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PARTNERS
Background and Primary Focus:
Eddie Strange 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 - 2007.
- 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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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,
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 following:
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
- Treasurer/Board of Directors of the American Lung Association of North Carolina
- Wake County Estate Planning Council
- Crabtree Rotary Club
- Advisory Board of North State Bank
Contact James Pierce at:
jpierce@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #5530
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444
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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 28 years of 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 a certified fraud examiner who provides consulting on fraud and forensic accounting matters.
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 following:
- The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.
- The National Association of Women in Construction.
- The Association of Fraud Examiners.
- SafeChild Volunteer
- Triangle United Way Certification Committee
Vass has published articles related to the impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on non-profit organizations. She has also presented seminars related to audit and accounting topics.
Contact Gwen Vass at:
gvass@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate #14585
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444
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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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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 business administration. He has five
years experience in industry and twenty one years experience
in public accounting. His service concentrations are tax, business valuation and litigation services, including transaction planning, mergers and acquisitions, buyer and seller due diligence, business damages, ESOP, consulting, and divorce litigation services.
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 following:
- American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants
- North Carolina Association of Certified Public
Accountants
- National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
- Institute of Business Appraisers
- The ESOP Association
- National Center for Employee Ownership
Womble serves on the Litigation Services Committee of the NCACPA
and is a frequent speaker to attorneys on financial, tax, and
business valuation topics.
He is active in the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, serving as a boat crewman at Station Ft. Macon and Finance Officer for Flotilla 9-10 based in Raleigh. Womble has previously served on the City Council and as president of the Chamber of Commerce in Dunn, North Carolina.
Contact Michael Womble at:
mwomble@wopcpa.com
NC CPA certificate # 16336
Raleigh Office - (919) 782-3444
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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. Norton’s experience includes over 20 years of public accounting consisting of 5 years in the tax department of a large international firm and over 15 years with local CPA firms.
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:
- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member of the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants.
- Holder of the AICPA Certificate of Educational Achievement for Personal Financial Planning
- Seminar leader for Capital Associated Industries presenting accounting and finance seminars to non-financial managers and employees.
- Provides financial counsel to several charitable organizations including The Center for Volunteer Caregiving and The Charles Ray Diabetes Foundation.
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
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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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