No. 7: Lori Roth (updated)

Roth is national managing partner at Prager Metis based in the firm’s Basking Ridge office – it has three in New Jersey and expanded the Hackensack location into a new office last year. Prager has announced two mergers with other New Jersey-based firms in the past year.

Roth oversees all of the day-to-day operations for the entire firm and providing guidance and oversight to each region and office managing partners and service line leaders. 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 either parties 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.

Editor’s note: This article was updated at 9:51 a.m. EST on July 20, 2020, to list Roth’s title as national managing partner.