Expert Witness & Litigation Consulting
Need a financial expert?
When you need a financial expert, we can be the perfect solution. You need to know that your consultants’ unbiased opinions, experience, discretion, and strategic vision will exceed your expectations. Our litigation consulting team is known for quality and integrity in the development of our professional opinions in matters involving:
We provide expert litigation support, with direct partner involvement at every phase of the dispute.
We have experience with:
- Fraud and embezzlement
- Breach of contract
- Intellectual property
- Bankruptcy and creditors’ rights
- Professional negligence
- Bank compliance
- Money laundering
- Securities litigation
- Labor and employment claims
- Family law
- Tortious interference
- Construction claims
- Insurance claims, including business interruption claims
- Class actions
- Corporate dissolution
- Personal injury
- Wrongful death
- Product liability
- Medical malpractice
- Taxation
Our economic damage models often incorporate:
- Lost profits
- Lost or diminished business value
- Lost wages and benefits
- Lost earning capacity
- Out-of-pocket damages
- Punitive damages
- Cost overrun and delay damages
- Liquidated damages and other damage measurements specific to each matter
We are often extensively involved in many phases of case strategy, analysis and discovery, including consultations regarding case theories and economic merits, discovery assistance, document organization and control, and deposition assistance. Our professionals have testified as experts in federal and state courts as well as domestic and international arbitration.
Our Professionals
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michael Elkin serves as a Principal in the firm's forensic, advisory, and valuation services practice. For more than 30 years, he has provided business consulting, forensic accounting, litigation consulting, and expert witness testimony in the areas of financial investigations, economic damages,…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Steven M. Berwick joined Kaufman Rossin in 1974 and serves as a principal in the firm's audit and litigation practices. He has extensive experience in lost profit calculations, commercial damage models, professional malpractice matters, and expert witness testimony. He has testified in over 50 c…
Byron M. Brown, CPA, CFF, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Byron M. Brown joined Kaufman Rossin in 2010 and is a principal in our Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Byron’s experience includes providing forensic investigatory and dispute related services including managing fraud investigations, advising and executing on the exercise of …
S. Alexandra Coupet, CFE
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Alexandra Coupet joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015,and is a senior manager in the forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. She provides a variety of consulting services related to commercial litigation, including economic damages and lost profits calculations. Alexandra has …
Michael Crain, CPA, ABV, CFA, CFE
Senior Advisor, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Dr. Michael Crain is a senior advisor in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services department.
He is currently the director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Forensic Accounting and has taught at FAU beginning in 2008. At Kaufman Rossin, he consults with clients and …
José Cúneo, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
José Cúneo joined Kaufman Rossin in 2012 and is a principal in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. José performs forensic investigations of public, private, government and non-profit entities. His practice includes preparation of prospective financial information; lost profi…
Edward Gannon, MBA, ASA, MAFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As one of Kaufman Rossin’s litigation consulting specialists, Edward provides expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, and throughout the discovery process. For more than 20 years, Ed has counseled attorneys on the financial aspects of their cases, inc…
Patrick Gannon, CPA, CFF, CVA, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Patrick Gannon focuses on forensic accounting and valuation matters in the dispute arena; additionally, he often leads internal and external financial and fraud investigations, ranging from FCPA investigations to Ponzi scheme analyses. Pat has worked directly with regulators, including the Securitie…
Justin Gannon, CPA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Justin Gannon is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Prior to joining Kaufman Rossin in 2106, Justin spent three years as a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During his time there he oversaw a multitude of audit engagements incl…
David Garcia, CVA, CPA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
David Garcia is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services practice. David has a wide range of expertise in providing traditional audit, accounting, and business consulting services to clients in a variety of industries. His forensic accounting experience inclu…
Maximilian Halasz, CPA, CFF, CVA
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Maximilian Halasz joined Kaufman Rossin in 2018 and is a senior manager in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Max’s practice focuses on forensic accounting and litigation consulting engagements related to economic damages, contract disputes, insurance claims, business valuat…
Adam Rabinowitz, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Adam co-leads Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice.
