CPA Expert Witnesses

This Certified Safety Professional has provided consulting services to Louisiana business in the construction, petro-chemical, utilities, fossil fuel, nuclear, oil and gas, and manufacturing industries for many years. He has experience directing safety programs for heavy industrial companies by providing supervisory oversight of safety management system development and implementation. He has conducted hundreds of EHS management system audits based on performance standards such as SEMS, PSM, ANSI Z-10, OSHAS 18001, and NACD Responsible Distribution Process Verification (RDPV). He completed his degree in Occupational Safety & Health Management from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. As a Professional Member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, he previously served as the President of the Greater Baton Rouge Chapter and currently holds a leadership position at the state level.

This expert has over a decade of foresnic accounting and economic damage experience. Prior to founding his economic damage advisory consultancy, this expert worked as a senior associate for close to 10 years at a top consulting firm that specialized in forensic and investigative accounting. His practice focuses on quantifiable economic damages arising from medical malpractice, slip-and-fall, MVA, workplace accidents, defamation, wrongful death, and more.

This expert spent 37 years in federal human resources and resources management. His career includes many years with the US Department of Labor in Boston, the Defense Contract Audit Agency, and the Interstate Commerce Commission. One of his main focuses was in employee and labor relations. He has acted as advocate before arbitrators on a wide variety of grievances, including removal, and he served as management's senior representative before the Federal Labor Relations Authority on unfair labor practice allegations. Currently he is an adjunct instructor for a Graduate School in the Washington, DC area, teaching a wide variety of federal HR courses to include, FLSA, FMLA, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, Pay Setting, Suitability Adjudication, and HR for New Supervisors and Managers.

This accounting consultant is a CPA with an M.B.A. from Cornell and a Ph.D. in Accounting from Ohio State University. Early in his career, he was an Academic Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He now works as a consultant to public companies on matters including SEC compliance, U.S. GAAP, international accounting standards, and control of international operations. He produces training content has led 250 management education programs in 14 countries. The expert was a tenured member of the faculty of Thunderbird for 13 years, with previous faculty experience at Dartmouth College, MIT, and Wake Forest University. He is currently a Visiting Clinical Professor at a university in Texas and his a member of the Standing Advisory Group of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

This accomplished senior finance executive has more than 30 years of experience within the global pharmaceuticals, healthcare, pharmacy benefits management and manufacturing industries. Most recently, he held the title of Vice President of Finance, Gross Margin Planning and Strategic Pricing with Express Scripts from April 2013 to March 2016. In this role, he managed the finances, strategic planning, business development, competitive intelligence and pricing for over $100 billion in annual revenue and associated gross margins across all business units. The expert previously held positions as a Market Group CFO & the Senior Vice President of the Employer & Key Accounts Group, the Vice President of Client Analysis & Account Management Planning, and the Vice President of Pricing & Underwriting. He has extensive experience overseeing negotiations and pricing for renewals and new sales. The expert earned his B.A. in Accounting & Business Administration and an M.B.A. in Finance from Rutgers University. He is currently an independent consultant.

This expert has more than 35 years of experience in industrial hygiene, occupational safety, emergency preparedness and response and waste management. He served as the designated company witness for AT&T in asbestos litigation since 2009 and designated by the company as a witness in investigations by regulatory agencies in a variety of matters related to environment, health and safety compliance. He holds an MS in Environmental Studies from University of Lowell and is a board certified industrial hygienist, a certified hazardous materials manager, and a certified professional environmental health and safety auditor.

This insurance industry veteran has 30+ years of experience in the field. He is currently active as the Owner of an insurance claims consulting business that provides P&C claim audits, studies of industry best practices, and expert witness testimony. Previously, the expert served as a Partner at Ernst & Young, where he was the National Practice Leader for the Property & Casualty claims consulting practice. The expert earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Elmhurst College and holds the Associate in Risk Management and Casualty Claim Law Associates designations. He has authored works in several industry publications and is often quoted in insurance-related articles.

This expert has extensive experience in residential operations for correctional and treatment settings. He entered the field in the late 1970s, serving as the Director of Juvenile Services for Massachusetts Halfway Houses. More recently, the expert was the Director of Quality Assurance for the Department of Juvenile Services in Baltimore and the Quality Assurance Manager with Spectrum Health Systems Inc. He has dealt with operations in prison, substance abuse treatment, and mental health facilities. The expert is a member of the American Correctional Association and a certified PREA Auditor by the Department of Justice. He is currently a consultant with a healthcare firm, where he focuses on operational deficiencies in residential facilities.

This highly qualified professional engineer earned a BS at Seton Hall University, an MS in Electrical Engineering at University of Maryland, an MS in Business Management at Florida Institute of Technology, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He specializes in audits, programs, and training for electrical safety, as well as compliance review and testing for product safety. He has reviewed a number of cases involving electrical/battery fires, electrocution/electrical accidents, lightning, and safety. He belongs to a number of prestigious institutions in the electrical engineering field, and currently serves as the principal consulting engineer at his own private engineering and consultancy firm.

