Professional Experience

Melissa has concentrated on providing bankruptcy consulting, litigation support, and forensic investigation services to bankruptcy trustees, court appointed receivers, Debtors, creditors, and multi-million liquidating trusts. She has experience in analyzing distressed businesses, assessing financial and operational issues, and executing exit strategies.

Her experience in bankruptcy matters encompasses investigating fraudulent and preferential transfers and related defense and solvency analyses. Melissa has assisted clients in bankruptcy-related financial reporting, claims review and litigation support in adversary proceedings. She has assisted bankruptcy trustees operate a variety of companies, while in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Melissa has provided litigation support and damage calculations through forensic financial investigations in a variety of industries. She has assisted with the investigation of securities fraud, corporate business conduct, and Ponzi-schemes. Her experience includes numerous forensic and fraud investigations while working in conjunction with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office.

She has also provided bankruptcy consulting services to a variety of entities including multi-tier real estate and home building industries in developing budgets, cash flow projections and analyses and operations and has served as Assignee of a construction company.