Serving Fort Lauderdale and Broward County. The office is located in Pembroke Pines, roughly twenty minutes from the Broward County Courthouse in downtown Fort Lauderdale. Engagements are accepted throughout Broward County — Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Coral Springs, Plantation, Sunrise, Davie, and Weston — and statewide, as well as in federal matters beyond Florida. Matters are accepted from either side of a dispute, and from attorneys and their clients directly.
To discuss a Fort Lauderdale matter, call 954-282-9615.
Joey Friedman CPA PA is a litigation-focused forensic accounting and business valuation firm. We do not prepare income tax returns or provide tax planning services. Our practice serves attorneys, businesses, and individuals in financial disputes, divorce, expert witness engagements, and forensic investigations.
Florida Counties — Forensic Accounting and Business Valuation Hubs
Joey Friedman CPA PA serves clients throughout Florida. For county-specific forensic accounting and business valuation engagement details, see:
- Miami-Dade County Forensic Accounting (11th Judicial Circuit)
- Broward County Forensic Accounting (17th Judicial Circuit — Mr. Friedman’s home county)
- Palm Beach County Forensic Accounting (15th Judicial Circuit)
- Orange County (Orlando) Forensic Accounting (9th Judicial Circuit + US Middle District Orlando Division)
- Hillsborough County (Tampa) Forensic Accounting (13th Judicial Circuit + US Middle District Tampa Division)
- Pinellas County (St. Petersburg / Clearwater) Forensic Accounting (6th Judicial Circuit + US Middle District Tampa Division)
Additional Florida Counties — Recently Added Hubs
- Duval County (Jacksonville) Forensic Accounting (4th Judicial Circuit + US Middle District Jacksonville Division)
- Lee County (Fort Myers) Forensic Accounting (20th Judicial Circuit + US Middle District Fort Myers Division)
- Collier County (Naples) Forensic Accounting (20th Judicial Circuit + US Middle District Fort Myers Division)
Forensic Accountant in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Forensic accounting in Fort Lauderdale, FL covers hidden-asset tracing in divorce, business valuation for shareholder and marital disputes, economic damages analysis in commercial litigation, and fraud and embezzlement investigation. Joey Friedman, CPA, P.A. serves Broward County attorneys, business owners, and individual litigants, holding the CPA, ABV, M.Acc, MIB credentials with testifying experience in Florida state and federal court.
Fort Lauderdale sits at the center of Broward County’s litigation and business community, and the financial questions that reach a courtroom here are rarely simple. The firm’s work is built for scrutiny. Every engagement is prepared on the assumption that the analysis will be examined by opposing counsel, challenged by an opposing expert, and read by a judge who has seen a great many financial reports. That standard shapes how records are gathered, how assumptions are documented, and how conclusions are written — because an analysis that cannot be followed by a reader who was not there is an analysis that will not survive cross-examination.
Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support for Fort Lauderdale
Hidden Asset Tracing
Bank, brokerage, and business records reconstructed to identify assets that have been moved, understated, or omitted. This is among the most common needs in Broward County divorce matters, where one spouse has controlled the books throughout the marriage and the other is seeing them for the first time.
Damages Modeling
Lost profits, lost earnings, and business interruption losses calculated using recognized methodology and documented so that each assumption can be examined and defended independently of the others. A damages figure is only as strong as the weakest assumption behind it, so those assumptions are stated plainly rather than buried in a schedule.
Business Valuation Disputes
Closely held business valuations for divorce, shareholder disputes, partner buyouts, and estate matters. This includes rebuttal work — reviewing an opposing expert’s report, identifying where the methodology departs from accepted practice, and quantifying what the difference is worth.
Fraud & Embezzlement Investigations
Employee theft, vendor fraud, and misappropriation investigations for Fort Lauderdale businesses. Findings are documented to a standard that supports civil recovery, an insurance claim, or referral, and the investigation is scoped so that a business can continue operating while it proceeds.
Deposition & Trial Support
Preparation of exhibits and analysis for deposition and trial, cross-examination support against opposing experts, and testimony in Florida state and federal court. Attorneys are frequently supported before an expert is formally engaged — reviewing an opposing report, framing deposition questions, and identifying which financial issues are genuinely worth contesting.
Corporate Litigation
Economic analysis for commercial disputes, contract claims, and business torts affecting Fort Lauderdale companies, including partnership dissolutions, earn-out disagreements, and claims turning on what a set of books does and does not establish.