For Second Consecutive Year, Readers of the New York Law Journal Rank Marks Paneth & Shron as Top Provider of Forensic Accounting Services


NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Sep 12, 2011) - Readers of the New York Law Journal (NYLJ) have, once again, ranked Marks Paneth & Shron LLP (MP&S) among the top three forensic accounting providers serving the New York legal community within the publication's 2nd Annual Reader Ranking Survey. The NYLJ rankings are the result of online ballots completed by 3,900 readers. Several hundred firms among various categories were listed on the ballots. MP&S is the only mid-sized firm to be ranked among the top three firms in the category of forensic accounting.

"We're pleased that the New York legal community continues to recognize the substantial financial, investigative and operational expertise we strive to bring to bear for clients requiring civil and criminal fraud investigation, prevention and forensic accounting services," said Steven L. Henning, Ph.D., CPA, partner-in-charge of the Litigation and Corporate Financial Advisory Services Group at MP&S. "Our professional team employs state-of-the-art procedures and methodologies to all engagements involving financial fraud, theft and embezzlement, errors and irregularities and other accounting misconduct."

MP&S' forensic accounting and related services include: comprehensive corporate fraud investigations; investor securities fraud investigations and analysis; analysis of financial institution fraud; bankruptcy fraud investigations; health care fraud and abuse evaluation; insurance fraud detection; fraud prevention and internal audit consulting, as well as comprehensive training and education.

In addition, members of MP&S' forensic accounting team frequently share their perspectives on the marketplace in articles and commentaries. MP&S publications can be found in the firm's website Library.

About Marks Paneth & Shron LLP

Marks Paneth & Shron LLP is an accounting firm with nearly 475 people, of whom approximately 60 are partners and principals. The firm provides businesses with a full range of auditing, accounting, tax, consulting, bankruptcy and restructuring services as well as litigation and corporate financial advisory services to domestic and international clients. The firm also specializes in providing tax advisory and consulting for high-net-worth individuals and their families, as well as a wide range of services for international, real estate, media, entertainment, nonprofit, professional and financial services and energy clients. The firm has a strong track record supporting emerging growth companies, entrepreneurs, business owners and investors as they navigate the business life cycle.

The firm's subsidiary, Tailored Technologies, LLC, provides information technology consulting services. In addition, its membership in JHI, the leading international association for independent business advisers, financial consulting and accounting firms, facilitates service delivery to clients throughout the United States and around the world. Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, whose origins date back to 1907, is the 30th largest firm in the nation and the 13th largest in the New York area. In addition, readers of the New York Law Journal rank MP&S as one of the area's top forensic accounting firms.

Its headquarters are in Manhattan. Additional offices are in Westchester, Long Island and the Cayman Islands. For more information, please visit www.markspaneth.com.

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