Edward Mendlowitz
CPA, ABV, Emeritus Partner
PFS, Lead, Partners’ Network
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Get to Know Me
Ed is an emeritus partner in our firm’s East Brunswick, NJ, office and has over 40 years of public accounting experience. Ed is also admitted to practice before the United States Tax Court and has testified as an expert witness in federal and state court regarding business valuations.
In addition, Ed was a founding partner of Mendlowitz Weitsen, LLP, CPAs, which joined with Withum in 2005. Currently, he serves on the NYSSCPA Estate Planning Committee, and was chairman of the committee that planned the NYSSCPA’s 100th Anniversary. The author of 16 books, Ed has also written hundreds of articles for business and professional journals and newsletters. He is the contributing editor to the Practitioners Publishing Company’s 1998/1999 706/709 Deskbook, and the AICPA 2004 edition of the Management of an Accounting Practice Handbook and is on the editorial board of Bottom Line/Personal and Tax Hotline financial newsletters. Appearing regularly on television news programs, Ed has also been quoted in numerous major newspapers and periodicals in the United States.
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Ed is a frequent speaker to many professional and business groups, including the AICPA, NJSCPA, NYSSCPA, American Management Association, the National Committee for Monetary Reform, University of Medicine and Dentistry in NJ and many more. For 11 years, he taught courses on financial analysis, corporate financial policy and theory, monetary and fiscal policy and managerial accounting.
Awards and Accolades
He is the recipient of the Lawler Award for the best article published during 2001 in the Journal of Accountancy.
Latest Thinking
Mickey’s Second Act
A friend, Michael “Mickey” Kaufman, retired about six years ago as a corporate attorney. Since he retired, it seems he has been busier than ever. Besides many social and charitable activities, he became an author and has just published his magnum opus.
The Ides of March 2023
The Ides of March (March 15th) are beginning words in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Here are some pithy quotes from Shakespeare. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
My Friend’s Band Concert
Sunday, I attended a friend’s band concert considering it obligatory support. It was not something I would have chosen, but I felt I should go since he mentioned it to me. I ended up having a fantastic time and now look forward to future concerts. Sometimes there are obligatory events you feel a need to attend, and they open your eyes to new experiences.