Mike Brown
CPA, CFE, CFF, MBA | Partner
Mike is a Partner with FAZ Forensics with over 40 years of combined experience in forensic and financial accounting, auditing, and litigation consulting. Mike is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics.
Mike has managed and investigated a variety of multifaceted assignments spanning civil, criminal, regulatory and administrative charges including allegations of accounting irregularities, white-collar crime inquiries, corporate internal investigations, fraud investigations, accounting malpractice, breach of contract, business divorce and the calculation of economic damages.
Working directly with legal counsel, Mike assists with trial preparation by creating demonstratives, drafting direct and cross examination questions and analyzing expert reports and testimony. He has assisted counsel and organizations with accounting irregularities, the identification and quantification of misappropriated assets, and the design of effective financial reporting, internal controls, and self-governance programs. In addition, his background includes financial and investigative due diligence and performing financial, operational, and business control evaluations.
Mike is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Areas of Expertise
Education
Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, City of New York, 1996
Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1985