James J. Rigos, is an Attorney-CPA (Wash.) who has written and lectured widely in the area of professional accounting and legal ethics and related liability. A graduate of Boston University Law School (LLM in taxation), he has been involved as an advocate or consultant in over 200 legal and ethical claims against CPAs since 1980 principally on the defense side. A former member of the AICPA’s Accountants Legal Liability Committee, he has been admitted to practice in the U.S. Tax and Supreme Courts. Jim is also a national Director and past officer of the American Academy of Attorney-CPAs (AAA-CPA) and presently chairs their national ethics and dual practice committee.