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Amy Yurish, CPA, CFF, CFE

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Amy Yurish joined J.S. Held in March of 2022 as part of J.S. Held's acquisition of Ocean Tomo. Amy has significant experience leading major forensic services engagements, providing forensic accounting and consulting / expert witness services to both public and private sector clients in disputes involving financial reporting, complex accounting, fraud allegations / bribery and corruption, and economic damages issues. Amy assists counsel in all aspects of litigation and arbitration proceedings including document review and discovery, preparation of expert reports, performing complex financial calculations, and deposition and trial assistance.

Amy has been involved in dispute matters related to principles of asset misappropriation, bribery and corruption including the calculation of disgorgement in foreign corrupt practices act matters, accounting record reconstruction, improper payments, financial reporting, contract disputes, auditor malpractice, and other issues related to the interpretation and application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Statutory Accounting Principles.

Amy joined Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, after nearly ten years with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP where she provided forensic and dispute consulting services to clients in both the public and private sectors. Early in her career, Amy provided audit services to financial services clients at PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Amy is a recent member of the AICPA’s Forensic and Litigation Services Committee, which is responsible for providing technical and educational guidance to CPAs who provide or seek to provide forensic accounting services. Amy is also a current member of the AICPA’s Forensic and Valuation Services Fraud Task Force. Amy is a previous recipient of the AICPA’s Standing Ovation award for exemplary professional achievement in Forensics and Valuation Services and a recipient of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) “Top 40 Under Forty” award. Amy has published and taught on various fraud and litigation-related matters.

Amy is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified in Financial Forensics. She graduated, magna cum laude, with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and minors in Economics and Management Information Systems from the University of Delaware.

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