Richard Childs, Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Childs has a forensic accounting practice that serves more than 100 lawyers across the United States. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Society of Certified Fraud Examiners, as well as a member of the New Jersey State Society of CPAs. In the private sector, he served for six years as Vice President, Director of Finance and Internal Security for Deak-Perera, the foreign exchange, Swiss banking and precious metals company. In the government sector, he has served as a fraud investigator for the Office of the (NJ) Attorney General; the Supervising Accountant for the Essex County (NJ) Division of Accounts and Control; and, most recently, as the Chief of the Union County (NJ) Sheriff’s Department Economic Crime/Inspection Bureau. He has frequently provided expert testimony in economic crime cases in Federal and New Jersey state courts and the New Jersey grand jury. Mr. Childs holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Rutgers University.