Jeffrey E. Brandlin is the founder and chief executive of Brandlin & Associates Accountancy Corporation (B&A), and specializes in providing professional services to lenders, creditors, shareholders, and investors. These services include due diligence engagements related to crucial financial decisions, and the reorganization and restructuring of problem credit situations. Mr. Brandlin also provides litigation support, bankruptcy and insolvency consulting and other forensic accounting services.
In 2008, Mr. Brandlin obtained the Credential of Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). This credential combines specialized forensic accounting expertise with the core knowledge and skills that make CPAs among the most trusted business advisers. The CFF encompasses fundamental and specialized forensic accounting skills that CPA practitioners apply in a variety of service areas, including: bankruptcy and insolvency; computer forensics; economic damages; family law; fraud investigations; litigation support; stakeholder disputes and valuations.
In 2004, Mr. Brandlin obtained the status of Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) from the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA). The objective of
the CIRA program is to recognize, by public awareness and by certification, those individuals who possess a high degree of specialized professional expertise in the area of business bankruptcy and insolvency, receiverships and other litigation matters.
Mr. Brandlin’s professional affiliations include the AICPA, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA), the AIRA, the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), and the Association for Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
Mr. Brandlin founded B&A in 1980 after a successful career in the Los Angeles professional accounting community as a litigation consultant and, previously, as an audit manager for Coopers & Lybrand. His extensive career has encompassed clients in a broad range of businesses, including the entertainment industry, manufacturing, oil and gas production, refining and distribution, food service, health care, construction, retail, financial and professional service firms, asset-based and corporate lenders, merchants, investors, and other public, private and not-for-profit organizations.
During the past 35+ years, Mr. Brandlin has been involved in significant engagements where he has provided professional services as an expert witness, financial advisor, forensic accountant, and / or litigation and workout consultant. See our website @ www.Brandlin.com for a detailed CV.