Howard B. Levy is the Firm’s Director of Technical Services providing technical leadership and support for our accounting and auditing (A&A) practice, in addition to being an internationally recognized authority, author and consultant to other CPA firms.

Industries
All industries served by the Firm’s A&A practice, including casinos and other gaming, leasing and equipment rental, real estate and construction, government and not-for-profit.

Services
Public (SEC) and private company auditing, litigation support / expert witness (as to accountants’ malpractice matters), technical consulting to other CPA firms as to A&A, professional ethics and quality control matters directly and indirectly through Horwath International (HI) and DFK-USA, two international associations of independent accounting firms.

Other Experience
National A&A Quality Control Partner – Laventhol & Horwath, Philadelphia, PA. Consultant to the Nevada State Gaming Control Board’s Auditing Division and the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), and former national CFO of The Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, Chairman of the Florida Institute of CPAs’ Not-for-Profit Organizations Committee.

Education
BS in Economics (accounting emphasis) Queens College, City University of New York.

CPA certifications and permits
Nevada, New York.

Other certifications, permits, awards, distinctions
Member of DFK-USA SEC and A&A Committees, previously member of the Auditing Standards Board and Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the AICPA and Peer Review Committee of the Nevada Society of CPAs; co-author of an audit manual used internationally; editor of an internal audit manual of a major Native American casino, formerly editor for CPA DIGEST. Author of The Volunteer Treasurer’s Handbook: Financial Management Building Blocks for Not-for-Profit Organizations. Former member of the governing boards of two professional CPA associations and two local Jewish organizations; Assistant Professor of Accounting at Dowling College, Oakdale, New York, and Instructor at the State University of New York at Farmingdale; 2003 recipient of Career Achievement Award from the Foundation for an Independent Tomorrow.

Memberships
AICPA, Nevada and New York State Societies of Certified Public Accountants, and Institute of Management Accountants.

Representative Clients
Serves all of the Firm’s A&A clients, public and private, large and small, and provides technical consulting services to HI, DFK-USA, the GAO and several CPA firms locally and nationally.