Ms.Poulakidas performs valuations of private, closely-held businesses for estate and gift tax purposes, shareholder disputes, mergers and acquisitions, marital dissolution and other business matters. Ms. Poulakidas also has extensive experience in litigation support and has assisted clients in a variety of industries including manufacturing, retail, transportation and professional practices. Ms. Poulakidas is a licensed Illinois real estate broker currently assisting clients with purchase, sale and investment decisions.

Ms. Poulakidas has over 19 years experience in dispute resolution and valuation and other forms of business consulting. During her tenure, most recently as a Director at an international accounting firm, she has performed financial and strategic consulting for corporate transactions and has provided expert economic analysis for attorneys and their clients, including lost profits and other damages calculations. Ms. Poulakidas has extensive experience preparing and critiquing expert reports, developing damage theories and supervising economic modeling.

• Business Valuation
• Litigation Support
• Business Consulting

• Illinois Real Estate Broker License
• Master Business Administration – Finance, DePaul University, Chicago, IL
• Bachelor of Science – Accounting, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

• National, Illinois and Chicago Associations of Realtors
• Illinois Society of Certified Public Accountants (ICPAS)
• Associate Board Member and Volunteer, Common Threads
• Past President and former Treasurer of the AIDS Legal Council of Chicago