Ken DeGraw is a partner with over 40 years of experience in public accounting.
Ken’s expertise includes working with business entities and their related ownership to address and resolve financially challenging situations.
As a leader in the Firm’s Forensic and Valuation Services group, Ken provides services in the areas of insolvency, receivership, bankruptcy, and forensic accounting amongst others. Ken also provides tax compliance and criminal tax controversy services to individuals and businesses within a broad cross-section of industries. He has also provided expert witness and testimony in a variety of litigation matters.
Ken is a certified public accountant in New Jersey, New York and Georgia, a Certified Financial Planner™ professional and a Certified Fraud Examiner. In addition to his credentials above he also holds a CFF-Certified in Financial Forensics designation from the AICPA.
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Ken is an active member of industry organizations, serving on NYCPA’s Bankruptcy and Financial Reorganizations Committee, and ABI’s Business Reorganization, Financial Advisors and Investment Banking, and Commercial Fraud Committees. Additionally, Ken serves on the ABA’s Business Law, Taxation and Litigation Committees.
His breadth of expertise includes formerly serving as Chair of the AICPA’s Bankruptcy Task Force and as a former member of their Forensic and Valuation Services Executive Committee, as well as former Chair of The NJCPA’s Insolvency Committee.
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