Adam is a forensic accounting professional with more than 15 years of experience in providing expert witness and litigation consulting services related to:
- economic damages,
- business val…
Michelle Reinhold, CPA, CVA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michelle Reinhold is a manager in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she provides forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters.Her commercial litigation expertise includes lost profits, damages, fraud investigation, asset trac…
James J. Reto, CPA, CFF, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
James J. Reto is a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. He provides business valuation and forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters. Jim has provided expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, and arbitratio…
Avelino Rodrigues, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services team, Avelino “Vino” Rodrigues brings more than 25 years of practice experience to clients on fraud, litigation, regulatory and other matters.
Avelino brought his significant expertise to projects in the United States…
Michaela Shane, CPA, CFF, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Michaela is a Manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. She assists clients with complex forensic accounting, financial investigations, and a variety of litigation consulting matters.
Michaela brings a decade of experience in accounting, assurance, and for…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Kara Stearns Sharp co-leads Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice, where she brings clients more than 25 years of experience in the accounting industry. She specializes in investigative and forensic accounting, due diligence, and business advisory services.
She pr…
Elan Sternberg, CPA, CVA
Director of Forensic and Litigation Services, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Elan is a director in the Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services group at Kaufman Rossin, specializing in providing forensic accounting and litigation consulting services.Before joining Kaufman Rossin in 2016, Elan worked as an auditor at a national public accounting firm in Philadelphia fo…
Robert A. Stone, CPA, ABV, CFF
Principal, Senior Client Services
Miami
For more than four decades, Robert A. Stone has helped wealthy clients and entrepreneurs manage complex problems and capitalize on opportunities. His practice is grounded in audit, accounting, and tax services. He counsels clients on estate and trust planning, and mergers and acquisitions.
When p…
Marcela Varela, CVA, CDFA®
Associate Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Marcela Varela is an associate principal and director in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she leads family law engagements. She works with clients on the preparation of financial affidavits, child support guideline calculations, lifestyle analyses and asset…
Brooke Zick, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Brooke Zick is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's forensic, advisory and valuation services group where she provides litigation consulting services related to complex commercial disputes and forensic investigations.
Her expertise includes working on matters involving lost profits, unjust enrichmen…
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michael Elkin serves as a Principal in the firm's forensic, advisory, and valuation services practice. For more than 30 years, he has provided business consulting, forensic accounting, litigation consulting, and expert witness testimony in the areas of financial investigations, economic damages,…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Steven M. Berwick joined Kaufman Rossin in 1974 and serves as a principal in the firm's audit and litigation practices. He has extensive experience in lost profit calculations, commercial damage models, professional malpractice matters, and expert witness testimony. He has testified in over 50 c…
Byron M. Brown, CPA, CFF, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Byron M. Brown joined Kaufman Rossin in 2010 and is a principal in our Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Byron’s experience includes providing forensic investigatory and dispute related services including managing fraud investigations, advising and executing on the exercise of …
S. Alexandra Coupet, CFE
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Alexandra Coupet joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015,and is a senior manager in the forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. She provides a variety of consulting services related to commercial litigation, including economic damages and lost profits calculations. Alexandra has …
Michael Crain, CPA, ABV, CFA, CFE
Senior Advisor, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Dr. Michael Crain is a senior advisor in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services department.
He is currently the director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Forensic Accounting and has taught at FAU beginning in 2008. At Kaufman Rossin, he consults with clients and …
José Cúneo, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
José Cúneo joined Kaufman Rossin in 2012 and is a principal in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. José performs forensic investigations of public, private, government and non-profit entities. His practice includes preparation of prospective financial information; lost profi…
Edward Gannon, MBA, ASA, MAFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As one of Kaufman Rossin’s litigation consulting specialists, Edward provides expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, and throughout the discovery process. For more than 20 years, Ed has counseled attorneys on the financial aspects of their cases, inc…
Patrick Gannon, CPA, CFF, CVA, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Patrick Gannon focuses on forensic accounting and valuation matters in the dispute arena; additionally, he often leads internal and external financial and fraud investigations, ranging from FCPA investigations to Ponzi scheme analyses. Pat has worked directly with regulators, including the Securitie…
Justin Gannon, CPA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Justin Gannon is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Prior to joining Kaufman Rossin in 2106, Justin spent three years as a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During his time there he oversaw a multitude of audit engagements incl…
David Garcia, CVA, CPA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
David Garcia is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services practice. David has a wide range of expertise in providing traditional audit, accounting, and business consulting services to clients in a variety of industries. His forensic accounting experience inclu…
Maximilian Halasz, CPA, CFF, CVA
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Maximilian Halasz joined Kaufman Rossin in 2018 and is a senior manager in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Max’s practice focuses on forensic accounting and litigation consulting engagements related to economic damages, contract disputes, insurance claims, business valuat…
Adam Rabinowitz, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Adam co-leads Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice.
