Matthew Schwartz, CPA, CIRA, CFE

Matthew Schwartz, CPA, CFF, CFE, CIRA is a partner with Bederson LLP in West Orange, N.J., in its Insolvency and Litigation Services Department and focuses on forensic accounting, bankruptcy valuations, litigation accounting, business valuations, economic damages, expert witness testimony, cor- porate investigations and matrimonial financial expertise. He is responsible for overseeing engagements and testifying regarding all aspects of forensic engagements, including bankruptcy, insolvency, fraud, damages and tax matters. Mr. Schwartz has appeared and testified in bankruptcy and state courts in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware. He has been retained by trustees, secured creditors, cred- itors' committees, debtors, plaintiffs and defendants and has served as a liquidating agent. He has also investigated and uncovered numerous defalcations, leading to recoveries and arrests. In that capacity, Mr. Schwartz received recognition from the FBI in 2010 for his work on New Jersey Affordable Hous- ing, one of the largest bankruptcy fraud cases in New Jersey's history. In addition to his financial inves- tigative work, he has completed the New Jersey Association of Professional Mediator's Civil Mediation Training Program, as well its Civil Mediation Apprenticeship. Mr. Schwartz has lectured on insolvency and tax matters for organizations, including various chapters of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, Hunterdon Medical Center, Essex County Bar Association, Lorman Education Ser- vices, AGN (an international affiliation of independent and separate accounting firms), Association of Commercial Finance Attorney Law Firms, publicly held companies, the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors and the New Jersey Association of Legal Administrators. He has also developed and taught courses on tax, EDP investigations and insolvency, as well as college-level courses at War- ren County Community College and Kean University. Mr. Schwartz is a member the American Insti- tute of Certified Public Accountants (for which he chaired its Bankruptcy Task Force), the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (for which he served as president in 2014). He is also a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Turnaround Management Association and ABI, for which he served on its "Cracking the Code" online newsletter editorial board. Mr. Schwartz received his B.A. in economics with distinction from the University of Virginiadegree and his M.B.A. in accounting from Rutgers University.