What If You Could Spot the Critical Red Flag in a Financial Statement in the Next Five Minutes?  

The deal room was silent at 11:42 p.m., with signatures due at 9 a.m. An email landed with a "minor update" to the target's balance sheet. In a glance, current liabilities had tripled. No footnote. No warning. That single page could have sunk a multi-million-dollar deal and triggered a malpractice claim.

This book was built for those moments. Lawyers excel at statutes, precedent, and persuasion, yet many stumble when faced with a balance sheet, income statement, or cash flow report. In modern practice, financial literacy is not optional; it is about survival. 

The Busy Attorney's Guide to Financial Statements closes this gap for good. Far from a dense accounting manual, this is a lawyer's toolkit. Using plain English and real cases from nearly 30 years in high-stakes international transactions, this book demystifies the numbers and gives you a practical framework to transform financial data from a liability into your strategic advantage.  

Inside this book, you will discover how to:

Decode the balance sheet: See what a business owns, what it owes, and the equity that remains.

Follow the income statement: Track performance over time and detect manipulation.

Trace the cash flow: Test whether profits translate into cash—because cash pays the bills.

Spot red flags: Recognize the warning signs that precede disputes and fraud.

Apply ratios that matter: Use liquidity, leverage, and cash flow metrics with confidence.

Whether you are in M&A, litigation, corporate law, or managing your own firm, this guide will give you the confidence to question the numbers, protect your clients, and solidify your career as a top-tier advisor.

Stop seeing numbers as an obstacle. It's time to make them your secret weapon.