Accounting Expert Witnesses in Illinois

Business Damages, Accounting - Forensic Accounting, Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Value of Businesses and Real Estate, Fraud. Extensive Expert Testimony in breach of contract, business interruption, dissolutions, intellectual property, construction, fraud, securities, personal injury, wrongful termination matters

Barbara Luna is a Senior Partner in the accounting and litigation services firm of White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt. She has served as a forensic accounting, damages and valuation expert witness for over forty years in business and personal injury litigation and bankruptcy matters. She analyzes financial, accounting, economic, business, real estate and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and reorganization of businesses. She has testified on numerous occasions in U.S. District Court, Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, arbitrations and depositions.

Saint Charles, Illinois

Business Valuation, Accounting - business taxation, partnership taxation, ESOP Valuation, finance, tax litigation, IRS Debt, trust income tax, stock valuation, accounting, IRS defense, individual taxation, LLC taxation, shareholder valuation, valuation litigation, buy-sell, shareholder taxation, divorce taxation, business valuation, tax compliance, business succession

Mr. Lewis has more than 40 years of tax and business valuation experience with a strong focus on the valuation of closely held corporations and IRS tax law defense. He has been a principal in Lewis & Associates Tax Planning, Inc. (LATP) since 2008. LATP is a boutique tax practice which provides tax planning, IRS debt resolution, IRS audit representation, tax defense and tax compliance for businesses and individuals. Prior to entering private practice Mr. Lewis worked in corporate, public accounting and legal environments for 30 years. He has held such positions as Vice President of Finance, Controller, Accounting Manager, Director of Tax, Tax Manager and Tax Writer/Researcher. Mr. Lewis also has more than 25 years of teaching experience as an Adjunct Professor at Chicago area colleges and universities. He currently teaches finance, tax and accounting at Aurora University in Aurora, Illinois. He has previously taught at DePaul University and University of Phoenix (on-ground)...

Palos Heights, Illinois

Accounting, Fraud - Taxes, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Criminal Defense, Financial Crimes, White Collar Fraud, Bank Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Litigation Support, Embezzlement, Public Corruption, Ponzi Schemes, Asset Tracing

Cathy is the managing member of CAW Financial Forensics LLC a forensic accounting firm that specializes in white collar criminal defense. Cathy has over 35 years of combined tax, financial investigative, law enforcement and private sector consulting experience. Cathy provides forensic accounting, litigation and investigative support to attorneys and their clients. Cathy has provided criminal defense services for criminal violations of federal, state or local law and complaints for forfeiture of assets. She has also provided expert analysis and reports during civil dispute litigation. Cathy was a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in the Chicago Field Office and has more than 20 years of financial criminal investigative experience. Cathy retired from IRS-CI as the Assistant Director of Special Investigative Techniques (SIT), which has national oversight of Undercover Agents, Confidential Informants and Technical Equipment Operations. ...

Illinois

Accounting, Intellectual Property - Economic, Intellectual Property & Commercial Damages, Infringement, Lost Profits, Royalty, Forensic Accounting, Breach of Contract, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud Investigations, Embezzlement, Construction, Bankruptcy, Malpractice, Analytics, ediscovery, special master, Ponzi schemes, Theft of Trade Secrets, Damages

Paul Rodrigues is a Managing Member of Trace Forensic Experts LLC. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant with a Master's Degree in Taxation and is Certified in Financial Forensics. Paul has more than 31 years of experience in the accounting profession. He began his practice with a big four public accounting firm and has served as an expert witness or consultant in numerous forensic, fraud, and litigation engagements with damage claims ranging from $1 million to $250 million. He has testified in Federal and State courts, arbitrations and mediations. Paul has been involved with civil and criminal litigation (on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants) including but not limited to: accounting & auditing standards; improper accounting entries, the determination of lost profits, income, assets, or damages; internal investigations and fraud investigations, securities, civil RICO; bribery and other litigation claims requiring ac...

Chicago, Illinois

Business Damages - Lost Profits, Economic Damages, Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy Core Proceedings, Insurance and Business Interruption Claims, business valuation, Fraud, Internal Investigations

Michael focuses his professional practice on determining lost profits, lost earnings and other economic damages, forensic accounting, financial analyses, investigations and business valuation. He provides consulting and expert services regarding economic damages, forensic accounting, business interruption, contract disputes, GAAP, GAAS, solvency, alter ego, fraud and bankruptcy and financial transactions and balances. Michael provides consulting and litigation services to trial lawyers, trustees, receivers, business owners and units of federal, state and local government. Many engagements combine complex litigation, forensic accounting, financial analysis, economic damages, valuation and distressed business issues with the reconstruction of all or portion of incomplete, misstated and/or falsified accounting books and records and financial statements. Michael has more than 45 years of experience in accounting, forensic accounting, business economics and investigations including m...

Chicago, Illinois

Accounting, Fraud - Forensic Accounting, Financial Investigations, Fraud Audits, Reconstruction of Accounting Information, Lost Profits, Divorce, Breach of Fiduciary Responsibility, Tax Analysis

Mr. Cohen has more than thirty five years experience in the field of public accounting which includes providing compilation, review and audited financial statements along with tax preparation and business advisory services. He has also prepared expert reports in the areas of divorce, lost income, financial misrepresentation, financial conversion and corporate veil cases, breach of fiduciary responsibility, non-complete analysis, forensic accounting in both the private and public sectors. He has testified and been deposed in several counties in Illinois and has testified in federal court.