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David W. R. Harkins, CFA, ABV is co-presenting at the 2025 NADC Annual Member Conference on May 6, 2025, in Naples, Florida.He will be presenting alongside David Blum, JD of Akerman LLP, and John Davis, CPA and Mike Toth, CFA of Haig Partners. Their presentation is titled "2026 Estate Tax Cliff – Why Auto Dealers Need to Revisit their Estate Plan"David Harkins is a Vice President at Mercer Capital. He has been involved with hundreds of valuation and litigation support engagements in a diverse range of industries on local, national, and international levels. As the leader of the firm’s Auto Dealership Industry team, David publishes research on valuation issues in the newsletter Value Focus: Auto Dealer Industry. He also contributes regularly to Mercer Capital’s Auto Dealer Valuation Insights Blog. As a member of Mercer Capital’s Litigation team, he provides both valuation and lifestyle analyses in addition to preparing attorneys and clients for various aspects of the marital dissolution process.

Mercer Capital is pleased to announce that Jack Carter, CPA joined the firm's Nashville office on December 1, 2025, as a Senior Financial Analyst. Jack brings several years of business valuation experience from KPMG LLP’s New York office, where he most recently served as a Senior Associate in the firm’s Business Valuation practice. During his time at KPMG, Jack was a key contributor on client engagements involving publicly traded and privately held companies for financial reporting, tax, and strategic planning purposes. His experience includes private equity portfolio valuations, purchase price allocations, goodwill impairment testing, and complex enterprise valuation analyses.Jack earned his Master of Accountancy with a specialization in Valuation from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. He also earned his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Sewanee: The University of the South, where he graduated cum laude. Jack is a Certified Public Accountant and has also passed Level I of the CFA exam.“We’re thrilled to welcome Jack to Mercer Capital, " said Travis Harms, President. "He brings strong technical experience and a thoughtful approach to valuation work, along with the professionalism and leadership skills that align well with our culture. We’re excited to have him as part of the Nashville team.”Mercer Capital is a national valuation and advisory firm. For more than forty years, we have served as a trusted and independent resource for owners, boards, management teams, fiduciaries, and professional advisors on matters such as valuing a company, evaluating a transaction, resolving a dispute, planning for succession, or assessing the financial aspects of strategic decisions.For more information about Mercer Capital, visit our website at www.mercercapital.com.

David W. R. Harkins, CFA, ABV is speaking at the virtual ASA Philadelphia Chapter 2023 Business Valuation Conference on September 21, 2023. David’s session will cover “Winding Road to Blue Sky Value: Important Considerations in Auto Dealer Valuations and Pitfalls to Avoid.”David is a member of the firm’s Auto Dealership Industry team, and provides valuation analyses for family law, commercial litigation, gift and estate tax planning, transactions (M&A), fairness and solvency opinions, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP), among other valuation-related service needs of privately held businesses. He publishes research on valuation issues in the newsletter Value Focus: Auto Dealer Industry and also contributes regularly to Mercer Capital’s Auto Dealer Valuation Insights Blog.