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The Fernald Firm Journal

Forensic insights for attorneys, businesses, and trustees.

A working journal of how federal financial investigations actually unfold — written for the practitioners who hire us.

Coming soon · Federal practice · Money laundering

How a Federal Money Laundering Charge Gets Investigated

A former IRS-CI agent explains the §1956 / §1957 framework, how federal investigators build a money-laundering case, and the four evidentiary points defense attorneys can attack.

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Daubert and the forensic-accounting expert: what survives the hearing

What federal courts actually require of forensic-accounting experts under Rule 702 — and the methodology choices that don’t survive cross-examination.

Coming soon

Source-and-application of funds: the workhorse method

A walk through the analytical method that underpins most federal fraud, tax, and money-laundering cases — and how to read one as a litigator.

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