L. Wallace Behrenz, Jerry F. Golanty

L.Wallace Behrenz and Jerry F.

Golanty have been named as directors of business valuation and litigation support services at Renobased Meridian Business Advisors.

Behrenz has more than 34 years of business consulting experience in the areas of business valuations, taxation, litigation support and forensic accounting.A former FBI agent, he was a shareholder in the accounting firm of Muckel Anderson in Reno for 15 years and was formerly a partner in the national accounting firm of Ernst & Young.

Behrenz received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Oregon State University.

He is a Certified Public Accountant in Oregon and Nevada and is a Certified Valuation Analyst accredited by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

Golanty is Nevada's only Master Certified Business Appraiser and Business Valuator Accredited in Litigation, qualifying as an expert in the District Courts of Nevada, the Superior Courts of California and the U.S.

Bankruptcy Courts.He has more than 40 years of experience in business brokerage and business valuation, and has been a licensed broker in Nevada for more than 26 years and was licensed as a California broker for more than 40 years.

Golanty, a business major at Ohio State University and the University of Akron in Ohio, currently serves as the south west region governor of the Institute of Business Appraisers.