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Fairfield Forensic and Valuation Services, LLC
Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
Fairfield Forensic and Valuation Services, LLC ® 43 Harbor Drive, Suite 202, Stamford, CT 06902
About Us
Phone: (203) 979-3171
E-mail: jbonora@FairfieldFVS.com
John M. Bonora is the founder and President of Fairfield Forensic and Valuation Services, LLC. Mr. Bonora has over 25 years of experience advising litigation counsel, the Courts, Chapter 11 Debtors and Chapter 7 Trustees. He has directed numerous engagements and prepared expert reports related to alleged fiscal improprieties, the valuation of shareholder interests, the calculation of economic damages, the determination of solvency, and the recoverability of alleged fraudulent transfers and preferential payments. Mr. Bonora has provided grand jury, deposition, hearing, arbitration and trial testimony. He has also served as a troubled business workout specialist, including directing the turnaround and successful reorganization of an equipment distributor.
Mr. Bonora is an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers and is Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School and is both a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Public Accountant.
Licenses and Certifications
Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA)
American Society of Appraisers, 2010
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2004
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2010
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 1994
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
State of New York, 2003
Education
Harvard Business School, Master in Business Administration
Tufts University, Bachelor of Science, Engineering
Baruch College, Graduate level accounting courses
Professional
Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer, CPA, P.C.
Director, 2010 – 2012
Marks Paneth & Shron, LLP
Director, 2008 – 2010
Margolin Winer & Evens, LLP
Director, 1999 – 2008
United Intelligence Group
Managing Director, 1987 – 1999
Employed in the private sector, including General Electric, 1976 - 1987
Professional Association Memberships
American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
American Bar Association (ABA), Associate Member
Business Law, Family Law and Litigation Sections
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Business Valuation and Forensic & Litigation Services Section
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
Business Valuation and Litigation Services Committees
Turnaround Management Association (TMA)
Harvard Club of New York
Published Articles
“Fresh-Start Reporting, An Opportunity for Debtor Companies Emerging from Bankruptcy”, American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) Journal, 07/2009
“Fresh-Start Reporting, An Additional Challenge for Bankruptcy Counsel”, The Bankruptcy Strategist, 10/2009
“Daubert Challenges to Economic Damages Claims”, Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer, 2011
“Properly Preparing Your Expert Witness For Testimony”, Gettry Marcus Stern & Lehrer, 2011
Lectures and Presentations
“Basic Accounting”, Presented to Anderson, Kill & Olick, LLP, New York, NY, 03/2003
“Protecting the Rights of Minority Shareholders in Closely Held Corporations”, Presented to
New York Law School, New York, NY, 03/2005
“Business Planning” and “Preparing the Financial Plan”, Presented at SCORE (previously known as the Service Corps of Retired Executives) Business Plans Seminars, New York, NY, 02/2007 and 06/2007
“Factoring Fraud and Inventory Fraud”, Presented to Commercial Finance League, New York, NY, 03/2007
“Turnaround, Restructuring and Bankruptcy Services in Troubled Times”, CPE presentation to Marks, Paneth & Shron, LLP, 05/2009
“Business Valuation Applications and Approaches”, CPE presentation to Marks, Paneth & Shron, LLP, 09/2009
