CPA = Certified Partisan Accountant?

Long Island CPA firm gets caught in crossfire of feuding LLC partners.

This is rare: A CPA has been sued in spin-off litigation involving charges of improperly taking sides in an underlying dissolution case. It could have a bearing on disputes and breakups among owners and partners for many a company.

Three years after going to work for a company, Needleman & Schacter CPAs of New Hyde Park, N.Y., got sued by one of the company’s partners after a falling out, via Peter Mahler, attorney at Farrell Fritz.

Here’s what happened: