Do investigations fall under Litigation Consulting and Forensic Accounting services?
Pagano: Yes they do. We perform forensic accounting investigations and in the broader context of litigation consulting we review financial documents as part of an investigation. Editor: When does your work step out from under the protection of the umbrella of attorney-client and work product privilege? Pagano: When we are retained by counsel, we are agents of the law firm and come within the umbrella of the attorney-client and work product privileges so that communications that we have with counsel, with counsel’s clients and among ourselves are privileged and our work product is privileged. The privilege ceases when the forensic accountant or the litigation consulting expert is named as an expert witness. Generally, the work product and conversations of an expert witness are discoverable. Editor: What is the scope of your services? Pagano: Our services in litigation consulting and forensic accounting cover a broad spectrum of activities from interviewing clients or witnesses to creati
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