David Harkins is a senior financial analyst with Mercer Capital. David has been involved with hundreds of valuation and litigation support engagements in a diverse range of industries on local, national, and international levels. He provides valuation analyses for family law, commercial litigation, gift and estate tax planning, transactions (M&A), fairness and solvency opinions, and employee stock ownership plans (ESOP), among other valuation-related service needs of privately held businesses. As a member of the firm’s Auto Dealership Industry team, David publishes research on valuation issues in the newsletter Value Focus: Auto Dealer Industry. He also contributes regularly to Mercer Capital’s Auto Dealer Valuation Insights Blog. As a member of Mercer Capital’s Litigation Group, he provides both valuation and lifestyle analyses in addition to preparing attorneys and clients for various aspects of the marital dissolution process. Mr. Harkins holds a bachelor of arts (BA) degree in economics from University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee. He also holds the designations of chartered financial analyst (CFA) and accredited in business valuations (ABV), issued by the CFA Institute and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, respectively.