This qualified expert of Premium Audits obtained her AA in Paralegal Studies from the University of LaVerne. She is a member of the Premium Audit Review Consultants Group and the Risk Management Society. She is currently a Premium Auditor at a private consulting firm.

This expert earned her BA in Accounting from Baker College and her JD from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. She also earned an LLM in Taxation at Thomas M. Cooley Law School. This expert is certified as a Public Accountant and Fraud Examiner. In addition, she is a licensed attorney in the state of Michigan. She is active in her field as a member of several associations including the American Association of Attorney-CPAs and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Advisory Board. Formerly, the expert held several roles as a Senior Accountant and Auditor, and she is currently an Attorney at a private legal practice.

This expert on Economic Damages has over 35+ years of experience in calculating damages and performing business valuations. He obtained his BA in Economics, his MBA in Accounting and Finance, and his JD from Tulane University. He is a certified CPA, Senior Appraiser, and Business Appraiser and certified in Financial Forensics and Business Valuation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.. He has 5 Publications and is currently a Tax and Business Valuation Partner with Moss Adams LLP.

Prior to her academic career, this expert worked as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service for nearly 15 years. While with the IRS, she tried 50 cases before the United States Tax Court, dealing with issues including fraud, business deductions, mergers and acquisitions, TEFRA partnerships, corporate expenses, and exempt organizations. She earned her JD at DePaul University and currently teaches law at Prestigious University. This expert was a Fulbright Professor of Law for the 2007-2008 academic year in Beijing, China and a Fulbright Distinguished Chair Professor of Law in Shanghai, China for the 2014-2015 academic year.

This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the field of forensic accounting. He earned his BA at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is Certified as a Public Accountant, Management Accountant, and in Financial Forensics. He is active in his field as a member of several professional accounting societies including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and he has lectured and presented extensively on topics relating to forensic accounting. He currently serves as a Principal at a Forensic Accounting Firm in California, and as an Adjunct Professor of Forensic Accounting at a University in California.

This expert has 13 years of experience in residential appraising in most MD counties. She is a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, working with both lenders and individual clients to provide prompt and accurate real estate valuations for the purpose of purchase, refinance, estate and financial planning, tax appeals and other purposes. Prior to her position as Lead Appraiser/ Owner of a real estate appraisal firm, she was Appraiser at RT Appraiser. She is also a licensed Realtor.

This highly experienced forensic accountant is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He has over 20 years of experience with operations and oversight of financial reporting, accounting and audit functions (internal and external), primarily publicly-traded companies reporting in compliance with GAAP, GAAS and SEC regulations. He began his career as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche. Later, he worked at private companies as controller and chief financial officer, and a public company in SEC reporting. From 1997-2008, he was an in-house forensic accountant at three law firms in California. He has extensive experience with well-publicized alleged accounting frauds by public companies, including Enron, UnitedHealth, Dynegy, Dollar General, Honeywell, Oracle, Qwest and Gemstar-TV Guide. He also has led forensic investigations into numerous "audit failures." He has helped counsel recover and return to shareholders $2.4 billion in losses from alleged securities fraud, an average recovery of ~$55 million per case.

This expert is a CPA with over 30 years experience in forensic accounting and economics. He regularly serves as an expert witness to present economic damage calculations or other matters involving accounting, finance or business valuation. He is currently the principle founder of a financial and economics consulting firm.

This expert on Economics Damages has over 19 years of experience as an auditor and forensic accountant. He has extensive experience as an investigator and an expert witness. He obtained his BBA in Accounting from Texas State University. He is a certified CPA and Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor and is certified in Financial Forensics and Business Valuation.

This expert earned her BS at Arizona State University, and went on to complete the Leadership in Engineering Administration Program through the American Council of Engineering Companies, as well as the Road Safety Audit Reviews at the National Highway Institute. She active in her field as a member of several professional societies including the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and has authored 4 publications on subjects relating to her field. She has received several awards, including the 2016 ASCE New Faces of Civil Engineering Professional Honoree and the 2010 ASHE National Board Younger Member of the Year. She previously served as a Traffic Analyst at Morrison Maierle, Inc., and as a Project Manager at Lee Engineering, LLC. She currently serves as the Principal and Founder of her own Traffic Engineering Consultancy in Arizona

This expert has over 25 years of experience in forensic accounting, focusing on the measurement of economic damages and litigation support. He received a BS in Business Administration and Accounting at Roosevelt University and is an active, certified Public Accountant, Global Management Accountant, Financial Forensic Specialist, and Fraud Examiner. This expert has experience across numerous industries including agriculture, construction, manufacturing, and healthcare. He has participated in numerous seminars involving the measurement of economic damages to the legal profession, insurance industry personnel, and the private sector. He has utilized his expertise in numerous legal proceeding including a matter in which he was hired to quantify damages in a product liability matter involving agricultural growing materials purchased by a cooperative of farmers. Such experience has made him proficient in the commercial agricultural operations, agricultural cooperatives, and other farm services. He is currently a Partner at an international forensic accounting firm.