Consultants in LITIGATION, FORENSIC AND VALUATION SERVICES

Stephen W. Shulman, CPA/ABV, CVA
Partner in Charge of the Litigation Support, Forensic and Valuation Services Group at Anchin. Mr. Shulman was retained by International Banks, National Law Firms and Fortune 500 businesses to consult with and provide expert testimony in litigation support, valuation services and forensic accounting assignments.

Ashok B. Abbott, MBA, PhD
Professor Abbott is an Associate Professor of Finance at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. He has also taught at the Graduate school of Credit and Financial Management held at Dartmouth and Stanford University. He has over thirty years of experience in evaluation of businesses as a senior bank lender and as a business appraiser. His areas of focus are blockage discount, discount for lack of marketability/liquidity, control premiums, securities and event studies.

Shiv K. Bhupathi, MBA
Formerly in house director of litigation consulting for a national law firm 15 years of diversified business and litigation consulting experience.

William M. Foerster, CPA
Formerly Director of Litigation Support Services at Laventhol & Horwath, and Executive Managing Director of Business Forensic Services at Landauer Associates, Inc. Twenty years of extensive litigation consulting experience.

Martin Greene, CPA, ABV, ASA
Manager at Anchin with over 25 years of experience in business valuation and litigation services in the areas of estate and gift taxes, marital dissolution, oppressed shareholder actions, buy/sell agreements, and commercial damages. Mr. Greene serves owners of closely-held businesses across a broad range of industries, including legal, health care, real estate, automotive, manufacturing, and wholesale distribution.

Daryl Johnson, MAcc, AVA
Daryl Johnson is an expert in all aspects of healthcare valuation analysis and litigation support, focusing mostly on agreements or compensation arrangements that may have Stark and/or Anti-Kickback implications. He has structured, negotiated and managed hundreds of healthcare transactions, including physician practice acquisitions and divestitures, hospital joint ventures and clinical trial principal investigator agreements. An Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA), Mr. Johnson is a frequent speaker and author on healthcare valuation topics.

David J. Lamb, CPA
Partner in Charge of Technical Review at Anchin. Mr. Lamb is responsible for the quality control of Anchin’S accounting and auditing services. He has the responsibility of studying and implementing the current accounting and auditing pronouncements in all attestation engagements firm-wide.

Thomas K. Lee
Director of Litigation, Forensic and Valuation Services at Anchin, he has over 15 years of litigation experience, assisting clients and counsel in financial disputes and conducting financial investigations. Mr. Lee specializes in preparing and analyzing financial claims in a variety of litigation matters, including product liability, breach of contract, intellectual property, whistleblower actions and fraud. He advises public and private corporations in a variety of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, agriculture, real estate, healthcare, telecommunications and government.

William R. Legier, CPA, CFE
A certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner with advanced standing. High level corporate background with extensive testimonial experience in Federal and State courts for leading national law firms and Fortune 500 companies.

Robert Mastrandrea, CPA
Robert has over 25 years of experience in financial, operational and information technology audits within the investment and commercial banking field. Through his work, he has improved the internal control environments in world class broker dealers/institutions and has conducted special investigations and forensic auditing for entities in North American, South America, Europe and Asia.

Harvey D. Moskowitz, CPA
Former National Director of Accounting and Auditing and Professional Services for BDO Seidman. He has been retained by the leading national law firms to provide litigation support and expert testimony in a variety of industries in Federal and State courts, participated in special investigations and has served as an arbitrator in commercial disputes.

William F. Murray, CPA
Manager at Anchin and experienced certified public accountant with an extensive background in economic damage analysis, business valuations, and forensic investigations. Mr. Murray was previously controller of a manufacturing concern and has also performed due diligence work for corporate acquisitions, and SEC reporting for a public company.

Robert F. Richter, CPA
Author of Warren, Gorham & Lamont’s SEC Accounting and Reporting Manual, used by accounting professionals worldwide as their authority on SEC filing and financial reporting. Advises clients on the filing and financial reporting requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission and on a wide range of SEC related matters.

Patrick Scutero
A member of the Internal Association of Independent Private Sector Inspector Generals (IPSIG) and a member of former Special Agents of the Internal Revenue Service.

Aaron Tenenbein, PhD
Professor of Statistics and Director of the Actuarial Science Program at the Stern School of Business at New York University. Aaron has over 35 years of professional consulting experience, including work with law firms, big 4 accounting firms, banks, insurance companies and other types of firms.

Joseph Vieira, CPA
Partner in Charge of Anchin’S Construction Services Group and a frequently sought after consultant, auditor and financial advisor to the construction industry. He has provided consulting services to attorneys involved in construction industry dispute resolutions.

Lester Weingarten, CPA, JD, MBA
Frequently sought after by white collar criminal attorneys to advise them on the tax exposure of their clients and to assist in negotiations with taxing authorities on their behalf. In addition, he supervises the negotiation of offers in compromise with taxing authorities, represents clients on tax collection actions and advises on the tax issues of matrimonial matters.