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Mr. Wolf is a principal in LECG's national forensic accounting practice based in Washington, DC. He specializes in providing forensic accounting and financial fraud investigative services in complex economic and financial matters in dispute.
Mr. Wolf leads complex forensic investigations involving economic damages, accounting irregularities, or suspected fraud. He is an expert in evaluating the accounting and tax implications of financial transactions and the application of generally accepted accounting practices (GAAP) and related audit procedures using generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS). He also is frequently asked to calculate the economic and financial impact of such fraud or irregularities on behalf of investors, creditors or shareholders. In addition, he is an expert in calculating and reviewing business interruption claims, extra expense claims, property damages, assessment of mitigation issues, and analysis of employee fidelity and liability losses.
Mr. Wolf has performed business valuations, compliance audits, due diligence investigations, internal control reviews and solvency analyses. These include auditing the financial statements of commercial entities, including companies with complex accounting and financial reporting systems and internal control structures. These investigations typically involve assessment of the accounting treatment of complex financial transactions involving Sarbanes-Oxley compliance including revenue recognition, completeness of accounts receivable, reserves of bad debts, adequacy of cutoff procedures and completeness of accruals for accounts payable and other liabilities.
Prior to joining LECG in 2004, Mr. Wolf was a managing director of FTI Consulting forensics practice. Prior to that, Mr. Wolf was a manager in the litigation and economic consulting practice of a Big-Four accounting and consulting firm. As a CPA, he also has several years of experience performing financial audits of SEC reporting corporations.
Mr. Wolf has provided advice and expert testimony involving forensic analysis through written and oral presentations in federal district court, at settlement conferences, arbitrations, insurance appraisals, grand jury hearings and depositions. His experience includes assisting clients with complex financial and strategic matters involving breach of contract, Qui-Tam investigations, lender liability matters, shareholder disputes, intellectual property infringement, professional malpractice, post-acquisition disputes, business interruption, lost profits claims, fraudulent conveyance, licensing disputes, fidelity coverage claims, director and officer liability claims, construction delay and default claims, earnings capacity claims, wrongful termination, partnership disputes and complex fraud investigations. | 