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Michael Petron

Michael Petron

Leadership

President - Disputes, Claims, & Investigations

Washington, DC
mpetron@stout.com
Office +1.202.370.9979

Michael Petron is an expert in the application of statistics, accounting and finance to white collar crimes and civil litigation matters. His practice focuses on financial and healthcare frauds as well as False Claims Act (FCA) and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations.

Mike has over 20 years of experience, which encompasses a number of significant criminal and civil litigation matters. He assists clients in a variety of litigation consulting services, including damages, complex data analytics, fraud investigation, statistical analysis, forensic accounting, money laundering analysis, asset tracing, and inability-to-pay determinations. He has testified as an expert and summary witness, interviewed witnesses, conducted audits, and assisted in self disclosures. He provides strategic consulting to counsel throughout all phases of the investigation and litigation process. He also provides operational consulting to companies and regulators to improve processes and internal controls.

Mike’s clients include AML100 law firms, in-house counsels, states attorneys general, state regulators, and a broad range of federal agencies and regulators. He has extensive experience supporting the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). In this role Mike received an Award of Excellence by the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency for his work on the joint DOJ/HHS OIG Advanced Data Intelligence and Analytics Team. He also received a Special Commendation from the DOJ’s Civil Division for contributions made to the Medicare Outlier Analysis Team. He is a frequent speaker at various training programs for the DOJ and for other federal, state and local law enforcement officials.

Practice Areas

Focus Industries

Education

  • Masters of Accountancy, The George Washington University

    M.S., Statistics, George Mason University

    B.S., Economics & Statistics, The George Washington University

Licenses & Designations

  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

    Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

Professional Memberships

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

    Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants

    Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

    Washington Statistical Society

    American Statistical Association