Gary Levin is an accounting and auditing expert with over four decades of experience in financial statement audits, litigation and disputes, corporate investigations, and consulting. Mr. Levin is a certified public accountant (CPA) whose expertise includes matters involving U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and U.S. Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS). He has submitted expert reports on various issues and testified in numerous depositions, trials, and arbitrations.
In litigation and other disputes, Mr. Levin has been retained as an expert witness to address accounting irregularities, accountant liability, damages, and due diligence issues. He has provided expert testimony in matters involving revenue recognition, percentage of completion accounting, the value of inventory and associated reserves, intangible assets, goodwill, stock options, and accounting for subsequent events, among others.
In addition, Mr. Levin has consulted on accounting and audit arbitrations in over 150 purchase price disputes, addressing accounting treatment and disputes related to working capital and earn-out provisions. In these matters, he has often served as arbitrator or mediator. Mr. Levin has also conducted forensic investigations focused on alleged asset misappropriation, channel stuffing, manipulation of accounting records, insider trading, and executive and corporate fraud.
For fifteen years, Mr. Levin led Deloitte’s Litigation and Dispute Practice and served as a financial advisory services partner in the firm. Previously, he was an audit partner at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, leading over 500 audits of private and public companies and serving in the audit practice for almost twenty-five years. Mr. Levin’s industry expertise includes automotive, broadcasting, manufacturing, professional services, retail, and wholesale distribution.