Michael J. Petron, CFE
Director


Washington, DC
P 202.370.9979
F 202.419.1816

mpetron@invotex.com
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Michael J. Petron, a director with Invotex, provides consulting services in a variety of commercial damages, forensic accounting and statistical litigation matters. In addition, he has experience assisting with litigation matters involving complex technical issues. Among other assignments, Mr. Petron has been engaged for over a year working on behalf of a Fortune 50 company officer charged with accounting malpractice. He leads a team that is analyzing the company’s accounting records and the reports and supporting papers of its current and former auditors. His team is also reviewing hundreds of depositions and interview memoranda.  Mr. Petron has assisted counsel during numerous depositions and the preparation of approximately 20 expert reports. In addition, Mr. Petron is engaged in a number of different intellectual property matters, focusing on preparing lost profits, price erosion and reasonable royalty damages.  He leads document reviews and report preparation along with assisting counsel during depositions and trial. Prior to joining Invotex, Mr. Petron was with a regional accounting firm where he provided forensic accounting expertise to the Department Justice’s Enron Task Force. His main responsibilities included investigating the personal financial structures of the senior executives to uncover possible illegal acts and find potential assets for forfeiture. His analyses included asset tracing for millions of dollars of securities transactions and drafting rebuttals for all foreseeable defenses. His efforts directly lead to the indictment and subsequent conviction of one senior executive on four counts of fraud. Mr. Petron conducted numerous witness interviews, reviewed hundreds of boxes of documents and assisted counsel in all aspects of trial.

Education

  • MS Statistics, George Mason University
  • BS, The George Washington University

Certifications

  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

Associations

  • American Statistical Association
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Washington Statistical Society