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Continuing Education: Speakers Available

Three leading-edge speakers in the business/finance arena of dentistry, Mr. John K. McGill, Mr. Roger Hill and Mr. Bob Sytz are available to present a program for your group.  

John K. McGill, CPA, MBA, JD

John K. McGill is a member of The McGill & Hill Group in Charlotte, North Carolina and a tax attorney (partner) with the law firm of McGill & Hassan, P.A. Mr. McGill has worked exclusively with dentists and dental specialists for over 22 years and has developed comprehensive financial gameplans for over 450 doctors, who have achieved financial independence in less than 10 years on average.

He graduated with honors from Erskine College with a BS in Business and Economics and a concentration in Accounting. He holds a Masters in Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He holds a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was awarded the Touche Ross, CPAs, Tax Law Scholarship. He formerly worked with the Office of Chief Counsel, the legal branch of the Internal Revenue Service, in Washington, D.C. He is now a member of the American Bar Association and the North Carolina Bar Association.

He has presented programs at such prestigious meetings as: Thomas P. Hinman Dental Meeting, ADA National Conventions, Super Schulman Orthodontic Study Club, AAO National Convention, Denver Summer Meeting, and Texas Dental Association. His topic(s) include:

  • Achieving Financial Independence

Mr. McGill is Chief-Editor of The McGill Advisory Newsletter. He is a contributing editor of Dental Economics Magazine and co-editor of the Tax Question & Answer Column. You may contact Janet Blair at (704) 424-9780 for more information on availability and to request available dates and honorarium.

Roger K. Hill

Roger K. Hill, A.S.A. has been working side by side with general dentists and specialists for more than 20 years. Prior to his work in these areas, Mr. Hill held an administrative position at Baylor College of Medicine, and before that, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital. He received his M.B.A. from the University of Houston in 1976 and has participated in professional graduate training in the areas of Valuation Theory and Application as well as real estate law. He joined The McGill & Hill Group in February of 1997.

Mr. Hill is currently an accredited senior appraiser (A.S.A.) of the American Society of Appraisers, a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers and a seminar leader and charter member of the Practice Valuation Study Group, a national study group dedicated to improving practice and business valuations. He is a nationally known speaker and frequently addresses professional and business groups regarding transition activities and issues of both a quantitative and qualitative nature.

His topic:

  • Dental Practice Transitions

You may contact Erica Flory at (704) 424-5626 for more information on Roger Hill's availability and to request available dates and honorarium.

Blake W. Hassan, CPA, JD

Blake W. Hassan is a shareholder in the law firm of McGill and Hassan, P.A. in Charlotte, North Carolina. He received his undergraduate degree (B.S., cum laude, 1985) from Louisiana State University. He received his law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D. with honors, 1993).

Mr. Hassan is a Certified Public Accountant (N.C. 1988). He is a member of the Mecklenburg County Bar, North Carolina Bar and American Bar Associations, the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Before entering law school, Mr. Hassan worked for approximately five years with Big 8 Accounting Firm, Arthur Andersen & Co., in Charlotte, North Carolina. He has been engaged in the private practice of law since 1993, and concentrates in the areas of taxation, transactional work (negotiations, document preparation, etc. for business transactions), estate planning and administration services (including family limited partnerships), associateship employment agreements, and general corporate matters. Additionally, through his affiliation with the McGill & Hill Group, LLC, Mr. Hassan is involved with numerous professional practice transition matters.

His topic(s) include:
  • Estate Planning, FLPs, and Asset Protection strategies

Robert Sytz, Jr., CPA, CFP

Mr. Robert Sytz, Jr. is President of Select Consulting, Inc. With more than 20 years of professional experience in financial and investment planning, Mr. Sytz is very successful in providing wealth management services to his clients. Managing wealth through sophisticated investment consulting services is his specialty as he provides advice to his wealthy professional and small business clients.
Dedicated to maintaining the highest educational and professional standards, Mr. Sytz earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Having worked several years with an international accounting firm as a tax consultant, he received his Certified Public Accountant certificate in 1984. Mr. Sytz completed the course of study for the Certified Financial Planning certificate at the College for Financial Planning in 1986 and was professionally licensed in the securities industry as a NASD Series 7, Series 63 and Series 65 licensee and was licensed in the insurance industry as a Life, Disability, Variable Life and Annuity licensee. Mr. Sytz has been an ardent supporter of continuing education and invests more than 40 hours annually towards furthering his professional education within the financial services industry. His topic(s) include:

  • Successful Investment Strategies

You may contact Susan Jones with Select Consulting at (704) 426-6100 for more information on availability and to request available dates and honorarium.