Philip H. Kanyuk

CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA

Phil is Partner in charge of the Business Valuation and Commercial Damages department at Satty & Partners. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers and Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Phil is also qualified by State of New York’s Unified Court System to serve as Accountant to Receiver pursuant to NYS Part 36.

Specializing in investigative and forensic accounting services for the public and private sector, Phil also provides services relative to damage calculations and business valuations in the litigation area. On numerous occasions he has been qualified as an expert witness in New York’s Supreme and Federal District Courts, as well as, by the American Arbitration Association and Delaware Chancery Court. He is an experienced forensic and investigative accountant, expert witness and business valuator with over 20 years of litigation and damage calculation/valuation experience and over five years of public accounting experience. He is also a veteran litigation support expert who has taught and lectured on a wide range of valuation and forensic accounting issues.

Services Provided

Phil has participated in a wide variety of projects during his litigation support and forensic services career, including:

  • Business valuations

  • Damage calculations

  • Internal corporate investigations

  • Business fraud

  • Conflicts of interest/breach of fiduciary duty/corruption,

  • Manipulation of financial statements/earnings management, and

  • Procurement fraud and kickbacks

Areas of Litigation

Phil supports individuals and companies in all phases of litigation from pre-trial discovery through expert testimony. He assists attorneys and their clients with a variety of accounting, business, economic, financial and valuation aspects of litigation. His area of focus includes:

  • Matrimonial/shareholder disputes

  • General commercial litigation

  • Contract disputes

  • Trust and estate disputes and

  • Employment and earnings disputes

Valuation and Forensic Accounting Employment

  • Partner, Satty, Levine & Ciacco, LLC Melville, NY 2021 to current

  • Partner, Nussbaum Berg Klein & Wolpow CPAs, LLP, Melville, NY 2015 to 2021

  • Partner, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, Melville, NY 2005 – 2014

  • Vice President Rand Consulting Group, Inc., St. James, NY 2002 – 2005

  • Director, KPMG, LLP, New York, N.Y., 1998-2002

  • Senior Manager, Barrington Consulting Group, Inc., New York, N.Y., 1996 – 1998

  • Vice President, Rand Consulting Group, Inc., Smithtown, New York, 1992 – 1996

  • Senior Accountant Klein Beltzer & Co., Woodbury, New York, 1990 – 1991

Accounting/Auditing Services

In addition to his litigation and forensic accounting experience, Phil has approximately five years experience as a public accountant and auditor. He has been involved in all phases of a traditional accounting practice including certified audits, reviews and compilations, financial statements and income tax return preparation.