Mr. Fahlman advises clients, including legal counsel, boards of directors, and executive management with complex commercial litigation, economic damages, valuation, dispute resolution, investigations, and distressed businesses.
During the last two decades, he has served as a neutral accounting arbitrator, consulting expert, and testifying expert. He has presented his findings in various dispute, regulatory, and administrative proceedings over one hundred times, including to federal and state courts, in arbitration, and before the Securities and Exchange Commission, Department of Justice, and Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Mr. Fahlman has spent the past fifteen years in leadership roles for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Forensic & Valuation Services section, including currently as a member of the Forensic & Valuation Services Executive committee, and previously as chairman of the Forensic & Litigation Services Committee, chairman of the Damages Task Force, and co-chair of the annual Forensic & Valuation Conference.
He also is a past co-chair of the Economic Damages sub-committee of the American Bar Association. Mr. Fahlman is a regular contributor, reviewer, and presenter of technical forensic accounting professional education for CPAs across the United States and teaches at universities, bar associations, and law firms on the topics of forensic accounting and damages.
Before joining BRG, Mr. Fahlman was a partner at a large accounting and advisory firm, and prior to that he served as the turnaround chief financial officer and vice president of a seventy-two-unit multi-state retail company.
Employment History
Grant Thornton, LLP
Partner
AAW, LLC
Chief financial officer
Arthur Andersen, LLP
Senior consultant
Education
Arizona State University
B.S., Accountancy
Credentials
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
