Accounting Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of accounting expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on accounting and related issues. Accounting expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these accounting expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Forensic Accounting, Lost Profits, Economic Damages, Business Interruption, Fraud, Breach Of Contract, Bankruptcy, Business Valuation, Fraud Investigations, Intellectual Property, Wrongful Termination, Accounting, Cpa, Business Damages, and Business Litigation.
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Barbara C. Luna, PhD, CPA, CFE, ASA, CVA, ABV, CFF, MAFF, CGREA, CREA, CMC
Damages
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, & Hunt, LLP
Business Damages, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Value of Businesses and Real Estate, Fraud. Extensive Expert Testimony in breach of contract, business interruption, dissolutions, intellectual property, construction, fraud, securities, personal injury, wrongful termination matters
Barbara Luna is a Senior Partner in the accounting and litigation services firm of White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt. She has served as a forensic accounting, damages and valuation expert witness for over forty years in business and personal injury litigation and bankruptcy matters. She analyzes financial, accounting, economic, business, real estate and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and reorganization of businesses. She has testified on numerous occasions in U.S. District Court, Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, arbitrations and depositions.
Bryan L. Parker, CPA, FCPA
Bryan L. Parker, CPA, LLC
Pelham, Alabama
Accounting, Business Valuation
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Divorce, Financial, Business Damages, Forensic CPA, Earning Capacity
Areas of Expertise:
Accounting: personal and corporate
Valuation: personal and corporate
Business Interruption/lost earnings/lost profit
Analysis: earnings, lost profit, and businesses
Forensic Accounting
Financial Statements
Mergers & Acquisitions
Appraisals: business and personal net worth
Personal and Corporate Tax
Matrimonial Business Valuation
Bryan Parker CPA is an expert in accounting with over 35 years in corporate and private practice. His specialty is Forensics Accounting and is certified as a Forensic CPA (FCPA). He has assisted clients with consultation, mediation, or testimony in divorce cases concerning but not limited to business or retirement valuation and pre-nuptial agreements. He has experience in all aspects of accounting and finance pertaining to Federal and state income taxes. He is also certified as a Financial Planner (CFP, PFS, and ChFC) and in this capacity, he advises clients regarding their personal and business finances. During his ...
Katheryn R Scott
Driftwood Investigations LLC
Daphne, Alabama
Fraud, Accounting
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White-Collar Fraud, Embezzlement, Bank Fraud, Securities Fraud, Public Corruption, Credit Card Fraud, Elderly Exploitation, Locate Hidden Assets, Heirs Research for Probate Estates, Financial Forensics, Money Laundering, Criminal Defense, Civil Cases, Capital Murder Cases, Mitigation Specialist
I have extensive experience in the areas of fraud prevention, detection and investigation; data analytics; controller and general accounting; Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance; internal auditing; internal control assessments; business process mapping; financial analysis and reporting; and reconstruction of financial records. My career was built on taking apart financial records and putting them back together again in a cohesive story.
I am currently licensed in Alabama as a Private Investigator (#689) and have held the Certified Fraud Examiner designation for over 21 years. I retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) as Sr. Forensic Accountant in 2017, which led to my starting my own practice to continue doing the work I love with the U.S. Attorney's Office, FBI, Secret Service, Defense Attorneys and the public. I previously held certifications in: Certified Internal Auditor (2001-2016), Certified in Control Self-Assessment (2002-2016), Accreditation in Internal Quality Asses...
Janet Chase, ASA, ABV, CEIV, CPA
South Park Advisors
Phoenix, Arizona
Appraisal & Valuation, Accounting
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technical accounting, fair value accounting, economic damages, financial reporting, lost profits, family law, business valuation, corporate litigation, forensic accounting
Janet has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, audit, tax, and finance, including 20 years of experience providing valuation, forensic accounting and litigation services to both private and public companies ranging in size from start-ups to over $1 billion in sales. Her experience includes leadership roles at a Big Four Accounting Firm, as well as global executive involvement for brands such as Bausch & Lomb, Ray Ban, and Birds-Eye Foods.
Janet’s accounting and tax experience includes three years as Corporate Audit Manager for a technology-based healthcare company with sales of over $2 billion and 100 locations worldwide, two years as a Finance Director for the Southeast Asia Region based in Singapore for the same company, and two years as Tax Manager for a producer and marketer of processed food products with sales of $800 million and tax filings in 36 states. Her valuation, forensic accounting and litigation experience includes ten years at a national boutique valuatio...
