Navigating the Business Divorce Seas 2026

Michael A. Saccomanno, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA is a Lead Managing Director of the Forensic Consulting Group at CBIZ primarily working out of their Marlton, Northfield, Tinton Falls, and Philadelphia offices. CBIZ’s industry-focused practice features concentrated areas of expertise and understanding of the economic environment. CBIZ clients have the advantage of working with a large-size accounting firm that combines the staff and resources of a large firm with a philosophy of personal responsibility for our clients. Michael has dedicated his career to the forensic accounting field with a concentration in business valuations, dispute resolutions, economic mediations, and fraud investigations. Michael is routinely engaged by the area’s top attorneys as well as being appointed by various Courts to analyze, investigate, report on, and/or mediate financial disputes involving individuals and corporations. Michael is a frequent speaker and author on topics within the forensic accounting field and has testified in various Counties throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York on issues regarding valuations of business, equitable distribution proceedings (marital dissolution), shareholder disputes, loss of income and/or economic damages, and white collar crime. He has testified in trials (bench and jury), arbitrations, and depositions, over 95 times.

Vince is a shareholder at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C. resident in the firm’s Philadelphia office. He is a trial lawyer with a national practice who handles business and commercial cases, with an emphasis on restrictive covenant counseling and litigation. Vince has represented a variety of businesses of all sizes and spanning many industries, including insurance brokerage, healthcare, private equity, technology, and real estate. He has vast experience protecting companies’ proprietary products or techniques, confidential information, and customer goodwill – often through injunction practice in both state and federal courts. Vince appreciates that business disputes are both costly and distracting. He is frequently called upon by his clients for advice and guidance on restrictive covenant strategies and employee transition issues to avoid litigation. When litigation cannot be avoided, Vince takes pride in crafting bespoke litigation strategies that are designed to achieve outcomes that meet his clients’ business objectives, whether through settlement or at trial.

Molly Crane is a partner at Blank Rome LLP. She has a broad-based corporate and general business practice, with a focus on mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, private equity transactions, complex commercial agreements and general corporate, partnership and limited liability company matters. Molly works closely with corporate clients to advise on a myriad of general corporate counseling and commercial contracts.She has structured and negotiated deals in a wide variety of industry sectors, including government contracts, financial technology, manufacturing and consulting and staffing services, among others. Molly was named as one of City and State magazine’s 40 under 40.She is a member of the firm’s International Alliances Committee and she also serves on the firm’s Pro Bono Committee. Molly has written articles on key issues in the private equity field and has been a featured speaker on legal panels.

Neal is an experienced business lawyer and business litigator who focuses on complex corporate and business matters. He has developed a reputation in the world of business divorce — ownership disputes in privately held companies, including breakups of privately held companies. He represents and provides strategic, business-minded counsel to a range of privately held companies, private equity funds, private investors and family-owned companies, as well as to business leaders including founders, entrepreneurs and majority and minority shareholders. His representations span manufacturing, technology, telecommunications, real estate, financial services, professional services and health care industries. Neal has particular experience working with privately held companies and their shareholder and member relations. He has extensive knowledge of the interplay of rights and obligations of equity holders, management and lenders, which allows him to provide strategic insight to clients in business divorce matters. These matters include claims of shareholder oppression, squeeze-outs and freeze-outs of various types.