Litigation Support and Forensic Support Services

Smoker Farah & Company LLP is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The ACFE is the world's premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. As a member of the ACFE, our team has expertise and specialized training in the prevention, detection and investigation of fraud. With our distinctive credentials and extensive accounting background, our team stands uniquely qualified to provide a broad range of specialized investigative services including litigation support, forensic accounting and fraud examinations.

Litigation services are defined by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as any professional assistance given to lawyers by non-lawyers during the litigation process .

Our litigation services include:

• Analysis of the case, including strengths and weaknesses.
• Review of documentation to identify areas of loss.
• Assistance with computation, or rebuttal of, claimed damages or losses.
• Preparation of written reports.
• Review of opposing expert’s report.
• Assistance with drafting discovery requests and deposition questions to elicit financial evidence.
• Attendance at depositions, Alternative dispute resolution meetings, and court to review testimony and to assist with formulating questions for direct and cross examination.
• Testimony at depositions, bench and jury trials.

By definition , forensic accounting refers to the application of accounting principles, theories, and discipline to facts or hypotheses at issue in a legal dispute. Our forensic accounting team provides services not only to attorneys, but also to businesses and individuals confronted with financial disputes. With our team’s investigative expertise, we can help identify, locate and trace assets; calculate damages; and compute losses.

Our forensic accounting team offers assistance in the following areas:

• Business interruption damages and economic loss calculation.
• Property loss determination.
• Breach of contract disputes.
• Shareholder and partnership disputes.
• Matrimonial, estate, and trust disputes.
• Employee theft and embezzlement investigations.
• Corporate asset misappropriation investigations.
• Fraud or income investigations.
• Financial records reconstruction.