Business Valuation Expert Witnesses

Accounting, Business Valuation - Divorce, Financial, Business Damages, Forensic CPA, Earning Capacity

Areas of Expertise:  Accounting: personal and corporate  Valuation: personal and corporate  Business Interruption/lost earnings/lost profit  Analysis: earnings, lost profit, and businesses  Forensic Accounting  Financial Statements  Mergers & Acquisitions  Appraisals: business and personal net worth  Personal and Corporate Tax  Matrimonial Business Valuation Bryan Parker CPA is an expert in accounting with over 35 years in corporate and private practice. His specialty is Forensics Accounting and is certified as a Forensic CPA (FCPA). He has assisted clients with consultation, mediation, or testimony in divorce cases concerning but not limited to business or retirement valuation and pre-nuptial agreements. He has experience in all aspects of accounting and finance pertaining to Federal and state income taxes. He is also certified as a Financial Planner (CFP, PFS, and ChFC) and in this capacity, he advises clients regarding their personal and business finances. During his ...

Economics, Financial - 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; business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.

Appraisal & Valuation, Accounting - technical accounting, fair value accounting, economic damages, financial reporting, lost profits, family law, business valuation, corporate litigation, forensic accounting

Janet has more than 30 years of experience in accounting, audit, tax, and finance, including 20 years of experience providing valuation, forensic accounting and litigation services to both private and public companies ranging in size from start-ups to over $1 billion in sales. Her experience includes leadership roles at a Big Four Accounting Firm, as well as global executive involvement for brands such as Bausch & Lomb, Ray Ban, and Birds-Eye Foods. Janet’s accounting and tax experience includes three years as Corporate Audit Manager for a technology-based healthcare company with sales of over $2 billion and 100 locations worldwide, two years as a Finance Director for the Southeast Asia Region based in Singapore for the same company, and two years as Tax Manager for a producer and marketer of processed food products with sales of $800 million and tax filings in 36 states. Her valuation, forensic accounting and litigation experience includes ten years at a national boutique valuatio...

Economics, Business Damages - Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Employment, discrimination, Wages, Hours, Loss of Business Profits, Healthcare Loss Analysis, civil litigation, finance, business valuation, economics, statistics, valuation, accounting, and trademark/patent infringement damages.

As an experienced career Economist specializing in economic theory, analysis and policy, Long Beach, California-based Kaycea is an educator with extensive training in economics. With a Ph.D. degree in Economics and Management, Campbell is also an experienced researcher whose analyses have been published in authoritative journals. Kaycea has been teaching for over ten years and has taught undergraduate and graduate level courses in economics. Kaycea is a tenured Associate Professor at Pierce College, teaching Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and related Economic Theory courses as required. She is also the Department Chair for a division housing the disciplines of Political Science, Economics, Administration of Justice, and Chicano Studies. She also teaches economic courses at other colleges within the Los Angeles Community College District (Mission College and West Los Angeles College). She also serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of La Verne...

Securities & Investments, Business Damages - Materiality of Information, Damages, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Stock Options, Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Plans, Ponzi Scheme, Short Selling, Suitability, Business Valuation

Marty Dirks has more than 30 years of institutional investment experience with expertise in hedge fund management, valuation and analysis of securities, analysis of corporate accounting fraud, and other complex investment-related issues. As an analyst and short selling hedge fund manager from 1989 through 2010, he has special expertise in the analysis of fraud and misrepresentation by publicly-traded companies. Mr. Dirks is a Senior Adjunct Professor of Finance at Golden Gate University (2006-present). He was the director of research at McCullough, a value equity manager, from 2010-2012. He was a board member for the San José pension plan from 2011-2019. From his roles as an Adjunct Professor and Investment Consultant he has proven his ability as a confident public speaker with the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences. His corporate industry experience includes working at Cooper Industries (1987-1989), a Fortune 100 manufacturing company, and at Texas Instrume...

Economics, Financial - Economic Damages, Economic Loss, Business Interruption, Employment Laws, Class Action Damage Models, Business Valuation, Wrongful Death, Wage and Hour Analysis, Construction Defect, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Net Worth Calculations

Professional valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: wrongful termination, class action, wage and hour, wrongful death, business interruption, construction defect, marital dissolution, stock options. Experienced testimony in state and federal courts. Mediation preparation. Clear and concise work product for deposition and trial presentation. Case intake across the country.