Adam is a forensic accounting professional with more than 15 years of experience in providing expert witness and litigation consulting services related to:
- economic damages,
- business val…
Michelle Reinhold, CPA, CVA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michelle Reinhold is a manager in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she provides forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters.Her commercial litigation expertise includes lost profits, damages, fraud investigation, asset trac…
James J. Reto, CPA, CFF, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
James J. Reto is a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. He provides business valuation and forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters. Jim has provided expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, and arbitratio…
Avelino Rodrigues, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services team, Avelino “Vino” Rodrigues brings more than 25 years of practice experience to clients on fraud, litigation, regulatory and other matters.
Avelino brought his significant expertise to projects in the United States…
Michaela Shane, CPA, CFF, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Michaela is a Manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. She assists clients with complex forensic accounting, financial investigations, and a variety of litigation consulting matters.
Michaela brings a decade of experience in accounting, assurance, and for…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Kara Stearns Sharp co-leads Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice, where she brings clients more than 25 years of experience in the accounting industry. She specializes in investigative and forensic accounting, due diligence, and business advisory services.
She pr…
Elan Sternberg, CPA, CVA
Director of Forensic and Litigation Services, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Elan is a director in the Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services group at Kaufman Rossin, specializing in providing forensic accounting and litigation consulting services.Before joining Kaufman Rossin in 2016, Elan worked as an auditor at a national public accounting firm in Philadelphia fo…
Robert A. Stone, CPA, ABV, CFF
Principal, Senior Client Services
Miami
For more than four decades, Robert A. Stone has helped wealthy clients and entrepreneurs manage complex problems and capitalize on opportunities. His practice is grounded in audit, accounting, and tax services. He counsels clients on estate and trust planning, and mergers and acquisitions.
When p…
Marcela Varela, CVA, CDFA®
Associate Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Marcela Varela is an associate principal and director in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she leads family law engagements. She works with clients on the preparation of financial affidavits, child support guideline calculations, lifestyle analyses and asset…
Brooke Zick, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Brooke Zick is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's forensic, advisory and valuation services group where she provides litigation consulting services related to complex commercial disputes and forensic investigations.
Her expertise includes working on matters involving lost profits, unjust enrichmen…
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michael Elkin serves as a Principal in the firm's forensic, advisory, and valuation services practice. For more than 30 years, he has provided business consulting, forensic accounting, litigation consulting, and expert witness testimony in the areas of financial investigations, economic damages,…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Steven M. Berwick joined Kaufman Rossin in 1974 and serves as a principal in the firm's audit and litigation practices. He has extensive experience in lost profit calculations, commercial damage models, professional malpractice matters, and expert witness testimony. He has testified in over 50 c…
Byron M. Brown, CPA, CFF, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Byron M. Brown joined Kaufman Rossin in 2010 and is a principal in our Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Byron’s experience includes providing forensic investigatory and dispute related services including managing fraud investigations, advising and executing on the exercise of …
S. Alexandra Coupet, CFE
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Alexandra Coupet joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015,and is a senior manager in the forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. She provides a variety of consulting services related to commercial litigation, including economic damages and lost profits calculations. Alexandra has …
Michael Crain, CPA, ABV, CFA, CFE
Senior Advisor, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Dr. Michael Crain is a senior advisor in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services department.
