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Mercer Capital is pleased to sponsor ACTEC’s 2026 Florida Fellows Meeting, taking place Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. Tim Bronza, CPA, ASA, and Sujan Rajbhandary, CPA, ABV, will represent the firm at the meeting.ACTEC, the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, is an organization of trust and estate lawyers and law professors in the United States and around the world. Its Fellows are committed to maintaining excellence in the trust and estate legal field and improving the practice of trust and estate law.The 2026 Florida Fellows Meeting will feature an afternoon of educational programming, networking, and discussion during ACTEC’s return to The Breakers. This year’s program includes sessions on trust litigation, single-member LLC planning, and the legal, ethical, and practical challenges attorneys face when counseling clients on disinheritance.Tim Bronza serves as Managing Director of Mercer Capital’s Florida office. He has extensive experience valuing business interests for federal gift, estate, and income tax purposes and leads sophisticated valuation engagements across corporate and fiduciary contexts.Sujan Rajbhandary is a Senior Vice President with Mercer Capital and a member of the firm’s Gift, Estate & Income Tax Group. He has 20 years of experience advising closely held businesses, family-owned enterprises, and public companies on valuation and tax planning matters. He is a regular contributor to Mercer Capital’s Value Matters Newsletter.Mercer Capital regularly works with owners, fiduciaries, and professional advisors on valuation and advisory matters involving trusts, estates, tax planning, transactions, and disputes. The firm is pleased to support educational programs that help professionals navigate complex financial issues in estate and trust matters.Mercer Capital looks forward to connecting with attendees in Palm Beach. To learn more about this year’s conference, visit the Florida Fellows Meeting website: https://events.rdmobile.com/Events/Details/19947

Mercer Capital is pleased to sponsor The Florida Bar’s 44th Annual Attorney/Trust Officer Liaison Conference, taking place July 30 to August 1, 2026, at The Breakers in Palm Beach. Matthew R. Crow, CFA, ASA, and Thomas C. Insalaco, CFA, ASA, will represent the firm at the conference.Presented by The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, the annual conference brings together attorneys, trust officers, and other professionals for focused education on current trust and estate issues. The 2026 program includes sessions on trustee discharge, fiduciary accounting, undue influence, legislative updates, technology and financial exploitation, and trust and estate case law.Matt Crow is the CEO of Mercer Capital and leads the firm’s Investment Management Industry team. He works with RIAs, independent trust companies, broker-dealers, and investment consulting firms on valuation matters related to corporate planning and reorganization, transactions, employee stock ownership plans, tax issues, and valuations of intangible assets, options, and assets subject to contractual restrictions. He is a regular contributor to Mercer Capital’s RIA Valuation Insights Blog.Tom Insalaco is a Senior Vice President and a member of Mercer Capital’s Gift, Estate, and Income Tax Planning and Compliance practice group. Since 2008, he has provided valuation services across a broad range of industries and matters, including gift and estate tax, business succession and exit planning, and buy-sell agreements.Mercer Capital works with owners, fiduciaries, and professional advisors on valuation and advisory matters involving trusts, estates, tax planning, and disputes. The firm is pleased to support programs that help professionals navigate the financial issues that arise in complex estate and trust matters.Mercer Capital looks forward to connecting with attendees in Palm Beach and participating in this year’s conference. Visit the conference’s website to learn more: https://member.floridabar.org/s/lt-event?id=a1RWQ00000RcEFJ2A3.

Mercer Capital is pleased to announce that Kathryn Burke, CPA, ABV, will participate in the American Bar Association’s 38th Annual Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute, taking place July 17-25, 2026, at UMKC School of Law in Kansas City, Missouri. Burke will serve as a volunteer expert at the Institute and a leader of the “Using the Financial Expert to Prepare for Trial, Parts I and II” sessions.The ABA’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute is a hands-on trial training program focused on core courtroom skills, including opening statements, direct and cross-examination, exhibits, closing arguments, and trial preparation. The program also uses a fictional family law fact pattern and culminates in a mock trial experience.Ms. Burke has forensics and litigation support experience for marital dissolution, economic damages, shareholder disputes, and general litigation. As a member of Mercer Capital’s Litigation Support Practice Group, she is a contributor to the Family Law Valuation and Forensic Insights newsletter.In addition, she also has valuation experience in engagements related to corporate planning and reorganizations, financial reporting, fairness opinions, litigation support, employee stock ownership plans, mergers and acquisitions, and estate and gift tax planning and compliance matters.Prior to joining Mercer Capital, Ms. Burke was a Senior Consultant at FORVIS, LLP in their Forensics and Valuation Services practice. Mercer Capital regularly supports attorneys and clients with financial analysis in family law matters, including business valuation, income analysis, and forensic accounting. The firm is proud to support programs that help family law professionals strengthen the financial tools they bring to trial.Additional information about the event is available on the ABA website: https://events.americanbar.org/event/dc3698db-c62d-4104-b764-1f9013b8d31c/summary

