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Forensic Accountants and Business Advisors. -
When answers matter,FAZ delivers.
FAZ is a multifaceted and boutique CPA firm with unique service areas. We are a recognized leader in forensic accounting, business valuation and exit planning services.
Forensic Accounting
We are committed to helping attorneys, claims professionals and others. We resolve disputed financial amounts, conduct fraud and financial investigations, quantify economic damages and calculate business value. We are well versed in alternative dispute resolution, litigation support and expert testimony. Our team members began doing Forensic Accounting before it was even recognized as a profession.
Business Valuation
We leverage deep valuation and business experience and a genuine, client-focused approach to provide the best-in-class informal and formal business valuation services for dispute settlement and litigation purposes and also to support the successful transfer of ownership and guide critical business decisions.
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Exit Planning
We serve the needs of the middle market. We are dedicated to helping business owners grow their businesses and achieve their life plans. In addition to growth consulting, we provide wealth advisory, transition planning, business valuation, and M&A assistance. Our team consists of entrepreneurs, business owners and a former managing partner of a Top 100 CPA firm.
Learn MoreFAZ offers unique and reliable Forensic Accounting services to clients, offering many solutions that our competitors don’t.
“Clients know they can just depend on us to provide them with the right answers. When answers matter… FAZ delivers.”
— Ge’Net Ninstant
Our Partners
Stephen L. Ferraro
Partner & CPA
Steve is a Partner with Ferraro, Amodio & Zarecki CPAs Forensic Accountants and Business Advisors. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Business Exit Consultant and a Certified Exit Planning Advisor.
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Charles S. Amodio
Partner & CPA
Charles is a Partner with Ferraro, Amodio & Zarecki, CPAs Forensic Accountants and Business Advisors. He is a Certified Public Accountant, a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics and is Certified in Financial Forensics.
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Paul C. Zarecki
Partner & CPA
Paul is a Partner with Ferraro, Amodio & Zarecki CPAs Forensic Accountants and Business Advisors. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics.
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David E. Consigli
Partner & CPA, ABV, CDFA
David is a Partner with Ferraro, Amodio & Zarecki CPAs Forensic Accountants and Business Advisors. He specializes in valuations of closely-held businesses, business and ownership interests, and intangible assets. He is credentialed with the Accreditation in Business Valuation (ABV) awarded by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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Kristen Fabbri
Partner & CPA, CFF, CFE, CAMS
Kristen Fabbri is a Partner with Ferraro, Amodio & Zarecki CPAs Forensic Accountants and Business Advisors. She is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified in Financial Forensics, Certified Fraud Examiner, and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.
View Full BioFAZ is headquartered in Saratoga Springs, New York and serves clients throughout the Northeast. In addition to Saratoga Springs, we serve from locations in Albany, Boston, New York City and White Plains. Our team has been together for decades and offers clients long-term stability. Understanding that some engagements may take years to complete…we will be there until their conclusion. We have experience in most every industry and bring stability and a wealth of expertise and knowledge to support our clients’ efforts.
FEATURED TESTIMONIAL
What Our Clients Have to Say
You assigned Charles Amodio (FAZ) Forensic Accountant to this BI loss. I simply wanted to tell you that this guy is a HUGE asset to have on our side. He not only comes significantly experienced at all he’s doing but he’s expeditious on all his responsibilities and is so responsive. And even best yet, he’s a great guy to talk with it. Super individual here all around.
These BI claims can be quite complex and often can get a client confused, agitated and downright mad with when not understanding the ins and outs of what is and what isn’t covered and how the BI formulas can work since there are several ways to ‘skin a cat’ on these type claims but Charles has been a perfect gentleman and the consummate professional with this insured and his efforts thus far.
When the insured heard all of what he’s NOT able to receive as covered on this BI claim he took it well in stride simply because after he and I, with Charles conferenced a few calls so that our insured could understand how Charles formulated his figures, our client respected Charles simply because he ‘made sense’ on all he said and made the insured feel at ease knowing Charles was a ‘good guy’ and knew his trade and made the numbers simply to understand how arrived at, etc…
And then once we were done, Charles then thought of a possible expense that he could add after knowing that his rents were not forgiven by the landlord during this downtime and took the time to circle back and ask more questions to try and help further on his continued expenses incurred.
In short Charles is PERFECT at what he does. And Preferred Mutual should know this. I’ve made it appoint to share Charles contact info with all of our carriers here at our agency simply because he took a difficult situation, in not only having a business shut down during a water claim, not caused by the insured at the most busiest time of year for a restaurant, but took the time to explain in huge detail every single number and how to arrive at his figures, easily understandable and with much empathy for the insured in how he approached this.
I know I was lucky to have him. Preferred should be too. A fair man. Even if the insured thought he was going to receive nearly double what Charles came up with – that is s skill most never learn to have.