Joey Friedman, CPA, ABV, M.Acc, MIB is a Forensic Accountant, Business Valuation Expert, and Entrepreneurial Executive with an exemplary track record of success in leading high-growth organizations to achieve their goals. He is a proven business builder and problem solver with over two decades of experience as a CEO, CPA, and management consultant. His extensive business experience as well as his academic background – which includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Master of Science in Accounting, and a Master of Arts in International Business Administration – provides a unique ability to conduct forensic accounting investigations, business valuations, economic damages assessments, litigation support, and consulting, as well as assessing liability and risk management issues concerning individuals, companies, & organizations. Joey Friedman is well-known as a leader in his field for his knowledge, expertise, and professionalism. He has superior communication and interpersonal skills, as well as exceptional integrity and ethics.
Mr. Friedman’s experience as a business owner/operator and accountant spans over 25 years. In his position as an Expert Witness, he specializes in business valuations, forensic accounting, economic damage assessment, litigation consulting, and fraud examination. He has provided his services for litigations involving individuals, as well as corporations – from small mom & pop businesses to large multi-national corporations (i.e. General Electric, Camping World, etc…). Mr. Friedman has experience working on litigations involving all-size law firms ranging from small single-attorney-owned firms to some of the largest law firms on the planet (i.e. Greenberg Traurig, LLP). He has provided services Internationally in Foreign Court Litigations as well as Domestically in the USA in Federal Court litigations as well as State Court litigations for both plaintiffs and defendants in both civil, criminal, and domestic proceedings in a variety of scenarios, including but not limited to: in-court hearings, depositions, mediations, arbitrations (including AAA Arbitration), and in-trial testimony for jury as well as non-jury trials.
Mr. Friedman delivers comprehensive litigation support, including thorough financial inspections and investigations to detect fraud or other discrepancies, as well as frequently conducting in-depth analyses and assessments of all relevant documents necessary to testify in court on behalf of a client or to testify as to the authenticity or inaccuracy of evidence and/or of other parties’ testimonies. Additionally, Mr. Friedman provides Business Valuations for a variety of purposes that include, but are not limited to, helping the court with matters above their level of knowledge and expertise, to facilitate litigation settlement negotiations, helping in the assessment of damages, as well as to value businesses (or shares thereof) to be used for business sale purposes and/or estate planning purposes.
Examples of matters that Mr. Friedman has worked on include, but are not limited to: divorce, economic damages, bankruptcy, shareholder disputes, family trust disputes, embezzlement, check-kiting schemes, and many other engagements involving business valuation, accounting-related issues, and/or fraud matters.
