No. 7: Lori Roth

Roth is co-managing partner at national accounting firm Prager Metis, based in the Basking Ridge office. She was elevated to her post in January after time as northeast managing partner, the position she held when featured in last year’s Accounting Power 50.

The firm has expanded several times in the last year, including the acquisition of Los Angeles-based accounting and consulting firm Nagano Morita and growth in several markets, including North Carolina and Florida.

Roth leads more than 600 employees, including 100 partners and principals, and oversees the firm’s day-to-day operations. She has been in the accounting industry since 1984. Roth specializes in audit and assurance services, litigation support, and business valuations. She has worked with clients in a variety of industries including closely held businesses, real estate and the U.S. subsidiaries of foreign banks and corporations. She has international expertise, particularly with companies headquartered in Israel.

Roth’s expertise includes working as a neutral accountant — either court-appointed or hired as a joint expert by litigants or their attorneys. She works as a business valuator and also as an impartial financial consultant when issues pertain to support and equitable distribution. She has been involved in shareholder disputes, corporate dissolutions, estate situations, and business acquisitions.