BDO Consulting Expands in Los Angeles

Maryellen Sebold Appointed Managing Director in Los Angeles

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BDO Consulting, one of the nation’s leading professional service organizations, today announced the growth of its Litigation & Fraud Investigation practice with the addition of Maryellen K. Sebold as a Managing Director in the Los Angeles office. In this role, Ms. Sebold, who is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) and also Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), will lead a range of litigation consulting matters, including forensic accounting, economic damages consulting, bankruptcy and business restructuring. Her appointment is effective immediately.

“She will join a strong group of BDO professionals on the West Coast and further strengthen our presence in that market.”

“With nearly 25 years in the professional services industry, Maryellen’s depth and breadth of engagement experience providing litigation, investigation and bankruptcy services, as well as significant testifying experience, make her a high-value and versatile addition to the consulting group,” said Carl W. Pergola, Executive Director of BDO Consulting. “She will join a strong group of BDO professionals on the West Coast and further strengthen our presence in that market.”

“BDO Consulting has an excellent track record for executing large and complex matters of prominence in the market,” said Ms. Sebold. “I’m thrilled to bring my diverse background to this collegial team, allowing me to draw upon the strength of BDO’s reputation for client service, depth of accounting resources and strong international presence to best serve my clients.”

Ms. Sebold has significant experience testifying at trials, depositions and arbitrations, applying her multi-faceted knowledge in a wide range of industries. She has assisted clients in calculating economic damages, evaluating shareholder and partnership disputes, analyzing budget overruns, evaluating alter-ego issues, tracing assets and calculating royalties, in addition to performing investigations into allegations of fraud and mismanagement.

In the bankruptcy arena, Ms. Sebold has worked in various capacities, including acting as accountant to the trustee and creditors' committee in Chapter 7 and 11 matters, performing asset tracing, preference and fraudulent transfer analyses, insolvency analyses, claims evaluations, plans of reorganization and overseeing the operations of a business in Chapter 11. She has also worked with bank syndications in efforts to restructure multimillion-dollar loans made to companies on the brink of collapse.

Ms. Sebold holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Ithaca College and is a Certified Public Accountant in California and New York. A current council member for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Ms. Sebold has also served as President of the Board of Trustees of the CalCPA Education Foundation and was a member of the Board of Directors for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA). She has also been actively involved in various programs for the California Society of CPAs in an effort to promote the advancement of women in the accounting profession.

About BDO Consulting

BDO Consulting, a division of BDO USA, LLP, provides litigation, investigation, insurance claims, business restructuring and risk advisory services to clients in the United States and internationally. Our highly experienced and well-credentialed professionals leverage the global industry and accounting knowledge of the BDO international network, providing rapid, strategic advice to assist our clients.

About BDO USA, LLP

BDO is the brand name for BDO USA, LLP, a U.S. professional services firm providing assurance, tax, financial advisory and consulting services to a wide range of publicly traded and privately held companies. For more than 100 years, BDO has provided quality service through the active involvement of experienced and committed professionals. The firm serves clients through more than 42 offices and more than 400 independent alliance firm locations nationwide. As an independent Member Firm of BDO International Limited, BDO serves multinational clients through a global network of 1,118 offices in 135 countries.

BDO Consulting is a division BDO USA, LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership, is the U.S. member of BDO International Limited, a UK company limited by guarantee, and forms part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. BDO is the brand name for the BDO network and for each of the BDO Member Firms. For more information, please visit: www.bdo.com.