Experience

Michael A. Garcia is a partner in Citrin Cooperman’s Forensic and Litigation Advisory Services Practice and brings together the experience of an accountant and auditor, the skills of a dispute consultant, and the perspective of an attorney for his clients. Michael leverages these skills to provide litigation support services, analysis, and quantification of economic damages in commercial disputes, and to investigate occupational fraud and abuse including asset misappropriation and fraudulent financial reporting schemes. His experience encompasses a broad range of disputes, among them breach of contract, partnership and post-acquisition disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, matrimonial disputes and accountants’ and auditors’ malpractice.

Michael advises counsel throughout each stage of a dispute’s lifecycle, providing timely litigation support and consulting services regarding pleadings and motions, timely research and analysis of economic damages and accounting and auditing related issues, requests for document production and interrogatories, witness interviews, expert reports and rebuttals on damages, and trial exhibits and demonstratives.

Michael plays an integral role in performing internal investigations and forensic accounting examinations. His experience includes inspecting and obtaining an understanding of an entity’s financial books and records, operations, and internal control policies and procedures. Michael is also skilled at developing and implementing targeted and effective investigation and examination work plans, conducting fact-finding interviews, and reporting on the results of internal investigations and forensic accounting examinations.

Michael has provided these services in matters ranging across an extensive array of industries including the real estate, construction, professional services, manufacturing, distribution and retail, financial services and hospitality industries.

Prior to joining Citrin Cooperman, Michael was a principal at Berdon LLP which joined the firm in 2023. Previously, he served in the advisory services group of a regional accounting firm providing dispute consulting and forensic accounting services in commercial disputes and professional malpractice matters. Michael also served at a Big Four firm where he performed audits of private equity funds and provided attest services for investment and asset management companies.