Christopher G Linscott, CPA, CFE, CIRA
Keegan Linscott & Associates, PC
Tucson, Arizona
Fraud, Accounting
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Financial, Insolvency, Forensic Accounting, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Economics, Mining, Business Operations, Accounting investigations, Forensic investigations, Litigation support, Litigation services
Chris Linscott is the Director of Keegan Linscott & Associates consulting practice with more than thirty-five years of experience. His background includes eight years with KPMG Peat Marwick in the New York City and Boston offices, two years with Coopers & Lybrand in Tucson, two years as a CFO in industry and twenty-six years with Keegan Linscott & Associates. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Chris has served as an expert witness and consultant to attorneys involved in litigation throughout the country. He has also served as a Financial Advisor to Debtors and Creditor Committees in Chapter 11, served as a Chapter 11 Trustee, court appointed Receiver, Financial Fiduciary, Special Master and Examiner in various court cases. Chris is adept at analyzing allegations of fraud in civil, criminal, and bankruptcy matters and working with counsel to understand the financial aspects of litigation. He has testified ...
Nolte Analytics, LLP
Brian Nolte
Los Angeles, California
Appraisal & Valuation, Accounting
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Damages, Trademark Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Patent Infringement, Lost Profits, Disgorgement, Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Business Interruption, Reasonable Royalties, Personal Injury, Employment Damages, Unjust Enrichment, Breach of Contract, Theft of Trade Secrets
Our Team includes experts with the highest and most respected professional credentials, including Certified Public Accountant and Accredited Senior Appraiser. Our Team includes experts with over 40 years’ experience performing damage analyses, valuation, economic studies, and financial investigations. Our experience prevents false starts and avoidable errors, delivering more cost-effective results. Our Team includes experts with over 200 trial testimonies. We typically present our conclusions graphically, using a proprietary presentation system. As a result, we have an unequalled track record of judges and juries accepting our conclusions.
Bob Bates, JD, CPA, CFO, CVA, CFE
Damages calculations, valuation, expert witness
Fremont, California
Accounting, Financial
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Business Litigation, Due diligence, Forensic accounting, Fraud investigations, Litigation support, Lost earnings, Valuation, CFO, CPA, Bankruptcy, Acquisitions
Bob Bates is a JD, CPA, CFE, CVA and CFO and has worked with dozens of lawyers on over 125 cases in various states. Sometimes he provides financial support for a client in litigation, or pre-litigation, and other times he provides a report, such as a damages calculation, which can be used in litigation. He also has experience providing testimony in depositions and trials.
Unbiased Case Analysis
Discovery Review & Recommendations
High-Impact Demonstrative Exhibits
Strategy and Tactics Conferences
Damage Calculations
Cash Flow Analysis Reports
Profit and Loss Analysis
Commercial damages, business interruption and lost profits
He has been involved in depositions/interrogatories and testifying with multiple court cases including:
Embezzlement-Discovered $300k fraud/consultant for counsel Massachusetts
Creditor-NY. $1.6m debentures, usury/breach
Creditor-NY. $1.7m debentures, usury/breach
Creditor-LA, CA $1.7m debentures
Creditor-Orange County, CA. $400k debentures
Creditor-Orange Cou...
Sidney P Blum, CPA, CFE, CFF, CPEA
FLARE
Los Angeles and San Francisco , California
Business Damages, Intellectual Property
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Damages, Economic Damage, Accounting, Intellectual Property, DMCA, Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Royalty Audit, Fraud, False Advertising, Valuation, Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Employment Law, Brands, Complex Business Litigation, Personal Injury, Lost Profits, Unjust Enrichment
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTY AUDIT, BREACH OF CONTRACT EXPERT. "the Expert's Expert".
Leading testifying forensic expert on financial damages in litigations for intellectual property, general damages, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing disputes, reasonable royalty rates, lost profits, fraud, & royalty auditor competence. His 30+ years experiences includes corporate and as an in-charge KPMG Partner. He was the Chief Audit Officer of Beats (now Apple). Author of two books on contract financial language and auditing (Oxford University Press & LexisNexis). His well-written grounded reports are cited as best examples by judges.
Economic Damages
Mr. Blum has been a damages expert on more than 100 federal and state cases. Cases include complex litigation, intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks, false advertising, royalty auditor competence, fraud, DMCA), wrongful termination, construction defect, internet, marketing, unfa...
Gary R. Coburn
Restaurant Concept Innovations
San Juan Capistrano, California
Hotel & Restaurant, Slip Trip & Fall
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Slip Trip & Fall, OSHA, burns, choking, food safety, dram shop, alcohol, negligent security, employee safety, commercial kitchen, customer injuries, ADA, management, franchise, ownership, permitting, training, investing, accounting, premises liability
Award-winning restaurant executive. Helped create, open, run, and advise hundreds of full-service restaurants, limited-service, quick-service, bars and nightclubs. Additional expertise in restaurant franchising and commercial kitchen design/build from remodels to ground up including conceptual development, viability, and business interruption.
Over 40 years in the restaurant industry as owner, operator, franchisor, consultant, President, Chief Operating Officer, and General Manager of numerous restaurant and food service establishments. Experienced restaurant investor and developer.
Active restaurant owner with consulting business developing restaurant concepts and turning around existing establishments.
Concepts worked on include: Joe's Crab Shack, Cask ‘n Cleaver, Lord Charlie’s, El Gato Gordo, Pizza Pronto, Safari Bar Restaurant, Shark Club, Bull Dog Grill, Stronghouse, Pangea, The Ballroom, Juarez Grill, Dickerson’s Club 29, Yucatan Liquor Stand, Zepp’s Atomic Tex Mex, Cab...
