Business Interruption Expert Witnesses
Business interruption expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on business interruption. The business interruption expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accounting, Appraisal & Valuation, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Economics, Financial, Fraud, Hotel & Restaurant, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Real Estate Appraiser, and Statistics.
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Aleksandr Aravkin, PhD
UW Professor & Statistics Expert Witness
Perceptron Consulting, LLC (Seattle, WA)
Alaska
Statistics
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Epidemiology, Election analysis, Damages estimation, Infectious disease (COVID-19), Business interruption, Medical malpractice, Disparate impact, Statistical analysis and modeling, Analysis of complex data, Data science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Visualizations
Dr. Aleksandr Aravkin is a statistical expert witness and tenured faculty member at the University of Washington, where he serves as Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of Mathematical Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). He brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience building, validating, and explaining complex statistical models—expertise he applies to high-stakes litigation across civil and criminal matters.
Dr. Aravkin has worked with state Attorneys General of Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Kansas and with top law firms including Perkins Coie, Pillsbury, and Ballard Spahr. He has been deposed seven times and is known for delivering clear, defensible, and practical testimony. His litigation work spans election analysis, COVID-19 business-interruption claims, medical malpractice, damages estimation, general statistical analysis, and custom data analyses tailored to case-specific questions, including translating physical ...
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Nora C Ostrofe, MBA, CEA, CVA
J.S. Held
Alaska
Economics, Financial
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Economic Loss, Valuation Of Economic Loss, Valuation Of Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Business Valuation, Employment Laws
Professional, detailed valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: personal injury / wrongful death (including maritime and medical malpractice); employment law (wrongful termination; discrimination; Equal Pay Act, wage and hour; class action); business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.
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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 ...
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Dennis Gemberling
Expert in Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs
Perry Group International
San Diego, California
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate
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Hospitality Industry, Management, Operations, Maintenance, Upkeep, Safety, Security, Employment, Wages, Harassment, Discrimination, Economic Impact, Business Interruption, Alcohol Service Handling, Food Safety, Construction, Equipment, Standard of Care, Customs and Trade Practices, Human Trafficking
– Over 35 years experience managing, operating and consulting on full-service, limited-service, extended-stay, all-suite, branded and franchised, condo and timeshare hotels and resorts, casual, fine-dining and quick-service restaurants, bars and nightclubs, catering and special event facilities, casinos, and mixed-use real estate. Held prior positions for different owners, operators and chains as Senior Vice President, General Manager, Director of Food & Beverage and Restaurant Unit Manager.
– Retained over 400 projects including brands, franchises and independents across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
- Earned Certificates in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University and Receiverships Administration, Procedures, and Law from Loyola Law School
– Member of Foodservice Consultants Society International, Forensic Expert Witness Association, and Turnaround Management Association.
- Over 10 years as A.M. Best’s “Recommended Expert Services Prov...
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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
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.
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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.
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Patrick A Chylinski, MBA, MAFF, CFE, CVA
Economic Damages, Forensics, Expert Witness
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Fraud
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Economic damages, Lost profits, Forensic accounting, Fraud investigation, Business valuations, Valuations, Post acquisition disputes, Damages, Financial expert, Expert witness, Litigation consulting, Fee dispute, Dispute consulting, Accounting, Lost earnings, Business interruption, Litigation services, Business damages, Asset tracing
Patrick Chylinski is a Partner and the practice leader for Armanino Advisory LLC's Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigations, Litigation Consulting practice. Past experience includes working in the dispute advisory services practice at Deloitte, as a leader in the Litigation Consulting and Dispute Advisory services practice at RSM, LLP, and serving in leadership roles at regional firms.
Mr. Chylinski assists businesses, boards of directors, and counsel in complex business and commercial dispute matters, as well as investigations of potential fraud and financial misconduct. Mr. Chylinski has wide-ranging experience, assisting clients in the public and private sectors, and in a variety of assignments including but not limited to contract disputes, partnership disputes, M&A and post-acquisition disputes, trust and estate disputes, fee disputes, labor and employment related matters, valuation related dispute matters, business interruption (BI) matters, intellectual property (IP) disp...
