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FORENSIC AND VALUATION SERVICESPROVIDING EXTENSIVE FORENSIC RESOURCES AND SOPHISTICATED SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTISE TO LEGAL, CORPORATE, INSURANCE AND GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
Command the courtroom to credibly communicate your professional opinion. Promptly respond to alleged fraud and corruption with aid from our team of experienced professionals. Let us help you with collaborative and creative problem solving; we provide expert testimony in litigation through investigation or supported valuation.
DISPUTE ADVISORY: EXPERT WITNESS AND CONSULTING
Engage us in the early stages of your case to attain leverage in mediation and settlement negotiations and in the courtroom. We work closely as your consultant at any stage to assess the situation, review the facts, create damage theories, and analyze possible outcomes based on what has been proven or disproven. Our team of experts has significant experience in the preparation of expert reports and assists clients in all phases of complex litigation, including case assessments, discovery, document review, damages analysis, complex modeling, and the development of demonstrative exhibits. Sikich’s team of experts provides expert testimony on investigative findings, damages, complex accounting issues, valuations, and more.
DISPUTE ADVISORY SERVICES INCLUDE: Damage analysis
Discovery and data analysis
Expert reports and testimony
Strategy consulting
Exhibit preparation
Rebuttal analysis
Securities litigation
SPECIALTIES INCLUDE: Business litigation
Intellectual property infringement
Construction claims
Employment
Contract disputes
Post acquisition disputes
Property tax appeal
Tax controversy
Class action
Shareholder disputes
Insurance claims
OUR TEAM HANDLES COMPLEX CASES FROM FIRMS OF ALL SIZES WITH SIGNIFICANTLY FEWER CONFLICTS
SIKICH PROFESSIONALS ANALYZE COMPLICATED FINANCIAL DATA TO CLEARLY COMMUNICATE FACTS & OPINIONS. It’s all in the details, and our team has uncovered hidden assets, identified unreported income and determined lost profits and economic damages to help attorneys support their cases. Our specialties include:
LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR CAPABILITIES HERE.
INVESTIGATION: FINANCIAL FRAUD AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
Sikich can help you navigate complex transactions with help from experts who have investigated suspected fraudulent transactions, traced assets and financial records, and more. Sikich’s experts provide forensic investigative skills to assist outside counsel, corporations, fiduciaries, governmental bodies and regulators, banks, private equity firms, and not-for-profit entities. An investigation is just the start of our thorough analysis of complicated financial data and reconstructed financial transactions. Our team will help you find the critical answers you need by identifying data, analyzing information, interviewing, and producing a clear and simple statement of conclusions. Sikich has extensive resources in forensic technology and data analytics.
INVESTIGATION SERVICES INCLUDE: Financial fraud investigations
Corporate internal investigations
Government and regulatory investigations
Risk management
Corporate compliance
Due diligence
VALUATION: FAIR MARKET VALUE AND FAIR VALUE
Objectivity and credibility are paramount in valuation services. Turn to proven professionals who understand the nuances of fair market value and fair value of businesses, equity interests, and intellectual property. Our valuation experts have experience in testifying on complex valuation matters in federal and state courts, U.S. Tax Court, and bankruptcy courts. Sikich’s valuation practice focuses on taxation, financial statement reporting, corporate planning and financing, fairness opinions, and litigation projects.
VALUATION SERVICES INCLUDE VALUATIONS FOR PURPOSES OF: Litigation
Taxation
Financial statement reporting
Transactions
Succession planning
Property tax appeal
THE SIKICH FVS TEAM HAS INDUSTRY EXPERTISE IN MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION, CONSTRUCTION & REAL ESTATE, PRIVATE EQUITY, AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT
We’ve employed our specialized skills and resources to address disputes and help attorneys defend their positions.
SEE OUR REPRESENTATIVE PROJECTS HERE.
MULTI-DISCIPLINARYWe are a professional services firm specializing in auditing, accounting, technology, and advisory services with clients in the U.S. and around the world.
EXCELLENT REPUTATION With a reputation for professional excellence, Sikich provides unsurpassed client services as well as timely and cost-effective services.
STRONG TALENT
We employ more than 750 talented people including nearly more than 90 partners, all of whom devote their careers to a focused area.
