Available Globally
Financial Analysis
Forensic Accounting
Economic Damages
Internal Investigations
Lost Profits and Business Interruption Losses
Fraud
Litigation Support
Expert Witness Testimony
Michael D. Pakter, CA, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CDBV, CFF, CFFA, CVA
Managing Member
Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC
205 West Wacker Drive, Suite 918
Chicago, Illinois 60606
Phone: 312.229.1720
Fax: 312.229.1725
Cell: 773.671.1950
Email: mpakter@litcpa.com
Website: www.litcpa.com
Mr. Pakter focuses on financial analysis, forensic accounting, economic damages determination, valuation issues and financial investigations. He has experience in financial forensics, determining lost profits, business interruption losses, earn-outs, analyzing financial transactions and balances, fair value issues and reconstruction of falsified and/or incomplete financial information.
Mr. Pakter provides consulting and litigation support services to trial lawyers, trustees, receivers, their clients, business owners and managers and state and local government. He has experience in financial analysis of disputed financial transactions in business/commercial litigation, conducting internal investigations, examining financial transactions, Court-ordered accountings, damages determination and bankruptcy core proceedings.
Mr. Pakter has more than thirty years experience in financial analysis, financial forensics, accounting and internal investigations in diverse engagements and numerous industries. He has participated in public hearings and alternative dispute resolutions, submitted expert reports in several jurisdictions and testified in arbitrations, regulatory proceedings and State, Federal and Bankruptcy Courts.
Mr. Pakter has been recognized by courts and arbitral bodies as an expert in financial analysis.
textfield: • Economic Damages - Lost profits/earnings; business interruption; actual, compensatory and other economic damages
• Commercial Litigation Support - Discovery assistance; deposition/trial binders; testimony; litigation support
• Forensic Accounting - Financial forensics; analysis of transactions/balances; reconstructing accounting books/records
• Bankruptcy/Distressed Businesses - Fraudulent conveyances; solvency; preferences; plan feasibility
• Investigations - Internal corporate investigations; fraud detection; financial reporting irregularities; employee misconduct
• Valuation Analysis - Contractual disputes; claims; distressed businesses; turnarounds; bankruptcy core proceedings
• Accounting Analysis - Accounting books and records; internal controls; business processes; business performance
• Intellectual Property/Franchise - Copyright/trademark infringement; use of likeness; royalty audits; projections
• Real Estate/Construction - Landlord/tenant disputes; costs of construction; common area expenses; real estate developers
• Wholesale/Retail - Benchmarks; earn outs; inventory; forecasts; financial condition/performance
• Manufacturing/Distribution/Transportation - Cost accounting; charge backs; expense categorization/reduction
• Federal/State/Local Government - Vendor audits; program revenues/costs; false claims
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