Ted Israel CPA, CGMA, ABV, CFF

Theodore D. Israel (Israel Frey Group, LLP, San Rafael, California) has been in public accounting since receiving his B.S. in Accounting from Golden Gate University in 1976. In addition to being a licensed California CPA, Ted also holds the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) designations from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) designation from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). Ted is a member of the AICPA’s Business Valuation Committee, the California Society of CPAs Forensic Services Section Steering Committee and past chair of the California Society of CPAs Business Valuation Section.

He has authored numerous articles on business valuation and is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Business Valuation Update. From 1982 to 1994, he served on the part-time faculty of the Department of Management Studies at Sonoma State University. Ted has spoken on business valuation and forensic accounting topics for the AICPA, California, New York and Arizona State Societies of CPAs, American Society of Appraisers, the California Judicial Council, Business Valuation Resources, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers and several local Bar Associations. He also served as a certification instructor for NACVA from 2006 to 2007.

Ted provides business valuation consulting and expert witness services in a variety of contexts including estate and gift matters, mergers and acquisitions, Family Law and corporate dissolutions including court appointments.