Contact Info

Lewis Baum, CPA/ABV, CVA, CFE
Associate Director,
Business Valuation and Litigation Consulting Services

32125 Solon Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44139

Toll Free: (800) 869-1834

Phone: (440) 248-8787

Fax: (440) 248-0841

Lewis M. Baum, CPA/ABV, CVA, CFE

Area of Expertise

Planning, preparation, oversight and review of business valuations, and economic damage analyses, and other litigation support services such as fraud detection and deterrence, tracing, consulting, ADR, and reviewing other expert reports

Experience

Business valuations conducted for domestic relations, dissenting shareholder disputes, damages, transaction planning, and estate and gift tax for a broad variety of industries
Economic damages analyses and reports for breach of contract, wrongful death, wrongful termination, and for other litigation
Fraud detection and deterrence for asset tracing and recovery, investigation of employee, supplier and vendor fraud, diagnostic reviews, and system monitoring
Other Public accounting experience includes planning, implementation, and completion of audit and review engagements, initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and bankruptcies
Corporate experience includes the oversight of financial reporting and the internal control systems, involvement with multiple start-up entities, drafting business plans, employee policies and procedures manual, and offering memorandums. Securing financing, raising capital, overseeing two NASD initial public offerings, conducting due diligence, as well as preparing financial projections and budgets
Conducting numerous courses and seminars on various business valuation, litigation, fraud, and other consulting topics

Education

Bachelor of Science degree from Syracuse University

Professional

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), member
Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA), member and past chairman of the Cleveland chapter's Business Valuation and Litigation Support Committee
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA), member

Ideas and Technology Committee, member

Recertification Committee, member

Grading Team, past member