Lending Expert Witnesses

This well-credentialed expert has over 40 years of experience in the evaluation of credit risk and credit-related functions. He served 33 years as a bank regulator at the Comptroller of the Currency, as a contractor from 2013-2018, and a bank and credit union credit consultant. He has extensive experience in community banks and credit unions, mid-sized banks, and considerable experience in the largest banks in the country. Currently, he is a private bank and credit union consultant in Pennsylvania.

This expert is a nationally recognized expert on banking and real estate finance, both residential and commercial. Having earned his BS in accounting and finance from Georgetown University, he served as a partner at KPMG for decades. He is a certified mortgage banker and public accountant with significant industry experience in real estate, consumer and commercial lending, fixed income markets, and securitization. Currently, he is the CEO of a real estate finance firm in Virginia.

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 highly-qualified expert in mortgage banking, seniors housing, agency and GSA programs, and limited partnership trading and valuation has over 30 years of diverse professional experience. After earning his BA from Georgetown University and his MBA from Yale University’s School of Public and Private Management, he went on to serve in numerous industry leadership roles. Among his former positions, he was a senior vice president at Bank of New York’s Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, the vice president of Republic Realty Mortgage Corporation, and the chief asset officer of Public Buildings Service, GSA. He was also the director of the Office of Residential Care Facilities for the Department of Housing and Urban Development and senior vice president at Walker & Dunlop. He is currently the principal of a finance and valuation services company based in Nevada, where he provides analysis related to complicated financial issues for a variety of clients.

This expert has over 35 years of experience in the banking, finance, investment, and brokerage business. He earned his BA in philosophy, economics, and accounting from Pomona College and is licensed as both a California Real Estate Broker and California Finance Lender and Broker. He is a member of the National Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors. He formerly served as a commercial loan officer at Bank of America, as the chief financial officer of Engineered Equipment Company, and as the senior vice president of Mellon Bank and Regents Bank. This expert is currently the president and CEO of a commercial real estate lending company in California.

This highly-qualified expert specializes in the field of mergers and acquisitions. He earned his BS from Colgate University, his JD from Cornell Law School, and his MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He began his career as an attorney practicing mergers and acquisitions law in New York with White & Case. He then went on to begin his investment banking career, where he was involved in over 60 mergers or acquisitions with a combined market value of over $1 billion. He then became president of a nationally recognized middle market mergers & acquisitions firm with 14 offices around the country. After almost seven years growing that company, he left to co-found an M&A firm that was quickly recognized by Crain’s Chicago Business as one of the Top Investment Banking firms in Chicago. He is currently a founder and partner of a national mergers and acquisitions firm and the founder and partner of an advisory that focuses exclusively on companies in the sports, fitness and leisure industry. He is also the co-founder of an exit planning institute, a leading provider of education, training and resources for business advisors committed to the field of exit planning.

This highly qualified expert has over 20 years of experience in the ATM industry and the case payments industry. He earned a degree from Emory University. He is an active member and consultant of the ATM Industry Association, which is a global trade association with more than 10,000 members in 70 countries. He currently serves on the ATMIA’s United States Board Steering Committee and is also an active member of the Independent ATM Deployer (IAD) committee. He has been invited to speak on numerous occasions and has briefed the US Secret Service and FBI on financial crimes. He is also well published by the American Bankers Association, American Banker, Payment Systems Worldwide, and the ATM Industry Association. This expert is the founder and CEO of his own cash payment and ATM industry consulting firm that has been in business since 2002 based in Massachusetts.

This highly-qualified expert has over 40 years of experience in the area of domestic and offshore personal trusts. He received his BS in business administration from Northeastern University before earning his MS in management concentration from the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management at MIT. This expert worked with Citigroup for nearly 30 years, serving in a variety of roles including lending officer, vice president of the institutional recovery management department, senior risk manager, chief fiduciary officer, and chief trust officer. At Citigroup, he had full fiduciary responsibility for Citigroup Trust, the successor organization to one of the country's oldest trust businesses, and he oversaw several thousand trusts. He worked with portfolio managers to monitor fixed income, equity, and alternative investment portfolios. He also headed the trust advisory committee, which approved all new businesses and all discretionary distributions. Currently, this expert is a personal trusts consultant.

This highly-qualified expert has 25 years of experience in banking and small business lending. He earned his BA in organizational management from Warner University and an MBA in finance from International College. He has formerly served as a commercial lender for SouthTrust Bank, Southern Community Bank, and Florida Community Bank. During his time with Florida Community Bank, he also held the roles of area executive, senior lending officer, regional credit director, and commercial banking officer. He then went on to work with Treasure Coast Commercial Real Estate as a commercial real estate advisor and with Molly’s House as the CEO. Currently, this expert is a consultant for a financial consulting firm based in Florida.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the field of investment banking and leveraged finance, specializing in arranging debt financing primarily for leveraged buyouts, mergers and acquisitions, refinancings, recapitalizations and rescue financings. He earned his BS in computer science from Columbia University and his MBA in finance and international business from the University of Chicago, and holds FINRA Series 79, 82, and 63 licenses. He began his career as an associate in the asset-based finance group at Citicorp Securities. Since then, he he served as the managing director at Credit Suisse Securities, Carolina Financial Securities, and ASGARD Securities, where he was also the co-head of the advisory group. Currently, this expert is the managing partner of a middle market investment banking firm in New York.

This highly qualified banking expert has 34 years of banking experience. He has held several senior leadership positions in banking including Founder, President, VP/Commercial Lender, EVP/Region Underwriter and is highly knowledgeable about the credit review process and bank regulations. This expert has qualified and testified in a number of civil and criminal cases in both Federal and State Courts. He earned his BS at the University of California and is currently the principal at a financial consultancy.