Business Damages, Economics - intellectual property(patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, licensing, royalties), entertainment, music, business valuations, lost profits, statistics, lost earnings, product marketing,

A considerable part of Dr. Goedde’s practice involves intellectual property issues including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition matters as well as business valuations. His background in engineering and economics combined with his work experience in profit planning, budgeting, product marketing and acquisitions analysis has enabled him to assist clients in a wide range of intellectual property litigation. Dr. Goedde can also draw upon his experience as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His testimony experience in patent infringement matters includes economic analysis of the Panduit factors, applying Georgia Pacific factors to evaluate reasonable royalty; and, developing RAND royalty rates considering such issues as scope of the royalty base, lump sum and running royalties, royalty stacking, license comparability, university licensing agreements, exclusive licensing, and apportionment of profits to non-infringing components. Dr. ...

Accounting, Business Damages - Partnership dispute, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, employment, wrongful termination, business litigation, lost profits, business valuation, unjust enrichment, fraud, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, toxic tort, forensic accounting, breach of contract

ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING David is a skilled forensic accountant, expert witness, and turnaround consultant. Shareholders, creditors, and attorneys rely on David’s focused approach to investigating fraud, determining damages for complex financial disputes, and assisting in bankruptcy matters. Business owners and management teams trust his deep operational experience to guide them through turnarounds and business expansion. David fulfills multiple needs in commercial litigation matters. Mr. Golbahar has been named expert on over 25 cases. The California Superior court appointed him as a monitor in a well-know restaurant group dispute. Testimony Experience - Economic Damages - Lost Profits / Business Interruption - Wrongful Termination (Employment Law) - Business valuation In 2018, Mr. Golbahar received AICPA’s FVS Standing Ovation award for significant contributions in forensic accounting and in the community.

Business Damages, Accounting - CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability,banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale.

Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation. Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA. Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...

Economics, Financial - 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; business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.

Business Valuation, Business Damages - Litigation accounting, Forensic accounting, Partnership disputes, Shareholder disputes, Lost profits

Provide litigation accounting consulting for the legal community in areas that require forensic accountant services or business valuation services. Purposes that arise out of business disruption issues such as partner disputes or partner leaving business. Shareholder dissenting lawsuits because of management issues. Shareholder valuation issues as the result of divorce. Shareholder disputes over values as the result of a shareholders death. Lost profits as the result of business interruption because of outside factors, such as unforeseen construction or embezzlement by an employee.

Business Damages, Accounting - 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...

Accounting, Business Valuation - Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigations, Financial Fraud, Divorce Litigation Support, Criminal Defense Support, Business Fraud, Tax Fraud, Litigation Support, Economic Damages, Corporate Litigation, Business Valuations, Assets Tracing, Tax Litigation Support, Bankruptcy, Civil Claims Consultant

Edward Rouse, CPA, has more than 35 years of experience in accounting and tax preparation. His areas of expertise include accounting, taxation, litigation support, and fraud investigations. In addition to his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license, Ed also is a Certified Forensic Accountant (CRFAC) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Ed graduated cum laude from Lehigh University BS/BA and received his MBA from George Washington University. He is married with three children and served his country in the United States Marine Corps. Ed is known and respected as an accountant in the Pensacola area who places his client’s needs first and foremost Ed's background in accounting, tax, and finance includes 15 years of experience providing valuation, forensic accounting, and litigation services. His experience ranges from expert witness testimony to consulting for fraud investigations, white-collar crime cases, as well as business related civil cases and divorce. Ed is familiar with co...

Business Valuation, Franchising - Bylaws, Operating Agreements, Child Custody, Parental Alienation, Parenting Coordinator, Economic Damages, Pain & Suffering, Church Disputes, Asset Purchase Agreements, Attorney Malpractice, Foreclosure, Asset Tracing, Private Placements, Crowdfunding, Startup Funding, Securities Law

Passed Uniform Public Accounting Examination Passed NACVA Certified Valuation Analyst examination Served on SEC Advisory Committee on Small Business Finance Drafted and negotiated dozens of Operating Agreements, Asset Purchase Agreements, Bylaws, Private Placement Memoranda

Business Valuation, Accounting - Forensic Accounting, Valuation of Environmental Liabilities

Adam has more than 12 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), providing audit and tax services, including business valuation, forensic accounting, and litigation services for the previous four years. His experience includes an advisory services manager role at a national public accounting firm and two Chicago area boutique accounting firms focused on tax services and estate/gift valuations for privately held businesses.

