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Paul C. Pershes
(Managing Director,
New YorkRosenfarbWinters, LLC)
WILL
SPEAK ON
A MEDLEY OF FRAUD CASES
Paul C. Pershes
is the Managing Director of the New York Office of
RosenfarbWinters, LLC. He is a demonstrated leader in several
areas of forensic accounting, including commercial litigation,
business valuation, shareholder divorce, matrimonial accounting
and consulting, accounting malpractice, insolvency and
reorganization, and has testified as an expert witness.
Mr. Pershes has
over 35 years of public and private experience in accounting and
auditing, and managing for-profit and not-for-profit companies.
He has provided expertise in management, accounting, auditing,
tax and consulting, and mergers and acquisitions, to a wide
range of entities in the technology, manufacturing,
distribution, healthcare,
real estate, hospitality and service industries. He has
extensive knowledge in P&L management, sales and
marketing, productivity, strategic goal setting and mergers &
acquisitions for public and family-owned businesses. Paul rose
through the ranks at Laventhol & Horwath to become Managing
Partner - New York, Board Member and International Liaison
Partner. Paul then became President of Temco Service Industries,
Inc., a large New York facilities maintenance and security
company. From there, Paul returned to public accounting,
specializing in auditing small public and private companies,
consulting and tax planning at the firm of Weinberg, Pershes &
Company, CPAs. He then went on to become President of a publicly
traded healthcare technology company. Before joining
RosenfarbWinters, Paul was a Managing Director of Glenwood
Capital, LLC, a boutique investment banking firm, specializing
in structured financings, including equity, mezzanine and senior
debt financing.
Paul obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Public
Accounting from the City
University of the State of New York - Bernard M. Baruch College
and has also completed 36 credits in finance and investments. He
is licensed to practice as a CPA in New York and Florida and has
also received his Accreditation in Business Valuation and is a
Certified Valuation Analyst. He has lectured on various
matrimonial issues and has recently appeared as an expert
forensic accountant on New York’s Channel 25, WNYE
Lawline to
discuss the topic, “Prenups: Do they Simplify Divorce?”.
Paul is the
Co-Chair of the International Accounting and Litigation Support
Committee of The International Accounting Group (TIAG). He was
also recently appointed to the Litigation Forensics Board for
the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).

Robert Goecks
(The
practice leader of Eisner’s Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML)
Compliance Services.)
WILL SPEAK ON
"Certified Fraud Examiner,
an Anti-Money Laundering Credential"
Robert Goecks,
CPA. MBA, CAMS, CFE, is the practice leader of Eisner’s Bank Secrecy
Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Compliance Services. Rob has
deep and varied subject matter expertise in AML compliance, having
completed a career as a Special Agent with IRS Criminal
Investigations where he conducted and supervised money-laundering
investigations.
Rob spent a year as a Special Investigator of sales practice
violations for the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
where he introduced AML training to NASD’s District 10 in Manhattan.
Rob served as the designated AML Compliance Officer for the U.S.
subsidiary of a Canadian bank for approximately three years. His
tenure there included the 9/11 attack and the subsequent challenges
of sustaining a compliant AML Program during the firm’s transition
from Ground Zero.
Immediately before joining Eisner LLP, Rob served as the designated
AML Compliance Officer for an established private bank/wealth
management firm headquartered in Manhattan. The firm had an existing
Cease and Desist Order involving weaknesses in their AML Program.
Within six months of his arrival, the Order was lifted. The firm
sustained its AML compliance for the next five years at which time
the firm was acquired by a national bank. Rob reported directly to
the firm’s General Counsel, participated in senior management’s risk
management meetings and reported regularly to the Board of
Directors. Throughout this period the firm received no additional
penalties or fines related to AML issues. Rob partnered with the
acquiring national bank in transitioning a fully compliant AML
Program into their AML Program before his departure.
Rob is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State
Society of CPAs and the founding Chair of their Anti-Money
Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing Committee. He is also a
member of the Board of Trustees for the John Jay College Foundation,
Inc. where he is Chair of the Audit Committee.
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