Phone: 703-591-5200

Fax: 703-738-1989

Email: burdette@bsbllc.com

Career Experience

• Managing Member, Burdette Smith & Bish, LLC (2012-)
• Shareholder and Founder, The Burdette Smith Group, P.C.  (1978-2011)

Licensure

• Certified Public Accountant, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Investment Advisor Representative

Education

• B.A., Catawba College, Salisbury,  NC 
• Continuing professional education in all phases of public accounting

Professional Affiliations

• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Member, Private Companies Practice Section, AICPA
• Member, Tax Division and Personal Financial Planning Division, AICPA
• Member, Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants

Range of Experience

• Thirty-eight years of public accounting experience, Commonwealth of Virginia
• Seminar instructor, VSCPA, "Developing and Managing a Successful Tax Practice"
• Experienced in corporate, individual and estate taxation, audit, review and compilation reporting services, valuation, estate management, litigation support and financial advisory services.
• Former NFL agent
• Seminar Instructor, “Quarterbacking Your Firm”

Professional history:

• 2012 -            Managing Member, Burdette Smith & Bish, LLC
• 1978 - 2011-   The Burdette Smith Group, P.C. (formerly Burdette & Fritz, Ltd.)
• 1973 - 1978 -  Brown, Dakes and Hoke, P.C.

 Honors and awards:

• 1993, 1998  "Best Professional Firm," Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
• 2002 – “Business Leader of the Year,” Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
• 2010 - Catawba College Distinguished Alumnus Award

Community service, past and present:

• Catawba College Alumni Board
• Advisory Board, Fairfax Bank & Trust Co., Inc.
• Board of Directors, Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
• President, Central Fairfax Chamber of Commerce
• President, Country Club of Fairfax
• Advisory Board, The George Mason Bank
• Treasurer, FACETS (non-profit)
• Fairfax Rotary Club
• President, Fairfax Rotary Club
• Board of Directors, Potomac Bank of Virginia
• Catawba College Board of Visitors
• Advisory Board, Sandy Spring Bank
• Advisory Board, Virginia Commerce Bank
• Inova Hospital Gift and Estate Board
• Board of Directors, Virginia Commerce Bank

Expert witness:

• Circuit Court of Fairfax County, Virginia
• Circuit Court of Frederick County, Maryland
• Superior Court of the State of Delaware in and for Sussex County
• Circuit Court of Loudoun County, Virginia
• U.S. District Court, Alexandria, VA

Publications:

• Continuing Contributor – Northern Virginia Medical Society Newsletter, NOVA News, and local newspapers
• Contributor to Disclosures magazine for article “Quarterbacking Your Firm”