Cendrowski Corporate Advisors - Economics, accounting, finance and insurance expert witness

Based inChicago, Illinois

Main fieldEconomics, accounting, finance and insurance

Areas of expertise29 listed

About Cendrowski Corporate Advisors

Cendrowski Corporate Advisors (CCA) is a financial operations consulting firm. Mr. Cendrowski has served as an expert witness in many economic damages analyses, contract disputes, lost profit analyses, business valuations, and partnership disputes. He has served as court appointed receiver in several multimillion dollar estates, and as the accountant to the trustee in high-profile bankruptcy cases. CCA services include litigation support, forensic accounting, business valuation, fraud deterrence, fraud investigation, risk assessment, corporate governance, and back-office operations.

Services

Cendrowski Corporate Advisors provides the financial operations and litigation support services listed below:

Expert Witness Testimony and Litigation Support CCA's financial expert witnesses can artfully and simply communicate case facts through written reports and oral testimonies. Our expert witnesses are used through all phases of litigation, including pre-case assessments discovery assistance, case analysis, and testimony at trial. We can assist with lost profit analyses, partnership disputes, fraud, money laundering, and asset tracing.

Forensic Accounting Our forensic accounting services are designed to provide essential information not only to attorneys in litigation settings, but also to company managers in non-litigation settings. Representative engagements include procurement reviews, landlord/tenant lease verifications, and business process recovery.

Fraud Deterrence Services Our fraud deterrence services are a core competency. While other advisors focus on increasing the chance fraudulent activity is detected, CCA believes that the best way to combat fraud is through active fraud deterrence. Our fraud deterrence services help organizations remove the causal factors of fraud through comprehensive internal control assessments.

Fraud Investigation CCA's fraud service professionals work with clients and their legal counsel to identify and resolve fraudulent activities. We work hand in hand with the legal team, providing analyses that document and retell the events which transpired. We also provide expert testimony to explain these technical details to the court.

Back and Middle Office Operations Including financial reporting, general accounting, capital accounting, tax services, business valuation, investor communications, and principal tax planning.

Business Valuations We offer business valuations services for public companies, private companies, and attorneys.

Due Diligence CCA's team members focus on assessing internal controls and organizational efficiency at all operational levels of the target firm.

Financial and Tax Analysis This service is available for pre-case assessment, discovery assistance, or case analysis.

Governance Advisory Cendrowski Corporate Advisors advises public companies, private companies, and nonprofit and philanthropic organizations on their governance procedures. CCA professionals assist organizations in establishing comprehensive enterprise risk management (ERM) practices.

Investigative Due Diligence We offer investigative due diligence services, as well as comprehensive asset discovery and recovery, are conducted confidentially for governmental agencies, commercial and investment banks, private equity firms, nonprofit organizations, broker-dealers, venture partners, initial public offering candidates, hedge funds, and other business and private entities. We investigate borrowers, lenders, vendors, customers, investors and employees for organizations and individuals.

Operational Assessments We analyze internal controls at all levels of the organization and provide managers with key performance metrics, allowing them to better perceive changes in their firm’s internal and external environments.

Litigation Support Services

Cendrowski Corporate Advisors (CCA) and its affiliates, since 1983, have worked hand in hand with attorneys and litigation support personnel to provide forensic accounting and dispute advisory services. Our senior team members have assisted attorneys at all phases of litigations, from pre-case assessments to post-judgment related analyses.

Areas of Expertise

Accounting
Asset Locators
Background Investigations
Bankruptcy
Business
Business Acquisitions
Business Valuations
Computer Forensics
Corporate
Corporate Governance

Damages
Due Diligence
Economic Damages
Estates and Trusts
Financial
Financial Analysis
Forensic Accounting
Fraud
Investigation
Litigation

Lost Profits
Malpractice, Financial
Money Laundering
Partnership Disputes
Risk Management
Securities Fraud
Strategic Planning
Taxation
Valuation

Profile

Harry Cendrowski is a founding member of Cendrowski Selecky PC, Cendrowski Corporate Advisors, and The Prosperitas Group. After receiving his bachelor’s degree from University of Detroit, Harry began his professional career in the audit department of Touche Ross (now part of Deloitte) where he worked on high-profile clients, including Fortune 500 companies and several national banks. More recently, Harry has served as an expert witness in numerous economic damages analyses, contract disputes, lost profit analyses, business valuations, and partnership disputes. He has served as court appointed receiver in several multi-million dollar estates, and as the accountant to the trustee in high-profile bankruptcy cases.