Martin H. Abo, CPA/ABV/CVA/CFF is Managing Member
of Abo and Company, LLC – Certified Public Accountants. He is co-managing member of Abo Cipolla Financial Forensics, LLC, an affiliate of the core accounting firm exclusively providing expert witness testimony on financial matters and other litigation support services as well as business valuations.
Marty has comprehensive experience in individual and
corporate financial, business and tax planning. His previous experience includes several years with the tax department and audit staff of a Big Four CPA firm as well as regional firms before he founded the present enterprise. Marty has developed a specific expertise in performing dispute resolution and other consulting services. Clients, as well as the banking, insurance, judicial and legal community, increasingly call upon him to provide technical assistance, arbitration or expert testimony on financial accounting matters, business valuations, structuring buy-ins and buyouts, divorce, estate controversies, insurance claims and other
forensic/investigative analysis covering a wide range of topics and industries. He has operated in a supportive capacity to attorneys, judges, adjusters and clients in providing ongoing facilitation in the negotiation and/or litigation process.
Marty assists attorneys to strengthen their cases by clarifying language and economic concepts, preparing useful exhibits and reports, and testifying as an expert witness.
A graduate of Syracuse University, Marty is an active member and chaired for several years the Litigation Support & Forensic Accounting Interest Group of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. Marty holds the professional designation of Certified Valuation Analyst from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and has been awarded the designation of ABV, Accredited in Business Valuation, and CFF, Certified
in Financial Forensics, by the American Institute of CPAs.
Marty volunteers his time and expertise to many other
business and professional organizations: he had previously served as a director of a local bank and, 14 times, had been one of 150 participants selected by the S.E.C. from CPAs, lawyers, bankers, venture capitalists and economic development experts, from across the nation for its annual conference on issues of Small Business Capital Formation. He was selected a NJ delegate to the White House Conference on Small
Business under two U.S. Presidents while the Small Business Administration had named him “Accountant Advocate of the Year.” For 2014, Philadelphia Publisher SmartCEO selected Marty as “Accountant of the Year” for its prestigious Power Player Awards, along with several highly respected professionals determined to be the impact players that CEOs would count on to help them grow their business. He serves as a Director of Deborah Hospital Foundation; he is an active member and served as a Director of the Society of Financial
Service Professionals-South Jersey Chapter; is an active
member and served as President of the Estate and Financial Planning Council of Southern New Jersey; is an active member and served as a Director of the Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey; he serves on the Matrimonial Accounting Interest Group of the NJSCPA; and had served as a special advisor to the New Jersey Small Business Development Centers. Marty is a director and treasurer of Exit Planning Exchange-Philadelphia (XPX), whose members include estate planning attorneys, CPAs, investment bankers, wealth
management advisors, commercial lenders, executive coaches, M&A attorneys, marketing and management consultants as well as former business owners who now advise fellow business owners on exit planning.