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Nora C Ostrofe, MBA, CEA, CVA
J.S. Held
San Francisco, California
Economics, Financial
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Economic Loss, Valuation Of Economic Loss, Valuation Of Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Business Valuation, Employment Laws
Professional, detailed valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: personal injury / wrongful death (including maritime and medical malpractice); employment law (wrongful termination; discrimination; Equal Pay Act, wage and hour; class action); business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.
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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...
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David W. Carr, CPA/ABV/CFF, CMA, CFE
Accounting, Business Valuation, & Economic Damages
The Witherspoon Group, LLC
Delaware
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 in the State of Maryland, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants, and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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Stanley P. Stephenson, PhD
damages assessment civil litigation and testimony
Stephenson-Economics, LLC
West Palm Beach, Florida
Intellectual Property, Economics
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Damages Calculations, Lost Profits, Business Interruption, Intellectual Property Infringement, Earnings Loss, Lost Earnings, Patent Infringement, Trade Secrets, Trademark
Application of economic, accounting and statistical analysis tools to assess damages in contract breach, personal injury, business interruption, intellectual property, and employment disputes. Clients in manufacturing, airlines, real estate, oil and gas industry, hospitals, food services, and boat sale industries. For plaintiff or defense counsel.
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Gregory R. Riehle, JD
Resort, condo-hotel legal operations strd care
Riehle Hospitality Consulting - Legal and Operations
Wesley Chapel, Florida
Hotel & Restaurant, Insurance
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Resort asset management, hotel operations, standard of care, condominium hotels, insurance, bad faith, business interruption, risk purchasing, discrimination, harassment, ADA, sale of resort, receivership, sports academies, boarding schools, hotel security, premises liability
Mr. Riehle’s decades of experience in resort and sports academy operations, hospitality law, and insurance, uniquely qualify him as an expert in a variety of hospitality subject matter areas. During his career as a chief executive, general manager, and attorney, he has successfully managed and developed mid-sized companies and organizations. Mr. Riehle’s diverse professional background thus provides him insight into resolving and advising on a wide range of complex disputes. Most recently, Mr. Riehle oversaw all aspects of the sale of a large complex destination resort.
Background.
For 30 years, Mr. Riehle was a leader of one of the largest family-owned and operated resorts, Saddlebrook Resort, as well as its affiliated sports training, academic programs, and property management company. He served in a variety of capacities, including GM, EVP, and General Counsel. During this time, Mr. Riehle was instrumental in the development of Resort Hotel Association, a $9B collective of 150 in...
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MICHAEL P GOLDMAN, CPA, CVA, CFE, CFF, MM
More than 40 years experience in business analysis
Michael Goldman & Associates, LLC
DEERFIELD, Illinois
Business Damages, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Economic Damages, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Fraud, Fraudulent Conveyance, Litigation Support, Business Valuation, Lost Profits, Business Plans, Start-ups, Financial Analysis, Business Interruption, Distressed Business, Divorce, Shareholder Oppression, Reasonable Compensation
Michael Goldman has been qualified as an expert numerous times in both state and federal courts in matters requiring opinions on forensic accounting, solvency, business valuation, fraudulent conveyance, fraud, economic damages, contract disputes, marital dissolution, and shareholder oppression. He has been deposed more than 25 times and has testified more than 25 times. Michael is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Valuation Analyst and is Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA.
Mr. Goldman has worked for bankruptcy courts and trustees, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, and debtors in numerous insolvency and restructuring engagements. He has provided opinions for both plaintiffs and defendants in economic damages cases, divorce, and partnership dissolutions. Michael also maintains a tax preparation practice.
Mr. Goldman was a professor teaching Entrepreneurship at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management for fifteen years a...
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David W. Carr, CPA/ABV/CFF, CMA, CFE
Accounting, Business Valuation, & Economic Damages
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 in the State of Maryland, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants, and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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Jennifer Oyadomari, CPA, CFE, CFF, ABV
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....
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John D Agogliati III, CFA, ASA
Marshall & Stevens, Incorporated
New York, New York
Business Valuation, Business Damages
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business interruption, lost profits, lost value shareholder oppression, shareholder dissention, appraisal rights, product liability, legal malpractice, accountant malpractice, financial analysis
Mr. Agogliati began his valuation career in 1998 as a consultant in the valuation group of a ‘Big-4’ accounting firm. Prior to joining Marshall & Stevens, Mr. Agogliati was a member of the business valuation and litigation group of a New York based regional accounting firm for over 13 years; he co-led the group for the last six years of his tenure. Mr. Agogliati is a senior managing director and currently the National Practice leader for the Dispute Resolution & Litigation Support Practice and National Lead for the Transaction Advisory Practice at Marshall & Stevens.
