Blaise C.
Bender is President and Managing Shareholder of Blaise C. Bender, PC a law firm
that concentrates on business and non-profit development, mergers and acquisitions,
contractual and transactional analysis, tax planning for individuals and
businesses, representation on tax issues and controversies impacting
individuals and businesses, corporate legal counsel assistance, real estate,
strategic planning, health care analysis and estate and trust assessment.
Formerly a full-time
college professor for over twenty years. He received his B.B.A in Accounting
Degree and a Master’s of Science in Finance from Texas A& M University. He
also received an MPA in Taxation from UTSA and his Juris Doctor in Law from St.
Mary’s University. He is presently a faculty member at Trinity University
teaching Professional Ethics in their Masters of Accounting program.
Blaise is a
member of the State Bar of Texas, and is a licensed CPA. He possesses over six
years of experience in public accounting working for Arthur Andersen & Co.,
Deloitte Touche, and Ernest and Young.
Blaise also served as a CFO and Controller in the private sector. He
also served as a CEO for Servco, Inc. an international firm associated with the
oil and gas industry.
Blaise
currently serves as a Board Member of Credit Human, FCU and chairs its Budget
and Finance Committee. He is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs and serves
on the TSCPA Professional Ethics Committee, Federal Tax Policy Committee, Legislative
Advisory Committee, and the CPE Advisory Committee. In 2019, Blaise was named
to the Board of Directors of USIO, Inc. (a publically traded company) and is
chair of the Audit Committee.
Blaise has
conducted over 975 seminars and workshops throughout Texas and the United
States and has numerous publications in tax and accounting. His seminars
include an Annual Federal Tax Updates,
Individual Tax Updates. Business Tax Updates, Qualified Business Income
Deduction Issues, Opportunity Zone Matters, Hobby Loss Issues and Succession
Planning for Small Accounting Firms to name a few. He has received numerous
awards for his service in education and continuing education including the
TSCPA Meritorious Service to the Public Accounting Profession Award in 2015– 16
and the Fellow Award in 2019 from the San Antonio Chapter of CPAs.