James F. Davidson, CPA, CFE, CFF, FCPA, CGMA, CM&AA, CM&AP, CIRA, CTP, CBA, CD
Forensics, Fraud, M&A, Distressed, Governance
Avant Advisory Group
Newport Beach, California
Accounting, Business Operations
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Financial forensics, operational turnarounds, restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, CEO, CFO, CRO, governance, fraud, corporate investigations, certified, turnaround, insolvency, restructuring, CPA, chartered global management accountant, credentialed, fraud examiner, board advisory
Business, forensic accounting, consulting. mergers & acquisitions, distressed, insolvency, bankruptcy, financial restructuring, operational turnarounds, performance & profitability improvement
Forensics, fraud, dispute resolution, financial diligence, strategic planning, corporate governance & board advisory, quality of earnings
Board of Directors OC Forensic Expert Witness Association, Board of Directors LA Association Certified Fraud Examiners, Co-founder/board of Private Directors Association
Consumer products, services; franchising; retail, wholesale distribution; food processing, packaging; restaurants; agribusiness; real estate; engineering, construction; industrial manufacturing, assembly; trucking, transportation; aerospace, defense; waste management; energy – oil & gas, shale, mining; chemicals; fertilizers; lending; dealerships, service, repair; education; telecom, media, technology.
Distressed Asset Acquisitions; Underperforming companies; Due Diligence; Capital Stac...
Jason A Engel, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CVA, MAFF, ABV
Engel & Engel, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Fraud Investigations, Tracing of Funds, Economic Damages, Alter Ego, Fraudulent Transfers, Business Appraisal & Valuation, Economics, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption
Engel & Engel, LLP is a Los Angeles CPA firm engaged in the practice of forensic accounting for over 25 years. Mr. Engel has served as an expert witness in over 500 forensic accounting cases including expert testimony in connection with a jury award of $2.3 billion.
Mr. Engel has authored 20 research publications on the subjects of economic damages, fraudulent transfers, intellectual property, alter ego, business valuation, and employment damages.
Mr. Engel's professional credentials include those of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV).
Mr. Engel has been engaged in the practice of forensic accounting and expert testimony for forty years including forensic experience at two of the Big 4 accounting firms. Mr. Engel has testified in federal courts, bankruptcy courts, state ...
David K Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA
High Stakes Disputes and Investigations
Armanino, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Partnership dispute, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, employment, wrongful termination, business litigation, lost profits, business valuation, unjust enrichment, fraud, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, toxic tort, forensic accounting, breach of contract
ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
David is a skilled forensic accountant, expert witness, and turnaround consultant. Shareholders, creditors, and attorneys rely on David’s focused approach to investigating fraud, determining damages for complex financial disputes, and assisting in bankruptcy matters. Business owners and management teams trust his deep operational experience to guide them through turnarounds and business expansion. David fulfills multiple needs in commercial litigation matters.
Mr. Golbahar has been named expert on over 25 cases. The California Superior court appointed him as a monitor in a well-know restaurant group dispute.
Testimony Experience
- Economic Damages
- Lost Profits / Business Interruption
- Wrongful Termination (Employment Law)
- Business valuation
In 2018, Mr. Golbahar received AICPA’s FVS Standing Ovation award for significant contributions in forensic accounting and in the community.
Barbara C. Luna, PhD, CPA, CFE, ASA, CVA, ABV, CFF, MAFF, CGREA, CREA, CMC
Damages
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, & Hunt, LLP
Sherman Oaks, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Value of Businesses and Real Estate, Fraud. Extensive Expert Testimony in breach of contract, business interruption, dissolutions, intellectual property, construction, fraud, securities, personal injury, wrongful termination matters
Barbara Luna is a Senior Partner in the accounting and litigation services firm of White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt. She has served as a forensic accounting, damages and valuation expert witness for over forty years in business and personal injury litigation and bankruptcy matters. She analyzes financial, accounting, economic, business, real estate and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and reorganization of businesses. She has testified on numerous occasions in U.S. District Court, Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, arbitrations and depositions.
Thomas M. Neches, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE, CFF
Thomas Neches & Co., LLP
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability, banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation.
Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA.
Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...
Michael Spindler, CPA, CFE, CFF, ABV, CAMS
B. Riley Advisory Services
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Fraud
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Forensic accounting, damages, alter ego, Ponzi schemes
Michael Spindler is a CPA and Certified Fraud Examiner who brings over 40 years of experience to complex disputes including matters related to forensic accounting and business fraud investigations across a wide range of industries. He has provided expert testimony on dozens of occasions in bench trials, jury trials and arbitration proceedings. He has served as a court-appointed forensic accountant and as an accounting referee. He has conducted numerous high-profile investigations of public company financial statement fraud and other matters. Mr. Spindler has presented his findings to special committees and various government agencies on behalf of clients, including the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Internal Revenue Service and the Office of Thrift Supervision.
