Patrick Lynch
visiting assistant professor of accounting
- Department
- Accounting, Master of Business Administration
- Office Location
- 310 Miller Hall
- Mailing Address
- Loyola University New Orleans
6363 St. Charles Ave.
Campus Box 015
New Orleans, LA 70118 - Direct Phone
- (504) 864-7974
- Fax Number
- (504) 864-7970
- E-mail Address
- pmlynch@loyno.edu
Areas of Expertise
construction industry, health care industry, public utilities industry
Degrees
M.S., University of New Orleans
B.S., University of New Orleans
Short Bio
Patrick Lynch brings 37 years of business experience to Loyola’s College of Business. He practiced public accountancy for 32 years, with two “Big Eight” accounting firms and as a partner with Rogers, Lynch & Associates LLC. He was a contract surety bond underwriter for 5 years before practicing accountancy. His areas of specialization include the construction, health care, and public utilities industries. Additionally, he held Vice President Positions with the three international insurance brokerage firms, traveling extensively across the US designing risk finance programs and forming captive insurance companies in offshore and US domiciles for fortune 1000 companies. In 1994, he was the recipient of the Sedgwick, now Marsh, Team Achievement Award for his contributions to the team effort to the development of Sedgwick’s client relationship with Dow Corning. He used these experiences along with his entrepreneurial spirit to found his own accounting firm, Rogers, Lynch and Associates LLC. One of the accomplishments of his firm was developing, marketing, and providing technical support of S.T.A.R.S™., a software used by commercial lenders to monitor their receivable and inventory lines of credit, to the major commercial lenders in the US and UK.
Along with his teaching responsibilities, he feels that it is important that he continues to provide consulting services in order to stay abreast of business practices. Professor Lynch performs forensic accounting and fraud detection engagements for commercial lenders in conjunction with their asset-based lines of credit in addition to providing financial accounting and tax consulting services to privately held companies. He, also, has qualified and testifies as an expert witness in the US Bankruptcy Court. Moreover, Professor Lynch continues to provide risk finance and contract surety bond consulting services. He gives guest lectures at other universities, including Tulane University, and is a frequent speaker for The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) conferences, State CPA society continuing education conferences, and Associated General Contractors (AGC) & Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC). Additionally, he continues to serve on the Editorial Advisory Committee of Construction Review.
Professor Lynch has a passion for teaching that earned him the Outstanding Teacher Awards in 2008, given by both the students and faculty. His students frequently comment that his “real world” examples, depth of knowledge, and advice are invaluable to them. Furthermore, his contacts within the accounting profession have resulted in internships and jobs for accounting majors. He has been instrumental in developing the Fraud and Forensic accounting curriculum at Loyola, and is the Faculty Advisor for Alpha Beta Psi.