Freeman & Mills, Inc.   consultants to counsel and management
Freeman & Mills is one of the most respected
and experienced litigation consulting firms in the US. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has assisted attorneys in developing case strategy, assessing issues of causation and liability, formulating the measurement of damages, and providing expert testimony.

Fraud Investigations

F&M assists clients in a wide variety of situations in which fraud, embezzlement or other illegal acts have occurred. F&M experience ranges from simple embezzlements by a "trusted," but poorly supervised employee to sophisticated schemes involving many parties and millions of dollars. F&M's work has involved all parties to a fraud, including litigation between the victim and the perpetrator or between the victim and third parties such as insurance companies, banks and accounting firms. F&M has been engaged as both consulting and testifying experts.

F&M Capabilities
  • Experienced Big Four CPAs with accounting, auditing and tax expertise
  • Experienced Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs)
  • Experienced expert witnesses
  • Experienced financial executives
  • Discovery assistance, including depositions, documents and interrogatories
  • Evaluation and calculation of damages

F&M Case Histories
  • F&M found evidence of fraud against a major lender in audit working papers and provided testimony resulting in a punitive damage award against the auditing firm.
  • F&M identified weakness in plaintiffs' operations and failures by plaintiffs' auditors as contributing factors in a $4 Million fraud against a bank's client contrary to assertions by the plaintiff.
  • F&M analyzed audit working papers to demonstrate the auditor's failure to uncover a significant real estate "ponzi scheme," resulting in a multi-million dollar settlement from auditors.
  • F&M analyzed the money trail to establish money laundering in a federal criminal matter.
  • F&M successfully defended an unsophisticated entrepreneur accused of money laundering.
  • F&M assisted several law firms in identifying and analyzing the nature and extent of fraud in the financial statements and securities filings of a carpet cleaning and disaster restoration business.