When and Why Using Forensic Accountants Makes Sense in Trust and Estate Litigation
November 2017
When and Why Using Forensic Accountants Makes Sense in Trust and Estate Litigation
Co-sponsored by the CBA Trust & Estate Section
Program Description:
Trust and estate litigation is full of emotion among family members … but tempers rise when it comes to the monetary issues. So often the trust or estate is left in control of one of the beneficiaries, which causes the biggest question after several years: “Where is the money?” Litigation is expensive, but getting a forensic accountant involved early in the process could alleviate the overall cost to the estate, trust or its beneficiaries. Forensic accountants not only “follow the money,” but they can see patterns of dissipations that close the gaps of tracing the funds. Ms. Betzer will discuss the benefits of hiring forensic accountants as experts in piecing together the financial picture, determining the economic losses and explaining the accounting process to the courts.
MEET YOUR PRESENTER
Sheri L. Betzer is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Colorado and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). She has spent over 25 years in private practice specializing in, and focusing on, criminal and civil litigation involving white collar crimes, fraud investigations, forensic accounting and expert testimony. Previously, she spent 15 years with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and has been an IRS expert witness in criminal tax trials for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in U.S. District Court and civil proceedings in U.S. Bankruptcy and Tax Courts. For three years, she worked as the technical advisor for IRS Area Counsel attorneys, assisting in the review of IRS criminal cases prior to their referral to the Department of Justice and testifying to those cases when prosecuted.
In addition to her courses taught through the Colorado Society of CPAs, Betzer addresses accounting students at several Colorado universities and other professional groups on the topic of fraud investigations and forensic accounting. Currently, she is an instructor at Metropolitan State University of Denver teaching courses she developed for their Masters of Professional Accountancy program on the “Legal Elements of Fraud” and “Occupational Fraud.”
Her firm, Betzer Call Lausten & Schwartz, LLP, located in Denver, Colorado, specializes in forensic accounting, fraud investigations, business valuations, economic damages, bank consulting, receiverships and data analytics.
Agenda:
11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Registration
12:00 PM
- Forensic accounting in trust and estate litigation
- Patterns of dissipations that close the gaps of tracing the funds
- Benefits of hiring forensic accountants as experts in—
- Piecing together the financial picture
- Determining the economic losses
- Explaining the accounting process to the courts
1:00 PM
Adjourn
Presented by Sheri L. Betzer, CPA, CFE, Betzer Call Lausten & Schwartz, LLP, Denver, CO
Location Information
CLECI Large Classroom
1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
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1900 Grant Street, Suite 300
Denver, CO 80203
Registration Fees
| Non Member | $79.00 |
| CBA Member | $59.00 |
| New Lawyer Edge Partner | $29.50 |
| CBA Trust & Estate Law Section Member | $29.00 |
| CLEACCESSPASS | $0.00 |
- General Credits: 1.00
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