Tatevik Torossian
Forensic CPA Litigation Support & Expert Witness
Grobstein Teeple LLP
Woodland Hills, California
Fraud, Accounting
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Complex commercial litigation, expert witness, economic damages, lost profits, fraud investigations, trust disputes, partnership disputes, wrongful termination, wage disputes, personal injury, family law, wrongful death, bankruptcy, lost wages, fidelity losses
General Background: Tatevik has worked in the field of Forensic Accounting since 2009, having over 15 years of experience with forensic accounting and fraud investigations. Her expertise includes the analysis and measurement of economic damages resulting from business interruption losses, commercial litigation disputes, loss of earnings calculations, family law, and employee theft. She has been designated as an expert witness and assisted in the evaluation and preparation of expert witness reports and calculations for Federal and State Courts. Tatevik is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and is Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics. Tatevik earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Los Angeles. She comes from an extensive background of forensic accounting as well as business management and tax services. Tatevik is trilingual, ...
Jack W. Harris, CPA, MBA, CVA, CFE, MAFF, CFF, CGMA, CIA
Forensic Accounting and Economic Damages Expert
Jack W. Harris, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Business Damages, Accounting
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Commercial Litigation Damages, Construction Damages, Construction Cost Audits, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Construction Defect Damages, Forensic Accounting, Business Damages, Business Interruption, Insurance Claims, Surety Claims Analysis, Personal Injury Damages, Wrongful Death Damages
Jack W. Harris is a forensic accounting expert with 44 years professional experience in the areas of commercial litigation damages, construction claims, construction damages quantification, construction cost audits, lost profits analyses, business valuation, business interruption, financial management, accounting, internal auditing, and fraud investigations. Mr. Harris has worked on numerous domestic and international projects. Mr. Harris serves as an independent expert and consultant, and has held various management auditing and controller positions with major accounting, construction, financial services, and diversified firms. Mr. Harris is admitted as a Neutral with the American Arbitration Association for accounting and construction matters. Mr. Harris’ industry focus includes but is not limited to construction, mining, energy, real estate and land development, insurance, surety, and related industries. Other industry expertise includes but not limited to high technology, medica...
Gordon Yale, CPA, CFF, CFE
Yale Forensics
Denver, Colorado
Securities & Investments, Accounting
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Adequacy of disclosure in securities offerings, adequacy of due diligence by brokers and investment advisers, accounting and audit negligence, private placement of securities, real estate investments, fixed income securities, Ponzi schemes, financial analysis, life settlements, securities fraud
I have testified in state and federal courts, SEC administrative hearings, FINRA and private arbitrations. Cases have included multi-billion Ponzi schemes including Medical Capital Secured Notes, Provident Royalties Preferred Stock, DBSI Housing TICs, Notes, and various land funds, IMH Secured Loan Funds, Discovery Oil, InterBank Funding Income Fixed Rate Participating Notes, Dallas Proton Treatment Center, LLC Convertible Notes and other investments including partnerships, privately offered REITs.
I have conducted three investigations of Big 4 accounting firms in connection with their audits of thrift institutions, including Silverado Saving and Loan, for the Colorado Board of Accountancy, done municipal bond valuations for the state of Hawaii and served as an expert for the state of Florida in its action against Angelo Mozilo, the co-founder and former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation.
I have owned a securities broker-dealer, worked as an investment banker and fixed ...
Edward M Rouse, CPA, CFE, CRFAC
MCINTOSH & ROUSE
Pensacola, Florida
Accounting, Business Valuation
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigations, Financial Fraud, Divorce Litigation Support, Criminal Defense Support, Business Fraud, Tax Fraud, Litigation Support, Economic Damages, Corporate Litigation, Business Valuations, Assets Tracing, Tax Litigation Support, Bankruptcy, Civil Claims Consultant
Edward Rouse, CPA, has more than 35 years of experience in accounting and tax preparation. His areas of expertise include accounting, taxation, litigation support, and fraud investigations. In addition to his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, Ed also is a Certified Forensic Accountant (CRFAC) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Ed graduated cum laude from Lehigh University BS/BA and received his MBA from George Washington University. He is married with three children and served his country in the United States Marine Corps. Ed is known and respected as an accountant in the Pensacola area who places his client’s needs first and foremost
Ed's background in accounting, tax, and finance includes 15 years of experience providing valuation, forensic accounting, and litigation services. His experience ranges from expert witness testimony to consulting for fraud investigations, white-collar crime cases, as well as business related civil cases and divorce. Ed is familiar with co...
Mitchell M. Cohen, CPA, CFE, FCPA, CFLC
Bronswick Benjamin, PC
Chicago, Illinois
Accounting, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Financial Investigations, Fraud Audits, Reconstruction of Accounting Information, Lost Profits, Divorce
Mr. Cohen has more than twenty four years experience in the field of public accounting which includes providing compilation, review and audited financial statements along with tax preparation and business advisory services. He has also submitted expert reports in the areas of divorce, lost income, financial misrepresentation, financial conversion and corporate veil cases in both the private and public sectors. He has testified and been deposed in several counties in Illinois.
