As Consultants and Accountants to Management and Counsel, our professionals are recognized both within the profession and by our clients as leading forensic accountants. We have been recognized as experts in local, state and federal courts including, Alabama, California, Delaware, Montana, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington, Washington D.C. The scope of our practice includes the following types of assignments:

PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

We are frequently retained to assist counsel to evaluate and, if necessary, to testify regarding the performance of other CPA firms in their performance of professional services. We have reviewed the work performed by many of the largest CPA firms in the nation as well as small, locally-based CPA firms that have performed audit, review, compilation, tax and consulting services.

Representative cases of interest for Professional Standards

SPECIAL ACCOUNTINGS

Parties may disagree on accounting issues. When they do, we assist the parties, counsel, and the court to provide an accounting of the items in dispute. We have been retained in corporate, trust, partnership, joint venture, and profit sharing disputes in a multitude of contract and business disputes. We serve our clients at any stage of the dispute: from pre-litigation during mediation as consultants to counsel to testifying experts at trial. In addition to the traditional engagements, we have also been appointed as Special Masters, Referees, and Arbitrators by the courts.

Representative cases of interest for Special Accountings

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS

We have been retained by private counsel, management, boards of directors, companies, and governmental entities including the U.S. Department of Justice, the Attorney General of the State of California, and local governmental entities to conduct special investigations. At a time when there is a greater demand for transparent accountability, we are in demand to assist parties with special investigations. With over 10 Certified Fraud Examiners on staff, coupled with our core public accounting skills, we possess an almost unparalleled degree of capability and knowledge.

Representative cases of interest for Special Investigations

Each assignment is unique. With our breadth of knowledge and skills we are able to assign skilled, experienced, and knowledgeable professionals to match the issues to be addressed.

ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY

At a time when electronic media and communication has become part of day-to-day business, the demand to investigate and analyze the electronic media is necessary to conduct many forensic accounting assignments. We have trained and experienced professionals who assist the forensic accounting team in their special accountings and special investigations.