Cheryl Kessler
Expertise
- Business Valuations
- Forensic Accounting
- Divorce Financial Issues
- Expert Witness Testimony
Education
- Master’s in Business Administration, Finance and Entrepreneurship, Loyola Marymount University
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Cornell University
- Expert Witness Skills Workshop, offered by the Institute of Business Appraisers
- Principals of Business Valuation – BV 201, 202, 203, 204, offered by: American Society of Appraisers
- Cost of Capital course, offered by Center for Advanced Valuation Studies
Certifications
- Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
- Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA)
Location
Suite 2150San Diego, CA 92101
Cheryl Kessler is a Managing Director at CBIZ in the Forensic Consulting Group. She is an expert in valuation opinions for marital dissolutions, gift and estate tax purposes, partner buyouts, mergers & acquisitions and ESOPs. For over 25 years, Ms. Kessler has helped closely-held companies, large and small, in many industries determine the value of their equity.
Ms. Kessler presents a credible, defensible and easy to understand analysis of financial and complex valuation issues in concise reports and/or via expert testimony.
Ms. Kessler has the experience, knowledge and expertise to perform business valuations, income for support analysis and forensic accounting for family law and civil litigation cases. She has significant experience as a §730 neutral expert, §639 Special Master and is a CA Corp Code Section 2000 expert. In addition, she has been qualified as an expert in San Diego, Los Angeles, and El Centro Superior Courts.
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Appraisers
- CFA Institute: Chartered Member
- Formerly held Series 7, 24, 63 NASD Licenses
- California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA)
- Estate Planning Council of San Diego, Past-President
- San Diego Family Law Bar Association
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