Forensic Accounting
When you need forensic accounting expertise you can trust, we can be the perfect support for your team.
Fraud threatens every organization. Our professionals can help protect businesses, investigate issues, and analyze data.
We have decades of experience dealing with financial investigations, corruption allegations, and other fraud schemes. Many of our investigators have spent decades conducting large-scale investigations across many industries including technology, consumer markets, healthcare, and financial services.
How do you get the best for your clients?
Your clients are seeking top quality, efficient strategies to manage increasing litigation. You want experts who can help you assess cases early and provide efficient, effective, hands-on service.
Our partner-led engagement teams deliver objective, independent solutions that are custom fit for each case.
We focus on your clients’ matters from the beginning, collaborating internally to leverage years of professional experience in forensic accounting, as well as public accounting, economic damages, business valuation and fraud examination.
Plug into broad expertise about your clients’ businesses.
Half a century of experience serving thousands of clients in practically every industry makes our firm’s professional staff a deep resource of information for you and your clients.
Law firms and corporations come to us when they need solutions to complex problems. Whether it’s turning data dumps into manageable relational databases, tracing funds across borders or creating easy-to-understand exhibits, we can help you leverage technology to drive case strategy and get the right results for clients.
Fraud can strike any organization. How can you help your clients strike back?
Our professionals hold various credentials, including:
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
- Certified Anti-Money laundering Specialist (CAMS)
- Certified Computer Examiner (CCE)
- Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
Our team has extensive experience providing investigative and forensic accounting and advisory services, including:
Financial Statement Fraud
- Revenue recognition manipulation
- Improper capitalization of expenses
- Improper utilization of reserves
- Manipulated, omitted, and/or misleading disclosures
Asset Misappropriation
- Skimming
- Embezzlement
- Payroll schemes
- Time & expense
- Intellectual property
- Third party frauds
Corruption & Bribery
- Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations
- Vendor kickback schemes
- Contract/bid rigging fraud
- Money laundering investigations
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…
Luisa Blandon, CVA, CPA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Luisa Blandon joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015 and is a Manager of the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Her practice is focused on family law and civil matters.
Previous legal, education and government positions helped Luisa build skills in research, organization, and…
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…
Ed Hirschberg, CPA, CFF, ABV, CVA
Principal Emeritus, Broward Practice Leader
Ft. Lauderdale
In addition to serving as Kaufman Rossin’s Broward practice leader, Edward P. Hirschberg led litigation support and forensic accounting engagements for clients in matrimonial and civil matters. A practicing CPA since 1972, Ed drew on decades of experience when advising clients. In May 2022 E…
Melinda Mergelsberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Melinda Mergelsberg is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Melinda joined the firm in 2013, with significant prior experience in tax and accounting. She uses this knowledge to provide litigation support and forensic accounting services …
Kenneth Porras, CPA, CVA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Kenneth Porras joined Kaufman Rossin in 2016 and is a manager in the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Providing support to the family law division, he performs various financial analyses. He prepares schedules for financial affidavits, standard interrogatories, ch…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eliot Schellenberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Eliot Schellenberg has been with Kaufman Rossin since 2010 and is a Principal in the forensic, advisory, and valuation department. He provides forensic and accounting services to clients throughout South Florida relating to family law matters and has provided expert witness testimony in Broward…
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…
Luisa Blandon, CVA, CPA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Luisa Blandon joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015 and is a Manager of the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Her practice is focused on family law and civil matters.
Previous legal, education and government positions helped Luisa build skills in research, organization, and…
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…
Ed Hirschberg, CPA, CFF, ABV, CVA
Principal Emeritus, Broward Practice Leader
Ft. Lauderdale
In addition to serving as Kaufman Rossin’s Broward practice leader, Edward P. Hirschberg led litigation support and forensic accounting engagements for clients in matrimonial and civil matters. A practicing CPA since 1972, Ed drew on decades of experience when advising clients. In May 2022 E…
Melinda Mergelsberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Melinda Mergelsberg is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Melinda joined the firm in 2013, with significant prior experience in tax and accounting. She uses this knowledge to provide litigation support and forensic accounting services …
Kenneth Porras, CPA, CVA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Kenneth Porras joined Kaufman Rossin in 2016 and is a manager in the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Providing support to the family law division, he performs various financial analyses. He prepares schedules for financial affidavits, standard interrogatories, ch…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eliot Schellenberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Eliot Schellenberg has been with Kaufman Rossin since 2010 and is a Principal in the forensic, advisory, and valuation department. He provides forensic and accounting services to clients throughout South Florida relating to family law matters and has provided expert witness testimony in Broward…
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…
Luisa Blandon, CVA, CPA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Luisa Blandon joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015 and is a Manager of the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Her practice is focused on family law and civil matters.
Previous legal, education and government positions helped Luisa build skills in research, organization, and…
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…
Ed Hirschberg, CPA, CFF, ABV, CVA
Principal Emeritus, Broward Practice Leader
Ft. Lauderdale
In addition to serving as Kaufman Rossin’s Broward practice leader, Edward P. Hirschberg led litigation support and forensic accounting engagements for clients in matrimonial and civil matters. A practicing CPA since 1972, Ed drew on decades of experience when advising clients. In May 2022 E…
Melinda Mergelsberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Melinda Mergelsberg is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Melinda joined the firm in 2013, with significant prior experience in tax and accounting. She uses this knowledge to provide litigation support and forensic accounting services …
Kenneth Porras, CPA, CVA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Kenneth Porras joined Kaufman Rossin in 2016 and is a manager in the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Providing support to the family law division, he performs various financial analyses. He prepares schedules for financial affidavits, standard interrogatories, ch…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eliot Schellenberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Eliot Schellenberg has been with Kaufman Rossin since 2010 and is a Principal in the forensic, advisory, and valuation department. He provides forensic and accounting services to clients throughout South Florida relating to family law matters and has provided expert witness testimony in Broward…
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…
Luisa Blandon, CVA, CPA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Miami
Luisa Blandon joined Kaufman Rossin in 2015 and is a Manager of the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Her practice is focused on family law and civil matters.
Previous legal, education and government positions helped Luisa build skills in research, organization, and…
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…
Ed Hirschberg, CPA, CFF, ABV, CVA
Principal Emeritus, Broward Practice Leader
Ft. Lauderdale
In addition to serving as Kaufman Rossin’s Broward practice leader, Edward P. Hirschberg led litigation support and forensic accounting engagements for clients in matrimonial and civil matters. A practicing CPA since 1972, Ed drew on decades of experience when advising clients. In May 2022 E…
Melinda Mergelsberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Melinda Mergelsberg is a Principal in Kaufman Rossin's Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services practice. Melinda joined the firm in 2013, with significant prior experience in tax and accounting. She uses this knowledge to provide litigation support and forensic accounting services …
Kenneth Porras, CPA, CVA, CFE
Manager, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Kenneth Porras joined Kaufman Rossin in 2016 and is a manager in the forensic, advisory, and valuation services department. Providing support to the family law division, he performs various financial analyses. He prepares schedules for financial affidavits, standard interrogatories, ch…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Eliot Schellenberg, CPA, CVA
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
Ft. Lauderdale
Eliot Schellenberg has been with Kaufman Rossin since 2010 and is a Principal in the forensic, advisory, and valuation department. He provides forensic and accounting services to clients throughout South Florida relating to family law matters and has provided expert witness testimony in Broward…
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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