Glenn L. Friedman, CPA
gfriedman@metisgroupllc.com
Glenn L. Friedman has over 30 years of accounting experience. As Managing Partner of Metis Group Certified Public Accountants LLC, he provides leadership to the 18 partners and over 60 staff members working at the six Metis office locations. In 1987, Mr. Friedman and his partner merged with another partnership to form what is now Metis Group.
Prior to Metis, Mr. Friedman started his career at an international law firm that specialized in foreign tax havens. He then moved on to a regional accounting firm with a general practice and later joined the tax department of an international accounting firm where he was responsible for several national and multinational accounts. 
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
B.A., Accounting, Rutgers University, New Jersey

Curtis Arluck
carluck@metisgroupllc.com
Curtis Arluck, Principal, has over 30 years of experience in tax work. He specializes in the preparation of individual income tax returns, especially for writers and other creative professionals and tax planning around issues of home ownership and retirement.
Mr. Arluck was a partner at Weikart Tax Associates for 25 years when his company merged to bring his successful practice over to Metis Group LLC.
Mr. Arluck is an Enrolled Agent and has his Series 6 and New York Health and Life Insurance licenses.
Education
B.A., Political Science, Columbia College, New York, NY

Edward Benedetto, CPA
ebenedetto@metisgroupllc.com
Edward Benedetto has nearly 30 years of accounting experience and is the Chief Operations Officer of the Metis Manhattan office. Along with his general accounting practice, Mr. Benedetto works on guardianship accounting and is involved with the management of the co-op and condominium practice area of the firm.
Mr. Benedetto began his career at Pinto, Winokour and Pagano, CPAs and then went on to Mann, Judd, and Landau, CPAs. For the 8 years prior to joining Metis Group, Mr. Benedetto had his own firm, Edward Benedetto, CPA, P.C.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Education
B.S. Accounting, Brooklyn College, New York

Stephen A. Cobell, CPA
scobell@metisgroupllc.com
Stephen A. Cobell has over 25 years of experience in accounting with a particular emphasis on long-term skilled health care and the not-for-profit industry. In September 2008, his firm Stephen A. Cobell LLC merged with Metis Group LLC.
Prior to Metis Group, Mr. Cobell was an audit supervisor with a national firm and later was a director in the audit department of a local firm.
Professional Affiliations
New Jersey Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Health Care Administrators
Education
M.B.A., Finance, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
B.S., Accounting, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey

Olga Danilytcheva-Averin, CPA/ABV, CFF, MBA, MS
oaverin@metisgroupllc.com
Olga Danilytcheva-Averin has over 10 years of experience in accounting specializing in forensic accounting and valuation services. She has participated in various litigation support engagements involving matrimonial dissolutions, business owner disputes, fraud investigations, and bankruptcy matters. She has testified as an expert witness in New York Supreme Court. In January 2009, her firm Forensic Accounting and Valuations Services LLC merged with Metis Group LLC.
Prior to working in accounting, Ms. Danilytcheva-Averin spent 10 years employed with research and engineering firms in management positions.
She is the author of “GAAP: A Regulatory Tool to Manage Healthcare” Research in Accounting Regulations, Volume 16.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
MBA, Accounting, Hofstra University, New York
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Moscow Institute of Electronics and Mathematics

Jerry Eitel, CPA
jeitel@metisgroupllc.com
Jerry Eitel has over 25 years of experience in accounting. He possesses wide-ranging experience with a particular emphasis on real estate. He has testified several times as an expert witness on bankruptcy and insolvency matters and has worked with numerous U.S. bankruptcy trustees. His diverse clientele include a real estate company with a half-billion dollar portfolio as well as manufacturers and importers. He also services many large freight forwarders and customs house brokers.
Prior to joining Metis Group, Mr. Eitel had a private practice in New York. In 1997, he and his partners merged with another firm to become what is now known as Metis Group LLC.
Mr. Eitel is a Certified Public Accountant and possesses Series 7 and Series 63 broker’s licenses. He has taught accounting at the college level.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Education
M.B.A., Long Island University, New York
B.A. English, Brooklyn College, New York

Steven B. Fromer, CPA
sfromer@metisgroupllc.com
Steven B. Fromer is a member of Metis Group LLC and oversees Metis Group’s computer services company, Acctrack Computer Consultants, Inc.
Prior to Metis Group, Mr. Fromer was in charge of the computer department of a mid-sized accounting firm in New York City where he helped evaluate their computer needs including recommending, installing, and supporting accounting software systems. In 1991, Mr. Fromer founded Acctrack Computer Consultants.
He is a licensed CPA in New York.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Member
Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Member
Morristown Chamber of Commerce, Member
Education
B.A., Accounting, Upsala College, New Jersey
M.B.A., Farleigh Dickinson University, New Jersey

