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Michael Pakter

Position:  Managing Member, Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC.  Chicago, IL, USA
Education:  Mr. Pakter is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Chartered Accountant and Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. He holds two Bachelor degrees, one in Commerce and the other in Accounting and Auditing, both from Witwatersrand University, South Africa.
Areas of Expertise: Mr. Pakter’s professional practice is focused on financial analysis of disputes and commercial litigation support, forensic accounting and financial investigations, with special experience in calculating lost profits, business interruption losses, other financial and economic damage analyses and reconstruction of falsified or incomplete financial information. He has almost 30 years experience providing financial analysis, forensic accounting, fraud investigations and consulting services in several industries. Mr. Pakter provides investigative and expert witness services to trial lawyers, their clients, claims adjusters and business owners and managers. He has significant experience in business litigation involving financial analysis of disputed financial information and transactions in the following specific areas of expertise and/or industries: Forensic Accounting: Financial analysis of transactions and reconstruction of accounting records Lost Profits and Damage Determination: Financial analysis of damages, including incomplete revenues and lost earnings Fraud and Financial Investigations: Internal corporate investigations, fraud detection and financial analysis of fraud Commercial Litigation: Discovery assistance, financial analysis, litigation support and expert testimony Bankruptcy and Reorganization: Financial analysis for core proceedings, including solvency and preference analysis Agreed Upon and Due Diligence Procedures: Special purpose financial analysis, agreed upon and due diligence procedures Financial and Accounting Consulting: Financial analysis of accounting and business processes and performance Transportation and Distribution: Financial analysis of costs, charge backs Real Estate and Construction: Financial analysis of landlord/tenant disputes and costs of construction and rehabilitation State and Local Government: Financial analysis of program revenues and costs and vendor audits
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