Wednesday, July 28

Accounting Fraud: Five sections of the District of Columbia Bar present “The Accounting ‘Close’: Purely Mechanical or an Opportunity for Fraud?” The program starts at noon. Speakers: David Piper, partner, Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP; Charlotte Atkinson, chief financial officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative Inc.; AJ Gollinger, controller and director of finance, Marquis Custom Homes LLC. Location: D.C. Bar Conference Center, 1101 K St. N.W. Cost: $5, students, government and nonprofit employees; $10, co-sponsoring sections members; $15, D.C. Bar members. Registration and information: (202) 626-3463 or www.dcbar.org.