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A. E. Strange
A E. (Eddie) Strange, Jr., CPA, ABV

Background and Primary Focus:
Eddie Strange, managing partner for the firm, attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and graduated in 1968 with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. Serving clients from the firm’s Raleigh office, his industry concentrations include construction, nonprofit organizations and service companies.

Strange holds the professional designation of Accredited in Business Valuation by the AICPA and has gained recognition as an expert witness in litigation proceedings. He has authored several articles published in professional and trade journals and is a frequent lecturer.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Business Appraisers.

He has served in the following professional and civic positions:

  • President, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, 2001-2002.
  • Director, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, 1996 - 2002.
  • Deputy Chair, Alliott Group North America of Accounting Firms, 2000 - present.
  • Chair, Continuing Professional Education Programs Committee of the NCACPA, 1988-1991, and Litigation
  • Services Committee, 1994-1995.
  • Treasurer, Senior Warden and Chair of trustees, The Church of the Good Shepherd (Episcopal).

Contact Eddie Strange at: estrange@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #3998
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444


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James B. Pierce James B. Pierce, CPA

Background and Primary Focus:
James B. Pierce, a partner in the firm’s Raleigh office, is a 1969 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor of science degree in accounting.

His primary focus at Williams Overman Pierce & Company, LLP is business and transaction planning. He has accumulated a great deal of experience in helping clients with tax and estate planning.

Pierce also provides expert advice and counsel to clients involved in business mergers and acquisitions.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:
Pierce is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

He serves as treasurer and is on the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association of North Carolina.

He is a member of the Wake County Estate Planning Council and the Crabtree Rotary Club.

Contact James Pierce at: jpierce@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #5530
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444

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Gwendolyn L. Vass Gwendolyn L. Vass, CPA

Background and Primary Focus:
Gwen Vass, a partner in the firm’s Raleigh office, is a 1980 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor of science degree in accounting.

Her experience at Williams Overman Pierce has included a concentration in construction and non-profit organizations. With a particular focus on audit, she has extensive knowledge of the Single Audit Act that impacts non-profit groups.

Vass is also one of the firm’s major providers of advice and counsel on audit and tax issues impacting the construction industry.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:
Vass is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the National Association of Women in Construction.

She is also on the Nonprofit Advisors Group, is a member of Raleigh Kiwanis Club and a volunteer for Safe Child.

Vass is a frequent speaker and has published articles related to the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on non-profit organizations. She has also presented seminars on numerous audit and accounting topics.


Contact Gwen Vass at: gvass@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #14585
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444

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George S. Lambert, Jr. George S. Lambert, Jr., CPA

Background and Primary Focus:
George Lambert, Jr. is a 1992 graduate of North Carolina State University with a bachelor of science degree in accounting, and joined the firm’s Raleigh office in 1993, after working for one year with the North Carolina State Auditor’s Office.

Lambert’s primary focus has been helping clients in the construction industry. He is credentialed as a Certified Construction Financial Professional.

Lambert provides accounting, audit and general business consulting services to closely held businesses.

He is also very involved with the firm’s business valuation and litigation support services and has testified as an expert witness.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:
He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Lambert is also a member of the Construction Financial Management Association, Carolinas AGC, Construction Professionals Network and the Carolina Surety Association.

Contact George Lambert at: glambert@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #22733
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444

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Michael H. Womble Michael H. Womble, CPA, ABV, CVA, BVAL

Background and Primary Focus:
Michael Womble, a partner in the firm’s Raleigh office, is a 1982 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. He has five years experience in industry and seventeen years experience in public accounting. His service concentrations include tax and litigation services, primarily in the areas of business valuation and divorce litigation services. His industry concentrations include medical, construction and real estate.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:
He holds the professional designations of Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Certified Valuation Analyst by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and Business Valuator Accredited for Litigation by the Institute of Business Appraisers.

Womble is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and the Institute of Business Appraisers.

Womble serves on the Litigation Services Committee of the NCACPA, and is a frequent speaker to attorneys on financial, tax, and business valuation topics.  In addition to his designation as a Certified Public Accountant, he holds the professional designations of Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Certified Valuation Analyst by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts; and Business Valuator Accredited in Litigation by the Institute of Business Appraisers.

He is the current treasurer for the North Carolina chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association, as well as the treasurer for Think First Foundation of Wake County. Womble has previously served on the City Council and served as president of the Chamber of Commerce for his hometown in Dunn, North Carolina.  He is active in the U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary as Finance Officer of Flotilla 9-10, Raleigh, NC and serves as a boat crewman at the U.S. Coast Guard Station located at Fort Macon, NC



Contact Michael Womble at: mwomble@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate # 16336
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444

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Daniel P. Duncan Daniel P. Duncan, CPA

Background and Primary Focus:
Daniel Duncan, a partner in the Greensboro office, is a graduate of North Carolina State University with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. Duncan’s experience includes 15 years in public accounting, serving a variety of clients.

His industry concentrations include closely- held businesses, retail, service, manufacturing, construction, real estate, non-profits and HUD-assisted entities, both for-profit and not-for-profit.

His service concentrations include a focus on accounting, auditing and attest engagements and tax matters of closely-held businesses.

Professional & Civic Accomplishments:
Duncan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

He currently serves as treasurer for Greensboro Community Television.


Contact Danny Duncan at: dduncan@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate # 15744
Greensboro Office - (336) 275-1686

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Charles R. Long Charles (Chuck) R. Long, CPA

Background and Primary Focus:
Chuck Long, a partner in the Greensboro office, is a 1986 graduate of High Point College with a bachelor of science degree in accounting.

He received a master of taxation from Georgia State University in 1992.

Long concentrates in tax planning, retirement plan administration and consulting and estate planning. He has been working with clients in public accounting for more than 17 years.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:
Long is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

He is a member of the Rotary Club of the Triad and the Greensboro Chapter of the Society of Financial Service Professionals.

Long also serves on the finance committee of his church.

 

Contact Chuck Long at: clong@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #23263
Greensboro Office - (336) 275-1686

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Thomas (Tom) Norton, CPATom Norton

Background and Primary Focus:

Thomas H. Norton, a partner in the firm’s Raleigh office, is a 1985 graduate of East Carolina University with a bachelor of science degree in accounting. He has over 20 years experience of

public accounting experience concentrating in tax.

His primary focus at Williams Overman Pierce & Company is tax, business, and transaction

planning for closely held businesses and their owners.

Norton also provides financial and tax counsel to business start-ups, high tech companies and individuals including foreign individuals with U.S. source income.

Professional and Civic Accomplishments:

He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.

Contact Tom Norton at: tnorton@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate # 21108
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444

                                          

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Contract Consultant to the Firm                                                                

Donald (Don) E. Overman, Jr., CPA

Don Overman,  a retired partner, is a 1963 graduate of Barton College with a bachelor of science degree in accounting.       

Don's consulting engagements for the firm are in the audit and accounting area.  In addition to financial statement and tax compliance engagements, he provides long-range planning and general business consultation to corporate clients  and their shareholders.

 

Contact Don Overman at: doverman@wopcpa.com

NC CPA certificate #3126

Greensboro Office:  336-275-1686

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