Insolvency Expert Witnesses

Tucson, Arizona

Fraud, Accounting - 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 ...

Tucson, Arizona

Financial, Business Damages - Financial Analysis, Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Tracing, Insolvency, Restructuring, Bankruptcy, Financial Damages, Lost Profits, Wrongful Termination, Wrongful Death, Forensic Investigations, Litigation Support, Litigation Services, Lost Wages, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Accounting

Sean is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) with more than 20 years of public accounting and industry experience. A few of Sean’s notable areas of expertise include financial analysis, fraud investigations, financial tracing, forensic accounting, lost profits analyses, damages associated with wrongful termination, damages associated with wrongful death, bankruptcy consulting, including liquidations and restructuring, mergers and acquisition consulting (buy and sell), consolidations and complex financial reporting, transfer pricing, cross-border transactions, ERP implementation, debt and equity financing arrangements (fundraising, warrants, options, convertible notes, etc.), and issues associated with costing of production efforts and inventory. Sean joined the public accounting firm Plante Moran upon graduation from Michigan State University where he spent 8 years providing audit, tax, du...

Delray Beach, Florida

Actuarial, Insurance - workers compensation, reserves, rate filing, self insurance, auto insurance, liability insurance, loss reserving, captive, insolvency , Rates, malpractice, pricing, rate filing

Hayden Burrus, FCAS, MAAA is an accomplished casualty actuary with decades of leadership experience in the insurance industry. Former President of Casualty Actuaries of the Southeast, Chief Actuary of publicly traded workers' compensation insurance company, actuarial experience at multiple insurance rating organizations (National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) and Insurance Services Office (ISO)), Mr. Burrus is experienced with all sides of the insurance industry. HB Actuarial Services was incorporated in 2000 and we have taken on a wide variety of assignments, some of which are described below. Actuarial malpractice, Analysis of rate filings and form filings, Insurance company solvency, Regulatory support for insurance companies, Self-insurers, Rate filing submissions, Workers' compensation, Automobile liability, Prepaid legal services, and Homeowners' insurance. o Financial analysis of an insolvent insurer o Deposition regarding the rates and stacking practices of Uni...

Highland, Utah

Fraud, Bankruptcy - Restructuring, Insurance, Fiduciary, Claims Analysis, Forensic Accounting, Receiver, Trustee, Department of Justice, Personal Guarantee, SBA, Loan Liquidation, RFPA, Risk Management, Business Divorce, Partnerships, Corporate Governance, 30(b)(6), 2014(a), Insolvency, Fraud

CPA, CFE, CIRA providing forensic accounting, fraud investigation, receivership, trustee, fiduciary, insolvency, trustee-support, asset tracing, tax/accounting reconstruction, and expert-witness services Retired with 23 years of experience as Senior Fraud investigator and restructuring expert at the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Trustee James is a experienced expert in civil litigation in federal court and bankruptcy court. He selected, appointed and trained the bankruptcy trustees in the District of Utah, audited and evaluated their performance and conducted onsite training with them and their staff on how to properly conduct examinations and investigations into bankruptcy-related crimes. James handled over 1000 cases during his tenure across over 300 unique industries helping businesses of all sizes reorganize in Chapter 11. He led the efforts to implement the bankruptcy reforms under the law change in 2004 by incorporating the IRM (Internal Revenue...