Neal Gluckman, CPA, CFF, CIRA
Neal Gluckman, a forensic accountant and expert witness, provides lenders, equity investors and legal counsel with the financial information they need to make informed decisions. His quick assessments of a company’s current and prospective cash flow allow clients to establish go-forward strategies and resolve disputes. Neal leads the firm’s Financial Advisory Services practice working in the Seattle, Washington and Los Angeles, California offices.
Lenders and investors frequently seek Neal’s assistance in assessing the future performance of their portfolio assets. He adeptly provides loan monitoring services in due diligence and workout assignments, and serves as court-appointed examiner in Chapter 11 cases. Neal also performs investigations to identify preferences and fraudulent conveyances and provides expert testimony regarding solvency, damages, tracing funds, cash collateral and other financial matters.
After serving as a senior manager at a Big 4 public accounting firm, Neal was a partner for 20 years in a regional public accounting firm in Los Angeles. He led the firm’s Investigative Auditing Department, serving as the engagement partner on numerous forensic assignments. Neal is active in the turnaround and restructuring community and served on the California Society of CPAs’ committee on fraud. He has taught accounting at Pepperdine University in both the graduate and undergraduate programs.