Howard Gluckman, CPA
hgluckman@metisgroupllc.com
Howard Gluckman has over 25 years of experience in the areas of audit and taxation. He has been instrumental in assisting clients to operate efficiently to maintain reliable reporting systems while managing the complex interplay among managements, Boards of Directors, shareholders, and government agencies.
Mr. Gluckman has significant experience in International Business, especially with international commercial banks and finance companies.  He has been the partner on bank audits ranging in size from under $100 million to over $10 billion in assets.  These audits include compliance and internal control attestations under the FDIC Improvement Act of 1991 for institutions with over $500 million in assets and Sarbanes Oxley compliance, as well as assisting clients and regulators with analytical projects throughout the United States, and in Europe and the Middle East.  Mr. Gluckman has published on banking topics of the 2008 banking investment crisis, International Bank Facilities (IBF) and IT auditing. In the arena of international taxation, Mr. Gluckman has worked with multinational and multi-state tax planning, international tax audits, and innovative methods of data preparation for efficient income tax data maintenance.  He possesses an ability to explain complexities of international matters to managements, so they can understand the key decisions that will benefit their organizations.
Mr. Gluckman speaks English, Spanish and Hebrew.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA)
Banking Committee of the New York State Society of CPAs, Former Chair
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing Committee of             NYSSCPA
Stock Brokerage Committee of NYSSCPA
New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants
CPA in New York, New Jersey, and California
Education
M.B.A., Finance Major with distinction, The Stern Graduate School of Business, New York University, New York
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Larry Karmel, CPA
lkarmel@metisgroupllc.com
Larry Karmel is a member partner at Metis Group LLC specializing in taxation. Mr. Karmel has more than 20 years of experience advising clients in tax and business matters. He has advised many large and small U.S. companies and individuals and foreign companies who have formed U.S. branches or U.S. subsidiaries. These clients include public and private companies. His largest international and national clients are banks. Others have included manufacturers, distributors, real estate developers, advertising agencies, security alarm companies, and investment and shipping companies.
Mr. Karmel has specialized in handling tax examinations both the federal and state level for companies that operate in multi-state jurisdictions. He has also conducted rates tax studies for clients doing business throughout the United States.
Mr. Karmel has published several articles in The CPA Journal and The Journal of Bank Taxation. He has also been a lecturer on the subject of taxation at the Sy Syms School of Business of Yeshiva University.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
M.B.A., Accounting Major with distinction Bernard M. Baruch College, City University of New York
B.A., Mathematics, cum laude, Brooklyn College, New York

Shelley Martin
smartin@metisgroupllc.com
Shelley D. Martin specializes in individual income tax preparation and planning especially as it relates to property ownership.
Ms. Martin was a partner at Weikart Tax Associates for 25 years when her company merged to bring her successful practice over to Metis Group LLC. Prior to Weikart Tax Associates, she was a tax auditor with the Internal Revenue Service.
Ms. Martin is an Enrolled Agent and has her Series 7 and life, health, and disability insurance licenses.
Education
B.S., English Education, Syracuse University, NY

Richard J. Miller, CPA
rmiller@metisgroupllc.com
Richard J. Miller has over 30 years of experience working in accounting. His area of expertise includes closely-held business or family-owned businesses, distributors, food processors, and legal entities.
Mr. Miller became a partner with Rothschild, Topal, Miller & Kraft PC in 1991. His firm merged with Metis Group LLC in January 2010.

Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
B.A., Administrative Science, Southampton College of Long Island University, NY
 

Robert P. Mollenhauer, Jr., CPA, CFP
rmollenhauer@metisgroupllc.com
Robert P. Mollenhauer has over 30 years of experience in accounting. In 1978, he became a CPA and in 1983 he formed his own accounting firm. In 1997, he and his partners merged with another firm to become what is now known as Metis Group LLC.
Mr. Mollenhauer started his accounting career with Phillips, Gold & Co., a small regional firm in New York City, where he concentrated in royalty and licensing audits. Prior to his work in accounting, he taught chemistry and earth science at East Islip High School in East Islip, New York. During this period, he was awarded three National Science Foundation grants and earned a Master of Science degree in Outdoor Education and Earth & Atmospheric Science.
Mr. Mollenhauer became a Certified Financial Planner in May 1994 and currently holds a Series 7 broker’s license.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
B.S., Accounting, Queens College
M.S., Educational Administration, State University of New York, Albany, NY
B.S., State University of New York, Albany, NY

Edward B. Morris, CPA
emorris@metisgroupllc.com
Edward B. Morris specializes in income tax planning, management advisory services, and representation on tax examinations. Mr. Morris brought his successful practice to Metis Group in 2005.
Prior to joining Metis Group, Mr. Morris was the Managing Director at Goldstein & Morris CPAs PC for 30 years and Managing Director for Ednal Investors Group LTD, a broker dealer, for 8 years.
Professional Affiliations
Beta Alpha Psi, Member
Empire-All City Insurance Co. (1982-1988), Member of Board of Directors and Chairman of Audit Committee
Member of various boards of co-ops and condos
Education
B.S. Accounting, Finance minor, New York University, New York, NY

