Forensic Accounting
What does it mean and what can you expect from an examiner?


Member American College of Forensic Examiners
Member of the American Board of Forensic Accounting


An expert in the examination of accounting, financial and related records in comparison to expected or planned procedures or results and observed behavior and methods to achieve the state goal of answering the stated question as to value, fraud, or explanation.

Services include support of selected judicial procedures. This may or may not include expert testimony. To be capable of providing this professional service, a Diplomate must: Recognize the application of general concepts and aspects of judicial procedure, discovery, and admissibility of evidence to forensic accounting work.

Administer the responsibilities of forensic accounting associated with the dispute process, including alternative professional standard.

Apply various investigative and information gathering techniques; document management and control, financial modeling, damage analysis, techniques to recover judgments and report development and delivery.

Expert witness skills; maintain control during depositions and trials, strategies for maintaining control of the opposition, understand how to influence juries and prepare interrogatories and deposition question posed to the opposition.