Skorheim & Associates

At Skorheim & Associates, we are a premier accounting and business consulting firm with a substantial emphasis on financial analysis and business valuation relating to commercial damages and losses. Our team of experienced professionals has over 50 years of combined experience in forensic accounting, damages analysis, expert testimony, business valuation, fraud investigations, commercial insurance claims, risk management, accounting, tax, and business consulting services.

Our Mission

Our mission is to accomplish your financial objectives efficiently and competently. Our team of CPAs and attorneys has testified in over 300 business litigation cases and has served as court-appointed neutrals in numerous matters. We have extensive experience in complex trust and estate matters, and we have been called to testify on fiduciary duty matters.

Our Services

We offer a range of services, including:

Trust and Estate

We understand complex trust and estate issues. We have been hired by national banks to prepare trust client returns and have testified in litigious trust and estate matters.

Forensic Accounting & Expert Testimony

We provide sophisticated experience in Financial Expert Testimony in Commercial Civil, Employment, and Family Law matters.

Tax & Financial Planning

We offer a holistic approach to tax, consulting, financial planning, business valuation, and succession planning.

Accounting Experts

Our team of accounting experts has extensive experience in forensic accounting, damages analysis, expert testimony, business valuation, fraud investigations, commercial insurance claims, risk management, accounting, tax, and business consulting services.

Meet Our Team

Our team is led by Jim Skorheim, who has been described by the Orange County Bar Association as "Orange County's top financial expert witness." Jim has over 35 years of experience in forensic accounting, damages analysis, expert testimony, business valuation, fraud investigations, commercial insurance claims, risk management, accounting, tax, and business consulting services. He has served in over 300 business litigation cases and has been instrumental in numerous defense verdicts.

Our Credentials

Jim Skorheim is a CPA, attorney, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Valuation Analyst, and Chartered Global Management Accountant. He is also a registered Investment Adviser Representative and a member of a Registered Investment Adviser.

James M. Skorheim

James M. Skorheim is a CPA and has a strong background in tax and financial planning. He has studied tax and financial planning under Jim Skorheim and has assumed the tax and financial planning side of the practice. James enjoys helping clients structure their lives in a tax-efficient way and achieving financial freedom in retirement.