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Gary Isenberg
40+ yr Hotel Operations & Real Estate Professional
Iron Mountain Hospitality Advisors
New York
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate
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Hospitality, Business Interruption, Bankruptcy, Renovation, Collective Bargaining, Hotel Operations, Value, Financial, Underwriting, Contracts, Mismanagement, Performance, Partnership, Optimization, Impact, Operations, Receiver, Personal Injury, Guest Service, safety
Mr. Isenberg’s extensive experience in hotel management, hotel operations, hotel finance, and hospitality ownership representation uniquely qualifies him as an expert in a wide range of hotel / hospitality-related operational and ownership matters. Throughout his distinguished career, he has held hospitality leadership roles such as President, Chief Operating Officer, Hotel General Manager, Director of Finance, and Internal Auditor for various diversified hospitality organizations. These roles have provided him with the expertise to address and resolve complex challenges, including hotel management performance, hotel business interruptions, hotel partnership disputes, employee relations, collective bargaining, territorial conflicts, operation performance and contract compliance.
Mr. Isenberg has provided litigation support, depositions, and testimony in mediation, arbitration, hearings, and trial settings. His experience covers cases involving ERISA violations, wrongful termination...
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Gary Isenberg
40+ yr Hotel Operations & Real Estate Professional
Iron Mountain Hospitality Advisors
Wilmington, North Carolina
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate
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Hospitality, Business Interruption, Bankruptcy, Renovation, Collective Bargaining, Hotel Operations, Value, Financial, Underwriting, Contracts, Mismanagement, Performance, Partnership, Optimization, Impact, Operations, Receiver, Personal Injury, Guest Service, safety
Mr. Isenberg’s extensive experience in hotel management, hotel operations, hotel finance, and hospitality ownership representation uniquely qualifies him as an expert in a wide range of hotel / hospitality-related operational and ownership matters. Throughout his distinguished career, he has held hospitality leadership roles such as President, Chief Operating Officer, Hotel General Manager, Director of Finance, and Internal Auditor for various diversified hospitality organizations. These roles have provided him with the expertise to address and resolve complex challenges, including hotel management performance, hotel business interruptions, hotel partnership disputes, employee relations, collective bargaining, territorial conflicts, operation performance and contract compliance.
Mr. Isenberg has provided litigation support, depositions, and testimony in mediation, arbitration, hearings, and trial settings. His experience covers cases involving ERISA violations, wrongful termination...
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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...
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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.
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Gary S. Barach, CPA, CFE, CFF, CVA
BCG Forensics, LLC
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Business Damages, Economics
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fraud, business valuation, business interruption, lost profits, product recall, personal injury, employment cases, discrimination, contract disputes, dispute resolution, economic damages, construction defects, insurance claims, class action, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy, commercial litigation
Gary S. Barach, CPA, CFE, CFF, CVA, is the founder of Barach Consulting Group, LLC (f/k/a Barach & Company). The firm was established in 1976. He has been retained as a financial forensic and economic expert in over 3,800 cases. His experience in litigation includes business valuation; fraud investigation; bankruptcy; and determining economic damages arising from contract and shareholder disputes, recalled product, and construction defects. Mr. Barach is also a well established expert in economic damages arising from personal injury and discrimination litigation.
Mr. Barach’s professional credentials include Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF). He has been qualified as an expert in federal, state, and local courts throughout the United States and has never been precluded from offering testimony as the result of a Daubert motion.
Mr. Barach’s 40 years of experience include...
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John M Keeling, CRE, MAI, CHIA
Hotel appraiser and developer.
