Amy is currently a Managing Director at J.S. Held and has nearly 20 years of experience providing forensic accounting and dispute consulting services in the areas of external and internal investigations, financial statement analysis, auditor malpractice, and calculation of economic damages. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified in Financial Forensics.
Amy assists counsel in all aspects of litigation and arbitration proceedings including document review and discovery, preparation of expert reports, critical review of opposing expert's reports, performing complex financial calculations, and deposition and trial assistance.
Amy has been involved in dispute matters related to principles of asset misappropriation, bribery and corruption including the calculation of disgorgement in foreign corrupt practices act (FCPA) matters, accounting record reconstruction, improper payments, financial reporting, contract disputes, auditor malpractice, and other issues related to the interpretation and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Statutory Accounting Principles.
Prior to joining a legacy firm of J.S. Held, she spent nearly ten years with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP where she provided forensic and dispute consulting services to clients in both the public and private sector. Early in her career, Amy provided audit services to financial services clients at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Amy is a recent member of the AICPA’s Forensic and Litigation Services Committee, which is responsible for providing technical and educational guidance to CPAs who provide or seek to provide forensic accounting services. Amy is also a current member of the AICPA’s Forensic and Valuation Services Fraud Task Force. Amy is a previous recipient of the AICPA’s Standing Ovation award for exemplary professional achievement in Forensics and Valuation Services and a recipient of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) “Top 40 Under Forty” award. Amy has published and taught on various fraud and litigation related matters.
Amy graduated, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting and minors in Economics and Management Information Systems from the University of Delaware.
Amy lives in Northern Virginia. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, wine tasting, cooking, and spending time with her children and two dogs.