Business I memos
Accountants Seminar
The Accountants Unit of the
Great Lakes Region of B'nai B'rith
International will present Samuel L.
Hodges, past chair of the State and
Local Taxation Committee of the
Michigan Association of Certified
Public Accountants, to conduct a semi-
nar on the new Michigan Business Tax.
The program will be held Tuesday,
Dec. 16, in the conference suite of
the Max M. Fisher Building, 6735
Telegraph Road, Bloomfield Township.
Registration opens at 7:30 a.m. with a
continental breakfast and the program
will run from 8 a.m. until noon. The
program qualifies for four hours of
Continuing Professional Education.
The cost of the seminar and break-
fast is $85 ($75 for 2009 B'nai B'rith
members).
Hodges has more than 25 years of
experience in public accounting. Now
with Sam Hodges & Associates LLC
in Southfield, he is a member of the
American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and a board member of
the Michigan Association of Certified
Public Accountants. He is a frequent
speaker and lecturer on the intrica-
cies of Michigan's Single Business
Tax, Michigan's new Business Tax
and other current state and local tax
issues.
Former Detroiter Susan Katz, direc-
tor of corporate events for True
Value company, is the recipient of the
Professional Convention Management
Association 2008 Distinguished
Meeting Professional of the Year
Award.
For information, contact Goldberg at
(248) 563-2920.
Rebecca L.
Strauss, formerly
of Farmington
Hills, has joined
Miller Johnson as
an associate in the
Kalamazoo office.
She brings several
Strauss
years of experience
with the court system and will be an
integral part of the firm's litigation
practice group. Her practice will also
include employment and labor law,
and employment litigation.
The firm of Lawrence H. Kohlenberg,
CPA, PLLC has moved its offices
to accommodate the growth of the
practice. The new address is 31313
Northwestern Highway, Suite 102,
Farmington Hills, MI 48334; (248)
865-3300.
Stacy Goldberg of
West Bloomfield,
founder of A Weigh
of Life Inc., has
partnered with
Plum Market to offer
Secrets for Smart
Shopping' Grocery
Store Tours. The
Goldberg
tours include nutri-
tional information and healthy and
efficient grocery shopping. Specific
tours and consultations regarding food
allergies, celiac disease and general
health and wellness are also available.
Scott A. Eisenberg
of Franklin has
been elected to
the board of the
Detroit Chapter of
the Turnaround
Management
Association, an
Eisenberg
international non-
profit association
dedicated to corporate renewal and
turnaround management. Eisenberg is
co-founder of Amherst Partners and
specializes in advising small to mid-
dle-market companies on mergers and
acquisitions, restructurings, financ-
ings, business valuations, turnarounds
and other advisory services.
Richard H. Schloss
of West Bloomfield
has joined
Bloomfield Hills-
based Hertz Schram
PC as a shareholder.
Schloss, a former IRS
agent, is a member
Schloss
of the firm's corpo-
rate, business law, and estate planning
and tax practice groups.
Lena Epstein of
Royal Oak has been
named general
manager of mar-
keting for Vesco
Oil Corporation, a
Michigan-based
distributor of auto-
Epstein
motive and indus-
trial lubricants, ancillary products and
services. She also serves on the com-
pany's corporate board of directors.
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