Receivership & Fiduciary Services
Complex disputes? Sometimes parties need a receiver’s help.
State and federal courts in Florida regularly appoint receivers, as officers and arms of the court, to assist in resolving complex problems. The receiver’s role may involve marshaling, maintaining, managing, and safeguarding the assets of the receivership estate. This course of action effectively facilitates the monitoring of funds, assets, and property of any entities under the receivership. The goal is often a subsequent distribution of these assets under the court’s supervision.
While Florida and federal statutory code may provide specific authority in particular cases for state and federal agencies to seek the appointment of a receiver, individual victims commonly ask the court to use its equitable powers to appoint a receiver. Receiverships can be an effective technique in many types of matters. These include:
- Accounting Actions
- Business Disputes
- Corporate Restructuring
- Fraudulent Property Transfers
- Liquidations and Dissolutions
- Post-Judgment Enforcement
- Trusts and Estates
- Probate
- Public Welfare & Safety
- Consumer Protection
- Real Estate
- SEC matters
- Corporate Investigations
- Domestic Relations
Members of our team have experience serving as court-appointed receivers, custodians, liquidating receivers, special magistrates, mediators, umpires, and other neutral roles including valuation experts and forensic examiners.
Whether appointed by the court or retained by the court-appointed fiduciary, our Firm members have:
- Managed ongoing business activity when fraud or mismanagement has threatened the security of corporate assets.
- Aided in the windup or liquidation of business entities.
- Provided forensic accounting as well as traditional accounting services.
Clients and the courts benefit from the specialized knowledge of industry experts throughout the Firm. Coupled with decades of experience providing forensic accounting and litigation consulting, this translates into a powerful, effective resource for these engagements.
Key Contacts
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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 …
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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,…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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 …
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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,…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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 …
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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,…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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…
Steven Berwick, CVA, CITP, CPA, CFF
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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 …
Michael P. Elkin, CPA, CFF, ABV, CFE
Principal, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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,…
Kara Stearns Sharp, CPA, CFF, CFE, CVA
Practice Leader, Forensic, Advisory and Valuation Services
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
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…
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