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Most commercial disputes, as well as many marital disputes, have a financial
dimension. Forensic accounting and expertly presented financial evidence
can significantly influence the outcome of such disputes and help ensure a
satisfactory result, either in court or through an earlier settlement process.
Successful forensic investigation requires special knowledge and a sharp
understanding of business processes. Michael Goldman has extensive
experience designing and working with financial and control systems both as an
"insider" and as an external consultant. Our services include advising on
the key business and financial issues in a dispute, evaluating the controls and
practices in place in a business and the resulting likelihood of asset
misappropriation, independent analysis and review of financial data, and
providing expert witness reports that set out conclusions and the supporting
evidence. When you cannot find the money, the numbers don't make sense, or
you have other concerns, we have the knowledge and experience to help you.
Michael Goldman and Associates, LLC. has performed the following Forensic
services for clients:
- Traced assets to allocate collateral and evaluate auditor malpractice for
secured creditors, litigating attorneys, and the trustee in an $80 million
Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors.
- Appointed as Examiner by the US Bankruptcy Court in the case of a franchiser
of 27 convenient stores. Reported to the court in issues relating to
trust funds, check kiting, fraud, and auditor malpractice.
- Assisted attorneys in settling a divorce case involving accounting fraud
and possible audit malpractice.
- Testified as an expert witness in a $750,000 commercial dispute.
- Designed and taught a 40-hour course on internal control and fraud to a
$500 million publicly held company to assist them in satisfying terms of an
SEC consent decree.
- Assisted in the due diligence review during the acquisition of a $20
million company with accounting irregularities.
- Retained to evaluate whether a company's outside accountant committed
errors or irregularities in handling the company's books and records.
- Retained to evaluate the extent of fraud committed by a company's
bookkeeper.
- Engaged to determine whether a company's chronic cash shortages were due
to employee theft.
- Assisted the trustee in a $240 million Assignment for the Benefit of
Creditors. Traced assets to allocate collateral and provided other
support to litigating attorneys.
- Assisted an attorney in a legal malpractice case involving suspected
concealment of assets.
- Assisted an attorney in the evaluation of documents in support of a fraud
case.
- Engaged as expert witness for a defendant in a commercial fraud case
- Engaged as expert witness for a plaintiff in a commercial fraud case
- Engaged as expert witness for a plaintiff in a shareholder dispute / fraud
case
- Assisted the Loss Prevention department of a major national franchisor in
performing life-style audits on franchisees suspected of understating
franchise fees that were owed to the franchisor.
- Retained as consultant and expert witness in an accounting mal-practice
case involving fraud.
- Retained by a Chapter 7 Trustee to investigate allegations of Bankruptcy
Fraud in a $12 million debtor.
- Retained by a commercial lender to investigate suspicions of loan fraud on
a portfolio of residential apartment buildings
- Retained by a Chapter 7 Trustee to investigate allegations of Bankruptcy
Fraud in a $6 million debtor.
- Retained to assist in a negligence case against a state contractor.
- Retained to determine losses and negotiate a settlement with a former CEO
accused of embezzlement
- Retained to determine damages and losses in a breach of contract dispute
- Retained as financial expert in litigation support prosecuting a
negligence claim in a case involving personal injury
- Retained by a Chapter 7 Trustee to investigate suspicion of fraud in
numerous personal bankruptcy cases
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Michael Goldman & Associates, L.L.C. - Consulting
& CPA Services 
