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Felicia C. Battista is a senior managing director in the FTI Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice and is based in Washington, D.C. Felicia has more than 25 years of accounting experience. She began her accounting career in public accounting and held accounting and legal positions in the private sector and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Felicia provides expert consulting services to clients in matters of accounting, financial reporting, corporate governance and SEC disclosure requirements and procedures.
Prior to joining FTI, Felicia was Of Counsel at the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP, Washington, D.C., where she advised clients on corporate and securities matters, corporate governance matters, mergers and acquisitions, business transactions, financial services, banking regulatory matters and NASDAQ related matters. Before joining Patton Boggs, Felicia was a Partner at the law firm of Malizia Spidi & Fisch, PC in Washington, D.C.
Felicia spent 10 years at the SEC Division of Corporation Finance. During such time, she reviewed and analyzed documents for accounting and legal compliance for companies in various industries, including financial institutions, retail, mining, oil and gas, pharmaceutical and biotechnology. While at the SEC. Felicia served on the Divison’s Financial Institution Task Force from 1991 to 1993 and its Shareholder Proposal Committee in 1993.
Felicia began her accounting career at a major national accounting firm (now Deloitte & Touche LLP). She also held accounting positions with a publicly traded utility company and a privately held real estate development company.
Felicia holds a Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in accounting from the George Washington University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She is a Certified Public Accountant and is also licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Supreme Court of the United States. | 