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Anthony D. Samons, CPA/CFF/PFS, CDFA

Founding Principal, Forensic Accounting
Melbourne, Florida

Anthony D. Samons
Credentials
Certified Public Accountant, Florida (1998) and Tennessee (2024); Kentucky (inactive)
Certified in Financial Forensics, AICPA (2010)
Personal Financial Specialist, AICPA (2021)
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, IDFA (2013)

Education
B.B.A. in Accounting, Eastern Kentucky University, 1992

Contact
321-445-1046
anthony@samonsharris.com

Anthony is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified in Financial Forensics, a Personal Financial Specialist, and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst with more than 31 years of public accounting experience, including more than 13 years devoted to forensic accounting and litigation support in marital and family law matters. He analyzes and reports on the financial issues in dissolution proceedings: income available for support, the identification and tracing of marital and non-marital assets, equitable distribution, lifestyle and cash flow, dissipation, and the tax consequences of proposed settlements. He also brings more than 20 years of experience in financial statement audits, reviews, and compilations and in domestic and international taxation.

Since 2013 he has handled more than 330 forensic accounting and litigation support engagements, substantially all involving family law, and has testified at deposition, evidentiary hearing, and trial in more than 100 cases. He has been accepted or presented as an expert in the Ninth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Judicial Circuits of Florida, including Brevard, Indian River, Martin, Orange, St. Lucie, and Seminole Counties. He is retained by petitioners and respondents and has served as a jointly retained neutral financial expert, a collaborative financial professional, and a non-testifying consulting expert.

Professional memberships

  • American Institute of CPAs, including the Forensic and Valuation Services and Personal Financial Planning Sections
  • Florida Institute of CPAs, including the Valuation, Forensic Accounting and Litigation Services Knowledge Resource Group
  • Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
  • Family Law Section of The Florida Bar, affiliate member
  • Brevard Collaborative Law Group

Professional service

  • Diamond Sponsor, Marital & Family Law Review Course, Family Law Section of The Florida Bar and the AAML Florida Chapter, 2023 through 2026
  • Participating financial expert, Family Law Section of The Florida Bar Trial Advocacy Workshop, 2023

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