StoneBridge Leadership Team

James I. Marasco, CPA/CFF, CFE, CIA

Partner, Forensic & Litigation Support Services

“We help clients safeguard their organizations from fraud and abuse. If a problem exists, we’ll find it and quantify its effect. Often it’s a problem people never knew existed. We have helped companies protect themselves all over the world. We find solutions to the toughest challenges that clients can present us.”

Jim brings more than 20 years of public accounting and auditing experience. He is a full-time management consultant and travels extensively throughout the country, while leading StoneBridge Business Partners. He has helped safeguard some of the largest Fortune 1000 companies from fraud and abuse and has assisted in the identification and recovery of tens of millions of dollars back to the affected parties.

His experience is mainly concentrated in health care distribution and franchised organizations. Jim has personally conducted over 400 field audits and has identified errors and irregularities, resolved various systemic problems and closed loopholes resulting in vast savings for his clients. He is also a court-recognized expert witness, a lecturer on varying subjects of fraud and forensic auditing, and has published over 20 articles in the past three years covering these topics.

Accreditations and Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Certified Fraud Examiner
  • Certified Internal Auditor
  • Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)

Areas of Specialization

  • Fraud and Financial Statement Investigation
  • Internal Audit Services
  • Compliance Audits of Distributors and Franchises
  • Litigation Support Services
  • Expert Witness Testimony
  • Due Diligence related to mergers and acquisitions

Education

  • St. Bonaventure University, BS, Accounting, 1990, Cum Laude

Professional Affiliations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Institute of Internal Auditors
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Association of Health Care Internal Auditors

Reach Jim

Email: jmarasco@StoneBridgeBP.com

Linked in: http://www.linkedin.com/in/jimarascosbp


Louis J. Camarella, Jr., CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, MBA

Partner, Business Valuation, Litigation and M&A Services

Louis Camarella

“For most business owners, their business is the most sizeable asset that they own and what they are most passionate about. Since 1994, I have worked almost exclusively with business owners, their attorneys, guardians, trustees and other professionals who are dealing with crucial situations, such as a sale of a business, a shareholder dispute, a death or divorce of an owner or a complex accounting to a court. We are creative problem-solvers who take the emotion and stress out of the situation so the client can focus on the big decisions, not the process.”

Lou is one of the founding members of StoneBridge Business Partners.  Over the course of more than 30 years in the field, he has served a wide variety of businesses, organizations, and individuals assisting them with accounting and tax services, as well as business consulting on issues involving business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and bank financing. 

Mr. Camarella has been involved in hundreds of valuations and damage claim assessments, many of which involved business, shareholder or tax controversies, and M&A transactions.  Lou is also an accomplished expert witness who has defended his work product.    

Accreditations & Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
  • Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
  • Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA)

Areas of Specialization

  • Mergers & Acquisition
  • Business Valuations
  • Litigation Support Services
  • Expert Witness Testimony
  • Estate Planning

Education

  • Arizona State University, MBA, 1975
  • Kent State University, BA, Accounting, 1972, Magna Cum Laude

Professonal Affiliations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Management Consultants Division
  • American Society of Appraisers (ASA)
  • Estate Planning Council of Rochester, past officer and member of Executive Committee
  • Financial Consulting Group, L.C. (FCG)

Reach Lou

Email: lcamarella@StoneBridgeBP.com

James K. Leisner, CPA

Partner

“I am driven to help my clients achieve their goals; their satisfaction is my satisfaction. Delivering that, in my mind, is a function of personal attention to client issues, and good listening skills. My hope is that they develop a personal relationship with StoneBridge Business Partners that goes beyond accessing traditional tax and accounting services.” 

Jim works with the management of privately owned businesses and not for profit organizations. Part of his services are traditional accounting and tax-related, and include advice on how to address day-to-day issues. But clients also appreciate Jim’s assistance with challenges including business acquisition, expansion, financing, or the sale of the company. He is skilled in conducting due diligence when considering potential acquisitions; structuring and negotiating terms of a transaction and helping clients streamline processes to improve operational efficiencies.

Accreditations and Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant

Areas of Specialization

  • Accounting and Auditing
  • Fraud Investigation
  • Projections, Forecasts, Budgeting and Planning
  • Due Diligence related to mergers and acquisitions
  • Operational Audits
  • Internal Control Assessments
  • Improvement Identification and Implementation

Education

  • St. Bonaventure University, BBA, Accounting, 1978

Professional Affiliations

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Associate Member

Community Affiliations

  • Monroe County Catholic School Board, Former Board Member
  • Volunteers of America of Western New York, Inc., Former Chairman, Treasurer, and Board Member
  • DePaul Community Facilities, Inc., Former Chairman and Board Member
  • Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Former Member of Parish Council, Current Chair and Member of Parish/School Committee

Reach Jim

Email: jleisner@stonebridgebp.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/jim-leisner/4/875/a55 

Maureen M. Rutecki, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, MBA

Senior Manager

Maureen Rutecki

Maureen is a manager with a primary focus on business valuation. She joined the firm in 1998 and has more than 13 years experience valuing closely held business interests across a broad range of industries. Her work includes valuing businesses for gift/estate tax purposes, shareholder buyouts, purchase/sale transactions, dissenting shareholder suits and other litigation matters.


Kurt J. Litzelfelner, ASA

Senior Manager

Kurt is a manager with a focus on business valuations. Since joining the firm in 2001, Kurt has performed numerous business valuations for a variety of purposes including estate planning, gift tax filings, S-Corporation election, marital dissolution, shareholder purchase/sale transactions and mergers & acquisitions. In his current role, Kurt also provides consulting services to middle-market businesses on issues involving mergers and acquisitions and commercial bank financing.


Jason L. Turrell, CPA

Senior Manager

Jason is a manager primarily working in the broad field of contract compliance auditing, with concentrated experience in healthcare auditing. He is a full-time management consultant and travels throughout the country wherever his clients have business relationships. With over 13 years of experience with StoneBridge, he has helped safeguard some of the world’s largest health care companies from fraud and abuse and has assisted in the identification and recovery of millions of dollars for his clients. Working on behalf of a broad range of manufacturers and group purchasing organizations, Jason has conducted hundreds of field audits, identifying errors, irregularities and systematic problems, and closing loopholes which have resulted in vast savings for his clients.


Thomas F. Niles, CIA, CPA

Senior Manager

Tom is a manager focused on business valuation, fraud and forensics and litigation services. Tom has more than eight years of public accounting and specialized auditing experience. Tom has assisted and/or led a number of forensic and fraud-related engagements and manages client relationships in the franchise and health care fields. His current focus is in the healthcare field, primarily in distribution, managed care and group purchasing audits.