Drew Adams

Drew Adams has more than 20 years of experience providing forensic accounting, investigative, advisory, and tax services to public and private-sector clients. He specializes in forensic and investigative support for fraud and white-collar investigations. His experience includes matters involving the False Claims Act; governmental anti-fraud, waste, and abuse; accounting and financial reporting irregularities; asset misappropriation; and other fraud schemes.

He also has extensive experience with accounting malpractice, contract and regulatory compliance, and tax controversy. He regularly applies forensic technology and data analysis in complex investigations and disputes.

Drew assists clients and counsel throughout all phases of the litigation process, including discovery, document requests, interviews, preparation for expert witness depositions, testimony, and trial. He has been disclosed as an expert witness in both federal and state courts and has been deposed as an expert witness in federal court.

Drew has also specialized experience advising on government-sponsored economic assistance programs. His work has included matters involving agencies such as the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

He leads efforts assisting clients with matters related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), including the Paycheck Protection Program and Employee Retention Credit. He works with businesses, attorneys, and other advisors on risk mitigation, fraud prevention and detection, response and remediation, litigation support, and expert witness services.

Throughout his career, Drew has served clients across a broad range of industries, including healthcare, government, oil and gas, manufacturing, telecommunications, financial services, retail, and real estate.

Prior to joining Stout, Drew was with KPMG. He began his career in audit before transitioning to forensic services and gained significant experience in tax, technology, and transaction services.