Credit Expert Witnesses in Florida

This expert has over 30 years of experience in the field of commercial banking. He has had extensive involvement in all facets of commercial, asset based, real estate and consumer lending as well as underwriting, credit analysis, credit risk review, portfolio management, due diligence and business refinancing. He completed his BA in commercial banking from Lousianna State University. This expert is a certified AIB instructor with specializations in analyzing financial statements and business financial analysis. He is also a certified RMA instructor in RMA financial statement analysis. He has published 8 articles and has given 12 presentations related to bankruptcy plan feasibility, cramdown interest rates, and working with lenders in distressed situations. Previously, he has held roles as a special assets officer at Hibernia National Bank, a business process analyst and manager of special assets at Wachovia Bank, and the principal of GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group. Currently, he serves as the managing director of a financial advisory firm and a health services company in GA.

This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the consumer credit industry, specializing in consumer credit reporting, credit scoring, FCRA, FDCPA, credit damages, Metro-2, and ACDV and AUD forms. He obtained his BS in criminal justice from the University of West Georgia and is currently pursuing his MS in criminal justice and administration at Penn State University. Today, this expert is also certified by the Consumer Data Industry Association. He previously served as an account manager at Equifax, as the manager of global credit bureau products at Fair Isaac, as an invited credit blogger for the New York Times, and as the president of consumer education at Credit.com and SmartCredit.com. More recently, he also worked as a contributor for CNBC's "On the Money" program, for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, and for FOX Business Networks' "The Willis Report," as well as a credit contributor for Mint.com and DisputeSuite.com. This expert is currently the co-founder of a credit industry think-tank, a credit contributor at a consumer credit reporting agency, and the owner of an FCRA, FDCPA, credit, and credit damage consultancy in Georgia.

This expert has over 39 years of insurance, reinsurance and risk management experience. He has worked as an underwriter, a retail agent, a wholesale broker, a reinsurer, an intermediary, a consultant and as an expert witness. His areas of expertise include all forms of property & casualty insurance, the usual and customary practices of the industry, the standards of care and reasonable expectations of parties within the industry, alternative risk transfer techniques and methods including, self-insurance and captive insurance companies; reinsurance, marketing distribution systems within the industry and the roles, responsibilities and functionality of agents, brokers, underwriters, managing general agents, underwriting managers, reinsurers, and the interplay and relationship between all of them.

This expert has been a property valuation and appraisal consultant since 1974. He has completed valuation and consulting assignments for federal, state and local governments and agencies, public and private companies, lending institutions, trust departments, and individuals. He is nationally recognized as an appraiser of large land tracts.