Neil Paschall, Managing Director of The McLean Group's Sacramento, CA office and Partner in The McLean Valuation Services Group, has 35 years’ experience, including public accounting with a Big Four firm, serving as a Fortune 500 company’s corporate financial executive responsible for acquisition due diligence and valuation, and serving as a business valuation and investment banking firm's CEO.

A graduate of the Advanced Negotiation Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, Mr. Paschall graduated magna cum laude from San Francisco State University in international business finance. He also is a CPA. 

Mr. Paschall has served on the Practice Standards Committee of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA), and was an elected member of NACVA's Litigation Forensics Board which sets practice standards for litigation consulting practitioners. He is a highly-regarded speaker, author and instructor on acquisition due diligence, corporate valuation and transaction analysis, enhancing business value, and M&A. Mr. Paschall sits on the editorial board of the national magazine, The Value Examiner.

Professional Credentials

• FINRA Registered Representative (Series 7, 63)
• CPA (California)
• Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) through AICPA
• Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) through AICPA
• Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) through NACVA
• Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA) through NACVA

Professional Memberships

• The California Society of CPAs
• American Institute of CPAs (AICPA)
• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA)