FINRA Expert Witnesses in Illinois

This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, with much of his work focusing on residential real estate, buyer representation, and seller representation. He earned his BBA in accounting from the University of Texas and is certified by Weichert Realtors in relocation training. Additionally, he has completed trainings on broker franchising, buyer needs assessment, effective property selection, and buyer representation and negotiation. This expert is licensed as a realtor in Indiana and Michigan. He began his career in the real estate industry as the owner and a broker for ERA Brokers Associates, a startup real estate company. He then served as a partner and broker of Prudential One Realty and a broker-associate for Coldwell Banker Anchor Real Estate. Currently, this expert serves as a broker-associate for a real estate company in Indiana.

This expert is an associate professor in the Personal Financial Planning Department at a prominent Midwestern university. Completing her undergraduate studies in International Relations in China, she received her doctoral degree in Family Resource Management from The Ohio State University. Her research interests focus on helping individuals make informed financial decisions, specifically, decisions related to their portfolio management, financial risk-taking, as well as intertemporal consumption, savings and debt management. She received the best paper award from the CFP Board, AARP, and American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. She serves as an associate editor for the Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal and as a member on the editorial board of the Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, the Journal of Personal Finance and the Journal of Asian Families and as a reviewer for a number of academic journals and conferences. She is frequently invited to speak at national academic and corporate conferences. She regularly works with the China Center for Financial Research at a university in Beijing and played a pivotal role in the design and execution of their first national survey of Chinese Consumer Finance and Investor Education.

This expert has over 40 years full-time real estate appraising experience involving all types of properties. He is a licensed Real Estate Broker in KS and MO and a licensed Gneral Real Propert Appraiser in KS, MO, and CO. Additionally, he is an instructor for CLE appraisal and real estate classes in 7 states. He recently conducted a CLE course titled "Handling Eminent Domain Cases in Missouri and Kansas". He is currently the owner and principal appraiser at an appraisal consultancy based in Kansas City, MO.