Purposes, among many others. He is currently lending his editorial skills to the Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert and the Business Valuation Update as a member of their respective editorial boards.

Throughout his professional career, Kevin has volunteered his time and talents to give back to the public and his profession, including prior service as a Commissioner on the AICPA’s National Accreditation Commission, Chair of the AICPA’s Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) Credential Committee, Board Member of the Arizona Society of CPAs and Chair of the Arizona Board of Appraisal among others. He is a former member of the AICPA’s ABV Examination Task Force, which is responsible for developing the exam that must be passed by those that hope to earn the ABV credential. He is currently serving as a Commissioner on the Arizona Commission on Judicial Performance Review, appointed by the Arizona Supreme Court.

The AICPA honored Kevin’s contributions by naming him their 2006 Business Valuation Volunteer of the Year and inducting him into the AICPA Business Valuation Hall of Fame in 2010, recognizing fewer than 30 individuals whose lifetime achievements and contributions have significantly advanced the valuation discipline and have enhanced the valuation profession for CPAs. The Expert Resource recently named Kevin the 2018 recipient of The Thomas Burrage Award for Compassion, Collegiality, & Character.

The 1983 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Utah is a Certified Public Accountant Accredited in Business Valuation (“CPA/ABV”) and was in the charter class of those earning the ABV credential. In addition, he is an Accredited Senior Appraiser in the Business Valuation discipline for the American Society of Appraisers.

When he’s not chasing down the value of the invaluable, you can find Kevin running around the country on a 200 mile Ragnar Relay, raising money for a children’s hospital as part of the Distinguished Clown Brigade, using his business acumen as a board member for a local theatre or radio station, volunteering for the Special Olympics, educating the public about the wonders of nature as the President of the Tucson Orchid Society, advocating for royalty reform as a former member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, or interviewing the likes of Roger Daltrey, John Oates, and Brian Wilson as a Beat Writer for AXS Entertainment and the webzine that he recently founded, Trebled Minds.

Education

University of Utah, Bachelor’s Degree

AICPA, Certified Public Accountant Accredited in Business Valuation

Activities & Affiliations

• Accredited Senior Appraiser in the Business Valuation discipline for the American Society of Appraisers

• AICPA Business Valuation Hall of Fame in 2010

• 2018 recipient of The Thomas Burrage Award for Compassion, Collegiality, & Character

Certified Public Accountant

• Washington, Utah, and Arizona