This expert currently serves as Associate Professor of Economics at a university in New York and has been teaching economics for over 30 years. She received her B.A. in Sociology, her M.A., in Economics, and her Ph.D. in Economics. Her publications and presentations have focused on the topics of home mortgages and the foreclosure crisis. She previously worked at the New York State Banking Department (now the NYS Division of Financial Services) as Assistant Director of Banking Research and Acting Director of Financial Services Research. This included analyzing the performance of New York State banks as well as analyzing banking and mortgage trends.

This expert has 13 years career experience in the mortgage industry. He attended The University of Louisville College of Business majoring in Finance, with minors in Accounting & Economics. Then he went on to earn certifications as a Certified Residential Mortgage Specialist, Certified Mortgage Consultant, and Certified Distressed Property Lender. He is a member of professional organizations including the Kentucky Association of Mortgage Professionals and National Association of Mortgage Brokers. He is currently a branch partner at a privately owned mortgage company.

This highly qualified financial expert has 30+ years of professional experience at leading firms. Currently he is a Prinicipal at R. G. Quintero & Co. and a Managing Director at Chartered Capital Advisers. Previously he, was an investment banker at Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., an insolvency and restructuring advisor at Zolfo, Cooper & Co, and also started and ran the first valuation practice of KPMG. This expert has performed 1000+ valuations of business, financial instruments, intangible assets, and other assets and liabilities and he has testified as an expert witness on more than 60 occasions in courts throughout the U.S. He is a member several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the CFA Institute, the New York Society of Security Analysts, the Turnaround Management Association, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. This expert has numerous certifications. He has ten professional licenses including CPA and CFA. He earned his MS in Accountancy and an APC in Investment Management at New York University.

This expert has over 40 years of experience in every area of investment banking, including Mergers and Acquisitions (including LBOS and recapitalizations), Fairness Opinions, Adequacy Opinions, Solvency Opinions, Valuations, Damage Issues, Fiduciary Issues, Advice to Special Committees of Boards and Trustees, Due Diligence and Disclosure Issues, Financing of debt and equity both public and private, Leasing and Real Estate Financing, and many other areas. He graduated with honors in economics from Princeton University, followed by graduating at the top of his class in the MBA program at New York University (NYU) Business School. Until 1990, this expert served as an investment banker at Dillon, Read & Co. Inc., one of the most prominent American investment banks of the twentieth Century. Joining the firm as an associate, he became a Vice-President, then Senior Vice-President, and was elected Managing Director in 1982. In November 1990, he resigned from Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. to pursue a new business opportunity. From October 1993 through February 1995, he served as President and CEO of Gulf USA Corporation, shepherding it through a reorganization process, and as a Director of Gulf Resources Pacific in New Zealand, a 90% owned subsidiary and one of the largest commercial real estate companies in New Zealand. He also served as an advisor to certain corporate finance departments of medium-size investment banks, including Gruntal Capital Markets. In addition, he served on certain boards of directors. This expert is currently a Senior Director at a boutique investment bank with both U.S. and foreign clients.

This expert has more than 20 years of experience as a retail executive (Senior VP, Executive VP, Merchandise VP, and President) with Macy's, Bloomingdales, the U.S. division of a major dutch retailer Steinbach, and more. He has also spent 18 years as a financial advisor, equity analyst, and investment banker. He earned a BS in Retail Management/Marketing from Drexel University and has authored multiple publications in the retail finance space.

This expert has spent over 30 years in the payments industry, focusing on emerging technologies and breakthrough developments. He is highly familiar with the various product offerings currently on the market, specifically those pertaining to mobile payments and platform systems for mobile banking. This expert understands the important trends and key players in this space, and his expertise in this technological area is second to none.

This expert is the President and CEO of a philanthropic trust, which she has transformed into one of the largest fundraising and grantmaking institutions in the U.S., raising more than $4 billion in contributions, making more than 90,000 grants to charities in 57 different countries, and crafting partnerships with some of the largest banking institutions in the world. She is a nationally recognized expert on charitable and planned giving having been interviewed about philanthropy and donor-advised funds on CNBC, PBS, NPR, CNN International and Bloomberg TV, and by nearly every national newspaper and major trade publication, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Bloomberg, CBS MarketWatch, Financial Advisor, and Investment News. She has received numerous industry honors, most recently the Association of Fundraising Professionals' 2014 Outstanding Fundraising Professional.

This highly qualified expert earned his MD from the University of Pretoria and completed his Orthopedic Surgery residency at Pretoria Academic Hospital and Kalafong Hospital. He then went on to complete a fellowship in Orthopedic Oncology at the University of Florida and a fellowship in Tumor Surgery and Tissue Banking at Cornell University. He is Board Equivalent Certified in Orthopedic Surgery. This expert has published over 60 peer-reviewed journal articles and has Co-authored 12 books and manuscripts. He is a reviewer for several national and international journals such as, The Orthopedic Review Journal, the Journal of Bone Surgery ,Current Oncology, and the SA Orthopedic Journal. This expert currently serves as Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of the Musculoskeletal Tumor Unit at a major university affiliated medical center.

This expert is a world renowned figure in digital audio and computer music, with over 40 technical publications and four patents to his credit. The former chief technical officer at Lucasfilm Droid Works, he won both an Emmy Award for Technical Achievement and the Audio Engineering Society's lifetime achievement award. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, as well as undergraduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from MIT.