Jimmy Stewart is a founding partner of Soman Stewart Business Valuation and Forensic CPAs. He provides business valuation, damage calculation and forensic accounting investigation services in the context of a variety of disputes that often require expert witness testimony and expert report writing.

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Experience

• Specialized areas of practice: business valuation, damage calculations

• Commercial litigation, family law, shareholder disputes and forensic accounting investigations

• Economic damage calculation expert: calculation of damages relates to commercial and personal disputes

• Business valuation expert witness: business valuations for private and publicly traded companies

• Forensic investigations expert witness: analysis of bank statements, general ledgers, and other documents to quantify damages

• Litigation support consulting: provide analysis of business valuations and damage calculations and assist attorneys in requesting relevant documents and forming precise deposition questions​​

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Thought leadership

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• "Navigating Personal Goodwill in Family Law Business Valuation Post-Rosenberg and Conde" | The Florida Bar Family Law Section Commentator. Volume XLI, Issue 1, 2024

•  “Personal v. Enterprise Goodwill in Florida Divorce Cases: What the Appellate Courts Say” | Business Valuation Update. Volume 27, No. 5, May 2021

•  “Working with Financially Distressed Businesses, Catastrophic Losses, and COVID-19” | Reading Material for AAML/BVR Sep. 17, 2020 Virtual Divorce Conference

• “Accounting 101 with Jimmy Stewart” | Apple Podcasts, Anchor, Spotify, etc., Sep. 2018

• “The Fundamentals and Principles of Accounting” | Sep 2015

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Education and Credentials​

• Certified Public Accountant (Florida)

• Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)

• Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) 

• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) 

• Masters Degree in Accounting, Long Island University​

• Bachelor of Business Administration, Farmingdale State College 

• Bachelor of Arts, State University of New York Albany