Finance Expert Witnesses

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 qualified expert received his BS in Business Administration, Finance, and Real Estate and his BSF in Forest Management from the University of Florida at Gainesville. He is a certified Forester, Tree Farm Inspector, and Master Logger. He is an active member in multiple organizations, including the Florida Forestry Association and the Society of American Foresters. Formerly, he was a soil technician, range technician, procurement forester, and land manager. Currently, he is a real estate broker at a firm in Gainesville, a timberland subject matter expert, a land management specialist, a certified forester and a timber purchaser in Florida.

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 highly qualified expert has over 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate finance industry and his expertise includes real estate asset management, mortgage loan servicing, risk assessment and mitigation and relationship management. After receiving his bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Finance from Georgia State University, this expert went on to be a Contract Administrator at the Federal Asset Disposition Association. He then worked as a Contract Specialist at Resolution Trust Corporation before becoming a Director at Kilburn-Young Asset Management Corp. From there, this expert worked as the Vice President of Portfolio Management at CapMark Services LP, where he was responsible for negotiation of servicing and asset management agreements, determination of scopes of work, deal implementation, oversight of complex borrower requests and managing a staff of real estate and portfolio management professionals. For the most recent 15 years, this expert worked as the Vice President and Head of Servicing at Voya Investment Management, where he was responsible for the servicing, administration, and surveillance of commercial real estate mortgage loan portfolios totaling $12+ billion. Currently, he provides consulting services to the commercial lending industry.

This expert serves as an assistant professor of finance at a respected Chinese university. For seven years prior, he was an assistant professor of finance at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He received his PhD in finance from Yale University and his BS in economics from the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include mutual funds, hedge funds, short selling, and behavioral finance. His work has been published in the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, and the Review of Financial Studies.

This expert is an associate professor of finance at a prominent Hong Kong university, where his work focuses on bank risk management and financial markets. He obtained his postgraduate degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Essex and University of Cambridge, and completed executive training at both UC Berkeley and MIT. He created the first Basel-standard internal ratings-based (IRB) system in Hong Kong. Shortly after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008, he re-engineered wealth management due diligence models for some banks. These models are currently implemented by more than 25 regional and global financial institutions. He has served as a founding member of Global Association of Risk Professionals’ FRM Committee, an examiner of professional examinations of both HKSI and HKIB, a member of the Advisory Board of China Bond Rating in Beijing, a non-executive director of Bank of Communications Trustee, the founder of CT Risk Solutions, and a member of Future Task Force for Insurance Industry of the HKSAR Government.

This highly qualified expert has provided valuation and corporate finance consulting services since 1987. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and he is a member of several prestigious associations including the Healthcare Financial Management Association and the American Society of Appraisers. He previously worked as the Senior Managing Director of American Appraisal Associates Inc where he was the Chair of Healthcare Industry Practice. Currently, this expert works as Managing Director in a global consulting firm in Illinois. He specializes in the valuation of a wide variety of businesses and business interests, fairness and solvency opinions, consulting with corporations with respect to corporate finance issues, and estimating economic damages. He has provided opinions of value, fairness, and solvency for many purposes such as acquisitions, divestitures, business and strategic plan reviews, business unit performance measurement, SEC filings, US GAAP and other financial reporting requirements, US federal, state, and non-US tax reporting requirements, regulatory compliance, various dispute resolution and litigation procedures and general advisory purposes. This expert has worked with clients across a wide variety of industries such as business and consumer services, construction, engineering and real estate development, construction materials, banking, financial institutions and insurance, healthcare services and managed care.

This expert has over 30 years of experience in investment management. He holds a BA in economics from Brandeis University and an MBA in finance and accounting from the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout his career managing portfolios and funds, he has bought and sold options and traded stocks, ETFs and mutual funds. As the former Managing Director and Portfolio Manager at Charles Schwab, he managed a $3.5B of mutual fund assets. In this role he was responsible for developing and implementing portfolio strategy, including asset allocation among multiple asset classes and selection of underlying funds. He then went on to serve as President and Chief Investment Officer for Adviser Partners, a boutique asset manager that manages equities and asset allocation products for advisers, financial institutions and family offices. He currently oversees the investment process, research activities and portfolio strategy for an investment firm in Boston, MA.

This well credentialed expert has more than three decades of experience in finance, economics, and statistics, with particular expertise in economic damages assessments, employment litigation, securities and business valuations. He earned his BS in Math and Economics from the University of Oregon, his MBA in Finance from University of California, Los Angeles, and his PhD in Financial Economics from University of California, Los Angeles. He also is a Chartered Financial Analyst from the CFA Institute. He is a past member of numerous national consulting practices, all of which focused on forensic economic matters. In addition, he was a lecturer in Finance at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of California, San Diego, as well as an Assistant Professor at University of California, Irvine. The expert has authored numerous articles and reports in his field. He is currently a Partner at an Economic and Accounting Consulting Firm in California.

