Steve Berwick Among Top CPAs for Litigation Support

Steven M. Berwick recently assisted in the defense of a Big Four accounting firm in an audit malpractice case. His testimony in regard to the standard of care and compliance with professional standards helped resolve the case successfully. He also provided forensic analysis for the defense in a case against officers and directors in a class action suit against a large company.

Berwick56 brings 35 years of practice to his primary areas of litigation support: e-discovery forensic accounting business valuation and expert witness. “My practice focuses on lost profit calculations commercial damage models and professional malpractice matters” says Berwick who has provided testimony in more than 65 commercial litigation matters and qualified as an expert witness in various federal and state courts.

A Certified Public Accountant Certified Valuation Analyst and Certified Information Technology Professional Berwick leads the firm’s digital forensic practice. He was recently named Technology Leader of the Year (CTO) by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.

“Over the past several years increasing attention has been on the digital aspects of forensic accounting including e-discovery” Berwick says. “We assist attorneys not just in acquiring large amounts of data (the purely technological challenge) but in identifying preserving analyzing producing and presenting the evidence that they truly need.”

Berwick is a member of the Florida International University Council of 100 and the FIU School of Accounting Advisory Board.