Qualifications

STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS

This wine appraiser and consultant has been a wine collector for over 25 years and a consultant since 1982. He is America's first, and only, tested, certified and accredited Senior Wine Appraiser. He is the founder of the National Rare Wine Registry.

CERTIFICATION

Accredited Senior Appraiser,
American Society of Appraisers.
RECERTIFIED 13 FEBRUARY 1995.

MEMBERSHIPS, Past and Present

Panel member, American Arbitration Association 1985

Distinguished Expert of the National Forensic Center 1982

Das Deutscher Wein Geselsfhaft 1982

Les Amis du Vin 1983

HONORS

Men of Achievement, I.B.C., Cambridge, England 1990

Who's Who International Du Vin, Paris, France 1993 & 1995

AUTHORSHIPS

"Wine Appraisals And The Roles They Can Play" Personal Property Journal, American Society of Appraisers, Vol. 1, No. 4, Winter 1988. Reprints available on request.

"Wine Appraisals, Why You Need One" -- Copyright 1988.

"Fine and Rare Wine Appraisers Certification Examination" (for the American Society of Appraisers)

TYPES OF APPRAISALS PREPARED

Arbitration
Acquisition
Bankruptcy
Charity Donees
Charity Donors
Disposal
Divorce
Fair Market Value

Fraud Detection

I.R.S. Form 8283 Requirements
Probate
Replacement Cost
Insurance Cases (arson, fire, freezing, flooding, theft, transportation, equipment failure, embezzlement)

EXPERT WITNESS

Arbitration Proceedings, Theft Case,
Los Angeles 1986

Arbitration Proceedings, Fire Case,
Ventura, CA. 1997

ARTICLE REPRINTS FEATURING THIS APPRAISER are available on request:

"What is a collection worth?" The Wine Spectator Magazine, Vol. 13, No. 16, December 31, 1988

"Appraising Fine Wine Collections" Los Angeles Herald Examiner April 7, 1988

"Liquid Assets" by William Sokolin, MacMillan Publishing 1987

"Appraising Wine with Roger Livdahl" The New York Wine Cellar Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, December 1985

"Vintage Expertise" The Expert and the Law, by the National Forensic, Vol. 4, No. 4, September 1984

CORPORATE & ATTORNEY CLIENTS - Partial List

Appraisers

Naomi Levinson, A.S.A., Bernhard Assoc., Belvedere, CA.

Douglas Tomsky & Assoc., Glen Ellyn, Ill.

Frances Zeman, A.S.A., Appraisal Resource Associates, N.Y.

Attorneys

Susan Carter, Wasser, Rosenson & Carter, Los Angeles, CA.

William M. Freeman, Parker Stanberry, San Bernardino, CA.

Manley Freid, Freid & Goldsman, Los Angeles, CA.

Paul Frimmer, Irell & Manella, Los Angeles, CA.

Robert S. Kaufman, Kaufman & Young, Beverly Hills, CA.

James Wm. Klein, Los Angeles, CA.

Leslee Newman, Santa Ana, CA.

James T. Shaw, Mission Viejo, CA.

Christopher M. Moore, Torrance, CA

Susan T. Feldsted, Larson, Burnham & Trutner, Oakland, CA.

Linda Blank, Danning, Gill, Gould, Diamond & Spector, L.A.

Robert Schibel, Santa Monica, CA

Insurance

Ron Fogleson, Employers Mutual Co., Laguna Hills, CA.

Elizabeth Cushing, Forcon International, Los Angeles & Denver

Paul Divinagracia, Northbrook Prop. & Casualty Ins., San Jose, CA

Karen Kalber, U.S.A.A. Prop. & Casualty Ins., Sacramento, CA.

Dawn Dove, Chubb Group, Woodland Hills, CA.

Robert Steese, Farmers Insurance, Santa Clara, CA

Christopher J. Drexler, Unirisc, Inc., Lombard, ILL.

Michael Monaghan, 20th Century Ins., Woodland Hills, CA

Law Enforcement

Deputy Gary A. 0'Farrell, U.S. Marshal Service, Phoenix, AZ.

Special Agent Susan Schillie, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Phoenix, AZ.

Businesses

Donald Brady, Don-Mar Financial Co., Los Angeles CA.

Susan Hober, KCET Television, Los Angeles, CA.

Dan Masich, Jr., National Van Lines, Inc., Broadview, ILL.

Lud Renick, The Chronicle Restaurant, Pasadena, CA.

Ron McCartney, GAB Business Services, Los Angeles

Hugh Feeney, T.D.S. Foods, Inc., Santa Fe Springs

Douglas McGowan, Tower Restaurant, Los Angeles

Ron Spinoglio, Union Federal Savings Bank, Brea, CA.

Robert Helpin, Cal-Pacific Restoration, San Francisco, CA

Louis B. Moreno, Greer-Kirby Co., La Mirada, CA

David Graebel, Graebel Van Lines

George M. Schofield, Unique Wines Inc., St. Helena, CA

Livdahl's Wine Appraisals
2157 North Vine St. #8
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Ph: (323)460-6999

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