Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support

Applying Financial Facts to Legal and Accounting Problems

Malin, Bergquist & Company is one of Western Pennsylvania’s largest certified public accounting firms. We provide lawyers, professionals and businesses with experience and knowledge to strengthen legal cases, interpret financial matters, testify in court and investigate fraud.

Highly Trained Staff - Our team of professionals, including certified valuation analysts and certified fraud examiners has the skill, training, and specialized certifications to provide expert support in forensic and litigation matters.

Financial Knowledge - Building on our skills and experience in the area of auditing, accounting and taxation, our team of experts applies intuition, critical analysis and professional skepticism in finding solutions to highly complex financial situations.

• Business Litigation Support
• Bankruptcy
• Acquisition Due Diligence
• Divorce
• Forensic/Investigative Reporting
• Fraud Prevention/Deterrence
• Financial Mediation/Arbitration
• Business Valuations

Business Litigation Support

• Shareholder actions
• Valuation analysis
• Economic damages and lost
  profits
• Claims against professionals
• Business disputes
• Embezzlement
• Impairment of financial assets
• Opposing expert review

Acquisition Due Diligence

• Analyze budgets and historical financial statements
• Analyze key financial ratios and trends
• Verify the existence and valuation of specific assets
• Determine the consistency of accounting principles utilized
• Purchase and sale of business
• Buy/sell agreements

Forensic/Investigative Reporting

• Investigate and analyze financial evidence
• Hidden asset searches
• Analyze commingled assets
• Examine and detect fraudulent financial statements
• Reconstruct and reconcile financial transactions
• Bankruptcy fraud analysis
• Employee fraud

Bankruptcy

• Trace financial transactions
• Reconstruct and reconcile financial records
• Proof of claims analysis
• Embezzlement and misappropriation of assets
• Identify fraudulent transfers or preferential payments
• Gather and preserve evidence

Divorce

• Valuation of marital assets
• Identify and trace separate property
• Child support/alimony issues
• Settlement structure tax impact
• Forensic examination of personal financial representations
• Locate hidden assets
• Cash flow calculations
• Income tax projections
• Valuation of retirement plans

Fraud Prevention

• Identify symptoms making a company vulnerable to fraud
• Provide operational audits that emphasize fraud prevention
• Review internal controls and develop countermeasures to identified weaknesses
• Develop or review policies and procedures

Financial Mediation/Arbitration

• Family businesses
• Partnerships
• Business documents and agreements

• Purchase/sale of business
• Construction
• Litigation Support

Business Valuations

• Estate and gift
• Divorce
• Shareholder actions
• Buy/sell agreements

• Mergers and acquisitions
• Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs)
• Initial public offerings (IPOs)

Erie - 814-454-4008 • Pittsburgh - 412-364-9395
www.malinbergquist.com