Business Damages - Lost Profits, Economic Damages, Accounting, Forensic Accounting, Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Bankruptcy Core Proceedings, Insurance and Business Interruption Claims, business valuation, Fraud, Internal Investigations

Michael focuses his professional practice on determining lost profits, lost earnings and other economic damages, forensic accounting, financial analyses, investigations and business valuation. He provides consulting and expert services regarding economic damages, forensic accounting, business interruption, contract disputes, GAAP, GAAS, solvency, alter ego, fraud and bankruptcy and financial transactions and balances. Michael provides consulting and litigation services to trial lawyers, trustees, receivers, business owners and units of federal, state and local government. Many engagements combine complex litigation, forensic accounting, financial analysis, economic damages, valuation and distressed business issues with the reconstruction of all or portion of incomplete, misstated and/or falsified accounting books and records and financial statements. Michael has more than 40 years of experience in accounting, forensic accounting, business economics and investigations including m...

Accounting, Business Valuation - Forensic Accounting, Litigation Services, Economist, Fraud

A licensed CPA in Louisiana since 1981 and in Texas since 2009, Chad Garland has an extensive education and working experience in the fields of accounting, finance and banking. Chad has served on the board of directors for two prominent companies and as President of the Ark-La-Tex Cash Management Association. His experience includes bankruptcy, expert witness testimony, litigation services, business valuations, small business consulting, budgeting, tax planning, financial reporting, management oversight, and as a workout specialist for troubled companies. Currently, Chad focuses his expertise on the areas of litigation services including bankruptcy, forensic and fraud accounting and expert witness testimony, business valuations, income taxes, and small business consulting. As an expert witness, he has testified in both district and federal courts. CPA, Licensed in Louisiana and Texas Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) Chartered Global Man...

Accounting, Bankruptcy - Fraud, Lost Profits, Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Business Damages, Damages, Shareholder Disputes, Corporate Veil Piercing, Business Interruptions, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, White Collar Crimes, Fiduciary Duty

Certified Public Accountant; Certified in Financial Forensics; Certified Fraud Examiner; Extensive forensic accounting and complex commercial litigation experience with testimony in Federal and State Courts throughout the US for leading national law firms and Fortune 100/500 companies in areas including, calculating lost profits, fraud detection and recovery, mismanagement, bankruptcies, appointment of receiver, business valuations, shareholder disputes, evidence of ownership, identification of hidden assets, corporate veil piercing, business interruptions, single business enterprises, analysis and explanation of complex financial transactions, forensic accounting, accounting malpractice, marital dissolutions, including separate and community property, spousal support and tracing, lost earnings, personal injury, intellectual property and reasonable royalties, including patent, trademark and copyright infringement and trade secrets, investigative accounting, breach of contract, breac...

Accounting, Business Valuation - 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, a Certified Management Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and Accredited in Business Valuation.

Financial, Pediatric Hematology Oncology - Appraisal and Valuation, Banking, Business Valuation, DNA, Financial, Securities and Investments, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Healthcare Services, Life Science Tools , Pharmaceuticals , Entrepreneurial Companies, Start-up companies

Ilonna Rimm can provide expert witness services related to valuation and financial analysis of Healthcare Companies, including Biotech, Medical Device, Healthcare Services and Life Science Tools companies. Ilonna Rimm, MD PhD CFA, is a healthcare investor who provides strategic advice on raising early-stage capital. As the CEO and Founder of Morninglight Healthcare Capital, LLC, a family office, she invests in small cap public companies (0 to $4B market cap). She also serves as an Advisor to Life Sciences CEO’s who are raising a Seed or Series A Round of capital, as Rimm Healthcare Capital Advisory, LLC. She can fully understand the biological science of an emerging company. Then she can organize and polish the science to present it in a way that is attractive to life science investors. She recently provided services to Immuneering Corp., who raised a Series A round of $20M in January, 2020, and a Series B round of $62M in January, 2021. Immuneering is now a public company (IM...

