Meet our team

Our recognized team of industry experts combines our deep experience in fraud investigation and litigation consulting with advanced data analytic techniques to arm our clients with fact-based, clearly-illustrated data and defensible positions, best situating them to resolve financial disputes in courts of law and other forums. With team members located in Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina, we perform a wide scope of specialized services across the country.

Ralph Q. Summerford

President

Ralph Q. Summerford is the president of Forensic Strategic Solutions. Mr. Summerford has a broad range of forensic expertise, testifying as an expert witness in federal and state courts on matters involving complicated financial transaction, including fraud, economic damages, business valuation, bankruptcy and accounting malpractice.

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William C. Dameworth

Managing Member

William C. Dameworth is a managing member of Forensic Strategic Solutions and the member in charge of valuation services. A specialist in litigated business valuation, Mr. Dameworth’s extensive business valuation and litigation consulting experience includes services in over 500 engagements for a wide variety of purposes.

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Kelly J. Todd

Managing Member

Kelly J. Todd is a managing member and the member in charge of forensic investigations at Forensic Strategic Solutions. Ms. Todd has a broad range of forensic experience including financial and white‐collar investigations, fraudulent financial reporting, accounting malpractice, and the calculation of economic damages.

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Lindsay H. Gill

Director of Forensic Technology

Lindsay H. Gill is the director of forensic technology at Forensic Strategic Solutions. Ms. Gill has a breadth of experience in data analytics, computer forensics, internal investigations, antifraud programs and controls, fraud vulnerability assessments, and investigative financial consulting.

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Kelly Schmid

Director of Valuation Services

Kelly Schmid is the director of valuation services at Forensic Strategic Solutions. Ms. Schmid has provided a broad range of valuation services, valuing intangible assets and business enterprises for purposes of litigation, family law, gift and estate, financial reporting, and tax matters across a wide variety of industries.

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Erica S. Hale

Analyst

Erica S. Hale is a forensic analyst and investigative accountant with a broad range of experience in dispute and litigation consulting involving complex financial transactions, including economic damages, financial and securities-related investigations, contract disputes, lost profits and intellectual property damages.

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Leslie P. Littrell

Analyst

Leslie P. Littrell is a forensic and investigative accountant specializing in fraud examination, forensic accounting and litigation consulting.

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Wade Morgan

Computer Forensic Advisor

Wade Morgan, president/CEO at Alabama Forensic Data Services, Inc., serves as a professional partner and computer forensics advisor. Mr. Morgan specializes in the area of computer examinations, electronic data recovery and cell phone forensics.

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PROFESSIONAL PARTNERS

Richard A. Turpen Securit360

Dr. Richard Turpen serves as a consultant and technical advisor to FSS on matters related to accounting and auditing, specifically as it relates to an auditor’s responsibilities to detect fraud, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and other risk management issues.

Dr. Turpen is a prolific author and professor with an extensive background in the areas of accounting and auditing, fraud examination and ethics. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses including advanced auditing and attestation, fraud examination, contemporary issues in accounting, external auditing and financial accounting. Dr. Turpen has served as an instructor for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants where he has taught on numerous topics including professional standards, emerging issues in auditing and accounting, risk management, risk assessment, detecting and preventing financial statement fraud and the auditor’s responsibility to detect fraud and SOX compliance.

He serves on committees for multiple professional organizations including the ASCPA Professional Ethics Committee and the Presbyterian Church (USA) Audit Committee. Dr. Turpen has served as a reviewer and contributor to several of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Audit and Accounting Guides and actively writes questions for the Uniform CPA Examination. He is routinely invited to deliver continuing professional education presentations to private and public firms and professional organizations.

SecurIT360 serves as a professional partner and IT security advisor to FSS on matters relating to cyber risk management and security. SecurIT360 advises public and private entities, providing them with a comprehensive outlook to secure IT systems and risk mitigation to protect against critical security weaknesses in an organization’s technology infrastructure. The team at SecurIT360 has in-depth knowledge surrounding information security audit, risk assessment, security, operations, and system design and implementation. For more information, visit www.securit360.com.