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Caroline Overman

Attorney

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Practice Areas:

  • Taxation of Commodities & Securities Traders
  • Forensic Accounting
  • Business Valuation
  • Executive Compensation Analysis
  • High-Net-Worth Divorce Financial Analysis
  • Spousal & Child Support Analysis
  • Marital & Nonmarital Asset Tracing
  • Trader & Investment Income Analysis
  • Complex Cash Flow Analysis

Biography

Caroline Overman is a detail-oriented and versatile Certified Public Accountant specializing in complex financial matters involving high-net-worth divorce litigation, executive compensation analysis, forensic accounting, and the taxation of commodities and securities traders. Her experience includes analyzing sophisticated compensation structures, including restricted stock units (RSUs), performance stock units (PSUs), stock options, deferred compensation, and other equity-based awards in connection with support determinations and marital property division.

Caroline regularly performs complex income and cash-flow analyses for spousal and child support matters, including true-up calculations, business owner income normalization, forensic tracing, marital and nonmarital asset tracing, and the evaluation of recurring versus nonrecurring income. She has experience analyzing compensation arrangements for executives, business owners, and high-income individuals whose earnings may include bonuses, equity compensation, investment income, partnership distributions, and other variable compensation structures.

In addition to her forensic and litigation support work, Caroline conducts business valuations for closely held businesses and assists with complex divorce and financial disputes. Her tax experience includes individual, corporate, partnership, and trader taxation, with particular expertise in the taxation of commodities and securities traders, investment-related income analysis, and representation before the IRS and state taxing authorities in examinations and compliance matters.

Education

  • Keller Graduate School of Management
    • M.S - 2012
    • Major: Accounting and Finance Management
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
    • B.A. - 2007
    • Major: Economics
  • University of Illinois, Chicago
    • B.S. - 2007
    • Major: Statistics and Operational Research

Professional Associations

  • American Society of Appraisers
  • Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Specialties and Certifications

  • Certified Public Accountant – Illinois