Talon Stringham, CPA, ABV, CFE, ASA Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae

Contact this Expert Witness

  • Additional States: Nevada
  • Company: Dreamrunner LLC
  • Phone: 833.513.7326
  • Cell: 801.550.8894
  • Website: dreamrunnerconsulting.com

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Business Valuation and Business Damages

Keywords/Search Terms:

Valuation, 409(a) Valuation, Business Appraisal, Economic Damages, Forensic Accounting, Fair Value Accounting, Personal Injury Damages, Fraud Investigation, Shareholder Disputes, Partnership Disputes, Wrongful Death Damages, Wrongful Termination Damages,

Education:

BA Accounting, Utah State University; MS Accounting, Utah State University

Years in Practice:

23

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

5

Additional Information

Talon C. Stringham has over 22 years of professional experience including providing litigation support services, expert witness testimony, forensic and investigative accounting, economic loss calculations, and business valuation services. He is perhaps one of only a few professionals nationwide to have training, expertise, and experience in forensic, or investigative accounting, business valuation and computer forensics. Performed numerous appraisals for use in company financial statements for compliance with fair value accounting standards, including purchase price allocations, 409A valuations, option valuations, warrant and convertible debt valuations, preferred stock valuations, goodwill impairment analyses, etc., for use in both publicly traded and privately held audited financial statements Calculated the value of closely held companies in a wide variety of industries for a wide variety of purposes, including financial statement preparation, gift and estate tax planning, ESOP valuations, divorce settlements, shareholder disputes, and other litigation situations. Performed valuations of multiple early stage companies, including bio/med-tech, software-as-a-service, and technology companies, among others Experienced in performing appraisals in both contentious and cooperative environments. Lead valuation analyst for trucking company with sales in excess of $500M for shareholder buy-out purposes. Supervised and performed calculations of business interruption losses for myriad companies in a variety of industries. Supervised and performed reconstruction of accounting records as a result of theft, floods, fires, and other natural disasters. Supervised and performed investigative accounting work for criminal fraud trials and claims. Supervised and performed investigative accounting services on the assets of marital estates in divorce cases. Supervised and performed investigative accounting services on officers and directors litigation and partnership disputes. Performed investigative accounting work related to accountants malpractice litigation. Performed analysis related to alter ego in fraudulent conveyance and substantive consolidation proceedings. Supervised and performed an asset tracing analysis related to cash held in a constructive trust action. Calculated losses due to business interruption for a wide variety of industries on various insurance claims. Assisted both plaintiff and defense attorneys with analysis of various economic loss situations. Prepared economic loss calculation for a large coal mining loss in Central Utah. Prepared analyses and testified in cases for a wide variety of individuals in personal injury, wrongful death, and wrongful termination cases. Spent one month in Taiwan gathering and analyzing data during a patent infringement and trade secret case; helped to defend the company against an alleged $1B in damages, resulting in a judgment less than $1M. Analyzed and performed damage calculations for various patent infringement claims, including the performance of elasticity of demand analyses. Familiar with software and methodologies related to the recovery of electronic evidence. Led a data extraction and analytics process during a large non-competition case Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed in Utah Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) from the AICPA Various publications and courses taught Testified in over a dozen cases