AWARD-WINNING Sikich has been ranked as the country’s 28th largest accounting firm, as well as the seventh- largest value-added technology provider nationally, both by Accounting Today.
ABOUT US
SIKICH IS...
OBJECTIVE EXPERTISE WITH AN ACCOMPLISHED TRACK RECORD
From valuation and dispute advisory to investigations and forensic technology, the Sikich Forensic & Valuation team offers extensive experience and subject matter expertise providing the full range of financial forensic services to attorneys, corporations, government/not-for-profit entities, and insurance claims professionals. Learn more our about team here.
BY THE NUMBERS750+ TOTAL PERSONNEL
90+ PARTNERS
NATIONWIDE PRESENCE WITH CLIENTS SERVED IN 50 STATES
POSITIVE AND COLLABORATIVECULTURE1
SERVICINGCLIENTSAS A FIRM
35YEARS
RESOURCES WHERE YOU NEED THEM
NAPERVILLE, IL
AKRON, OH
BOSTON, MA
CHICAGO, IL
COLUMBUS, OH
DECATUR, IL
DENVER, CO
FORT WAYNE, IN
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
KANSAS CITY, MO
MILWAUKEE, WI
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
ROCKFORD, IL
SPRINGFIELD, IL
ST. LOUIS, MO
LOCATIONS
FIRM-WIDE CAPABILITIES
ADVISORYForensic & Valuation
Services
General Business Consulting
Human Resources
Insurance Services
Investment Banking
Marketing & Design
Private Equity
Public Relations
Retirement Services
Risk Advisory
Succession Planning
Supply Chain
Wealth Management
AUDIT, ACCOUNTING & TAX
Assurance & Accounting Services
Employee Benefits Plan & Retirement Plan Audits
Tax Compliance & Planning
International Tax
TECHNOLOGYERP & CRM Software and Consulting
IT Services
Cloud & Hosting Services
IT Security Services
Technology Consulting & Projects
Security & Compliance
Cybersecurity
BENEFITS OF WORKING WITH SIKICH
*Securities offered through Sikich Corporate Finance LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services offered through Sikich Financial, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.
MARY O’CONNORASA, CFEPARTNER
T: 312.648.6652 E: mary.oconnor@sikich.com
SHAWN F0XCPA, ABV, CFA®, ASANATIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR
T: 312.648.6655 E: shawn.fox@sikich.com
FORENSIC & VALUATION KEY CONTACTS
Measuring Damages in Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Matters
Not-for-Profit Fraud is Often Hidden in Plain Sight… Is Your Organization At Risk?
How is the Value of a Business Estimated?
Fraud Risks: 6 Operational Functions Manufacturers Should Review
See Our Experts Weighing In on How They Helped Cases Move Forward
Trade Secrets in 2017: Recent Legal Trends and Developments
Calculating Damages in Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Matters
Key Trends in Calculating Damages in Patent Infringement Damages
Calculating Reasonable Royalty Without Guideline License Agreements
Key Considerations in Calculating Unjust Enrichment Damages
Key Considerations in Calculating Damages in Post-Acquisition Disputes
Strategies for Filing Successful Daubert Motions on Damages and Accounting Experts
Calculating Damages in Tortious Interference Matters
M&A Disputes and Private Equity
Key Considerations in Shareholders Litigation Matters
SIKICH.COM
JAMES SULLIVANJD, CFE, CIGMANAGING DIRECTOR
T: 312.648.6679E: james.sullivan@sikich.com
BRIAN MCCABEASAMANAGING DIRECTOR
T: 312.648.6656E: brian.mccabe@sikich.com
NATHAN LADWIGCPA, ABV, CFA, CVASENIOR MANAGER
T: 312.648.6645E: nathan.ladwig@sikich.com
ALEX BRANDONASASENIOR MANAGER
T: 314.590.2427E: alex.brandon@sikich.com
DAVID WHARTONCPA, CFF, CFESENIOR MANAGER
T: 816.673.7534E: david.wharton@sikich.com
SIKICH THOUGHT LEADERSHIP(CLICK ON HYPERLINK TO ACCESS INFORMATION)
KATE BURIANCPA, CFEMANAGER
T: 312.648.6658E: kate.burian@sikich.com