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Schaeffer
Linda  Schaeffer  
Partner
CPA CFE CVA


404.253.7584



Experience

Linda brings over 35 years of experience to Frazier & Deeter. As a Partner and Director of Litigation Consulting Services, she works primarily with high net-worth individuals and corporate executives with divorce, tax and accounting issues. She assists with the division of financial and real estate assets through mediation, and works with family practice attorneys through all financial aspects of divorce or child support matters.

Because Linda helps families in need of accounting and expert witness services, she is frequently involved in cases to uncover hidden assets and income. She has been a qualified expert in matters such as valuation issues, tax implications of divorce, and forensic accounting in a variety of courts. During her career, she was the expert on the winning side of two landmark New Jersey Supreme Court Cases, Crews v. Crews and Steneken v. Steneken.

Prior to joining Frazier & Deeter, Linda served as a Partner and Director of Marital Dissolution Consulting Services for WithumSmith + Brown in New Jersey. Her prior experience also includes working with firms such as Deloitte, Haskins & Sells (Deloitte Touche), Laventhol & Horwath, and RD Hunter & Company. Linda graduated as the first female accounting graduate from Seton Hall University, and worked as a field agent for the Internal Revenue Service before entering Public Accounting.

Linda was featured in the Journal of Accountancy discussing the importance of a neutral CPA in divorce cases. She is also a frequent speaker at various meetings, conferences and seminars, including expert guest appearances on Good Morning America, CTN, and several radio stations in Central Jersey, Philadelphia and Atlanta. She has spoken at the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Litigation Consulting Conferences, New Jersey Judicial College and various ICLE and AAML seminars. Linda is also a past Chairman of the Board for Visions Anew, an organization to help women going through a divorce.  She was commissioned as a Stephen Minister and was also ordained as an elder at Peachtree Presbyterian in Atlanta.



Education

Attended the masters program in taxation at Pace University, New York City, New York.
Bachelor of Accounting, Seton Hall University, cum laude, South Orange, New Jersey.


Professional and Civic Organizations

TWIN (Tribute to Women in Industry) award recipient
Beta Alpha Psi honorary membership by Seton Hall University
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Member
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Litigation Services Committee (1994-1996)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants – Continuing Professional Education Committee (1989-1992)
Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants –
Vice President (1995)
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants – Secretary (1994)
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants – Board of Trustees (1992-1993)
Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants – Fraud and Forensic Leadership Team (2009-2010)
Visions Anew – Past Chairman
Peachtree Presbyterian Church – Facilitator, Divorce Recovery Group
Peachtree Presbyterian Church – Elder and Stephen Minister


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