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Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C.

Founded in San Antonio in 1980, Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. is a premier full-service accounting fi rm. We provide the highest quality accounting, tax, and advisory services with a personal touch to a wide range of business, individual and international clients.

Having the knowledge and insight of experienced professionals is essential when you are in need of forensic accounting and litigation support services. At Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C., our forensic accounting and litigation support services team is comprised of professionals with extensive fi rst-hand experience in the fi eld and on the stand. We are qualifi ed expert witnesses in both federal and state courts. We go beyond the call of duty as your witnesses, providing trustworthy, seamless support as an integrated member of your team.

In addition to the experience of our fi rm’s own staff in San Antonio, we also have access to extensive worldwide resources through our affi liation in CPAmerica International and business alliance with Crowe Horwath International.

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Services

Our Forensic & Litigation Support Services consulting group focuses on forensic and investigative accounting matters dealing with business and personal issues relating to fi nancial disputes, litigation, fraud, due diligence, tracing of assets and many other matters.

Our professional staff is primarily comprised of Certifi ed Public Accountants, and other staff with specialty designations, who have signifi cant forensic and investigative accounting experience. The team’s collective skills, together with an investigative mentality, contribute to our ongoing success in complex business and personal dispute investigations and litigation matters.

Our clients include entities from all sectors of the business and personal communities.

Damages Quantifi cation & Lost Profi t Analysis

Our team of highly qualifi ed and experienced forensic accountants has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in large and complex business and personal dispute matters. We develop sound and defensible opinions based on a comprehensive analysis of the investigative and economic issues.

We are a leading provider of litigation support and forensic accounting services to law fi rms, corporations, fi nancial institutions, and individuals in a wide variety of complex commercial and personal litigation matters. We have quantifi ed damages in the form of lost profi ts, diminution of value, disgorgement of profi ts, reasonable royalty or other damage measures for a variety of actions and causes, such as:

Failed acquisitions Earn-out disputes Theft of trade secrets and intellectual property disputes Breach of contract Contract termination Construction delay claims Business interruption Partnership disputes Joint venture disputes Audit negligence Class-action securities claims

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Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. has its roots in fraud investigations and internal corporate investigations. Our experience and professional skills, together with an investigative mindset, contribute to our ongoing success in investigations, and our fi ndings assist our clients and legal counsel with their reaction strategy.

We have been retained by numerous law fi rms on many signifi cant investigations addressing a range of investigative matters including:

Financial statement/management fraud Transaction fraud Tracing of assets Undisclosed related party transactions Embezzlement, kickbacks, internal theft Diversion of corporate opportunity Inventory shrinkage Money laundering and funds tracing

Financial fraud cases are complex by nature, because perpetrators of fraud generally take steps to obscure their actual transactions.

Our technical knowledge and our understanding of business operations enhance our ability to investigate, summarize and report our fi ndings in a manner that is easily understood and representative of the events.

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Jim Rice, CPA, Shareholder I jprice@ssacpa.com I P 210.384.8000 x 112

Jim Rice is a longtime shareholder in the fi rm with over 39 years of public accounting experience. He says that Sol Schwartz’s positive

attitude and strong work ethic were part of the reason he decided to leave a national accounting fi rm and join Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C.

Jim’s area of practice is primarily income tax planning and consulting for successful individuals and their various endeavors.

He has established a particular client concentration in working with professional service practitioners such as doctors, lawyers and

other professionals, and family-owned businesses. Jim also has extensive experience in providing tax planning services to various

real estate activities. His specifi c areas of focus include asset protection, income tax planning, estate tax planning and choice of

entity planning. In addition, Jim provides expert witness testimony on various litigation support services.

Cesar Mejia, CPA, Shareholder I cjm@ssacpa.com I P 210.384.8000 x 139

Cesar Mejia is a shareholder with Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. providing fi nancial accounting and audit services to our clients.

He is in charge of the fi rm’s audit department and has twenty years of experience in public accounting with particular expertise in

compilations, reviews, employee benefi ts plan audits and non-profi t and commercial audits. Cesar worked for a Fortune 500 company as

an internal auditor and has authored numerous articles for the San Antonio Business Journal and the Accounting and Audit Advisor,

a national publication.

Cesar also uses his experience and analytical skills to provide litigation support services and is an active member of the Association of

Certifi ed Fraud Examiners (ACFE). As a certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Cesar combines his knowledge of complex fi nancial transactions

with an understanding of malpractice law, and how to resolve allegations of fraud. Cesar performs various types of litigation

support work, including:

• Analysis and presentation to the partners on the amount of funds embezzled by a company employee

• Analysis and presentation on lost profi ts and loss of earnings due to a variety of situations

• Analysis and presentation on the equitable distribution of an estate

• Assistance in performing due diligence services for clients in a variety of circumstances

8000 IH-10 West, Ste 1100

San Antonio, Texas 78230

P 210.384.8000

F 210.384.8011

www.ssacpa.com

An affi liate of CPAmerica International.

F O R E N S I C A C C O U N T I N G & L I T I G A T I O N S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S