He Not Me

Ed Clingman believes “everything should point to God,” including his family blessings, volunteer endeavors, career achievements — and even his donor-advised fund.

CPA-attorney Ed Clingman looks out over a lake.Ed Clingman applied his accounting and legal expertise to a unique client niche: corporate bankruptcy. With unbridled curiosity and tenacious investigative skills, he uncovered $100 million in saleable tax credits for one corporation and $1 million in assets for another. He even saved 4,000 jobs at one company alone. These mega successes made him one of the country’s most-sought-after bankruptcy attorneys. But Ed’s clients didn’t realize that his ultimate goals had nothing to do with profit and loss. So what were his real objectives … how did he accomplish them … and who was his ultimate guide?

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