Mercer Capital is pleased to announce the promotions of John W. Farris and P. Brown Myers to Senior Financial Analyst.Both John and Brown joined Mercer Capital on July 11, 2023, and have contributed to the firm’s work across a range of valuation and advisory engagements.John serves on Mercer Capital’s Transaction Advisory & ESOP service group and the Agribusiness industry team and earned a B.S. in Finance and Economics from the University of Alabama in 2023.Brown serves on the Financial Institutions service group and the FinTech and Transportation industry teams. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Sewanee: The University Of The South in 2023.Each professional has experience in a broad range of valuation engagements, including bank valuations, franchise valuations, transaction consulting, corporate planning and reorganizations, financial reporting, fairness opinions, employee stock ownership plans, and estate and gift tax planning and compliance matters.Mercer Capital looks forward to their continued contributions to the firm and its clients.

Mercer Capital is pleased to announce that Bryce Erickson, ASA, MRICS, Managing Director, will speak at Hart Energy’s 2026 Energy Capital Conference, taking place June 3-4, 2026, at The Post Oak Hotel in Houston, Texas.For more than 20 years, Hart Energy’s Energy Capital Conference has brought together energy executives, private equity leaders, investment bankers, institutional investors, and other financial decision-makers to discuss the deals, strategies, and market dynamics shaping the energy industry. This year’s conference will focus on capital deployment, M&A activity, institutional investment trends, and broader energy finance considerations.Erickson will participate in the panel discussion “Asset Valuations in a High-Price World: Separating Signal from Noise.” The session will examine how capital providers, lenders, and operators are valuing energy assets in today’s elevated commodity price environment while keeping long-term fundamentals in focus. Panelists will discuss valuation assumptions, decline curves, financing structures, return thresholds, and strategies for managing downside risk during commodity price cycles.Bryce Erickson leads Mercer Capital’s energy industry practice and has more than 25 years of experience providing valuation and financial advisory services across the energy sector. Since 1998, he has led approximately one thousand engagements involving oil and gas companies, mineral and royalty interests, oilfield services businesses, and related energy assets for purposes including mergers and acquisitions, tax planning, litigation support, financial reporting, financing, and strategic planning. Bryce regularly publishes on oil and gas industry topics through Mercer Capital’s Energy Valuation Insights blog and is also a contributor to Forbes.com’s Energy sector.Mercer Capital works with energy companies, mineral and royalty owners, oilfield services businesses, investors, attorneys, accountants, and financial institutions on a broad range of valuation and advisory matters. The firm provides business valuation, asset valuation, transaction advisory, financial reporting valuation, and litigation support services across the energy industry, helping clients address complex financial and strategic questions with independent, well-supported analysis.Through its participation in the conference, Mercer Capital looks forward to contributing to discussions around valuation discipline, capital markets activity, and long-term value creation in the energy sector. Additional information about Hart Energy’s 2026 Energy Capital Conference is available on their website: Energy Capital Conference

Mercer Capital is pleased to sponsor TexasBarCLE’s 50th Annual Advanced Estate Planning & Probate course, taking place June 3 -5, 2026, at the Hyatt Regency Frisco-Dallas. J. David Smith, CFA, ASA, and Andrew B. Frew, ASA, ABV, will attend on behalf of the firm.Hosted by TexasBarCLE and cosponsored by the Real Estate, Probate & Trust Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, the annual course brings together estate planning and probate professionals for three days of focused education and discussion. This year’s agenda includes sessions on case law updates, fiduciary issues, grantor trusts, retirement benefits, will contests, and current developments in estate planning tax law.David Smith is a Senior Vice President at Mercer Capital and a senior member of the firm’s tax practice. He provides valuation services for tax planning, transactional purposes, and financial reporting, with particular experience in industries including financial services, oil and gas, and biotechnology. David is also a regular contributor to Mercer Capital’s Value Matters Newsletter.Andrew Frew is a Vice President at Mercer Capital and has nearly 25 years of business valuation experience. He has been involved with hundreds of valuation and related engagements across numerous industries and values businesses and business interests for gift and estate tax, charitable giving, buy-sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, business succession and exit planning, and litigation support purposes.Mercer Capital regularly assists attorneys, fiduciaries, and advisors with valuation matters that arise in estate planning, probate, tax planning, and related disputes. The firm is pleased to support programs that help professionals address the financial issues that often accompany trusts, estates, and closely held business interests.Mercer Capital looks forward to connecting with attendees in Frisco. Additional information about the course is available through TexasBarCLE: https://www.texasbarcle.com/.

