Professionals

Mr. Faulkner has more than 30 years of accounting and management experience in bankruptcy and litigation services. He has also advised troubled companies on strategic, financial and operational matters. Mr. Faulkner demonstrates great finesse in addressing complex financial and accounting issues arising in bankruptcy, dispute resolution and litigation support engagements by gathering and analyzing data, relating key findings to client needs, explaining conclusions clearly and concisely and, when appropriate, facilitating solutions.

Mr. Faulkner has assisted in the formulation and review of reorganization plans, preparation of financial projections, asset liquidation administration and analysis of claims, and forensic accounting, including the tracing of assets. He has individually served as examiner, Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 trustee, and as post-confirmation trustee in a variety of engagements. His work in litigation services encompasses accounting investigations and expert witness testimony. As a business advisor, Mr. Faulkner has performed strategic planning, crisis management, operational reviews, and day-to-day operations administration.

Mr. Faulkner is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner with related memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. Mr. Faulkner holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas.

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Mr. Rae is a forensic accountant with approximately 20 years of experience in industry and public practice.  He has extensive experience in all phases of bankruptcy accounting including pre-bankruptcy financial planning, preparation of Bankruptcy Schedules and Statements of Financial Affairs, preparation of operating reports, financial modeling, and assistance with formulation and review of plans of reorganization. Additionally, Mr. Rae’s practice frequently includes the performance of forensic accounting investigations, cash and asset tracings, preference and fraudulent transfer analysis, claims analysis, valuation analysis and damage analysis. His work has been performed on behalf of debtors, creditors, equity constituents and trustees or fiduciaries in numerous industries.  Mr. Rae often serves as the lead shareholder in charge representing the firm in its role as accountants or financial advisors for fiduciaries and has himself worked in a receiver capacity and as a trustee. 

Before joining LainFaulkner, Mr. Rae worked with an international accounting firm in the internal audit consulting group where he worked on financial, operational, internal control and due diligence. Mr. Rae gained extensive experience in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and data mining using computer assisted audit tools. Mr. Rae began his career as an accountant with a Fortune 100 company in Dallas, Texas.

Mr. Rae is a Certified Public Accountant, Master Analyst of Financial Forensics and a Certified Fraud Examiner with related memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analyst and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Mr. Rae holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Texas at Dallas.

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Mr. Crisp has more than 28 years of experience in bankruptcy matters, forensic accounting and litigation services, public practice and industry.  His practice at LainFaulkner is primarily focused on analyzing preference and fraudulent transfers on behalf of debtors and creditors and providing forensic accounting and litigation services.

Mr. Crisp’s has over 14 years of experience in bankruptcy matters including preference and fraudulent transfer analyses, assistance in formulation and review of plans of reorganization, claims analysis and administration, asset liquidations, preparing operating reports and financial projections.  Additionally, Mr. Crisp has experience in the administration of post-confirmation trusts and has served as the Liquidation Agent for an oil and gas entity.  Mr. Crisp has performed numerous forensic accounting investigations related to litigation and/or bankruptcy in various industries.    

Mr. Crisp has experience in both public practice and industry.  In public practice, he provided audit and business consulting services in numerous industries with two national accounting firms.  Mr. Crisp’s industry experience includes Controller and Chief Accounting Officer positions in the real estate, entertainment and oil & gas industries.   

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Mr. Bielitz has more than 23 years of experience in accounting concentrating in the area of taxation. He has worked in both public accounting and corporate tax accounting spanning a wide range of industries including hospitality, oil and gas, real estate and retail. Additionally, Mr. Bielitz supervises LainFaulkner’s tax support staff.

Prior to joining LainFaulkner, Mr. Bielitz worked with the FDIC in the preparation of tax returns for various insolvent banks. He served as a teaching assistant in the accounting department at the University of Texas in Austin while in pursuit of his Master’s degree.

Mr. Bielitz is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Louisiana State University, Shreveport and a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Texas, Austin. 

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Mr. Shaw has more than 40 years of tax and audit experience in public practice and banking, Jim provides numerous accounting, bookkeeping, and consulting services on behalf of trustees, receivers, examiners, professionals and closely held family business which include:

• Tax return preparation for all business types including payroll and excise tax
• Tax planning and entity structuring for startup and expanding businesses
• Review of historical tax returns, preparation of amended returns
• IRS audit representation over most tax matters
• Litigation support and expert witness support and preparation
• Review and consulting on bankruptcy tax issues, including tax planning, debtor and creditor tax issues, and post confirmation trust planning and implementation

Jim has extensive experience in preparation of tax returns for all entity types including profit, non-profit, estate, and trust tax returns.  Jim also has experience in state returns including both franchise, and tax returns for multi-state clients.

Prior to joining LainFaulkner, Jim was a senior partner for over 23 years with Litzler, Segner, Shaw & McKenney, LLP (LSSM) and oversaw all tax and compliance filings.  LSSM was an accounting and consulting firm which had handled thousands of bankruptcy cases, and numerous court appointments and was founded over 40 years ago.   Prior to that Jim served as a Partner in charge of the Dallas office of a regional accounting firm, and as a Vice President and Internal Auditor of a national bank in the Dallas area.  He was also a joint interest auditor and contracted with the FDIC and preformed audits of oil and gas related activities.

Jim received his degree from Midwestern State University (B.B.A. magna cum laude) in 1978.  He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Texas, and is a Chartered Global Managerial Accountant.  He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and is also a member of the Texas Society of Public Accountants and the Dallas Chapter of Certified Public Accountants. 

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Mr. McCullough has more than 30 years of experience in public practice and industry. He currently focuses his attention on providing accounting and consulting services on behalf of trustees, receivers, debtors and creditors which includes:

• Expert Witness testimony in federal and state courts
• Forensic accounting
• Litigation services
• Preference and fraudulent transfer analysis
• Claims analysis and administration
• Asset liquidations
• Bankruptcy matters

Additionally, Kelly has served as trustee for liquidating and litigation trusts and as state court receiver.  Kelly has extensive financial, accounting and operational experience in wide range of industries including telecommunications, transportation, insurance and food services.

Kelly comes to LainFaulkner from Litzler, Segner, Shaw & McKenney, LLP (LSSM), a firm that also provided bankruptcy and litigation services.  As a partner at LSSM, Kelly has worked on bankruptcies, receiverships and special engagements since joining LSSM in 2008.  Prior to that Kelly served as Director of Finance for an international transportation company, Director of Financial Planning and Analysis for a Fortune 500 telecom company and started his career in public accounting with Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC).

Kelly received his MBA in Finance from the University of North Texas and his BBA in Accounting from Stephen F. Austin State University.  He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Texas, and is a Certified Global Management Accountant, a Certified Turnaround Professional and a Certified Valuation Analyst.  Kelly is also credentialed in Certified Financial Forensics with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

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