William F. Brennan is a principal with Altman Weil, Inc., providing consulting services in the areas of merger counseling, business valuation, and financial management.  He has worked with over a hundred law firms on identifying qualified merger candidates, pre-merger restructuring, negotiating deal terms, resolving business and tax issues precipitated by a merger and integrating firms post-merger. He also assists financially distressed law firms to successfully restructure their operations.

Mr. Brennan has over 25 years experience in the legal profession. He has served as Director of Administration and Chief Financial Officer for two AmLaw 200 law firms. He began his career at Price Waterhouse as an accountant and consultant specializing in financial planning and control.

He has written law office management articles published by the American Bar Association’s Law Practice, ALA Legal Management, Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms, Of Counsel and other publications for the legal profession.  He has been quoted by The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s New York, National Law Journal, Law.com, Law360 and many other legal publications and blogs. He served on the Editorial Board for Accounting and Financial Planning for Law Firms. He has lectured extensively on management issues pertaining to the legal profession, including presentations for the ABA, local bar associations, various chapters of the Association of Legal Administrators and several ALA national conferences.

Mr. Brennan is a former member of the Pennsylvania and American Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.  He is past Vice Chair of Finance of the Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association, and a Past President of the Association of Legal Administrators, Philadelphia Chapter.

Education

Mr. Brennan has achieved the designation of Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA).  He has completed programs at the Harvard Business School and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania on Managing the Professional Services Firm and Mergers & Acquisitions.  He is a graduate of Franklin & Marshall College.