About Heather

Heather Wilson is a Director with Marcum and has over twenty five years of public accounting and consulting experience. Heather provides forensic accounting and litigation support services in civil and criminal litigation matters. Heather is experienced with fraud investigations, employee dishonesty investigations, business loss claims, partnership/shareholder disputes, financial investigations to pierce the corporate veil, professional liability, and lost earnings capacity analyses. Criminal litigation services include assistance to both prosecution and defense. She has provided financial analyses in the prosecution of various fraudulent schemes and defense of alleged income tax fraud, kickbacks, and other financial frauds.

In the past, Heather has provided litigation support, consulting, audit, and tax services to solvent and insolvent companies in a number of industries. She has written articles for national publications. Heather has testified as an expert in Bankruptcy, Federal, State, and Local Courts concerning the results of investigations. Heather provides support in venues such as arbitration, mediation, settlement, and litigation within the U.S. Market.

Professional & Civic Affiliations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Philadelphia Chapter of Women’s White Collar Defense Association
  • Federal Criminal Law Committee for the EDPA

Articles, Seminars & Presentations

  • Use of Forensic Accountants: The How, When and Why (with Kyle Anne Midkiff, and Joseph G. Poluka, Esquire) CLE Presentation, PA Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, November 2024
  • Employee Embezzlement in Times of COVID-19 Legal Intelligencer, December 2020
  • Eyes on the Prize: Mapping Your Career Path, Co-Panelist, AICPA Women’s Global Leadership Summit, San Diego, CA, November 2019
  • Reading and Understanding Financial Statements (with Kyle Anne Midkiff, CPA, CFE, CFF), November 2019, Post & Schell CLE
  • Financial Statement Fraud (with Kyle Anne Midkiff, CPA, CFE, CFF),  Marcum’s Libations and Legal Education, October 2019
  • “Cooking with QuickBooks: Common Schemes and How to Prevent Them”, Legal Intelligencer, October 2019
  • “It’s Hurricane Season for Fraud”, Marcum Valuation & Litigation Advisor, July 2019
  • “Forensic Analysis and the Deceptive Defendant”, National Litigation Consultants Review, September 2008
Practice Focus

Forensic Investigations
Criminal Tax Fraud
Piercing the Corporate Veil
Business Loss Claims
Employee Dishonesty Investigations
Partnership/Shareholder Disputes
Professional Liability
Lost Earnings Capacity Analyses

Education

BS, University of Delaware