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Board of Directors

Eleanor Vance, CPA, CFF

Board Chair

• CPA, Licensed (New York / Texas)
• CFF — Certified in Financial Forensics (AICPA)
• Former partner, Big 4 forensic & litigation practice

Background

Eleanor spent 24 years in forensic accounting, the last 11 as a partner in the financial-crime and litigation-support practice of a Big 4 firm, where she led engagements in money-laundering tracing, fraud examination, and expert-witness support for regulators and private clients.

She chairs the board to hold the firm to its own standard: every recovery position we take must survive audit, cross-examination, and a skeptical court. If the paper doesn't hold, we say so before you sign anything.

Before the Big 4, Eleanor was a trial-level forensic examiner with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy's fraud division, testifying in 30+ matters before state tribunals.

What she does on the board

Eleanor reviews the firm's methodology and reporting standards, oversees quality control on case files, and signs off on the written evidence trail before it is released to a client. She is the person who makes sure the numbers we show you are the numbers a judge will accept.