The Keeling Consultancy, LLC
Houston, Texas
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate Appraiser
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Ad Valorem Tax, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Business Interruption, Business Value, Condemnation, Damages, Economic Impact, Enterprise Value, Lost Profits, Management Agreements, Management Contracts, Property Tax, Reorganization
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
The Keeling Consultancy, LLC – Principal
Valencia Hotel Group - Executive Vice President
Prior:
PKF Consulting – Senior Vice President & Shareholder
Laventhol & Horwath – Regional Managing Partner
LICENSES
Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Texas Real Estate Broker
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Appraisal Institute (MAI)
The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)
Certified Hotel Industry Analyst (CHIA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (retired member)
PUBLICATIONS
Real Estate Market Analysis: Methods and Case Studies, The Urban Land Institute, 2009 (Contributing Author)
Downtown Development Handbook, The Urban Land Institute, 1992 (Contributing Author)
EDUCATION
Completed the Appraisal Institute course “Fundamentals of Separating Real Property, Personal Property and Intangible Business Assets”
Completed all course work for a Certificate of Completion of the Appraisal Institute’s “Litigation Certificate” program
TEACHING
Lectures at the ...
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David A. Macpherson, PhD
San Antonio, Texas
Economics, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Earnings Loss, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Statistical Analysis, Contract Breach, Employment Discrimination
Dr. David Macpherson evaluates damages in personal injury, wrongful death, employment, and business loss cases for plaintiffs and defendants. Since 2000, he has provided numerous independent reports. evaluated opposing experts' reports, and testified often in Federal and State courts (CA, FL, GA, KS, MI, MO, TX). Dr. Macpherson has also conducted statistical analyses of discrimination claims. Clients have included the U.S. Attorney (Hartford and Oklahoma City).
He is the E.M. Stevens Professor at Trinity University. Prior to joining Trinity University, he held the Rod and Hope Brim Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and was Director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at Florida State University. Earlier, he served as an assistant and associate professor of economics at Miami University.
He has held leadership positions in professional economics associations. He served as vice-president of the National Association of Forensic Economics and the Southern Economics...
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Wade C. Roberts, Ph.D.
Expert in Economic Damages & Class Action Cases
Roberts Forensics LLC
Kaysville, Utah
Economics, Business Damages
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Forensic Economist, Economic Damages, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption, Class Action Damages, Labor Economics, Market Research, Statistical Analysis, Econometric Modeling, Personal Injury, Lost Earnings, Wrongful Death, Lost Profits, Commercial Damages, Expert Testimony, Multi-Plaintiff Damages, Class Certification
Dr. Wade C. Roberts is a senior forensic economist and founder of Roberts Forensics with more than fifteen years of experience providing economic damages analysis, valuation, statistical modeling, and expert testimony in litigation across the United States. He has been retained in over 100 cases and has authored more than one hundred expert reports involving personal injury, wrongful death, employment litigation, commercial disputes, business interruption, lost profits, and class-action matters. He has testified in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitration proceedings and has never been excluded under Daubert.
Dr. Roberts specializes in economic damages assessment, wage-loss and earnings-capacity evaluations, class-wide economic modeling, multi-plaintiff damages analysis, and complex statistical and econometric methods. His analytical strengths include regression analysis, forecasting, labor-market modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, large-dataset evaluation, and price-premium/conjo...
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David W. Carr, CPA/ABV/CFF, CMA, CFE
Accounting, Business Valuation, & Economic Damages
The Witherspoon Group, LLC
Virginia
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 in the State of Maryland, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants, and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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Aleksandr Aravkin, PhD
UW Professor & Statistics Expert Witness
Perceptron Consulting, LLC (Seattle, WA)
Shoreline, Washington
Statistics
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Epidemiology, Election analysis, Damages estimation, Infectious disease (COVID-19), Business interruption, Medical malpractice, Disparate impact, Statistical analysis and modeling, Analysis of complex data, Data science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Visualizations
Dr. Aleksandr Aravkin is a statistical expert witness and tenured faculty member at the University of Washington, where he serves as Associate Professor of Applied Mathematics and Director of Mathematical Sciences at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). He brings more than 15 years of hands-on experience building, validating, and explaining complex statistical models—expertise he applies to high-stakes litigation across civil and criminal matters.
Dr. Aravkin has worked with state Attorneys General of Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Kansas and with top law firms including Perkins Coie, Pillsbury, and Ballard Spahr. He has been deposed seven times and is known for delivering clear, defensible, and practical testimony. His litigation work spans election analysis, COVID-19 business-interruption claims, medical malpractice, damages estimation, general statistical analysis, and custom data analyses tailored to case-specific questions, including translating physical ...
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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.