Michael D. Pakter, CPA, CFF, CGMA, CFE, CVA, MAFF, CA, CIRA, CDBV
Economic Damages
Gould & Pakter LLC
Chicago, Illinois
Business Damages
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Lost Profits, Economic Damages, Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy Core Proceedings, Insurance and Business Interruption Claims, business valuation, Fraud, Internal Investigations
Michael focuses his professional practice on determining lost profits, lost earnings and other economic damages, forensic accounting, financial analyses, investigations and business valuation. He provides consulting and expert services regarding economic damages, forensic accounting, business interruption, contract disputes, GAAP, GAAS, solvency, alter ego, fraud and bankruptcy and financial transactions and balances.
Michael provides consulting and litigation services to trial lawyers, trustees, receivers, business owners and units of federal, state and local government. Many engagements combine complex litigation, forensic accounting, financial analysis, economic damages, valuation and distressed business issues with the reconstruction of all or portion of incomplete, misstated and/or falsified accounting books and records and financial statements.
Michael has more than 40 years of experience in accounting, forensic accounting, business economics and investigations including m...
Chad M Garland, CPA/ABV/CFF/CGMA, ASA, CVA MAFF, CFE, CTP, MBA
Chad M. Garland, CPA, LLC
Shreveport, Louisiana
Accounting, Business Valuation
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Forensic Accounting, Litigation Services, Economist, Fraud
A licensed CPA in Louisiana since 1981 and in Texas since 2009, Chad Garland has an extensive education and working experience in the fields of accounting, finance and banking. Chad has served on the board of directors for two prominent companies and as President of the Ark-La-Tex Cash Management Association. His experience includes bankruptcy, expert witness testimony, litigation services, business valuations, small business consulting, budgeting, tax planning, financial reporting, management oversight, and as a workout specialist for troubled companies.
Currently, Chad focuses his expertise on the areas of litigation services including bankruptcy, forensic and fraud accounting and expert witness testimony, business valuations, income taxes, and small business consulting. As an expert witness, he has testified in both district and federal courts.
CPA, Licensed in Louisiana and Texas
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Chartered Global Man...
David W. Carr, CPA, CMA, CFE, ABV
The Witherspoon Group, LLC
Salisbury, Maryland
Accounting, Business Valuation
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Forensic Accounting, Asset Tracing, Fraud Investigations, Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Business Interruption, Appraisal & Valuation, Loss of Business Value, Marital Dissolution, Partnership Disputes, Bankruptcy, Restructuring
David Carr is a forensic accountant and valuation analyst experienced in assisting with cases involving divorce, bankruptcy, fraud, partnership disputes, and economic damages. Mr. Carr has a background in public accounting, having performed financial statement audits and prepared business and individual tax returns. Mr. Carr also prepares business valuations for other purposes outside of litigation, such as estate & gift tax filing, employee stock ownership plans, and M&A consulting.
Mr. Carr is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and Accredited in Business Valuation.
Donald A Walker Jr, MBA CPA CGMA
Donald Walker Consulting LLC
Massachusetts
Accounting, Fraud
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Financial Fraud, SEC Investigations, SEC Accounting and Reporting and Disclosures, Whistleblowers, Accounting and Auditing Malpractice, Bank Loan Loss Allowances, Bank Accounting and Auditing, Internal Controls, GAAP, GAAS, SEC Former Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, Accounting Professor
Currently providing litigation support and testifying services in civil and criminal matters regarding SEC accounting and reporting, financial fraud, internal control certification, Graham- Leach-Bliley and Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank matters, bank and loan accounting, MD&A, whistleblower matters, revenue recognition, and accounting and auditing malpractice.
Recently testified in Federal District Court criminal fraud case regarding SEC banking GAAP and MD&A disclosures and SEC procedures.
Deposed in whistleblower case and have provided expert reports in whistleblower cases.
Advising counsel and companies on SEC inquiries and investigations and civil litigation over accounting and disclosure matters including bank loan loss reserve controversies.
Providing services in all US states.
Co-author of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 102.
Provided expert opinions related to internal controls and internal audit function of financial institution, applications of GAAS and GAAP.
FTI Co...
Susan J Koss, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA
O'Keefe
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan
Accounting, Legal
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Litigation support in breach of contract, lost profits, economic damages, and fraudulent conveyance matters, business valuations utilized in estate tax resolutions, shareholder disputes, marital dissolutions, and merger and acquisition transactions
Additionally, Ms. Koss prepares complex financial analyses utilized in business turnarounds and bank workout assignments for clients. Her restructuring expertise includes a variety of industries including but not limited to distribution, real estate and manufacturing. Ms. Koss is also involved in the quantification of economic damages for large product recalls and warranty matters.
