Expert profile
Highlights
- Certified Public Accountant and Certified in Financial Forensics.
- Effectively analyzes complex technical accounting, auditing, and regulatory matters.
- Undertakes forensic accounting investigations for public and private companies.
- Experienced in refuting opposing expert reports and testimony.
Industries
Financial Services | Healthcare & Life Sciences
Expertise
Paul Farfel is a forensic accounting expert with more than 35 years of experience.
Paul has supported expert witnesses in the submission of expert reports for both arbitration and litigation with disputed values of up to $1 billion. He has worked to refute plaintiff’s experts reports and testimony and to support defense expert’s reports and testimony, related to professional negligence, causation, and damages.
Paul’s expertise encompasses financial accounting and reporting requirements for public and private companies, regulatory reporting and compliance requirements for financial institutions, and financial statement auditing standards. He has extensive experience examining materials provided in discovery, reviewing expert reports by plaintiff’s and defense experts, and preparing fact and expert witnesses for deposition and testimony.
Background
Paul has more than 15 years of experience as a forensic accountant for general counsel, conducting investigations to identify and understand potential exposures. He has advised both internal and external counsel regarding defense strategies and assisted during arbitration panels and court trials.
Paul is a Certified Public Accountant and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He holds a master’s in finance and international business.
Qualifications
MBA Finance & International Business
CPA
CFF
BS Accounting
Professional Memberships
AICPA, NYSSCPA
