James A. Dosen

Practice Areas: Financial institutions, management consulting, business valuation, litigation support, audit, accounting and tax.

Biographical Notes: Mr. Dosen is one of the founding partners of Baune Dosen & Co LLP where he has been serving closely-held businesses and individual clients since 1974. He is in charge of the firm's financial institution and management consulting services departments, and is current chairman of the firm's Management Committee. His representative client list spans a variety of industries.

In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant, Mr. Dosen is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and is also Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is extensively involved in the firm's Business Valuation and Litigation support department where services include providing expert testimony on tax, accounting and business valuation issues. He has performed appraisals of closely-held businesses and professional practices in a wide variety of industries.

Mr. Dosen has instructed courses on a variety of valuation, banking and accounting topics for the Minnesota Society of CPAs, Minnesota Continuing Legal Education, National Society of Public Accountants, and various state banking organizations, both locally and on the national level.

The Minnesota State Society of Certified Public Accountants named Mr. Dosen as one of its recipients of the R. Glen Berryman Award — an award given to outstanding instructors of continuing professional education. He has also been elected a "Super CPA" by Minnesota Law & Politics and Twin Cities Business Monthly.

Mr. Dosen has authored various articles on loan risk rating systems for banks and other financial institutions. He was published in The Journal of Bank Accounting and Auditing, published by Faulkner & Gray, Inc., New York, NY. A series of his articles on loan risk rating was published in the Northwestern Financial Review, by Financial Communications, Inc., Bloomington, MN. He has been featured in several articles on utilizing technology in improving efficiency in the examination process which were published in the Northwestern Financial Review and the American Banker.

Mr. Dosen received his Bachelor of Science degree with high distinction in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota in 1972.

He is a member of the Minnesota State Society of Certified Public Accountants, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.