Economics, Business Damages - economic damages, business damages, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, business valuation, present value, statistics, stochastic simulation

Dr. Jackson has provided economic damage reports for cases across Minnesota and North Dakota and is available to assist you in your case anywhere in the United States. He has attained the Certified Earning Analyst (CEA) designation of the American Rehabilitation Economics Association and maintains active membership in the National Association of Forensic Economics and AICPA. Dr. Jackson is a tenured full professor of economics at North Dakota State University. As President of Jackson Consulting and Research, LLC, founded in 2016, he provides economics and litigation consulting in a variety of practice areas. Because of his advanced knowledge of economic theory and methods, Dr. Jackson is qualified to calculate economic damages using the appropriate tools to match the details of each specific case. He authors a quarterly Economic Outlook report which is heavily cited by the media.

Business Valuation, Securities & Investments - Economic Damages, Copyright, Trademark, Securities Litigation, Investment Performance; Shareholder Appraisal Actions

I am a highly experienced consulting expert (over 28 years, including over 20 years at Charles River Associates and Compass Lexecon working on high stakes matters) who also has testifying experience in both state and Federal Court. I have given expert testimony (reports and depositions); managed complex cases; performed research; drafted expert reports, deposition and trial testimony scripts; supervised and performed various types of analyses; created demonstratives; and advised counsel with respect to deposition and trial strategy. I have experience in business valuation (both public and private companies), economic damages (including copyright, trademark, patent, and personal injury), securities litigation (both domestic and international), and shareholder appraisal actions. I am both a CPA and an attorney (UCLA Law School ‘93) and also have an MBA.

Business Valuation, Business Damages - 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,

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...

Business Valuation, Appraisal & Valuation - Gift and Estate Tax, Business Appraisal, Intangible Assets, Complex Securities

Accredited Senior Appraiser of the American Society of Appraisers Charterholder, CFA Institute Adjunct Professor of Finance at The College of New Jersey Have previously testified multiple times

Business Valuation, Business Damages - 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.

Business Valuation, Accounting - Appraisal, Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Business Damages, Fraud, Business Operations, Financial, Economics, Management, CPA, Accountant, Tax, Business Divorce, Appraisal & Valuation

Accounting, Business Valuation - Forensic Accounting, Shareholder Disputes, Matrimonial

CFF - Certified in Financial Forensics ABV - Accredited in Business Valuation CVA - Certified Valuation Analyst CDFA - Certified Divorce Financial Analyst

Economics, Accounting - Economic damages, lost profits, securities fraud, lost business value, theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, damages, product mislabeling damages, business valuation

Don May is Managing Partner at DMA Economics LLC and possesses over 35 years’ experience in consulting, valuation and litigation support as well as researching, publishing and teaching at the university level. His experience includes implementing a broad range of damage analyses and valuations for businesses of various sizes and in numerous industries. Prior to founding DMA Economics, Dr. May was Managing Director at Berkley Research Group and the Principal in charge of valuation and litigation support services for a regional accounting firm, a Managing Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management. Dr. May has prepared expert reports and testified in federal and state courts as well as AAA, JAMS, and FINRA arbitration hearings and has effectively communicated as an expert witness testifier and consultant in several multi-million dollar cases. Some examples of recent matters Dr. May has been asked to ...

Business Valuation, Appraisal & Valuation - Telecom, Media, Satellite, Appraisal, Economic Damages, Telecom Valuation, Orbital Slot Valuation, Wireless Broadband, Wireless Spectrum Valuation, Broadband, Corporate Governance, Intangible Asset Valuation, Telecommunications, Communications, FCC Spectrum License, Spectrum, telecom valuation, FSS

Armand Musey is an expert in financial valuation within the communication sector. Over the past 15 years, he has completed dozens of financial valuation, strategic analyses, business development, corporate governance and business plan creation assignments in the communications industry and has experience working on numerous financing and M&A transactions. His involvement with a wide breadth of companies has allowed him to develop a deep understanding of a range of media and telecom issues and the complex web of relationships underlying the sector’s competitive dynamics and associated regulatory issues. Armand is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and a member of the New York Society of Securities Analysts where he chaired the Corporate Governance Committee from 2007-2009. He is a member of the Federal Communication Bar Association and is co-chair of the NY Chapter (2016-2019), has completed the American Society of Appraisers’ business valuation and intangible asset valuation curri...

