Distressed Assets Expert Witnesses
Distressed assets 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 distressed assets. The distressed assets expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Agriculture, Cannabis, Construction, Financial, Premises Liability, Property Management, and Real Estate.
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Michael J. Welton, CPM, RPA
Seasoned and Experienced Property Manager
Saddlebrooke, Arizona
Property Management, Premises Liability
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Property Management, Wrongful Death, Residential Multi-Family Apartment, Shopping Malls, Power Centers, Community Centers, Neighborhood Shopping Centers, Mid and High Rise Office/Multi-Fa, Mobile Home/RV Parks, Property Management Fraud and Mismanagement, Asset Management, Distressed Assets, CO Poisoning, Slip Trip & Fall
Self employed expert witness since 1998. Retained as an expert in over 500 cases in the area of property management, asset management , wrongful death, serious slip, trip and fall liability, real estate development, CO Poisoning, toxic mold remediation, Real Estate Development, Life Safety, Habitability, Industry Standards of Care. Court and/or deposition testimony in Arizona, California, Colorado , Florida, Georgia , Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada, Texas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Ohio, Washington, and Washington, DC. A hands on property manager for 40 years with executive level experience as President of two major companies and Executive Vice President.
I have been responsible for over 40,000 multi-family units including Garden, Mid Rise and High rise units, 15 million square feet of office, retail and industrial, 25,000 Homeowner Association units, 11,000 Mobile Home Park Spaces/Park Model Resorts.
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Douglas B. Twillman, CFO, CFA, MBA, BS-ME
Commercial Real Estate Expert (Witness) Services
Mill Valley, California
Real Estate, Financial
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Financial Planning & Analysis, Underwriting, Due Diligence, Capital Markets, Structured Finance, Syndication, Banking, CMBS Loan, Asset Mgmt, Shopping Center, Mixed Use, Standard of Care, Landlord/Tenant, Investor Relations, Distressed Assets, Receivership, Forensic Accounting, Economic Damage, Lic. CA Broker, Family Law
I provide Commercial Real Estate and Family Law Expert Services with extensive hands-on experience as a real estate investor, asset manager, and fractional Chief Financial Officer. My expertise is grounded in real-world ownership and operations—not theoretical or purely academic analysis—allowing me to deliver clear, supportable opinions that withstand scrutiny in litigation, arbitration, and mediation.
My commercial real estate experience spans the full investment lifecycle, including opportunity identification, financial underwriting, valuation, due diligence, capital structuring, debt and equity placement, contract negotiation, leasing strategy, property and asset management, investor reporting, and disposition analysis. I have direct experience evaluating investment performance, cash flow, capital expenditures, operating budgets, and long-term value creation across multiple asset classes.
I specialize in complex financial analysis related to commercial real estate disputes, in...
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Lucas J Batten
Highly Skilled Cannabis Cultivation Expert
Batten Solutions, LLC
Denver, Colorado
Cannabis, Agriculture
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Cultivation, Architectural, Compliance, Post Harvest, Distressed Assets, Operations, Applications, Integrated Pest Management, Quality Assessments, Equipment, Design, Consulting, Pesticides, Yield Projections and Estimates, Technical Writing, Construction, Damages, Crop Loss, Valuations
I have an extensive background in cannabis cultivation in the legal and regulated industry across the country. I have a Bachelor of Science degree from Umass Amherst in Plant, Soil, and Insect Sciences which also included business course study from the Eisenberg School of Management. I have experience with golf course work and landscape construction prior to entering the cannabis industry in 2014. Since becoming involved in legal cannabis cultivation I rapidly excelled from an entry level cultivation technician, to a national consultant over the course of 3 years.
Since becoming a consultant I have worked on over 30 unique projects in 19 different states. I have experience with all aspects of cultivation, from competitive applications; design and planning of ground up projects and retrofits; operational planning and pro-forma creation; construction and project management of large and small scale facilities; equipment commissioning, facility startup, and writing/implementation of S...
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Michael J Maxwell
Award-Winning Real Estate Development Expert
MAXWELL+Partners, LLC
Coral Gables, Florida
Real Estate, Construction
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Land Use , Due Diligence, Real Estate Acquisitions & Dispositions, Real Estate Development, Valuation Modeling , Commercial Investment & Develoopment, Historic Preservation , Partnerships , Feasibiltity, Distressed assets, Owner's Representation, Fraud, Adaptive Use, Entitlements , Real Estate Education, Bankruptcy, Land deve
Fifty Years of Real Estate Development experience. Developer, Owner's Representative, Executive Positions from VP to CEO. Real Estate work-outs and bankruptcies as Chief Restructuring Officer. Consultant for land use and Zoning. Debt and Equity financing. Due Diligence. Purchase and Sales. Historic Preservation and Adaptive Use.
Graduate (MSRE) Real Estate Program Director and Professor, leading an award-winning master's degree program in real estate development.
Adjunct Professor of Real Estate at multiple university programs.
Providing expert real estate service for attorneys since 1987. Assists attorney's with advice on case stragety, principlas and practice standards. Financing. Land Use. Asset Recovery. Partnership disputes.
Cases in Florida, South Carolina, El Salvador.
Urban Land Institute national award for consulting services -
NAIOP honored as a Dsitingushed Fellow
Fellow Royal Insitute of Chartered Surveyors
GLG National Real Estate Expert since 2008