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Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support

Forensic accounting is used in a wide variety of circumstances including:

  • Criminal Investigations
  • Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
  • Personal Injury Claims/MV Accidents
  • Business Interruption/Other Claims
  • Business/Employee Fraud Investigations
  • Marital and Family Disputes
  • Business Economic Losses
  • Professional Negligence
  • Mediation and Arbitration
  • Litigation Avoidance Techniques

Forensic accounting requires an integration of accounting, auditing and investigative skills. It requires the ability to, not only figure out what has happened, but also to be able to describe that in layman’s terms to others and ultimately to individuals that are not accountants. We have a number of accountants experienced and certified in Forensic Accounting areas.

There are stages to any forensic accounting engagement:

Investigative – This is the first stage of a forensic accounting engagement. There are many times when a client or prospective client has a suspicion that something is wrong, but does not know where to turn from there. We can help analyze financial evidence to determine if there is a problem and help quantify the problem. We can also help to determine if there are the proper records to pursue action on the problem.

Sometime there are not proper records to pursue an issue that might have come up, the issues is not large enough to justify further action, or in the case of many not-for-profit situations, the client does not wish to make the issue public. We can assist in developing controls to provide reasonable assurance that the issue does not repeat or grow. It is always less costly to prevent issues with proper controls than to investigate and pursue problems after the fact.

Litigation Support – This provides assistance, of an accounting nature, once the investigation is essentially completed. It involves organizing the supporting data, documenting the findings and communicating the findings to others in reports. Finally, sometimes the forensic accountant must testify in court as an expert witness.

Our forensic accountants have been trained and certified by either the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) or the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). The ACFE is the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. NACVA is a national organization to support the users of business and intangible asset valuation services and financial forensic services, including damages determination of all kinds and fraud detection and prevention, by training and certifying financial professionals in these disciplines.