Economics, Business Damages - economic damages, business damages, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, business valuation, present value, statistics, stochastic simulation

Dr. Jackson has provided economic damage reports for cases across Minnesota and North Dakota and is available to assist you in your case anywhere in the United States. He has attained the Certified Earning Analyst (CEA) designation of the American Rehabilitation Economics Association and maintains active membership in the National Association of Forensic Economics and AICPA. Dr. Jackson is a tenured full professor of economics at North Dakota State University. As President of Jackson Consulting and Research, LLC, founded in 2016, he provides economics and litigation consulting in a variety of practice areas. Because of his advanced knowledge of economic theory and methods, Dr. Jackson is qualified to calculate economic damages using the appropriate tools to match the details of each specific case. He authors a quarterly Economic Outlook report which is heavily cited by the media.

Appraisal & Valuation, Business Damages - Litigation Services, Business Valuation, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Bankruptcy, Receivership, Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Lost Profits, Diminution in Value, Earnings Mitigation, Unjust Enrichment, Gift and Estate Tax Appraisals

Carrie is Owner and Managing Director of McEntire Advisory, PLLC. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA) and Certified Distressed Business Valuator (CDBV) with over a decade of experience providing companies, lenders, debtors and creditors accounting services. She has experience in business valuations for divorce proceedings, shareholder disputes and economic damages, among others. Carrie also has experience providing expert witness accounting services including bankruptcy court reports and forensic accounting expert reports used in litigation proceedings. In addition, Carrie has experience providing financial management and oversight for fiduciary engagements. She has experience in many industries, including, but not limited to, oil and gas extraction, midstream gas companies, drilling and service companies, restaurants, wind turbines, dairy farms, real estate, manufacturing/fabrication co...

Personal Property Appraiser, Appraisal & Valuation - Insurance Claims, Business Valuation, Estate Law, Family Law, Corporate Litigation, Cultural Property, Donations, Tax Matters, Economic Damages, Tangible and Intangible Personal Property, Fine Art, Paintings, Sculpture.

Kelly is an experienced personal property appraiser specializing in fine art and archival collections. As an expert witness and consultant, she has assisted in cases for tax matters, insurance claims and business dissolution to provide valuations for corporate litigation, determination of cultural property, estate and family law and economic damages. Her appraisal knowledge for personal property is recognized by government agencies, legal firms and cultural institutions throughout North America. Kelly holds a Master of Information Studies, Archival Science from the University of Toronto and a BA (Hons), Art History from the University of Ottawa (partially completed at the University of Siena, Italy). She also holds a Master’s specialization in Knowledge Media Design, University of Toronto and a BA in Communications also from the University of Ottawa. Kelly is an Accredited Member of the International Society of Appraisers and is qualified under the Uniform Standards of Professiona...

Business Damages, Economics - 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...

Business Operations, Business Valuation - Bankruptcy, Restructuring, Valuation, Distress, Turnaround Management, Crisis Management, Corporate Governance, Banking/Lending, Finance, Investment Banking, Business Practices, Fraud, Risk Management, M&A

Howard Brownstein is a nationally-known turnaround and crisis management professional, and is the President of The Brownstein Corporation, which provides turnaround management and advisory services to companies and their stakeholders, as well as investment banking services, fiduciary services, and litigation consulting, investigations and valuation services. He has extensive experience in valuing businesses, obtaining financing, and selling businesses. He serves as Financial Advisor to Debtors, lenders and Creditor Committees in bankruptcy proceedings, and as a litigation expert in several cases including the landmark Merry-Go-Round bankruptcy. Mr. Brownstein served as Chief Restructuring Officer in U.S. Mortgage, a $138 million mortgage fraud, and as Plan Administrator in Montgomery Ward LLC, the largest retail liquidation in history. Mr. Brownstein has been involved in the above activities for over 30 years. Mr. Brownstein regularly serves as an independent corporate board ...

Economics, Business Damages - economic damages, business damages, personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, business valuation, present value, statistics, stochastic simulation

Dr. Jackson has provided economic damage reports for cases across Minnesota and North Dakota and is available to assist you in your case anywhere in the United States. He has attained the Certified Earning Analyst (CEA) designation of the American Rehabilitation Economics Association and maintains active membership in the National Association of Forensic Economics and AICPA. Dr. Jackson is a tenured full professor of economics at North Dakota State University. As President of Jackson Consulting and Research, LLC, founded in 2016, he provides economics and litigation consulting in a variety of practice areas. Because of his advanced knowledge of economic theory and methods, Dr. Jackson is qualified to calculate economic damages using the appropriate tools to match the details of each specific case. He authors a quarterly Economic Outlook report which is heavily cited by the media.

