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Andrew B. Blackman, CPA/PFS, CFP, DABFA, MBA
Andy earned a BSBA in Accounting, Magna Cum Laude, in 1975 from the School of Management at Boston University. He earned his MBA in Taxation, with honors, in 1979 at Fairleigh Dickinson University. In1988, he was the 106th CPA accredited as a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS). In 1991, he successfully challenged the first Certified Financial Planner (CFP) comprehensive exam and was then asked to develop questions for future exams. In 2000, he was admitted as a Diplomat of the American Board of Forensic Accounting (DABFA) and his profile was selected for Marquis Who's Who in America.
Prior to becoming a partner in Shapiro Lobel, Andy was a partner in Freedman & Blackman Accountancy Corporation, a Los Angeles CPA firm. While his career focus has been personal financial planning (PFP), at Shapiro Lobel, his efforts are devoted to the development and growth of the business management practice for performing and creative artists. While his predominant clientele have careers in screen, television, and live stage, the firm also represents established authors, photographers, painters, musical performers, songwriters, and athletes. Additionally, he has developed an expertise in the representation of nonresident alien performing and creative artists. His firm represents over a dozen British artists including several nominees and winners of Academy, Emmy, and Tony Awards.
The financial media has often acknowledged Andy's expertise. Worth named Andy one of the nation's Best Financial Advisers for three consecutive years and Accounting Today included him as one of the Names To Know In Financial Planning each time this list of "influential practitioners" has been published since 1999. His advice has appeared in dozens of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, USA Today, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Daily News, The Star Ledger, The Record, The Arizona Republic, Newsweek, Business Week, Kiplinger's Personal Finance, Worth, Financial Planning, Dow Jones Investment Advisor, and Accounting Today and he has been a featured guest on ABC, Fox, CNN, E!, and Bloomberg among others.
Andy served a three-year term on the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) PFP Executive Committee and founded and chaired its PFS Subcommittee. He has also served on and chaired committees in the areas of Entertainment, Sports, and PFP for the state CPA societies of California, New Jersey, and New York. Additionally, he is a founder and past President and past Vice President of The All-Star Financial Group, LLC, a dynamic "think tank" and national organization for advanced CPA financial planners.
Andy co-authored the AICPA publication Guide To Planning For Performing And Creative Artists and edited the AICPA course Tax Considerations For Professional Athletes And Entertainers. He also appeared in the AICPA video Education Funding. He assisted the AICPA in planning its Certificate of Educational Achievement program in PFP, as well as planning and lecturing at several of the AICPA's PFP Technical Conferences and PFP Investment Conferences. He has also edited PFP materials for The CPA Journal, as well as for other professional publications and has lectured throughout the country on the subjects of PFP and his specialty of representing performing and creative artists. He is proudest of having assisted the New York State Society of CPAs in developing their Task Force to provide pro bono assistance to victims of the September 11th disaster and of creating and developing, as well as serving as the chairman of, the Disaster Recovery Conference held in New York City February 4 and 5, 2002.
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