Deborah Temkin is a Managing Member of Trace Forensic Experts LLC and leads TRACE nationally and in the Chicago market. Deborah is a Chartered Accountant (SA) and Certified Fraud Examiner. Deborah has almost 30 years of experience consulting with law firms, in-house counsel, C-Suite executives, senior corporate management, and middle-market and small corporations.
She also holds a Master’s in International Management and has extensive experience working internationally, across cultures, languages, and time zones. She recently attained the EDEX (eDiscovery Executive) certification through the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists.
Deborah is an International Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Member of Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA, and is the former Director of the Chicago Chapter of Women in eDiscovery. She is also an associate member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Du Page County Bar Association.
Before joining forces with Paul, Deborah built most of her career with a Big 4 firm, assuming leadership positions within a variety of areas of ligation support. She also assumed an internal strategy role, working globally with colleagues in India, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands.
Deborah's industry experience includes retail, manufacturing (including heavy equipment manufacturing), professional services, car dealers, healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications, technology, retail, insurance, utilities, hospitality, for-profit education, not-for-profit organizations and construction.
She has extensive experience in various aspects of compliance consulting, including developing and assessing, and remediating anti-fraud programs. These include bench-marking studies, fraud risk assessments, fraud response plans, codes of conduct, ethics training, and training of the internal audit and internal investigations divisions of corporations.
Over her career, Deborah has created and pioneered multiple new services, workflows, methodologies, and deliverables for eDiscovery, forensic accounting, auditing, anti-fraud programs, and controls and compliance.
Deborah enjoys teaching and sharing her experience and knowledge with others. Regularly, she presents various topics to groups of attorneys, eDiscovery industry players, and other groups. She also enjoys helping others grow professionally and mentors several younger professionals and university students.
In addition to serving our clients, Deborah collaborates with our TRACE data scientists to develop our proprietary advanced analytics offerings.
She also holds a Master’s in International Management and has extensive experience working internationally, across cultures, languages, and time zones. She recently attained the EDEX (eDiscovery Executive) certification through the Association of Certified eDiscovery Specialists.
Deborah is an International Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Member of Chartered Accountants Worldwide Network USA, and is the former Director of the Chicago Chapter of Women in eDiscovery. She is also an associate member of the American Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, and the Du Page County Bar Association.
Before joining forces with Paul, Deborah built most of her career with a Big 4 firm, assuming leadership positions within a variety of areas of ligation support. She also assumed an internal strategy role, working globally with colleagues in India, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, and The Netherlands.
Deborah's industry experience includes retail, manufacturing (including heavy equipment manufacturing), professional services, car dealers, healthcare, life sciences, telecommunications, technology, retail, insurance, utilities, hospitality, for-profit education, not-for-profit organizations and construction.
She has extensive experience in various aspects of compliance consulting, including developing and assessing, and remediating anti-fraud programs. These include bench-marking studies, fraud risk assessments, fraud response plans, codes of conduct, ethics training, and training of the internal audit and internal investigations divisions of corporations.
Over her career, Deborah has created and pioneered multiple new services, workflows, methodologies, and deliverables for eDiscovery, forensic accounting, auditing, anti-fraud programs, and controls and compliance.
Deborah enjoys teaching and sharing her experience and knowledge with others. Regularly, she presents various topics to groups of attorneys, eDiscovery industry players, and other groups. She also enjoys helping others grow professionally and mentors several younger professionals and university students.
In addition to serving our clients, Deborah collaborates with our TRACE data scientists to develop our proprietary advanced analytics offerings.