Dentist, Business Valuation - Appraisal & Valuation, Fraud, GP & Specialty Dentistry, Solo & Multi-Doc Practices, DSO, Staff Issues, Estate, Divorce, Malpractice, Mergers, Entrepreneur, Practice Interruption, Income Loss

PRIVATE PRACTICE: 3 Start-ups; MD & DC; 1982-1996 USAF DENTIST: WA: 1998-2001 OFFICE NETWORK: TX & MD: 1999-2014; Practice Broker for National Company DENTAL OFFICE NETWORK: 2014-Present; Independent Practice Broker; Entire US PRACTICE RESCUE: 2015-PRESENT: Trademarked as: "Regulatory compliance consulting services and business management services in the fields of dentistry and medicine." Formal Training as AFTCO Transition Analyst 1999-2014 (RARE for any dental broker!). #1 (out of 70+) National Analyst numerous years! Started own practice transition company, DENTAL OFFICE NETWORK, 2014. Expertise in all forms of GP & specialty dental transition arrangements: solo & multi-Doc, private and corporate, DSO, urban and rural, leased, owned, and shared real estate locations, new construction, remodel and compliance renovation; mergers, associateships, estate, divorce, and family practices. Specialty dental practice sales experience includes endodontics, periodontics, OMS, ped...

Accounting, Business Damages - Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Lost Profits, Lost Value of Businesses, Valuation Disputes, Business Interruption, Breach of Contract, Business Litigation, Partnership Dispute, Shareholder Dispute, Dispute Resolution, Negotiated Settlements, Mediation, Arbitration, Expert Determination

Gafar Shittu, CPA, CVA is an expert with 25 years of experience in accounting (with 10 years in private practice) including forensic accounting, business valuation, commercial damages quantification, cost accounting, financial accounting, and taxation. A credentialed mediator and arbitrator appointed by the States of Washington and Michigan, Gafar is skilled in the facilitation of negotiated settlements of commercial and valuation disputes with the aid of dispute resolution models built on identified objective criteria uniquely suited to each case. Gafar provides litigation support and dispute resolution services in the areas of commercial and family law as testifying, consulting, or neutral expert, and as a mediator, arbitrator/expert determiner. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)

Business Valuation, Franchising - Bylaws, Operating Agreements, Child Custody, Parental Alienation, Parenting Coordinator, Economic Damages, Pain & Suffering, Church Disputes, Asset Purchase Agreements, Attorney Malpractice, Foreclosure, Asset Tracing, Private Placements, Crowdfunding, Startup Funding, Securities Law

Passed Uniform Public Accounting Examination Passed NACVA Certified Valuation Analyst examination Served on SEC Advisory Committee on Small Business Finance Drafted and negotiated dozens of Operating Agreements, Asset Purchase Agreements, Bylaws, Private Placement Memoranda

Business Valuation, Business Damages - 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,

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...

Business Valuation, Business Damages - Fraud, Forensic Accounting, Divorce, Partnership Dispute, Shareholder Dispute, Minority Shareholder Oppression, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Investigation, Dissolution, Valuation, Damages, Expert Testimony, Business Divorce

During his four decades as a financial problem solver, Ted Phelps has built a reputation for integrity, diligence, and leadership. Phelps is skilled in the fields of insolvency, reorganization, and restructuring. As a court-appointed fiduciary, he has completed dozens of business receiverships, many of which involved fraud and shareholder oppression issues. A forensic accountant and testifying expert in the areas of Fraud, Business Valuation, and Economic Damages, Phelps excels in following the money no matter where the trail leads. Although it is a necessity in many litigated matters, forensic accounting can be time-consuming and expensive. Experience and sound judgment matter. "I separate gossip from fact," Phelps says of his work. "I listen to the parties, and I strain out the extraneous and irrelevant. In the end, I develop a road map showing the detours that led to the problems and the route to their solutions." As the founder and president of FVLS Consultancy, Phelps develop...