Adam Brown is skilled at working with large and small publicly traded companies – from initial public offerings to assisting public companies in responding to comments from the SEC staff. As a member of the Firm’s National Accounting department, he advises clients on accounting for complex or unusual transactions and also represents BDO before regulators and accounting standard-setting organizations. In addition, Brown writes and presents technical training courses on financial accounting standards and SEC related subjects within BDO and for external audiences. Brown is also a member of FinREC (formerly AcSEC), which is the senior AICPA technical committee that provides nonauthoritative guidance on financial reporting matters. Prior to joining the BDO partnership, Brown completed a two-year Professional Accounting Fellowship in the Office of the Chief Accountant (OCA) at the SEC in Washington, DC.