Ms. Koss holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with departmental honors, from Oakland University and is licensed by the State of Michigan as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She is accredited by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and has been awarded the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) credentials by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is a past Recording Secretary and past Chair of the Michigan Chapter of IWIRC (International Women’s Inso...
Jennifer Oyadomari
Forensic Accounting & BV Expert Witness
Forensic Solutions, LLC
Henderson, Nevada
Fraud, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Embezzlement, Business Valuation, Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Tracing Analysis, Financial Analysis, Litigation Support, Expert Witness, Fraud Risk Assessment, Business Interruption, Asset Tracing, Income Determination, Family Law, Cannabis
Jennifer Oyadomari is the President of Forensic Solutions, LLC, an accounting firm that specializes in forensic accounting, business valuation, lost profits, and litigation support services. Ms. Oyadomari has almost two decades of professional experience in the areas of financial accounting, business valuation, and forensic accounting. This experience includes positions in the cannabis industry and in the Forensic Advisory practice of BDO USA, LLP.
Ms. Oyadomari is the current instructor of the Fraud Examination course at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which is a senior- and graduate-level accounting course.
Ms. Oyadomari has testified in depositions and trials, assisted with mediations and settlements, served as a joint and neutral expert, and served as both a Special Master and as a Receiver.
Ms. Oyadomari earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and her Master of Science in Accounting from University of Nevada, Las Vegas....
Donald A Walker Jr, MBA CPA CGMA
Donald Walker Consulting LLC
Bedford, New Hampshire
Accounting, Fraud
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Financial Fraud, SEC Investigations, SEC Accounting and Reporting and Disclosures, Whistleblowers, Accounting and Auditing Malpractice, Bank Loan Loss Allowances, Bank Accounting and Auditing, Internal Controls, GAAP, GAAS, SEC Former Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, Accounting Professor
Currently providing litigation support and testifying services in civil and criminal matters regarding SEC accounting and reporting, financial fraud, internal control certification, Graham- Leach-Bliley and Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank matters, bank and loan accounting, MD&A, whistleblower matters, revenue recognition, and accounting and auditing malpractice.
Recently testified in Federal District Court criminal fraud case regarding SEC banking GAAP and MD&A disclosures and SEC procedures.
Deposed in whistleblower case and have provided expert reports in whistleblower cases.
Advising counsel and companies on SEC inquiries and investigations and civil litigation over accounting and disclosure matters including bank loan loss reserve controversies.
Providing services in all US states.
Co-author of SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 102.
Provided expert opinions related to internal controls and internal audit function of financial institution, applications of GAAS and GAAP.
FTI Co...
Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC
New Jersey
Insurance, Business Damages
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Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 27 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, economic damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance.
One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations.
Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insur...
Kevin Bandoian, CPA
Forensic Accounting, M&A Disputes, Investigations
New York, New York
Accounting, Arbitration/Mediation
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Forensic Accounting, M&A Disputes, Arbitrator, Neutral Accountant, Accounting Referee, Post-Closing Disputes, Purchase Price Disputes, Working Capital Disputes, Earn-Out Disputes, Reps & Warranty Claims, M&A Advisory, Closing Statements, Insurance Claims, Investigations, Malpractice, Expert Witness
CPA with 40 years of accounting, financial, and business experience. Former Big 4 accounting firm partner now working as an independent practitioner. Experienced arbitrator of post-closing purchase price adjustment, working capital and earn-out disputes arising from M&A buy-sell transactions. Expert witness and litigation consultant in many accountants’ malpractice, breach of contract, and other commercial disputes. Diverse industry experience across dozens of industries, including financial services (banking, securities, etc.), commercial and industrial (consumer products, industrial products, manufacturing, entertainment, services, etc.) and not-for-profit.
Kevin provides a full range of forensic, risk and compliance services. He has substantial experience performing complex investigations, special audit committee investigations, fraud and forensic accounting assignments, arbitration and litigation services, merger and acquisition (M&A) advisory services, contract compliance...
Michael J. Garibaldi, CPA,ABV,CFF,CGMA
Garibaldi Group
Garden City, New York
Business Valuation, Accounting
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Appraisal, Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Business Damages, Fraud, Business Operations, Financial, Economics, Management, CPA, Accountant, Tax, Business Divorce, Appraisal & Valuation
Russell Kranzler, CPA, CFF, CRFA
Expert Witness - Business Interruption Losses
HKMP LLP
New York, New York
Accounting, Business Damages
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Litigation, Economic damage Calculations, Claims Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Bankruptcy, Lost Profits, Insurance claims, Contract Disputes, Business Interruptions, Fraud
My name is Russell Kranzler, I am a managing partner at HKMP, specializing in forensic accounting and auditing, with a focus on litigation support and claims valuation services. As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), and a Certified Forensic Accountant (Cr.FA), I leverage my investigative skills, financial expertise, and extensive accounting background to tackle complex business issues.