He is currently the director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Forensic Accounting and has taught at FAU beginning in 2008. At Kaufman Rossin, he consults with clients and …
José Cúneo, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
José Cúneo joined Kaufman Rossin in 2012 and is a principal in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. José performs forensic investigations of public, private, government and non-profit entities. His practice includes preparation of prospective financial information; lost profi…
Edward Gannon, MBA, ASA, MAFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As one of Kaufman Rossin’s litigation consulting specialists, Edward provides expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, and throughout the discovery process. For more than 20 years, Ed has counseled attorneys on the financial aspects of their cases, inc…
Patrick Gannon, CPA, CFF, CVA, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Patrick Gannon focuses on forensic accounting and valuation matters in the dispute arena; additionally, he often leads internal and external financial and fraud investigations, ranging from FCPA investigations to Ponzi scheme analyses. Pat has worked directly with regulators, including the Securitie…
Justin Gannon, CPA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Justin Gannon is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Prior to joining Kaufman Rossin in 2106, Justin spent three years as a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During his time there he oversaw a multitude of audit engagements incl…
David Garcia, CVA, CPA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
David Garcia is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services practice. David has a wide range of expertise in providing traditional audit, accounting, and business consulting services to clients in a variety of industries. His forensic accounting experience inclu…
Maximilian Halasz, CPA, CFF, CVA
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Maximilian Halasz joined Kaufman Rossin in 2018 and is a senior manager in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Max’s practice focuses on forensic accounting and litigation consulting engagements related to economic damages, contract disputes, insurance claims, business valuat…
Adam Rabinowitz, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Adam co-leads Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice.
Adam is a forensic accounting professional with more than 15 years of experience in providing expert witness and litigation consulting services related to:
- economic damages,
- business val…
Michelle Reinhold, CPA, CVA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michelle Reinhold is a manager in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she provides forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters.Her commercial litigation expertise includes lost profits, damages, fraud investigation, asset trac…
James J. Reto, CPA, CFF, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
James J. Reto is a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. He provides business valuation and forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters. Jim has provided expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, and arbitratio…
Avelino Rodrigues, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services team, Avelino “Vino” Rodrigues brings more than 25 years of practice experience to clients on fraud, litigation, regulatory and other matters.
Avelino brought his significant expertise to projects in the United States…
Michaela Shane, CPA, CFF, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Michaela is a Manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. She assists clients with complex forensic accounting, financial investigations, and a variety of litigation consulting matters.
Michaela brings a decade of experience in accounting, assurance, and for…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Kara Stearns Sharp co-leads Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice, where she brings clients more than 25 years of experience in the accounting industry. She specializes in investigative and forensic accounting, due diligence, and business advisory services.
She pr…
Elan Sternberg, CPA, CVA
Director of Forensic and Litigation Services, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Elan is a director in the Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services group at Kaufman Rossin, specializing in providing forensic accounting and litigation consulting services.Before joining Kaufman Rossin in 2016, Elan worked as an auditor at a national public accounting firm in Philadelphia fo…
Robert A. Stone, CPA, ABV, CFF
Principal, Senior Client Services
Miami
For more than four decades, Robert A. Stone has helped wealthy clients and entrepreneurs manage complex problems and capitalize on opportunities. His practice is grounded in audit, accounting, and tax services. He counsels clients on estate and trust planning, and mergers and acquisitions.
When p…
Marcela Varela, CVA, CDFA®
Associate Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Marcela Varela is an associate principal and director in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she leads family law engagements. She works with clients on the preparation of financial affidavits, child support guideline calculations, lifestyle analyses and asset…
Brooke Zick, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Brooke Zick is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's forensic, advisory and valuation services group where she provides litigation consulting services related to complex commercial disputes and forensic investigations.
Her expertise includes working on matters involving lost profits, unjust enrichmen…
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michael Elkin serves as a Principal in the firm's forensic, advisory, and valuation services practice. For more than 30 years, he has provided business consulting, forensic accounting, litigation consulting, and expert witness testimony in the areas of financial investigations, economic damages,…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Steven M. Berwick joined Kaufman Rossin in 1974 and serves as a principal in the firm's audit and litigation practices. He has extensive experience in lost profit calculations, commercial damage models, professional malpractice matters, and expert witness testimony. He has testified in over 50 c…
Byron M. Brown, CPA, CFF, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Byron M. Brown joined Kaufman Rossin in 2010 and is a principal in our Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Byron’s experience includes providing forensic investigatory and dispute related services including managing fraud investigations, advising and executing on the exercise of …
S. Alexandra Coupet, CFE
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Alexandra Coupet joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015,and is a senior manager in the forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. She provides a variety of consulting services related to commercial litigation, including economic damages and lost profits calculations. Alexandra has …
Michael Crain, CPA, ABV, CFA, CFE
Senior Advisor, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Dr. Michael Crain is a senior advisor in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services department.
