Dean is a non-lawyer CPA. He practiced with Arthur Andersen for over 28 years before joining Dorsey in October 2002. Dean headed the personal tax and financial services practice in the Minneapolis office of Andersen. He brings vast experience in individual tax planning, tax compliance (tax return), wealth planning, retirement planning, executive benefits planning, cash flow planning and related areas.
His clients include high net worth individuals and top executives of the area’s major corporations. Dean was a member of the Andersen firmwide personal tax and financial services specialty team, where he was instrumental in the development of firmwide methodology and technology. In addition, he was the firmwide technology lead for the specialty team. He has a broad background in corporate, partnership, S corporation and individual tax.