Leanne Gould

Leanne Gould, CPA, ABV, CFF, ASA is the principal of Gould Consulting Services (GCS) in Atlanta. She is a forensic CPA who founded the firm in 2018 to assist counsel and their clients to understand complex financial and business valuation issues in a variety of disputed matters by listening, evaluating the facts and documents produced in the case, and explaining findings and opinions clearly and in a practical manner. She began her career in medical device manufacturing in new product development and operations. This experience formed the foundation for her understanding of the manufacturing process and data flow from the design, production, strategy development and launch of new products to overseeing day-to-day accounting, operations and financial issues. Ms. Gould transitioned into bankruptcy consulting advising distressed companies through the restructuring or bankruptcy process; a financial advisory role that benefited from her background and experience. During this time, she also provided litigation support services in commercial and bankruptcy disputes. Ms. Gould has served as financial advisor to chapter 7, 11 and 13 trustees, committees and creditors/claimants in matters before U.S. bankruptcy courts and has been appointed forensic accountant and independent accountant for arbitration panels and disputing parties. She provides expert reports and testimony in depositions, hearings and jury trials in matters before U.S. bankruptcy courts, U.S. district courts, superior and state courts, and arbitration panels across the nation on a variety of issues, including voidable transfers, conversion, misappropriation, disputed business valuation, lost profits and avoidance actions brought under §§ 544, 547 and 548 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and U.V.T.A., including assessments of reasonably equivalent value, solvency, asset-tracing and alter-ego. Ms. Gould received her M.B.A. from the University of Buffalo.