This document provides a course catalog for financial litigation services offered by Citrin Cooperman. The catalog lists 12 courses covering topics such as accounting and financial statement analysis for lawyers, quantifying damages calculations in commercial litigation, forensic accounting basics, fraud investigation techniques, effectively deposing financial experts, quantifying wage-and-hour damages, business valuation fundamentals, intellectual property damages, forensic accounting in divorce cases, tracking cryptocurrency in divorces, executive compensation issues in litigation, and assistance obtaining CLE credits. The courses aim to help lawyers understand and utilize financial experts and analyses in different types of commercial and civil litigation.
2. COURSE CATALOGUE
INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS FOR LAWYERS
Attorneys often review and address accounting documentation and information as part of their work. Understanding the basics of
accounting provides context to the documentation and information being reviewed. This program provides an overview of financial
documentation, including the income statement and the balance sheet as well as an introduction to basic accounting principles.
LOST PROFITS AND DISGORGEMENT DAMAGES IN COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
An important analysis in any litigation is assessing the Plaintiff’s damage calculations. Counsel commonly engages a financial expert to
analyze and present a clear and concise financial damages calculation to the trier of fact. This course covers the basics of a lost profits
calculation, a disgorgement calculation, and how to effectively present a damages calculation to a trier of fact.
BASICS OF FORENSIC ACCOUNTING FOR LAWYERS
Typically, forensic accountants are utilized in fraud investigations, damages calculations, and valuations. It is important for attorneys to
understand the basics of forensic accounting, a specialized field encompassing accounting and investigative skills. This course provides an
overview of the skills, techniques, and approaches used in forensic accounting.
INTRODUCTION TO FRAUD AND FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS
An allegation of fraud or inappropriate behavior can have a significant impact on a business. This course provides an overview of fraud,
insights into how financial investigations are conducted and the types of documents and financial information utilized during the
investigation.
HOW TO EFFECTIVELY USE AND DEPOSE A FINANCIAL EXPERT
A financial expert is crucial to the success of any high-stakes litigation. Taking an expert’s deposition can be challenging for both
inexperienced and experienced litigators. Course attendees will receive a fact pattern and corresponding expert reports for a plaintiff and
defendant. They will take part in mock depositions with designated financial experts and prepare the experts for direct and cross
examinations.
QUANTIFYING WAGE-AND-HOUR DAMAGES
With the increasing number of wage-and-hour litigations, it is critical for counsel to understand the financial damages that may arise. This
course offers an overview of the available remedies in wage-and-hour litigations and the complexities of quantifying damages.
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS VALUATION OVERVIEW
This course offers attorneys a basic understanding of how valuations are conducted, including professional standards, recognized
methodologies, economic concepts, forecasting models, documents and case information.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DAMAGES IN LITIGATION
U.S. intellectual property laws provide certain protections related to inventions. Oftentimes, the enforcement of those rights mandates the
quantification of intellectual property infringement damages. This course provides an overview of damage calculation theories and
methodologies related to intellectual property litigation, including lost profits and reasonable royalties. This course also includes an
overview of recent court rulings related to patent infringement damages, including the entire market value rule, apportionment, and
comparability of license agreements.
FORENSIC ACCOUNTING IN DIVORCE CASES
Attorneys will learn about the services that forensic accountants can bring to their high-net-worth divorcing clients. This course provides
attorneys with a basic overview of marital and separate property analysis, executive compensation analysis, lifestyle analysis, tax
consulting, forensic accounting, business valuations, and many other services performed by expert witnesses.
CRYPTOCURRENCY AND HOW TO FIND IT/TRACK IT IN DIVORCE LITIGATION
Although spouses hiding assets from divorce court is nothing new, cryptocurrencies are changing the game. Bitcoin and other
cryptocurrencies can be purchased for cash, held electronically without the help of a third party, and transferred nearly anonymously. This
course will start by providing attorneys with a basic understanding of cryptocurrency, how it works, and how it is held by an owner as well
as practical tips on how attorneys and their clients can gather more information on the spouse’s transactions.
HANDLING EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION IN LITIGATION
CEOs, CFOs, and other C-Suite executives often receive lucrative compensation packages that include unusual forms of compensation
such as bonuses, stock options, restricted stock units, supplemental executive retirement plans, severance rights, and other perquisites.
These items can represent significant marital assets in a divorce litigation. In this course, we explain these complex compensation
packages and provide attorneys with an understanding of how to equitably distribute those marital assets.
CLE ACCREDITATION: We are happy to assist your in-house resources in obtaining CLE accreditation for any of the courses listed
above. However, Citrin Cooperman is not a CLE accredited organization.