Putting a Face on BKD

Angela R. Morelock, CPA, CFE, ABV

Certified Forensic Accountant®

Partner
Southern Missouri
Springfield
417 865-8701
amorelock
@bkd.com / Angela has 14 years of experience and is the assistant director of BKD’s firmwide Forensics and Dispute Consulting division. She provides fraud investigation and prevention, complex litigation support and forensic accounting services for a variety of business clients. Angela regularly provides consulting and expert witness assistance to attorneys in a variety of litigation matters.
As a certified fraud examiner (CFE), Angela is responsible for resolving a wide range of allegations of fraud and white-collar crime. She has the expertise to obtain evidence, take statements and write reports, testify to findings and assist in all aspects of helping to detect and prevent white-collar crime. Angela also helps clients determine the amount of fraud losses, file fidelity bond claims and provide expert witness testimony in criminal and civil proceeding involving allegations of fraud. She then develops methods to help protect victim businesses from future fraudulent activity.
Angela is accredited as a certified forensic accountant by the AmericanCollege of Forensic Examiners. This designation is awarded only to professionals who demonstrate sufficient multi-disciplinary knowledge and experience related to litigation services, fraud examination and business valuation.
Also a certified public accountant, Angela participates in more than 60 hours of continuing education each year and has attended numerous valuation and fraud courses offered by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). She also has an extensive background in business valuation, and in 1998, she earned the AICPA’s accredited in business valuation (ABV) designation, which is granted exclusively to CPAs who elect to demonstrate their business valuation expertise and experience by earning the credential.
An avid public speaker, Angela is a frequent lecturer at national conferences and other business group meetings. Her educational sessions on white-collar crime receive high audience ratings.
Angela is a member of the ACFA, AICPA, AmericanCollege of Forensic Examiners and Missouri Society of Certified Public Accountants. She graduated in 1993 summa cum laude from MissouriStateUniversity, Springfield, with a B.S. degree in accounting.

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