Barry L. Pulchin, CPA/ABV, CFE, CVA, CFF, DABFA
bpulchin@metisgroupllc.com
Barry L. Pulchin specializes in investigative and forensic accounting and business valuations for diverse issues such as domestic relations, license valuations, professional practice valuations, minority shareholder disputes, insurance loss, bankruptcy, estate and gift taxes, tax fraud cases, as well as commercial fraud investigations. In January 2009, he merged his firm, Forensic Accounting & Valuation Services, LLC, with Metis Group CPAs LLC.
Mr. Pulchin has appeared as a featured speaker on radio to discuss year end tax planning and general business valuation topics. He has been recognized as an expert witness and has been Court Appointed in the New York State Supreme Court. He has served as the accountant in bankruptcy cases for the Debtor, the Creditor’s Committee, and for Chapter 7 Trustees. He has also been appointed as a Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Examiner.
Mr. Pulchin is a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Valuation Analyst, and Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Accounting. He is accredited in Business Valuation and accredited in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a Certified Public Accountant in New York, Connecticut, Florida, and North Carolina.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
National Society of Public Accountants
American Arbitration Association
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
American Bankruptcy Institute
The American College of Forensic Examiners
American Society of Appraisers
Association of Divorce Financial Planners
Education
BBA, Public Accounting, Bernard M. Baruch College, New York, New York
Associate, Applied Science, Queensborough Community College, New York

Lori A. Roth, CPA/ABV
lroth@metisgroupllc.com
Lori A. Roth specializes in business valuations, real estate, tax planning, and working with closely held businesses. She has spent over 20 years in public accounting and has managed her own practices and partnerships since 1990.
Her expertise includes working as a neutral accountant (either court appointed or hired as a joint expert by both 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 matrimonial cases as well as shareholder disputes, corporate dissolutions, estate situations, and business acquisitions.
Ms. Roth is a licensed CPA in New Jersey and New York. She is Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. She is also certified in Divorce Mediation.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts– New Jersey Chapter, Member
Education
B.S. Business and Economics, Lehigh University

Michael Specht, CPA
mspecht@metisgroupllc.com
Michael Specht has over 25 years of experience in public accounting working with closely held companies and individuals. Prior to working with Metis Group, he was a partner in a small New York City accounting firm for 9 years. That followed 8 years at the large regional accounting and consulting firm, Richard A. Eisner & Company (now Eisner LLP). In September 2006, he joined Metis Group.
Mr. Specht works with business clients in a wide range of industries with a specialty in professional service firms, medical practices, and real estate entities. He also assists with the setup of accounting systems for newly formed companies and provides accounting, consulting and tax planning and compliance services for these companies.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
MBA, Accounting, City University of New York/ Baruch College, New York, New York
B.S., State University of New York, Albany, New York

Steven L. Topal, CPA, J.D.
stopal@metisgroupllc.com

Steven L. Topal was a partner at Rothschild, Topal, Miller & Kraft PC prior to merging his successful practice with Metis Group in January 2010. He has over 25 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Topal specializes in the hospitality industry especially restaurants, taverns, and pubs. He also has numerous clients in medical manufacturing, agricultural processing, and closely-held and family-owned businesses. He has worked on succession issues for several clients.

Many of Mr. Topal's clients have been with Rothschild, Topal, Miller & Kraft PC for over 40 years and have continued their long-standing relationship now with Metis Group.

Professional Affiliations

Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Jewish Health System, 2002-2004
Vice-Chairperson of the Board, Elderplan, Inc., HomeFirst, and Metropolitan Jewish Health System                                                                                                      Board Treasurer, Metropolitan Jewish Geriatric Center, Metropolitan Jewish Home Care, and Shorefront Jewish Geriatric Center
Board of Directors, National and Regional Chapters of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

Co-Chair, Youth Activities Commission of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism's Metropolitan New York Region

Education                                                                                                                J.D., Brooklyn Law School                                                                                         B.S., Accounting, State University of New York, Albany, New York

Barry C. Zuckerman, CPA/ABV
bzuckerman@metisgroupllc.com
Barry C. Zuckerman has over 25 years of experience in the accounting and business community. He ahs earned an industry-wide reputation in the field of forensic accounting, specializing in business valuations, matrimonial matters, and expert testimony. Prior to joining Metis Group, Mr. Zuckerman worked with local, regional, and international accounting firms where his practice concentration was in accounting and auditing.
Mr. Zuckerman is a Certified Public Accountant in New Jersey.
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New Jersey State Society of Certified Public Accountants
Education
B.S. Accounting, Farleigh Dickinson University