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.

Education: AB, Economics, Lafayette College; M.S., Accountancy, NYU Stern; A.P.C., Investment Management, NYU Stern Professional certifications: CPA; Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA); AICPA-Accredited, Business Valuation (ABV); AICPA-Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF); Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE): Certified Management Accountant (CMA); Certified Insolvency & Restructuring Advisor (CIRA); Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP); Certification in Distressed Business Valuation (CDBV); Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Member: AICPA; CFA Institute; CFA Society New York; Turnaround Management Association (former Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee); American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts; + others Delivered lectures and seminars to financial and business professionals in more than 60 cities throughout the U.S. and more than 20 countries on five continents outside the U.S.

This expert earned his BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and is certified as a Public Accountant, Fraud Examiner, Valuation Analyst, and as an Associate in Insurance Accounting and Finance. He is also active in his field as a member of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. In addition, he has held a number of positions as an Accountant and Chief Financial Officer at several companies. Currently, he is the owner of an advanced accounting services firm focused on serving the smaller businesses.

This financial expert earned his BA from Brown University, and his Master of International Affairs in Finance from Columbia University. He has held top leadership positions at numerous financial institutions including Standard & Poor's and Lehman Brothers He is the former Senior VP and Co-Head of Investment Banking Credit, Ratings Advisory, & Execution at Lehman Brothers. Through 2013, this expert was the Director/Senior Vice President - Ratings Advisory & Credit Review for Barclays/Lehman Brothers. He is currently an independent financial consultant.

This expert has held a number of executive positions at a number of architectural firms across the country, including President and CEO of Ridgway Pioneer Corporation, COO and CFO of RNL Design, and Treasurer of the World Trade Center in Denver. He is currently a Franchisee at a hair salon chain store based in Colorado.

This expert has extensive experience with insurance. He gained his MBA from Pennsylvania State University, his PhD from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and his JD from the University of Minnesota. He served as the deputy commissioner and acting chief counsel for the Pennsylvania Insurance Department. He has also served as an insurance consultant to many corporations, state and local governments and was the chair of the finance, real estate, and law department at California Poly University. Currently he is a professor of insurance at a university in Minnesota and an attorney licensed to practice in Minnesota.

This highly qualified expert has a BS in Mathematics from Fujian Normal University, a MS in Statistics and Actuarial Science from the University of Iowa, and a PhD in Applied Mathematical and Computational Sciences from the University of Iowa. She is a Fellow of Society Actuaries. This expert has extensive experience teaching actuarial science and working in the industry. She was an Associate Director at Sun Life Financial, a Director at Prudential Financial, and a Consultant at Athene Life and Annuity. She is currently the Director of an Actuarial Science Program at a top university.

This expert is specialized in analyzing, quoting, binding, and servicing of personal and commercial insurance products and an expert in Safety and Insurance Inspections. He graduated from Mount Saint Mary's University with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and Business Finance. He began his insurance career as a qualified marketing assistant at Prudential Agency and then moved on to be an insurance counselor at AAA Mid-Atlantic. He is currently a licensed insurance agent in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland and he works as a risk manager at a New Jersey personal insurance agency.

This expert is one of the top specialists in the fields of litigation, legal systems and business risks in the Russian Federation and the former Soviet republics. After graduating from the Moscow University of Finance and Law, he spent ten years working for the Federal Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, rising through the ranks from the position of Senior Investigator to Deputy Prosecutor for the Moscow Region. While at the Federal Prosecutor’s Office, he completed his Ph.D. in Law. At present he is Associate Professor, Deputy Head of the Department of Risk Analysis and Economic Security, and Director of the Master's Degree Program on Business Compliance Assurance at the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation. He combines his research work with private legal practice and providing expert testimony in courts of various jurisdictions. The expert is included in the top 100 most cited scholars of Russia. He is certified by the International Compliance Association (UK). The expert resides in Pennsylvania.

This qualified expert received his BA in business administration from Saint Michael's College and has over 35 years of experience in retail wealth management. He is a certified trust financial advisor, a FINRA arbitrator, and a chartered advisor in philanthropy. He has served as a director for prestigious companies such as JPMogran Securities, RBC Wealth Management, and UBS Financial Services with over 17 years of experience in broker dealer field leadership positions.

This highly qualified expert has over 32 years of experience in intangibles consultative sales and client-facing compliance. He earned his BA in economics from the Virginia Military Institute and his MBA from the College of William & Mary. He is a certified financial planner and business intermediary as well as a chartered life underwriter and financial consultant. This expert formerly served as a financial advisor for Ameriprise Financial and as an independent broker/advisor. He currently works as an author, having recently published a book on successful financial planning.