Partners
David A. Deeter
James F. Frazier Jr.
Roger W. Lusby III
Ruth A. Bartlett
D. Shawn Fowler
Jeffery R. Miller
Rhonda I. Striplin
Christopher E. Etheridge
Karen C. Thurman
Terri E. Lawson
Andrew C. Burnett
Wayne D. Reid
W. Seth McDaniel
William A. Godshall
Jason M. Meadows
Jeremy L. Sperring
Linda J. Schaeffer
Chris Kyriakakis
Sean Lager
Michael P. Warren

Principals
Managers
Directors and Officers

 
  CHRISTOPHER E. ETHERIDGE, CPA CFE
Partner

chris.etheridge@frazierdeeter.com

Experience
Chris Etheridge joined Frazier & Deeter, LLC in 1989. He provides accounting and assurance, litigation support, tax and financial analysis services for closely held businesses.

Chris has earned the designation of certified fraud examiner, CFE, from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. The CFE designation is awarded to select professionals responsible for detecting, deterring and investigating fraud and white collar crime.

Chris is the Partner in Charge of the Employee Benefits Services Group of Frazier & Deeter. His areas of expertise include employee benefit plan audits as well as regulatory and tax compliance. Chris is the firm’s representative for the firm’s membership in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Employee Benefit Audit Quality Center.

Chris’s work involves clients in the services, manufacturing, distribution, real estate, construction, and retail industries.

Chris also serves as a technical reviewer for the firm’s accounting and assurance practice. As a result of his extensive experience, other public accounting firms hire him to perform a peer review of their CPA practices. He currently sits as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Georgia Society of CPA’s Peer Review Committee. He is responsible for overseeing the peer review process and compliance for the member firms in the State of Georgia.

Education
Bachelor of Business Administration, J.M. Tull School of Accounting, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, 1989.

Professional and Civic Organizations
Certified Public Accountant – States of Georgia and New York
Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants – Member of Peer Review Committee
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
ASPA Benefits Council of Atlanta
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The ESOP Association
America Scores – Atlanta – Board of Directors
The University of Georgia Young Alumni Association
Delta Tau Delta House Corporation
Project Open Hand
YMCA – Atlanta – Volunteer Soccer Coach