My experience spans insurance claims, economic damage calculations, lost profits, frauds, bankruptcies, and contract disputes. I am frequently sought after by attorneys, private investigators, and insurance companies for my expertise in identifying and valuing losses due to business interruption, employee dishonesty, burglary, and other insured events. My credibility as an expert witness is further bolstered by my wide-ranging experience in corporate accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting.
I am a graduate of Ohio State University and hold memberships in v...
Andrew T Clark, CPA, CFE, CFF
Meaden & Moore, LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
Accounting, Business Damages
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Litigation Support, Loss of Profits, Economic Damages, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Interruption, Inventory & Contents Claims, Employee Dishonesty, Construction Contract Analysis, Financial Motive, Subrogation, Extra Expenses, Product Liability, Fraud
With over twenty-five years of public accounting experience, Mr. Clark specializes in forensic accounting services for the legal and insurance profession. He has been designated as an expert and testified in Federal and State courts on a variety of matters including commercial insurance claim evaluations, contract disputes, loss of profits, personal injury, wrongful death, professional liability, and white-collar crime. Mr. Clark has also been appointed as an Appraiser on a variety of commercial property insurance disputes.
Mr. Clark’s experience spans a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, energy, hospitals, retail, hotel and hospitality, construction, agriculture, transportation, colleges and universities, restaurants, stadiums and theatres. He evaluates damages related to loss of profits, economic damages, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, financial motive, business interruption claims, inventory and contents claims, extra expense claims, employee dish...
Rebecca Newman, CPA, CFE
Forensic Accounting Services
Portland, Oregon
Accounting, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Commercial Damages, Business Interruption, Lost Earnings, Financial Elder Abuse, Fraud Investigations, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination
I have over 20 years of experience with forensic accounting, including personal injury, wrongful death, business interruption, and patent infringement cases. Clients have included civil plaintiff and defense attorneys, insurance companies, and criminal prosecution and defense attorneys.
In addition to my training and substantial experience as a CPA, my background in communications allows me to effectively connect with clients, juries, and arbitrators, both in person and through my reports. I believe that clear, direct language is more understandable to the triers of fact -- and ultimately more convincing.
Jessica Sands, CPA
Jessica Sands CPA, LLC
Bend, Oregon
Fraud, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Economic Damages, Financial Reporting, Lost Profits, Corporate Litigation, Accounting Investigations, CPA, Business Litigation
Jessica Sands is a certified public accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of Oregon and has obtained the Core Forensic Accounting Certificate promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She has worked in both public accounting and industry since graduating from Linfield University with a degree in accounting in 1998.
A few of Jessica’s notable areas of expertise include family law and divorce, financial analysis, and investigative financial review, complex financial reporting (business plans, budgeting, and forecasting), fraud investigation, and business damages.
Jessica can provide expert support for clients in litigation or pre-litigation. She can provide an expert report, such as a damage calculation or business valuation, which can be leveraged in litigation. She can also provide testimony in depositions and trials:
• Unbiased case analysis
• Discovery review and recommendations
• High-impact demonstrative exhibits
• Strategy and tactic...
Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC
Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Insurance, Business Damages
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Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 27 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, economic damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance.
One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations.
Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insur...
EJ Janik, CPA, CFF, CFE, CFLC, MS
Janik Forensics PC
Dallas, Texas
Business Damages, Accounting
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Damages Lost Profits, Forensic Accounting, Construction Claims, Business Interruption, Insurance Claims, Product liability claims, Theft of Trade Secrets, Whistle blower cases, Antitrust/Pricing issues, Business valuations, Contract disputes, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Oli & Gas, M & A
EXPERIENCE
• Over 60 trial/hearing testimonies in 8 states: 11 Federal, 23 State, 25 Arbitration
• Over 90 total expert testimony matters
• Over 790 business dispute and consulting matters
• 150 financial audits (Public Accounting – 7 years)
• Significant engineering & construction experience
EJ JANIK, CPA, CFF, CFE, CFLC, MS
CPA = Certified Public Accountant
CFF = Certified in Financial Forensics
CFE = Certified Fraud Examiner
CFLC = Certified Forensic Litigation Consultant
FIRM SERVICES
Business and Dispute Consulting
Construction and Contract Claims
Damage Analysis / Critiques
Fact Finding / Graphic Analytics
Opinions / Reports
Accounting / Financial / Economic Modeling
Contract Accounting
Projections and Trend Analysis
Color Graphic Damage Modeling
Trial Exhibits and Expert Testimony
OVERALL EXPERIENCE
Antitrust/Pricing Issues
Audits
Bankruptcy Analyses
Business Interruption
Business Valuations
Construction Claims
Contract Disputes
Cost Determinations...
Lindy (Buddy) M. Pilgrim
Integrity Management Services, Inc.
