HOUSE OVERSIGHT 023265 am concerned re brad taking barrys place re XXXX. In the beginning Barry will need to find and learn ACCURATE . org charts. books , balance sheets. trust valuations, are all a part. Barry will need 2 months to just get his arm around what is there, this is before any needed modifications., a way overdue re- fresh of your estate plan . . clats , trust. partnerships. grats. llcs. bank accounts, filing requirements. etc. the long awaited review of the brh tra and shareholders agreement to see how they fit into new plan. . "" planning art partnership engagement.. , airplane re-do. , buying another. . ? boat sale , Miami sale. . TRADING ACCOUNTS. . three years over due. . an accounting system. fire john.. joslin stays for a year. or so. so does tom and. except for heather everyone should be replaced with new. . Sell Artspace and shut down regan arts. . rationalize, cash flow reporting. cash mgmt. stock sales. sec irs. gaming. foreign reporting. the 8865 mess will take months to review now. . you CANNOT file unreviewed audited documents. . CANNOT!!! this will be very detailed work. . a self inflicted wound - all avoidable if professionals had been in place to limit. or contain it. . . you will need 3 new hires .a s there is no one in your office that is truly an A player. I have great hope in Barry as you know. He will need to be trained. note ; One year is my guesstimate After 4 years of telling you , that you could do better than Halperin,: im glad that you now are willing to follow barrys advice . I take no offense, in fact I take comfort in the fact that after only one conversation with Barry you are now convinced to make that change . will take a year or more. I expect as a friend you will understand that I will no longer, not even for one day, work on your affairs . without the compensation that is long overdue. . your unilateral idea of after care , not imposed on any other professional, except me, not paul weiss ,( caes