Financial Litigation Consulting Professionals Workshop

How You Will Benefit

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What You Will Cover

Day 1 A.M.: Professional Responsibilities, Practice Management, and Fundamental Forensic Knowledge

• Explain the responsibilities of practicing in financial forensics
• Apply the relevant legal principles to the application of financial forensics
• Evaluate engagement acceptance, planning and preparation, forensic procedures, and tools and techniques
• Summarize issues involved with civil litigation

Day 1 P.M.: Laws, Courts, and Dispute Resolution; Expert Deposition and Testimony

• Distinguish between the various dispute resolutions
• Differentiate between state and federal court
• Describe what constitutes effective deposition and trial testimony
• Differentiate  between good, better, and best answers to typical questions encountered in deposition

Day 2: Economic Damages Calculations

• Distinguish the differences in measurements for patent, copyright, and trademark damages
• Relate the legal principles and parameters to the presentation of business damages
• Distinguish between approaches and methods to managing personal injury and wrongful death cases, and intellectual property damages
• Carry out hands-on exercises relating to practical experience in the application of damages calculations

 
Day 3: Valuation and Family Law

• Classify the fundamental principles underlying the valuation of business enterprises
• Distinguish between appropriate valuation approaches for estate, gift, and transactional purposes, and appropriate methodology for dispute resolution purposes
• Apply valuation and forensic methodology to the resolution of financial issues in family law matters
• Define the standards and premise of the valuation, the valuation process and approaches, and issues surrounding financial statement analysis

Day 4: Financial Statement Misrepresentation and Fraud Prevention, Detection, and Response

• Apply a proven methodology for the detection of financial statement misrepresentation
• Employ generally accepted approaches to uncovering fraudulent transactions
• Define the principles and procedures that may be employed to prevent fraud in the business environment
• Recognize the nature and motivations for financial misrepresentation and types of fraudulent misstatements
• Determine the elements of fraud risk assessment, identification, investigation, and corrective actions
• Evaluate case studies that give insight into the practical experience and application of financial statement misrepresentation and fraud abuses

Day 5 A.M.: Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Reorganization

• List and apply the principles that define a company as insolvent
• Recognize and document fraudulent transfers
• Specify the scope of tasks involved in bankruptcy, insolvency, and reorganization engagements
• Formulate a plan for designing and implementing a turnaround strategy
• Identify issues related to solvency tests, legal precedents, tax considerations, and core proceedings

Day 5 P.M.: Computer Forensic Analysis

• Analyze how to identify, preserve, and handle evidence
• Outline conditions that give rise to breaches in computer systems and the forensic techniques designed to detect and remedy them
• Categorize types of cybercrime 

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Who Should Attend
CPAs, valuation experts, economists, and other financial professionals who render services designed to assist in the resolution of legal disputes involving financial matters. This training is geared toward the seasoned practitioner and utilizes state-of-the-art training techniques to maximize learning and retention. Less seasoned practitioners have much to gain also, because this training—challenging as it is—will broaden their perspectives and tune their skills for working effectively with legal professionals. 

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Financial LItigation Consulting Professionals Workshop Faculty This course is paperless.  Attendees will be provided a link to course material that will be used during the course, so attendees will need a laptop with Internet access.  The CTI will provide electric power and Internet access, but will not provide laptops.  Attendees are encouraged to bring their own mobile wireless modem or hotspot device.

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