Parker, TX, Texas
Agriculture, Management
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Poultry, Chicken, Turkey, Commodity Markets, Protein Markets, Sales, Market Prices, Management, Accounting, Marketing, Trading, Food Processing, Meat Processing, Agri-business, Further Processed Foods, Food Manufacturing, Live Production, Animal Agriculture, Contract Farming, Rendering - By Products
I have over 45 years of experience in all aspects the meat/poultry and food processing industry, including serving in every level of management from production line worker to supervisor, to general manager, Vice President, Senior Vice President, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, President, Chief Executive Officer, Board Member, Board Vice Chairman, Board Chairman and owner. My direct functional experience is exceptionally broad spanning live operations, grain purchasing, feed milling, basic and further processing operations, facility maintenance, packaging, sales, marketing, distribution, transportation, logistics, advertising, accounting, and finance.
I have overseen production operations and sales feeding into virtually every marketing channel including wholesale clubs, retail grocery chains, institutional distributors, foodservice for casual dining and fast food restaurants, export markets and commodity trading. I have overseen national brand name product lines...
GAFAR SHITTU, CPA, CVA, MS
GS AND COMPANY CPA
LEWISVILLE, Texas
Accounting, Business Damages
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Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Lost Profits, Lost Value of Businesses, Valuation Disputes, Business Interruption, Breach of Contract, Business Litigation, Partnership Dispute, Shareholder Dispute, Dispute Resolution, Negotiated Settlements, Mediation, Arbitration, Expert Determination
Gafar Shittu, CPA, CVA is an expert with 25 years of experience in accounting (with 10 years in private practice) including forensic accounting, business valuation, commercial damages quantification, cost accounting, financial accounting, and taxation.
A credentialed mediator and arbitrator appointed by the States of Washington and Michigan, Gafar is skilled in the facilitation of negotiated settlements of commercial and valuation disputes with the aid of dispute resolution models built on identified objective criteria uniquely suited to each case.
Gafar provides litigation support and dispute resolution services in the areas of commercial and family law as testifying, consulting, or neutral expert, and as a mediator, arbitrator/expert determiner.
He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)
Ann Backof, PhD
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
Accounting
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Financial Accounting, Auditing, Valuation, Judgment and Decision Making Biases
Ann Backof has expertise in auditing and financial reporting. Professor Backof has taught financial accounting, intermediate accounting, auditing, and data analytics during her tenure as a professor at the University of Virginia. Her research focuses on auditors’ judgments and decision making under uncertainty and jurors’ evaluation of those judgments when determining auditor negligence and damage awards. She uses psychology theory and behavioral methods to investigate these important issues. Professor Backof’s research has been published in top accounting journals including The Accounting Review, Contemporary Accounting Research, and Accounting, Organizations and Society. Her research projects have received prestigious grants from the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), the Assurance Research Advisory Group (ARAG) and the PwC INQuires Research Grant program.
Before earning her Ph.D., Professor Backof worked as an audit senior associate for PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City wher...
David C Cawley
Fraim, Cawley & Company, CPAs
Roanoke, Virginia
Financial, Accounting
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Forensic accounting, Business valuations, Lost profit reports, Lost wages reports, Economic damages, Family law financial support
• Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Virginia since 2016
• Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) as recognized by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) as recognized by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Certified Divorce Financial Analyst as recognized by the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts
• Member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analyst (NACVA)
Luke Fischer, CPA, MBA
Veritas Forensic Accounting & Economics
Sammamish, Washington
Accounting, Fraud
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Economic Damages, Wage Loss, Loss of Income, Wrongful Death, Fraud Examination, Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Business Interruption, Class Actions, Construction Defect, Builder’s Risk, Employee Dishonesty, Receivership, Bankruptcy, Property Damage, Intellectual Property
Mr. Fischer has been with the Veritas team since June 2012. Mr. Fischer has amassed thousands of hours of experience in investigative accounting, financial analysis, and economic research. He has worked on economic loss, valuation, and investigative engagements in Alaska, across North America, in Mexico, and throughout the Gulf. He is also an accomplished leader and academic scholar. Additionally, Mr. Fischer is a guest speaker and lecturer on investigative accounting, internal control, and review practices.
Paul A Rodrigues
Forensic Accountant, fraud investigator, Damages
Trace Forensic Experts LLC
North Lake, Wisconsin
Accounting, Intellectual Property
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Economic, Intellectual Property & Commercial Damages, Infringement, Lost Profits, Royalty, Forensic Accounting, Breach of Contract, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud Investigations, Embezzlement, Construction, Bankruptcy, Malpractice, Analytics, ediscovery, special master, Ponzi schemes, Theft of Trade Secrets
Paul Rodrigues is a Managing Member of Trace Forensic Experts LLC. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant with a Master's Degree in Taxation and is Certified in Financial Forensics. Paul has more than 31 years of experience in the accounting profession. He began his practice with a big four public accounting firm and has served as an expert witness or consultant in numerous forensic, fraud, and litigation engagements with damage claims ranging from $1 million to $250 million. He has testified in Federal and State courts, arbitrations and mediations. Paul has been involved with civil and criminal litigation (on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants) including but not limited to: accounting & auditing standards; improper accounting entries, the determination of lost profits, income, assets, or damages; internal investigations and fraud investigations, securities, civil RICO; bribery and other litigation claims requiring ac...
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