American Bar Association
Section of Family Law
Annual Meeting
Moscone Convention Center
Friday, August 9, 2013
Presenters:
Michael Kaplan, CPA, CVA, CFFA
Carlton Marcyan, Esq., CPA
SPEAKER BIOS
Michael G. Kaplan, CPA, CVA, CFFA
Michael Kaplan has more than 37 years of experience in the areas of forensic accounting, business
valuation, and litigation consulting. He is a co-founder of Kaplan, Abraham, Burkert Associates, Forensic
Valuation Consultants. He is called upon regularly to serve as a forensic expert in litigation matters,
including business litigation, professional malpractice matters, fraud and embezzlement, intellectual
property, marital dissolution, loss of earnings, employment matters, and partner and shareholder
disputes. He has qualified to testify in court as an expert witness in approximately 250 matters. He also
served as a court-appointed expert and accounting referee. He is president of NACVA’s Financial
Forensics Institute and the American Institute for Expert Witness Education, and is the lead instructor of
NACVA and the Consultants’ Training Institutes’ Litigation Bootcamp for Financial Experts, Cornerstones
of Financial Forensics, and Expert Witness Bootcamp.
Carlton Marcyan, Esq., CPA
A certified public accountant, certified financial planner and certified divorce financial analyst, as well as
an attorney, Mr. Marcyan has in-depth experience in financial discovery, analysis and litigation. Prior to
joining Schiller DuCanto & Fleck LLP of which he is the Chair, he was an auditor and tax specialist with
Coopers & Lybrand and clerked as a researcher for the Internal Revenue Service. He is an experienced
trial lawyer primarily focusing on complex, financial, marital litigation. Mr. Marcyan lectures on law,
accounting and valuation. He is a Fellow of the International & American Academies of Matrimonial
Lawyers and a member of the American Bar Association, American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and Illinois Society of CPA's. He is a past president of the Advocates Society and has
authored numerous articles. Mr. Marcyan is listed in the publication Best Lawyers and named Lawyer of
the Year by US News and Best Lawyers publication in 2011 and 2012 for Collaborative practice and
family law, respectively in the Chicago area. He also has been named as a Super Lawyer and Leading
Lawyer.