Randy Sugarman, Managing Partner
Randy Sugarman is the managing partner of Sugarman & Company LLP, which he founded in 1977. His experience spans a wide range of areas and industries. Among the industries in which he has expertise are: advertising, construction, direct selling, distribution, financial institutions, hospitals and other health care organizations, manufacturing, professional service firms (including accounting, engineering and law), real estate investment, and retail.
Mr. Sugarman provides litigation support to both defense and plaintiff legal counsel. He has prepared extensive financial analyses and provides expert witness testimony on management and financial issues in jurisdictions throughout the country. Additionally, he serves as a financial consultant in workout and bankruptcy situations. He has assumed management responsibilities, implemented cost controls, negotiated with creditors, and supervised the orderly liquidation of assets.
Mr. Sugarman also acts as a State Court Receiver, Federal Bankruptcy Trustee, Assignee for Benefit of Creditors, and Examiner. He has been a certified public accountant since 1970. Prior to the formation of Sugarman & Company LLP, he was associated with the national accounting firms of Main Hurdman (now KPMG Peat Marwick) and Kenneth Leventhal & Company (now Ernst & Young). He attended Stanford University for both his Masters of Business Administration degree, with an emphasis in accounting, and his Bachelor of Arts in international relations.
In addition to being a certified public accountant, Mr. Sugarman holds credentials as a certified fraud examiner and a certified insolvency and reorganization accountant. Mr. Sugarman is a member of the Association of Insolvency Accountants, Turnaround Management Association, American Bankruptcy Institute, National Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, California Bankruptcy Forum, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and California Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is one of the founding members of the Turnaround Management Association, where he served on the Board of Directors.
Mr. Sugarman also previously served on the Board of Directors of the Bay Area Bankruptcy Forum and on the California Society of Certified Public Accountants' Committee on Taxation.