Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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MCS ASSOCIATES (established 1973) is a nationwide specialist expert witness and litigation consulting group that concentrates in seven key areas:  Banking and Lending  Securities & Investments  Investment Banking & Finance  Financial Services  Insurance  Real Estate  Damages, Economic Analysis & Forensic Accounting Our company takes greater pride and care in identifying and selecting the right experts with the specific specialized expertise needed for each assignment, and we undertake expert witness assignments throughout the United States. Our clients include several thousand leading national and regional law firms, as well as many smaller and specialized boutique practices, and we also work extensively with numerous regulatory and government agencies. BANKING & LENDING: Experts include a wide range of senior bankers, lenders, consultants, accountants, trust & investment managers, regulators, etc. BANKING & LENDING AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE: Banking operations; Checking & payments policies, procedures, fraud; Credit / debit cards, deposit & ATM transactions, Funds transfer/wire transactions; Lending of all types (e.g. construction, real estate, corporate, asset-based, leasing, consumer, hard money lending); Lending policies, custom & practice; Credit underwriting/credit evaluation, administration; Problem loan management, Foreclosures, workouts / securitizations; Mortgage lending; Escrow and Title Insurance; Loan servicing; Trust services/operations; fidelity /bankers bonds; Regulatory standards & compliance (TILA, RESPA etc.; Bank/ Credit Union /S&L management, corporate governance; GAAP and Regulatory accounting, Failed bank analysis and Director & Officer Liability. SECURITIES & INVESTMENTS: Experts include investment, trust & fiduciary specialists, investment bankers, brokers, brokerage managers, compliance officers, accountants, economists, statisticians and regulators. SECURITIES & INVESTMENTS AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE: Broker/dealer standards & compliance; Investment advisor duties; Securities suitability re: stock trading, options/futures; Investment banking; Stocks / bonds / commodities / hedge funds / mortgage securities; Trading & portfolio management; Supervision, operations & settlements; Syndications; Capital markets; FINRA arbitration; Fiduciaries & Trustees’ standards/practices and duties for corporate & personal trusts’ investments, operations, trust services and trust/fiduciary fees; Damages, Economic / Statistical analysis, valuations, analysis and forensic accounting. ECONOMICS, DAMAGES, ACCOUNTING, & VALUATIONS Experts include senior bankers, consultants, economists, accountants, actuaries, statisticians, appraisers. ECONOMICS, DAMAGES, ACCOUNTING, & VALUATIONS AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE: Damages analysis and calculations re: lending / finance, business interruption, lost profits/lost income; Business valuations; Securities & investments suitability / trading; Accounting standards / practices, GAAP / RAP principles; Fraud investigation; Forensic accounting; Economic / statistical analysis, business valuations, forensic accounting, accounting practice / standards.