Mr. De La Paz joined DM&A in 2026 as a Manager. His work focuses on investigating financial records to identify fraud, financial misrepresentation, and accounting irregularities. His litigation consulting experience also includes calculating economic damages, supporting business valuation assignments, and assisting on matters involving breach of contract and contract interpretation disputes, intellectual property disputes, construction claims, and employee compensation issues.
Prior to joining the firm, he worked in the Forensic and Financial Consulting Services group at Hemming Morse, where he provided forensic accounting services in high-stakes litigation matters. Before pursuing a career in forensic accounting, Mr. De La Paz worked in the Compliance department at Western Union’s global headquarters, where he conducted investigations of fraud and human trafficking patterns for the DACH (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland) market. Mr. De La Paz has also worked as a Business Development Manager for a Lithuanian power line inspection company and a Beverly Hills surgical practice. During his undergraduate studies, Mr. De La Paz co-founded a software development company that served clients primarily in the European market.
He maintains memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA), and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
A strong proponent of the Oxford comma, Mr. De La Paz enjoys reading about history and human migration patterns. He immensely enjoys philately, gardening, and Avgeekery. When not at home in Los Angeles, he is often visiting small island nations or off-the-beaten-path destinations to learn more about how people live and perceive life and to experience the world in different ways. At home, he curates a personal collection of philatelic covers and expired travel documents. Mr. De La Paz loves languages and speaks five and a half of them, including Azerbaijani and German.
