James S. Feltman

James S. Feltman, CPA, CFF is a senior managing director with Teneo Capital LLC in New York. He has more than 30 years of experience providing a broad range of litigation, forensic and investigative services. Mr. Feltman provides both consulting and expert testimony in the areas of money-laundering, Ponzi schemes, asset-tracing and recovery, accounting and financial statement reporting issues, causes of action against officers, directors and third parties, securities fraud, misrepresentation, hedging and trading in complex securities schemes, and bankruptcy and insolvency issues. He has experience leading cross-border forensic and investigative engagements on behalf of U.S. and foreign government agencies, and he is an established expert in determining the underlying fact pattern, establishing liability and determining damages in myriad engagements. Mr. Feltman has served as an appointee with a branch of the U.S. Department of Justice for over a decade. He has been appointed as an advisor by district, bankruptcy and state courts, has served as an arbitrator and mediator, and has been appointed as a monitor by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Mr. Feltman has worked extensively in Latin America on behalf of sovereign authorities in Venezuela, Chile and Peru, as well as for private parties in both investigations and disputes. He is an author and frequent speaker on a variety of litigation topics relating to bankruptcy, restructuring, securities and regulatory, and he has been interviewed and quoted by various media outlets, including The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, NPR, CNN, CNBC and Law360. Mr. Feltman co-authored a chapter, “How to Write an Effective Report,” in ABI’s Fraud and Forensics handbook. In addition, he has more than 20 years of experience with Big 4 accounting firms, and was previously a partner at Mesirow Financial, Arthur Andersen LLP and KPMG LLP. Mr. Feltman is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Florida and a former ABI Board member. Mr. Feltman received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and his M.P.S. from Cornell University.<br>