He is currently the director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Forensic Accounting and has taught at FAU beginning in 2008. At Kaufman Rossin, he consults with clients and …
José Cúneo, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
José Cúneo joined Kaufman Rossin in 2012 and is a principal in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. José performs forensic investigations of public, private, government and non-profit entities. His practice includes preparation of prospective financial information; lost profi…
Edward Gannon, MBA, ASA, MAFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As one of Kaufman Rossin’s litigation consulting specialists, Edward provides expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, arbitrations, depositions, and throughout the discovery process. For more than 20 years, Ed has counseled attorneys on the financial aspects of their cases, inc…
Patrick Gannon, CPA, CFF, CVA, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Patrick Gannon focuses on forensic accounting and valuation matters in the dispute arena; additionally, he often leads internal and external financial and fraud investigations, ranging from FCPA investigations to Ponzi scheme analyses. Pat has worked directly with regulators, including the Securitie…
Justin Gannon, CPA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Justin Gannon is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Prior to joining Kaufman Rossin in 2106, Justin spent three years as a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers. During his time there he oversaw a multitude of audit engagements incl…
David Garcia, CVA, CPA, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
David Garcia is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services practice. David has a wide range of expertise in providing traditional audit, accounting, and business consulting services to clients in a variety of industries. His forensic accounting experience inclu…
Maximilian Halasz, CPA, CFF, CVA
Senior Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Maximilian Halasz joined Kaufman Rossin in 2018 and is a senior manager in the Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services department. Max’s practice focuses on forensic accounting and litigation consulting engagements related to economic damages, contract disputes, insurance claims, business valuat…
Adam Rabinowitz, CPA, CFF, CVA, CFE
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Adam co-leads Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice.
Adam is a forensic accounting professional with more than 15 years of experience in providing expert witness and litigation consulting services related to:
- economic damages,
- business val…
Michelle Reinhold, CPA, CVA, CFF
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Michelle Reinhold is a manager in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she provides forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters.Her commercial litigation expertise includes lost profits, damages, fraud investigation, asset trac…
James J. Reto, CPA, CFF, ABV
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
James J. Reto is a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice. He provides business valuation and forensic accounting services for commercial litigation and family law matters. Jim has provided expert testimony and assistance at trials, mediations, and arbitratio…
Avelino Rodrigues, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
As a leader in Kaufman Rossin’s Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services team, Avelino “Vino” Rodrigues brings more than 25 years of practice experience to clients on fraud, litigation, regulatory and other matters.
Avelino brought his significant expertise to projects in the United States…
Michaela Shane, CPA, CFF, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Michaela is a Manager in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. She assists clients with complex forensic accounting, financial investigations, and a variety of litigation consulting matters.
Michaela brings a decade of experience in accounting, assurance, and for…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Kara Stearns Sharp co-leads Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice, where she brings clients more than 25 years of experience in the accounting industry. She specializes in investigative and forensic accounting, due diligence, and business advisory services.
She pr…
Elan Sternberg, CPA, CVA
Director of Forensic and Litigation Services, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Elan is a director in the Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services group at Kaufman Rossin, specializing in providing forensic accounting and litigation consulting services.Before joining Kaufman Rossin in 2016, Elan worked as an auditor at a national public accounting firm in Philadelphia fo…
Robert A. Stone, CPA, ABV, CFF
Principal, Senior Client Services
Miami
For more than four decades, Robert A. Stone has helped wealthy clients and entrepreneurs manage complex problems and capitalize on opportunities. His practice is grounded in audit, accounting, and tax services. He counsels clients on estate and trust planning, and mergers and acquisitions.
When p…
Marcela Varela, CVA, CDFA®
Associate Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Marcela Varela is an associate principal and director in Kaufman Rossin’s forensic, advisory and valuation services practice where she leads family law engagements. She works with clients on the preparation of financial affidavits, child support guideline calculations, lifestyle analyses and asset…
Brooke Zick, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Brooke Zick is a manager in Kaufman Rossin's forensic, advisory and valuation services group where she provides litigation consulting services related to complex commercial disputes and forensic investigations.
Her expertise includes working on matters involving lost profits, unjust enrichmen…
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