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Melissa
Davis, CPA*, CIRA, CFE
mdavis@kapilaco.com
Melissa Davis is a Partner at Kapila & Company and joined the Firm in 1998.
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Professional Experience
Ms. Davis concentrates on providing bankruptcy, litigation and forensic investigation services to debtors, creditors, receivers, assignees, bankruptcy trustees, examiners and liquidating trusts.
Ms. Davis has served as a financial advisor to fiduciaries operating distressed companies in a variety of industries including real estate, hospitality, assisted living facilities/nursing homes, metal extrusion, stevedoring and waste management. Her experience includes distressed business operations, management, preservation of collateral and asset divestiture services.
Ms. Davis has investigated fraudulent and preferential transfers, prepared defense, solvency and liquidation analyses. Ms. Davis has worked on asset tracing, provided litigation support and damage calculation services, including forensic and securities fraud investigations, corporate business conduct analysis, and Ponzi-schemes. Her forensic and fraud investigations have involved working in conjunction with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the United States Attorney's Office.
Ms. Davis has testified in court and depositions, and served as a court appointed Assignee.
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| Education |
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• Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a major in Accounting Florida Atlantic University
• Member and officer of the academic accounting fraternity, Beta Alpha Psi
• Recipient of Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants academic
scholarship
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| Professional
Qualifications/Affiliations |
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• Certified
Public Accountant, State of Florida
• Certified
Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor
• Certified Fraud Examiner
• American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Association
of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
• Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Association
of Certified Fraud Examiners
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| * Regulated by the State of Florida. |
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