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Richard R. Zabel, C.P.A.

Forensic Accountant
rrzabel@rkmc.com 612.349.8500 Address
    • Minneapolis
    • 800 LaSalle Avenue
    • 2800 LaSalle Plaza
    • Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015

Practice Areas

  • Financial and Economic Consultants
  • Education
    • University of Denver, M.A.
    • Concordia College, B.A.
  • Certifications
    • Certified Public Accountant
  • Professional Associations
    • MNCPA Leadership Cabinet
    • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
    • Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants (MNSCPA)
  • Experience

    • Areas of experience include securities litigation, financial litigation, business litigation, and antitrust and trade regulation.
    • A certified public accountant with more than 25 years of experience in litigation support, calculation of damages, strategic assessment, financial analysis and valuations of a wide variety of business in  both public and private sectors.  Has testified in federal and state courts as an expert in financial and economic matters.
    • While at Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., has conducted strategic assessments of numerous economic and financial issues, assisted in development of new matters, and has developed the Forensic Financial and Economic Consultants group to support the firm’s attorneys on a variety of economic and financial issues.
    • Before joining Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., was a principal at a financial litigation services firm practicing in the areas of litigation support and capital finance.  Started his financial career as a member of the professional staff of Touche Ross & Co., now part of Deloitte & Touche, specializing in corporate and partnership taxation matters.
    • Was a college instructor and managed fine arts facilities, including technical operations, budgeting, maintenance, and hiring of students for a wide variety of internally developed and outside traveling productions.
  • Recognition*

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    • "Super CPA Award," Law and Politics Magazine (2001, 2002)

     
    *Being named to the list or receiving the award is not intended and should not be viewed as comparative to other lawyers or to create an expectation about results that might be achieved in a future matter.

  • Publications and Speeches

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    Publications

    • Found Fraud in your Foreign Securities? What to do now. Examining the current implications of Morrison v. National Australia
      (Winter 2013)
    • Still Trapped with Toxic Assets: Dismissal of Private-Label RMBS in Class Actions
      (October 12, 2010)
    • Caught in the Credit Crunch: An Investigation into Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (October 2009)
    • Auction Rate Securities and a Year and a Half of "Solutions": What If You Had More Than $10 Million Invested?
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (September 11, 2009)
    • Trapped with Toxic Assets: Addressing Mortgage-Backed Securities and Other Mortgage-Related Securities Losses
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (January 26, 2009)
    • SFAS 157: What Is Its Purpose?
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (January 2009)
    • Auction Rate Securities: Survey of Potential Remedies
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (December 29, 2008)
    • Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Litigation Survey
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (October 29, 2008)
    • Proposed Changes to SFAS 5: Take Two
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (October 27, 2008)
    • Credit Default Swaps: From Protection To Speculation
      Pratt's Journal of Bankruptcy Law (September 2008)
    • Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data Spawn Lawsuits By Minorities and Cities
      First Focus: A Subprime Crisis, a Thomson-West Report (2008)
    • IRS Whistleblower Provision
      MNCPA Footnote (December 2007/January 2008)
    • Institutional Investors Do Need to Pursue Certain Securities Litigation
      Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. (February 2, 2006)

    Newsletters

    • Copyright 2013. All rights reserved. (Winter 2013)
    • Financial Litigation Insights (Fall 2010)

    Speeches

    • Role of the Forensic Accountant in Litigation
      St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota (March 26, 2012)
    • Seeing Fraud Hidden in Plain Sight
      National Association of Credit Management, Credit & Finance Development Group (March 13, 2012)
    • Financial Fraud: Who, Why and How?
      ALA, Columbus Ohio (October 7, 2006)
    • Earnings, Management or Fraud? 
      Minnesota Society of CPAs (September 2005)
    • Numerous presentation and seminars for law firms on how to read and understand financial statements.
    • Interviewed and cited by numerous organizations and publications regarding various financial issues including, for example, Associated Press, New Yorker Magazine, Journal of Bankruptcy Law, TheDeal.com, and even Wikipedia.
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