Partners
W. Seth McDaniel
Managing Partner

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
William A. Godshall
Jason M. Meadows
Jeremy L. Sperring
Linda J. Schaeffer
Chris Kyriakakis
Sean T. Lager
Michael P. Warren
Jeffery J. Seay
Jeremy D. Jones
Kris M. Spain
Barbara S. Borczak
William B. Daniel Jr.

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 is a partner in the accounting and assurance department and provides litigation support, tax and financial analysis services for closely held businesses.

Chris works with clients in a variety of industries including nonprofit services, manufacturing, distribution, real estate, construction, and retail industries.

He has earned the designations of Certified Fraud Examiner, CFE, from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and Certified in Financial Forensics, CFF, from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. These designations are 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 .

He 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 a member of the Georgia Society of CPA's Peer Review Committee and is the past Chair of the Executive Committee. In those duties, 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 and Employee Benefit Quality Task Force
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
ASPPA Benefits Council of Atlanta – Board of Directors
The Worldwide Employee Benefits Network
Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce – HR Steering Committee
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The ESOP Association
Girl Scouts of Greater Atlanta – Board of Directors and Audit Committee Chairman
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