Professional Bio:

Leanne formed Gould Consulting Services to provide counsel and their clients with forensic accounting, business valuation, financial advisory and expert services in commercial and bankruptcy disputes. 

Leanne is a CPA licensed in Georgia with over 20 years experience in valuation, financial and economic damage analysis, forensic accounting, bankruptcy consulting and manufacturing.  Her diverse valuation practice includes providing valuation advisory and expert witness services in complex commercial and bankruptcy litigation matters across the nation including voidable transaction and solvency analysis in avoidance actions brought in U.S. Bankruptcy Court and under the U.V.T.A. and related state statutes. 

Leanne has testified as an expert in business valuation, economic damages and financial/data analysis at depositions, hearings and jury trials in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Courts and Superior and State courts.  She has also provided written expert reports and affidavits in disputed matters in U.S. Bankruptcy Courts, U.S. District Courts and State Courts.

Leanne is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers and is designated as Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) by the AICPA.  She holds an MBA and a Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo.  She is a member of the Georgia Society of CPAs (GSCPA), American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) where she co-founded the Georgia Network.