Mercer Capital is pleased to share that David Harkins, CFA, CPA, ABV, CFF, will be joining other national business valuation experts in co-teaching the Advanced Business Valuation course at the National Family Law Trial Institute, taking place May 19-21, 2026, at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, TX.The National Family Law Trial Institute offers focused training for family law attorneys, jurists, and forensic professionals, with programs centered on trial advocacy and the financial issues that arise in family law matters.The Advanced Business Valuation course provides an in-depth look at valuation issues in divorce and other family law cases, including valuation standards, appraisal approaches, trial strategy, and the role of the financial expert.David Harkins is a Vice President with Mercer Capital and has extensive experience in valuation and litigation support across a wide range of industries. He has worked on hundreds of engagements involving business valuation, family law, commercial litigation, gift and estate tax planning, transaction support, fairness and solvency opinions, and employee stock ownership plans. As a member of Mercer Capital’s Litigation Group, he serves as both a consulting and expert witness in matters involving marital dissolution, shareholder disputes, damages, business litigation, and forensic accounting issues.Mercer Capital regularly supports attorneys and clients with business valuation, income analysis, and litigation support in divorce and related disputes. The firm is proud to support programs that help family law professionals deepen their understanding of business valuation and the role of financial experts in litigation.Additional information about the Advanced Business Valuation course is available on the National Family Law Trial Institute website: https://www.nflti.org/programs/advanced-business-valuation/

Mercer Capital is pleased to serve as a Gold Sponsor of the 2026 Energy Valuation Conference, hosted by the Houston Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers. The conference will take place on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at The Briar Club in Houston, Texas, with both in-person attendance and live webcast options available. Bryce Erickson, ASA, MRICS; J. David Smith, CFA, ASA; and Andrew B. Frew, ASA, ABV, will attend on behalf of Mercer Capital.Now in its 16th year, the Energy Valuation Conference brings together appraisers, accountants, financial analysts, petroleum engineers, and many other professionals working across the energy sector. The conference is designed as a multi-disciplinary forum addressing valuation techniques and issues across the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, renewables, power generation, tax, governance, and emerging market considerations.This year’s program will address a range of current valuation topics affecting the energy industry, including energy transition, transaction activity, capital markets, and valuation considerations across upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors.Bryce Erickson is a Managing Director at Mercer Capital and leads the firm’s energy industry practice. Since 1998, he has led approximately one thousand engagements across diverse purposes, including gift and estate tax planning, litigation support, mergers and acquisitions, buyouts, buy-sell agreements, financial reporting, purchase price allocation, financing, and business planning. He regularly publishes on oil and gas industry topics in Mercer Capital’s Energy Valuation Insights blog. He is also a contributor to Forbes.com’s Energy sector.J. David Smith is a Senior Vice President at Mercer Capital and a senior member of the firm’s energy practice. He provides valuation services for tax planning, transactional purposes, and financial reporting. David is also a regular contributor to Mercer Capital’s Energy Valuation Insights blog.Andrew B. Frew is a Vice President at Mercer Capital and has nearly 25 years of business valuation experience. He has been involved with hundreds of valuation and related engagements across numerous industries and values businesses and business interests for gift and estate tax, charitable giving, buy/sell agreements, mergers and acquisitions, business succession and exit planning, and litigation support purposes. Andy also contributes regularly to Mercer Capital’s Energy Valuation Insights blog.Mercer Capital works with energy companies, mineral and royalty owners, oilfield services businesses, investors, attorneys, accountants, and other advisors on valuation and financial advisory matters. The firm provides business valuation, asset valuation, litigation support, transaction advisory, financial reporting valuation, and tax valuation services across the energy sector, helping clients address complex financial questions with clear, independent, and well-supported analysis.Mercer Capital looks forward to supporting the conference and connecting with energy valuation professionals and industry leaders in Houston. Additional information about the 2026 Energy Valuation Conference is available at https://energyvaluationconference.org/.For more information about Mercer Capital’s experience and expertise in the oil & gas sector, visit https://mercercapital.com/industries/energy-power/oil-gas/.