Ruchita Shah, CPA

Ruchita Shah is a Certified Public Accountant with 10 years of experience. She specializes in family law and civil litigation matters. Along with her technical knowledge, Ruchita brings with her a strong work ethic and refined client relationship management skills.

Ruchita has experience with complex family law matters and determination of damages in civil litigation matters, including class-action lawsuits. She has testified as an expert witness and has extensive experience in assisting counsel with:

• Marital dissolution proceedings for high-net-worth individuals
• Marital estate division, including tracing of separate property in assets and identification of undisclosed assets
• Post-separation accounting
• Allocation of stock-based equity compensation
• Real property apportionments
• Analysis of gross cash flow available for support through extensive review and investigation of financial statements
• Business valuations using discount rates, premiums, and complex financial models
• Analysis of pre/post nuptial agreements and collaborate on legal positions and case law applicable
• Civil fraud, damages, and compliance experience class-action lawsuits for fortune 100 companies
• Court hearings and depositions, including preparing related exhibits, direct examination and cross examination questions
• Managing case assignments and communicating with attorneys, opposing forensic accountants, and clients
• Contract and royalty analyses for the film, television, and music industries.

Ruchita joined Seiler in 2021. Prior to that, she worked as a Forensic Litigation Manager at Gursey|Schneider LLP, an Internal Auditor at Corinthian Colleges, Inc., and a Tax Associate at Ernst & Young LLP, where she specialized in international tax restructuring and tax provisions.