Who Are We?

Hollingshead, Dearden & Associates provides professional business valuation opinions.  Using multiple valuation methods, our well supported opinions are prepared to withstand IRS review.  We have decades of experience working both for tax payers and for the Internal Revenue Service.  Several of our reports (Gallagher, Giustina, Mitchell, Richmond, Slone, Alexander, Tanenblatt, Becker, Moore etc.) have been utilized in U.S. Tax Court as expert testimony.   We have assisted with reviews and critiques, trial preparation, direct and cross examination questions, briefs, and other trial support.  We have reputations for independent, unbiased, and well-supported valuation opinions.  We value operating companies, holding companies, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), Partnerships, intellectual property, and other business entities for many industries.

Services

Our valuations support many purposes including: Estate tax, Estate planning (gifting), Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), IRC 409A deferred compensation, ASC 718 compensation, Litigation support, Divorce, Partner disputes, Dissolution, Corporate planning, Merger/acquisition & sale/purchase, Solvency opinions, ASC 805 Purchase price allocation, ASC 350 Intangible assets, Voting/non-voting stock,    C to S corporation conversion, Buy / Sell Agreements, Incentive stock option plans, Charitable donations….                              

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Todd Hollingshead, ASA

thollingshead@hdnavalue.com Todd F. Hollingshead is a founding member of Hollingshead, Dearden & Associates LLC. He is a Senior Accredited Appraiser and has been active in the business valuation industry since 1998. Mr. Hollingshead is a past Business Valuation Vice Chairman of the Los Angeles Chapter of the ASA (2012 to 2014).  Prior to joining the business valuation industry, Todd worked in finance for Paine Webber and for Murdock, Inc. Mr. Hollingshead received an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.  In addition, he attended the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, California, and holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. Todd has been actively involved with the Adventure Guides Program through the YMCA, and traveled to Peru and Haiti to assist physicians and other healthcare volunteers with the Peruvian American Medical Society and Hôpital Albert Schweitzer. Full Bio

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Maureen Dearden, ASA

mdearden@hdnavalue.com Maureen R. Dearden is a founding member of Hollingshead, Dearden & Associates LLC. She is a Senior Accredited Appraiser and has been active in the business valuation industry since 1999. Prior to joining the business valuation industry, she served as Director of Financial Planning at Princess Cruises. Ms. Dearden received an MBA with an emphasis in finance from the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business in Los Angeles, California. In addition, she attended the California State University at Long Beach holds a B.S. in Business Administration with dual concentrations in Finance and Accounting. Maureen has been active since 2004 in the Forever in Our Hearts group of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. This group serves parents and families who have lost an infant.  She is also a member of the Professional Advisory Council at Torrance Memorial Medical Center. Full Bio