Matthew Barberich

G. Matthew Barberich, Jr., CPA, ABV, CFF, CGMA, CIA, CFE, ASA is a director with B. Riley Financial in Kansas City, Mo., and specializes in accounting, damages and lost profit analysis, due diligence, expert witness, forensic accounting, fraud investigation, litigation support, quality of earnings, solvency opinions and valuations, particularly in the advertising and manufacturing industries. He is an accounting and financial professional with more than 18 years of experience. Prior to joining GlassRatner (now d.b.a. B. Riley Financial), Mr. Barberich provided litigation support, business valuation and forensic accounting services for MarksNelson, LLC in Kansas City, Mo., from 2004-18. He was an associate of Taylor, Perky & Parker, LLC in 2003. Mr. Barberich has led numerous litigation support and forensic accounting engagements involving the quantification of losses from alleged embezzlements and other asset misappropriations, accounting irregularities, calculation of lost profits and other economic damages, critiques and rebuttals of lost profits and other economic damages, shareholder and business disputes, statutory and/or regulatory compliance, and whistleblower investigations. Additionally, he has performed hundreds of valuations of closely held companies for estate and gift tax purposes, income tax compliance, estate planning, appraisal review, shareholder agreements, marital dissolutions, shareholder disputes, and dissenting shareholder and minority oppression lawsuits. Mr. Barberich is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Kansas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the American Society of Appraisers. In February 2020, he was appointed to serve as a subchapter V trustee for the Western District of Missouri on a case-by-case basis. Mr. Barberich received his B.B.A. in accounting and his M.B.A. with a concentration in accounting from Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan.