Ms. Loughlin-Sines is an Arizona Certified Public Accountant who specializes in valuation and forensic accounting matters. Melissa Loughlin-Sines has more than 30 years of experience in the accounting field, transitioning to forensic accounting and business valuation in 2005. She has prepared valuations for operating companies with revenues ranging from $500 thousand to more than $350 million for various purposes, including estate and gift tax filing, marital dissolution, ESOPs (annual updates and transactions), shareholder/partner disputes and general estate and shareholder planning. In addition to operating companies. Ms. Loughlin-Sines has extensive experience in the valuation of holding companies. She has prepared valuations for entities holding various types of real property, marketable securities and alternative investments.
Ms. Loughlin-Sines is an experienced forensic accountant. She has performed numerous forensic accounting analyses for clients on various matters including fraud, billing disputes and contract disputes. She also provides services related to the dissolution of marriage including income analysis, asset tracing, settlement and tax planning.Melissa has prepared expert witness reports on behalf of Plaintiffs, Defendants as well as jointly retained expert witness reports. She has provided testimony in deposition and trial on both forensic accounting matters as well as business valuation matters.
