The Ability You Need. The Attention You Deserve.
Warren Schneider
Principal, CPA, CFE, CFF
Warren is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of CPA's (CFF) and has been a forensic accountant for over forty years. Since 1995 Warren has been a principal and co-founder of The Forensic Accounting Group, Inc. Warren is the founding partner of Schneider & Company, Certified Public Accountants which offers accounting tax and business consulting services.
Warren specializes in forensic accounting, litigation support, business valuation and merger & acquisition matters in various industries with a concentration in the real estate and hospitality areas. From 1985 to 1991, Warren represented a major real estate developer in litigation support, merger and acquisition, hotel, casino, airline and financing matters as Corporate Treasurer.
Previously, Warren was a partner with a regional New York City accounting firm which specialized in real estate and merger and acquisition support. In the early part of Warren's career, he spent several years with Deloitte & Touche as a Senior Accountant responsible for the supervision of audits of various Fortune 1000 companies.
EDUCATION
Wharton Graduate School - University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Masters of Science - Accounting
May 1974
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Bachelors of Arts - Political Science / Business
May 1973
| Certified Public Accountant - New York (1976) | Certified Public Accountant - New Jersey (1978) |
| Certified Fraud Examiner (1996) | American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
| New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants | New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants |
| Certified in Financial Forensics (AICPA) | New Jersey Casino Control Commission key license No. 3436-11 (1985-1991) |
| New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Litigation Support Committee | New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants Insolvency and Reorganization Committee |
| New Jersey Society of Public Accountants Litigation Support Committee | New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants Litigation Support Committee and Chairman, Accounting show subcommittee (1994-1995) |
| Association of Certified Fraud Examiners | Institute of Business Appraisers |
| NASD Licenses - Series 6, Series 7, Series 63, and Series 65 | New Jersey Insurance Producer License - Life, Health and Variable products |
| The Warren Reporter, Quoted in "Accountant Returns to Washington Borough" June 20, 2012 | The Express Times, Quoted in "Washington Borough Auditor Answers Residents' Questions" June 19, 2012 | The Warren Reporter, Quoted in "Forensic Investigation Presented in Washington Borough" May 1, 2012 | The Express Times, Quoted in "Five-Year Forensic Audit: Citizens Group Already Endorsing Firm" February 17, 2011 | New Jersey Herald, Quoted in "Grand Jury Probe Shakes Vernon" March 4, 2010 |
| Corporate Financing Week, Quoted in "Janus Tax-Friendly Split-Off Could Open Floodgates to Imitators" September 8 ,2003 | New York Times, Featured in "May I Speak to the Manager? A Storm at Marriott" September 29, 2002 | New York Post, Quoted in "WorldCom Fraud Said to Reach Wireless Unit" July 23, 2002 | Baltimore Sun, Quoted in "Bloodhounds Sniff Out the Money Trail" February 9, 2002 | New York Post, Quoted in "CPA's Race To Do Major Damage Control" January 17, 2002 |
| Hotel and Motel Management, Quoted in "Industry Analysts Await Final Round in Cendant's $115 M Accounting Debacle" April 1998 | New York Newsday, Quoted in "Rockaway Casino Could Be a Gamble" April 7, 1994 | Business Week, Quoted in "Welcome to the Nineties, Donald (Trump)" May 14, 1990 |
SPEECHES
- "Typical Forensic Accounting Procedures in a Management Compliance Review" - The Association of the Bar of the City of New York Conference on Hotels & Restaurants - October 18, 2002
- "The Role of Forensic Accounting in Hospitality Litigation" - International Society of Hospitality Consultants Annual Conference - Boston, Massachusetts - March 24, 2000
- "Identifying what is wrong with property level management" - The Lodging Conference - Phoenix, Arizona - September 27, 1996
- "Should gaming be legalized in New York State?" Testimony before New York State Assembly Subcommittee on Racing and Wagering - July 3, 1994
- "Testimony and Testifying for Litigation Support Engagements" Lecture - New York State Society of CPAs - May 4, 1994
- "Should gaming be legalized in New York State?" Testimony before New York State Senate Finance Subcommittee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering - April 22, 1994
- "Is Casino Gaming Good for the Rockaways?" Member of panel discussion - Chamber of Commerce of the Rockaways (New York) - April 4, 1994
TESTIMONY AS AN EXPERT WITNESS
- Visicon Shareholders Trust, an Ohio Trust u/a/d - November 11, 2002 - United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division at Dayton - Dayton, OH
- Bayrock/Sapir Organization d/b/a 246 Sprint Street, LLC v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al. - United States District Court, Southern District of New York -New York, NY
- Magnum v. 133-134-135 Associates, LLC - Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York - New York, NY
- Jewelry Galore Inc. v. SP Acquisition Associates LLC et al - Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County - Toms River, NJ
- Kelly Broadcasting Systems v. Skyview Media Group International et al - United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey - New York, NY
- Sheldon Hansen et al v. Michael Mazur et al - Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County - Toms River, NJ
- Linda Barreto v. Andrew M. Baer, CPA - Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County - Toms River, NJ
- LNR Partners v. Holiday Inn Martinique - United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York - New York, NY
- Gemini Business Machines Inc. v. Ascom Hasler Mailing Systems Inc. - Unified Judicial System of Pennsylvania, 38th District, Montgomery County - Norristown, PA
- Eric Godfrey Stokes, Susan Lee Stokes and Sunrise Photo v. AGFA Corporation, John Leonti et al -Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Burgen County, Hackensack, NJ
- A&L Oil Co. Inc. v. Jerome M. Newler, CPA - Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Special Civil Part, Hunterdon County - Flemington, NJ
- Syndale Corporation v. Amoco Oil Company - Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Ocean County - Toms River, NJ
- I&S Associates, LLC & IMT Management Corporation v. Ramada Franchise Systems, Inc. - Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Special Civil Part, Morris County - Morristown, NJ
BANKRUPTCY EXPERIENCE
- Red Roof Inns - We assisted the special loan servicer in evaluating the cash flow and profitability of a group of approximately 126 Red Roof Inns located across the country.
- 866 3rd Next Generation, LLC (A Marriot Courtyard in Manhattan, NY - We assisted counsel for the trustee in preparation of the required monthly operating reports for the bankruptcy court.
- Skyview Media - We assisted the trustee in preparation of:
- Initial bankruptcy schedules
- Monthly operating reports
- Preparation of support for various preference claims
- Student Finance Corporation - We assisted the trustee in preparation of:
- Initial bankruptcy schedules
- Monthly operating reports
- Preparation of support for various preference claims
- Tower Air - We assisted the trustee in preparation of:
- Initial bankruptcy schedules
- Monthly operating reports
- Preparation of support for various preference claims
- Student Finance Corporation - We assisted the trustee in preparation of:
- Initial bankruptcy schedules
- Monthly operating reports
- Preparation of support for various preference claims
- Kiwi Airlines - We assisted the trustee in preparation of support for various preference claims
- Trump Taj Mahal, LLC, Trump's Castle and Trump Plaza - Assisted the Owner, Donald Trump, in retaining his equity in these prepackaged bankruptcies