APPENDIX

SIX AREAS OF LITIGATION SERVICES

1) Damages   4) Valuation
  *Lost Profits     *Business and
  *Lost value     professional practices
  *Lost cash flow     *Pension
  *Lost revenue     *Intangibles
  *Extra cost     *Property
2) Antitrust Analyses   5) General Consulting
  *Price-fixing     *Actuarial analyses
  *Market share,     *Statistical analyses
  market definition     *Projections
  *Pricing below cost     *Industrial engineering
  *Dumping and other     *Market analyses
  price discrimination     *Computer consulting
  *Anticompetition actions      
  *Monopolization      
3) Accounting   6) Analyses
  *Bankruptcy     *Tax bases
  *Tracing     *Cost allocations
  *Contract cost and claims     *Tax treatment of
  *Regulated industries     specific transactions
  *Frauds (civil and criminal)      
  *Historical analyses      
  *Family law      
Source: Management Advisory Services Technical Consulting Practice Aid 7: Litigation Services, (AICPA, 1986) 

Works Cited

  1. S.M. Gerber, Chemistry and Crime, American Chemical Society, 1985, preface.
  2. Robert Dietz, "Accounting + Intrigue = Lenny Cramer," Dallas Times Herald, September 29, 1991, p. DI-1.
  3. Robert Dietz, "Accounting + Intrigue = Lenny Cramer, ", Dallas Times Herald, September 29, 1991.
  4. S.H. Collins, "Forensic Accounting Group Sets Stiff Standards," The Practical Accountant, October, 1991, p. 17.
  5. Management Advisory Services Technical Consulting Practice Aid 7: Litigation Services, AICPA: 1986, TCPA 7.
  6. Geoffrey Davies, editor, Forensic Science, American Chemical Society, 1986, p. 13.
  7. Ibid, p. 35.
  8. See for example, B.P. Brinig, "The Art of Testifying," in Handbook of Financial Planning for Divorce and Separation, New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1990, pp. 84-91. D.W. Yockey, "So You Want to Be a Forensic Accountant," Management Accounting, November 1988, pp. 19-25; Judge J.B. Morris, "The Three Cs of Effective Expert Testimony," Today's CPA, May/June, 1991, pp. 48-50: The Three Cs are competency, credibility, and communication.
  9. Collett and Jim Greenspan, Accosting the Golden Spire, Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. 1988, p. 62.
  10. TCPA 7, Op. Cit, note 2.
  11. John A. Bolt, "Detectives Hunt for Cooked Books," BCS Eagle, July 1, 1990, p. 2C.
  12. Op. cit, note 2.
  13. R.F. Randall, "A Suspicious Mind: Profile of a Forensic Accountant," Management Accounting, November, 1988, p. 3.
  14. Armadillo Tales, October, 1991, p. 10.
  15. Ibid.
  16. I.W. Collett, The Ultimate Rip-off: A Taxing Tale, Thomas Horton & Daughters, 26662 S New Town Drive, Sun Lakes, AZ 85248: 1988.
  17. ACFE, 716 West Avenue, Austin, TX 78701; 800 245-3321.
  18. "Fraud Buster," Texas Monthly, July 1991, p. 8.
  19. Ibid., pp. 6 and 8.
  20. Ibid., p. 6.
  21. NAFA, 500 East Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, Fl 33394; 800-733-4896.
  22. Collins, op.cit., note 2, p. 17.
  23. Collett and Jim Greenspan, Accosting the Golden Spire, Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. 1988.
  24. Don Oldenburg, "Tax Evasion, He Wrote," The Washington Post, March 15, 1989, p. B-5.
  25. Linda S. Wallace, "Accounting's New Chapter: Novel Seeks to Erase Staid Image," Philadelphia Inquirer, August 16, 1991, p.
  26. Collett and L.M. Smith, Trap Doors and Trojan Horses, Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. 1991.
  27. Collett and Forgione, Costly Reflections in a Midas Mirror, Thomas Horton & Daughters, PO Box 23, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028, 973-566-9998, Fax: 973-429-1893. 1995.
  28. Larry Crumbley and Stanley H. Kratchman, Deadly Art Puzzle: Accounting for Murder, Dame Publications, Inc., 1996.
  29. Larry Crumbley, Gary Giroux and Bob Myers, Nonprofit Sleuths:Follow the Money, Houston, Dame Publications, Inc.1997.
  30. Crumbley, Smith and Battles, Computer Encryptions In Whispering Caves, Dame Publishing, 1998.
  31. Kathy Smith, Murphy Smith, and Larry Crumbley, The Bottom Line is Betrayal, Dame Publishing, P.O. Box 35556, Houston, TX 77235-5556: 1995.
  32. Dayne Lamb, Questionable Behavior, New York: Zebra Books, 1993. Lamb is a former Price Waterhouse CPA.
  33. Dayne Lamb, A Question of Preference, New York: Zebra Books, 1994.
  34. Dayne Lamb, Unquestioned Loyalty, New York: Zebra Books, 1995.
  35. Susan Dunlap, Death and Taxes, Delacorte Press, 1992.
  36. Reps and Crumbley, Simon The Incredible: A Novel, Dame Publishing, 1998.
  37. For more detail, see L.M. Smith, "A Novel Approach," New Accountant, December, 1991, pp. 10-12, 34.
  38. Hassel, Crumbley and Battles, Chemistry In Whispering Caves, Dame Publishing, 1998.
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