BISCOTTI, TOBACK, & COMPANY LEGAL SUPPORT SERVICES

Biscotti, Toback, & Company, Legal Support and Advisory Services, will help you to achieve your objectives and resolve disputes by analyzing financial information and presenting it to you in a useful and timely manner. When called upon, our highly trained professionals will provide expert witness testimony in the courtroom or elsewhere. Whether engaged by a party in a legal action or appointed as an impartial, neutral expert, our evidence and testimony will be clear and credible.

DISCOVERY AND PREVENTION

To support your efforts, our experts will analyze discovery materials and help you prepare them for presentation. Our forensic accounting team will also help you to identify (or prevent) common fraudulent practices such as:

Employee fraud
Management fraud
Embezzlement, theft, kickbacks
Cash skimming
Voids / Under-rings
Swapping checks for cash
Alteration of cash receipts and disbursements
Fictitious refunds and discounts
Fictitious employees
Kiting
Lapping

Unauthorized bad debt write-offs
Fictitious accounts receivable
Appropriating inventory for personal use
Embezzlement of scrap proceeds
False charges to inventory
Fictitious invoices
Excess purchasing of property and services
Over-billing / Under-billing
Duplicate payments
Conflicts of interest
Overtime abuses
Personal expense reimbursement schemes

DAMAGES CALCULATIONS SERVICES

When the unexpected occurs and you are involved in litigation, damages must be calculated. Our professionals will utilize their technical expertise to analyze your business, evaluate the other party's business, and integrate costs and industry factors into the equation. Our support team has highly developed analytical skills and proven ability to help develop effective claims strategies.

Commercial damages may include:

Loss of revenue, profits or compensation
Defense against alleged losses
Breach of contract
Breach of warranty
Product liability

Fraud
Lost business opportunities
Intellectual property infringement
Business interruption

Personal damages may include:

Personal injury
Wrongful death
Wrongful termination of employment

BUSINESS VALUATION SERVICES

Business valuation is necessary in every business in matters ranging from mergers to succession planning. Our expertise in many industries enables us to provide accurate information for decision-making in areas such as:

Mergers and acquisitions
Sales and divestitures
Financing
Minority stockholder lawsuits
Corporate or partnership recapitalization or dissolution
Stockholders' agreements
Corporate reorganizations pursuant to bankruptcy or informal settlements
Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
Estate planning
Succession planning
Estate and inheritance taxes
Commercial damages
Personal financial planning
Divorce - Business valuations, professional license valuations & enhanced earning capacity calculations
Other personal damages

EXPERT WITNESS TESTIMONY

In all areas where we offer litigation and legal support services, expert witness testimony is available.

INVESTIGATIVE AND FORENSIC ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Unfortunately, fraud is widespread and difficult to detect. Your business may be the target of white-collar crime or costly mismanagement, or you may need to defend your firm from allegations of fraud. We can help you understand and strengthen your position by utilizing our forensic accounting expertise and extensive knowledge of many industries. We will inspect all relevant data and procedures.