Faculty

• James A. Smith, CPA
  • James A. Smith, CPA, serves as Managing Director of Smith, Jackson, Boyer & Bovard, PLLC, a Dallas based, full service Certified Public Accounting firm. Mr. Smith began his career with a major international accounting firm where he served in both the audit and tax divisions. Mr. Smith has appeared as a featured commentator on all four Dallas/Ft. Worth network news stations, including three and one-half years as a featured business commentator on KXAS, TV5; on the TSCPA “CPAs on Call” state wide tax television program; and on various radio news programs. He has conducted seminars on tax and financial planning for the Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA and stock brokerage firms and life insurance companies, and on marketing and practice management for the TSCPA, the North Carolina Association of CPAs, the Arkansas Society of CPAs, the Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs, and the American Institute of CPAs. Mr. Smith served as Chair of the Texas Society of CPAs (TSCPA) for the 2007-2008 year, and as a member of its Executive Board and its Board of Directors. He is currently serving a three year term as an elected member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Council and is an appointed member of the AICPA Accounting and Review Services Committee. In recognition of his service, Mr. Smith has been named by the TSCPA as Outstanding Steering Committee Chairman for the year 1999-2000, Outstanding Committee Chairman for the year 1995-1996, and Outstanding Committee Member for the Year 1992-1993 and 1995-96. The Dallas Chapter of the TSCPA also named him CPA of the Year for 1999-2000. Mr. Smith is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Texas and is a graduate of Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Accounting and Economics.
• C. Clinton Davis, CPA, JD

  • C. Clinton Davis, CPA, JD, is a partner in the Dallas, Texas law firm of Krage & Janvey, LLP.  He is a frequent presenter at continuing education programs for both accountants and lawyers, including not-for-profit organizations, partnership and real estate planning. He is the author of Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA) courses, Fundamentals of LLC and Partnership Taxation, and Tax Planning for Real Estate and Small Business.  Clint is Board Certified in Tax Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He represents numerous pass-through and charitable entities. Clint has served as program chair or presenter on several ACPEN programs in the areas of tax, not-for profit and business entities.

• Dean Hinderliter, JD
  • Dean Hinderliter, JD, is a partner with the Dallas law firm, Locke Lord, LLP. He advises partnerships and limited liability companies in connection with ongoing operations, acquisitions, restructurings, financings, unwinds and incorporations. He also counsels clients on all the tax aspects of corporate transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments, public offerings, tax-free reorganizations, leveraged buyouts, the formation of joint ventures and S corporation issues. In addition, Mr. Hinderliter advises financially troubled and bankrupt companies on a variety of issues, including debt restructurings, preservation of net operating losses, and internal corporate restructurings. He earned an LL.M. in taxation from New York University where he received the Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award as the outstanding graduate. Dean has a J.D. from The University of Oklahoma School of Law where he served as an editor of the Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif. His undergraduate degree is from Drury College. Prior to practicing in Texas, he was an attorney at Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
• Eric W. Anderson, JD
  • Eric W. Anderson, JD is a partner in the Atlanta office of Parker, Hudson, Rainer & Dobbs LLP, and is a member of the firm's bankruptcy practice group. Mr. Anderson is a 1982 graduate with distinction of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned his J.D. degree cum laude in 1986, also from the University of Wisconsin Law School. Mr. Anderson concentrates his practice in bankruptcy, workouts, financial restructuring and commercial finance. He regularly represents banks, financial institutions, secured asset-based lenders and other parties in bankruptcy and financial restructuring matters both in and out of bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession financing, loan collection and enforcement, purchase and sale of assets of distressed companies and various related transactions. Eric is a frequent speaker and lecturer on bankruptcy and insolvency law topics, and has authored several articles on bankruptcy issues as well. Eric is a member and incoming co-chair of the Advisory Board for the American Bankruptcy Institute's Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop, and is a Contributing Editor for the American Bankruptcy Institute's ABI Journal.Eric is a Fellow in the American College of Bankruptcy, and is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Bankruptcy Law Institute and of Meritas, a worldwide law firm organization. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Board of Directors of the Atlanta Bar Association, and is a past Chair of the Atlanta Bar Association Bankruptcy Law Section.Eric has been selected as one of Georgia's Legal Elite in 2007 - 2012, as one of Georgia's leading practitioners, and has been listed as a "Georgia Super Lawyer" in Atlanta Magazine. He has also been recognized by Chambers USA as one of America's leading lawyers for business in 2007 – 2012, and by ­Best Lawyers in America for 2012.