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Sultan & Company, headquartered in New York, provides corporations,
investment funds, insurance companies, and law firms with private and thorough investigations, due diligence, and litigation support. Utilizing our in-house investigators and international network of associates, we service clients across North America
and undertake selected assignments in Asia, Latin America and Europe.
Explore this web site to learn more about our history, our qualifications, operating philosophy, and our staff. This site also lists publications and press releases which will tell you more about our ability to respond to your needs with a high quality work product and outstanding service.
How
To Contact Us
We encourage you to contact Sultan & Co. via e-mail,
telephone, fax or regular mail. We will do our best to
respond to your enquiry within 24 hours.
New York
Telephone: 917-375-3096
Fax (secure): 267-375-3098
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Los Angeles
#332
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254 |
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Via E-Mail
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Christina A. Sultan
CEO & Managing Director |
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Ira S. Lifland
Managing Director |
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John T. Doty
Director, Special Operations |
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Kamila Polomska
Associate |
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Management Team
Christina A. Sultan, CEO & Managing Director
Ms. Sultan has represented clients in matters involving corporate investigations, complex business disputes, civil and criminal discovery, new business transactions, initial public offerings, asset-based lending, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory consulting (including FCPA), and damage assessment/response consulting. She has provided death threat response and crisis management services to a select number of executives. Ms. Sultan has experience providing Federal testimony in bankruptcy, real estate and employment matters.
Ms. Sultan received her MBA from the Peter F. Drucker Center of the Claremont Graduate University in 1995, after completing a two-year academic scholarship under instruction from both Dr. Peter Drucker and Dr. Bela Gold, Economics Chair. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from McGill University in 1990. In 1999 Ms. Sultan was awarded the California Private Investigators license with the additional distinction of Qualified Manager. In 2002, she was awarded the New York Private Investigators license. She also holds the Canadian French certificate of Bilingualism, awarded in 1987.
Ms. Sultan was formerly a Director at Kroll Associates (1995, 1996), with responsibilities for domestic and international case management. She specialized in due diligence for energy, financial, entertainment and real estate clients. Ms. Sultan is a specialist in international intelligence and entity profiling.
In the fall of 1996, Ms. Sultan joined Deloitte & Touche with two colleagues to build a new practice on the West Coast market in the field of fraud, forensic accounting and investigations. From 1996 to 1998 Ms. Sultan built a practice exceeding over $1 million in annual revenues and maintained a substantial client base in the Los Angeles office of Deloitte & Touche. New clients introduced to the firm during her tenure included leading law firms, financial/investment holding companies, real estate, gaming and energy sector clients.
Ms. Sultan has presented to the Association for Corporate Growth, and is a member of the Association for Licensed Detectives in NY. She participated in the 2002 Fast Trak Springboard, an annual conference sponsored by Goldman Sachs for owners of technology and information-based businesses, and in 2006 was named to serve on the Business Advisory Council for the National Republican Committee in New York, on behalf of Washington, D.C.
Ira S. Lifland, Managing Director, Los Angeles
Mr. Lifland has over seven years in managing and being directly involved in complex witness locate, child custody, corporate defense/malfeasance and insurance tort investigations.
He initially began his career as a plant manager at a large manufacturing facility in Southern California, for one of the highest grossing kitchen supply companies in the U.S. He subsequently launched and led the sales of his own company for over 13 years, which became the largest domestic producer of niche pet care products in the U.S. Customers included Target, Kmart, Pets-R-Us, and select distributors in Asia. Mr. Lifland joined Sultan & Company in 1999 after working directly with its founder and President, Christina Sultan, for more than 18 months at a Big 4 accounting firm on a multimillion dollar fraud case involving his spouse’s company, Coast Pet Clinic, a leading provider of small animal cancer treatment and specialized prevention centers in the U.S.
He is a graduate of California State University B.A. and the UCLA’s Graduate School, Ojai Lab (Management) studies.
He holds a Department of Justice approved California Weapons permit. A native of California, Mr. Lifland oversees all aspects of investigative cases for the firm’s client base in the California ~ Los Angeles area.
John Doty, Director of Special Operations, Los Angeles
Mr. Doty has over fifteen years in managing, reporting, and conducting complex litigation support, international business, and computer and financial forensics cases, both in North America and various locales in South America, the West Indies, Bermuda and the U.K. In addition, he has implemented proprietary case management systems for complex, multi jurisdictional trial matters, serving both civil and white collar crime counsel at the State and Circuit court levels.
Mr. Doty joined Sultan & Company in 2001, and served one year later as its interim President in Los Angeles, whilst the firm’s New York office was being developed by its founder and CEO, Ms. Sultan.
Prior matters include leading and directing the national security program for the Reverend Jesse Jackson, overseeing all Democratic National Convention activities, from 1999 to 2001. Additional case experience includes conducting product liability, Title VII Civil Rights law, and complex financial investigations for a variety of clients in the Midwest and on the West coast.
He holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree from the University of Minnesota, awarded in 1997, in addition to holding numerous certificates from UCLA in the area of narcotics and substance abuse prevention and awareness. In 2005, he co-authored a program for the California State Bar Foundation that was presented to more than 500 attorneys in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
In 2006 he was published in Kung Fu magazine, for his expertise in corporate security matters.
Mr. Doty is a U.S. War Vet, having served four years of active duty during the Vietnam War.
He most recently provided the successful offense and defense investigation on behalf of a real estate management firm, regarding a $50M - $100M fraud matter. Mr. Doty is active in case intake and management for the Firm’s corporate counsel client base.
Stephan E. Bevan, Managing Director, Los Angeles
Mr. Bevan has over fifteen years’ experience in conducting comprehensive, corporate investigations for legal, business, and government clients in both the U.S. and California. In addition, he has extensive experience in conducting investigations internationally, including Mexico and South America. Mr. Bevan holds a juris doctorate degree, obtained from the State Bar of California in 1977, in addition to holding his private investigator’s license.
From 1979 to 1998, Mr. Bevan was the General Counsel and Vice President of John T. Lynch International, one of the pre-eminent private investigation firms on the West coast that handled complex security and intelligence based matters for corporate clients. He was previously the owner of his own investigative firm, which merged with John T. Lynch International four years after its inception.
Mr. Bevan holds a Bachelor’s of Arts degree from San Jose University (1973), with a major in political science. He has also attended the University of California in Santa Barbara. In 1977 he received his J.D. after attending Western State University’s College of Law.
Mr. Bevan is fluent in Spanish, and served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam.
He has been active with Sultan & Company since 2001, and is the firm’s leading expert in surveillance and security matters for litigation support.
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