Litigation Support and Forensic Accounting

Dean Dorton Allen Ford's law firm services team is a group of professionals specially trained to meet the unique business needs of lawyers and their clients. Our team can perform a comprehensive range of consulting and financial services to help your case, your clients, and your firm's operations. Our goal is to develop a long-term relationship with you that will benefit your firm for many years to come. Some of the services we offer include:

• Bankruptcy Accounting Services
• Expert Testimony & Consulting
• Business Valuation
• Forensic Accounting
• Merger & Acquisition
• Practice Management Consulting
• Divorce Consulting 
• Litigation Support
• Insurance Claims

Services for Law Firm Clients
Dean Dorton Allen Ford has a group of professionals dedicated to providing timely, high-quality service assistance to attorneys on their client-related work. Specifically, we focus on the following.

Bankruptcy Services
The bankruptcy process requires specific accounting knowledge and familiarity with the legal process and requirements. We have experience with claims reconciliation and processing, preference calculations, preparation of Bankruptcy Court reports, and Debtor liquidation. We have also performed forensic accounting on prepetition data.

Expert Testimony/Litigation Consulting
Several members of the firm provide expert testimony and other support services in conjunction with dispute resolution.

Business Valuation
We have a team of professionals trained in preparing business valuations in a variety of forums, e.g., divorce, business acquisition or sale, litigation, estate planning, and estate and gift tax reporting.

Forensic Accounting
A team of audit professionals provides forensic accounting services in conjunction with fraud investigations. Our team includes three Certified Fraud Examiners.

Merger and Acquisition
We perform due diligence services in conjunction with business mergers or acquisitions.

Technology Services for the Law Firm
Dean Dorton Allen Ford has a separate department devoted entirely to assisting our clients with their technology issues. We have successfully implemented new, cutting-edge software for law firms which help automate time and billing, case management, and accounting.

New System Consulting/Implementation
The real return on investment regarding an information system is not related to the input of information, but the ability to retrieve meaningful and timely information from the system.

Data Extraction / Data Warehousing
We can build a database that links to your current system that will provide real-time information in the format(s) management needs to make the tough decisions.

Information Technology Outsourcing
Lower your costs to maintain your current technology by outsourcing your IT position.

Traditional Services for the Law Firm
Because our professionals have such a wide range of experience, we are able to offer a vast array of services to law firms, including:

• Financial Statement audit, review, and compilation services to offer assurance to various stakeholders.
• Agreed-upon procedures attestation to address specific areas of your organization.
• New accounting standards implementation to ensure compliance with the latest in accounting standards.
• Preparation of financial budgets and projections to improve control of cash flow and expenditures and to increase procedure accuracy of projections.
• Internal controls and accounting procedures manual reviews to safeguard assets and manage risk by implementing strategically placed checks, balances, and reviews.
• Directly performing accounting, payroll, or clerical functions to lower costs by outsourcing financial or administrative activities.
• Timely and accurate tax return preparation and filing to all taxing entities.
• Tax planning to help make decisions now that can minimize your tax expenses later.