Raymond Sloane CPA, ABV, CFF, JD

Ray Sloane is a managing director in Berkeley Research Group’s Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice. Mr. Sloane has more than 40 years of financial and consulting experience, including 24 years with public accounting firms. Mr. Sloane has provided expert witness testimony in cases involving economic losses, solvency determinations and substantive consolidation, tracing of cash flows, business valuation, auditor malpractice, and accounting issues. His experience extends to contract disputes, rebates, allowances and kickbacks, post-acquisition disputes, asset securitization, white-collar crime, fraudulent conveyances and preferences. Mr. Sloane has experience in industries such as banking and financial services, including commodities, construction, labor unions, automotive, asbestos, retail, advertising, entertainment and sports, and consumer and industrial products.

In addition to being a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an attorney, Mr. Sloane has two forensic accounting/fraud examination designations and holds four business valuation credentials. He has expertise in highly complex commercial litigation involving fraud, damages, and technical accounting and auditing issues.

Mr. Sloane has had leading roles in the investigation of several of the largest fraud cases in the United States. He has also conducted internal investigations on behalf of audit and special committees of boards of directors in connection with restatements of financial results and in instances of suspected embezzlement, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, and other fraudulent activity.

Prior to joining BRG, Mr. Sloane was a senior managing director in the Forensic and Litigation Consulting segment of a large publicly held consulting company. Before that, he was the partner in charge of the Litigation Consulting and Bankruptcy Services department of a major regional certified public accounting firm in the New York metropolitan area, where he specialized in forensic and litigation advisory and business valuation services. Prior thereto, Mr. Sloane had served as the partner in charge of the Litigation Consulting division of the New York office of an international CPA firm, where he had previously been an SEC audit partner and a partner in the Technical Research and Review department.

Mr. Sloane has authored several articles in legal, business, and accounting publications, including The CPA Journal, The Attorney’s Handbook of Accounting, the Handbook of Asset-Backed Securities and Consumer Receivables, and The Corporate Accountability Report published by Bloomberg/The Bureau of National Affairs. He has lectured for groups including the New York State Bar Association, the Practicing Law Institute, the Institute of Internal Auditors, and CPA Associates International.