Todd Neilson
Founding Director of The Private Bank of California
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Neilson, Elggren LLP in Century City

  • Certified Public Accountant and one of the nation's foremost experts in Bankruptcy and Forensic accounting with over 30 years of experience in public, private and governmental accounting, specializing in bankruptcy and forensic accounting
  • Director of Berkeley Research Group (BRG), LLC; founding partner of Neilson, Elggren, Durkin & Co., which was acquired by an international CPA consulting firm in 1998; former manager in the litigation/consulting services department of KPMG
  • Served as a special agent in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, specializing in the accounting investigation of white-collar and organized crime; and provides regular instruction on fraud related litigation issues at the FBI Academy
  • Co-author of The AICPA Bankruptcy Practice Guide and the CPA's Handbook of Fraud and Commercial Crime Prevention issued by the AICPA
  • Received a BS in Accounting from the University of Utah, Associate Professor of Accounting