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443-482-9500 Ext. 130
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C. Brett Cooper
CPA•ABV, ASA·BV/IA, BVAL, CRFAC
Managing Director
Brett Cooper is a Managing Director with Vallit Advisors, where he provides business valuation, litigation support, and forensic consulting services to attorneys, business owners, and organizations across industries. He brings more than two decades of specialized experience in appraisal and valuation, economic and business analysis, and expert testimony.
Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Florida State University
- CPA•ABV
- ASA•BV/IA
- BVAL
- CRFAC
Mr. Cooper has over 25 years of experience providing business valuation, litigation support, and forensic consulting services. He is one of fewer than 100 members of the American Society of Appraisers to earn the specialty credential of ASA in Intangible Asset Valuation.
His experience includes valuations of going concerns, intangible assets, minority interests, and derivative interests for tax, financial reporting, mergers and acquisitions, ESOPs, and litigation. He has also consulted on intellectual property matters involving infringement damages, licensing agreements, and transfer transactions, and has provided expert reports and testimony addressing economic damages, lost profits, solvency, reasonable compensation, and business interruption.
- American Board of Forensic Accounting
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- American Society of Appraisers
- Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Institute of Business Appraisers
1983-1999 Public Accounting as traditional service provider-Staff to Manager
1991-1993 CFO Marketing Response Group & Laser Co., Inc.
1993-1995 Sole Proprietor CPA Firm
1996-2001 Shareholder in charge of Tax-Moore Stephens Lovelace
2001-2003 Dowell & Perez, PA CPA Advisory
2003-2006 Carter Belcourt & Atkinson, PA-CPA Advisory
2007-2013 PCE Investment Bankers / Valuations, LLC
2013-2015 Cherry Bekaert Advisory
2015-2017 Valuation & Litigation Solutions
2017-2025 Rivero Gordimer & Co. PA
2025-Present Vallit Advisors, LLC
- Valuation Adjustments: Normalization, Non-operating Items, & Net Working Capital; FICPA
- Valuation, Forensic, and Litigation Services Conference, February 2025
- Is Your Succession Plan to Close your Business?, FICPA Construction Industry Conference, Virtual Conference, October 2024
- Valuation of IP and the Expert’s Perspective; Florida Bar Annual Retreat to the Intellectual Property Committee, September 2024
- Litigation: Causation & Damages; FICPA Valuation, Forensic, and Litigation Services Conference, January 2024
- Due Diligence in M&A-Buyer/Seller/Both and Why?; FICPA MEGA CPE Conference, Orlando, FL June 2023
- Personal Goodwill-Identification and Valuation; FICPA Valuation, Forensic, and Litigation Services Conference, January 2023
- Due Diligence-Tales from Both Sides; FICPA CFO and Controller Conference, March 2020 and the FICPA Florida Summit, September 2020, Webcast (both)
- Update on Fair Value Accounting for Acquisitions and Due Diligence for Buying or Selling a Business; FICPA Accounting Show, September 2019, Ft. Lauderdale, FL