Dispute Resolution Expert Witnesses

Phoenix, Arizona

Hotel & Restaurant, Gaming & Gambling - Hotel Management Agreements, Pre-Development Hotel Planning, International, Hotel Franchise Agreements, Hotel Management Selection, Hospitality Due Diligence, Hotel Transactions, Hotel Brand Selection, Hotel Development, Dispute Resolution, Hotel Acquisitions, Hospitality Asset Management

Michael C. Shindler is President of Four Corners Advisors, Inc. (FCA), a hospitality transactions consultancy and advisory firm he established in June 2007 and relaunched in May 2014. FCA provides strategic, transactional and asset management services to developers or investors in the conception, programming, planning and negotiation of hospitality transactions, advisory services in brand entry to the hospitality marketplace, restructuring and workout services to lenders and borrowers for hotel loans, and expertise in dispute resolution matters through service as an arbitrator or an expert witness. Mr. Shindler is also a member of the International Society of Hospitality Consultants (www.ishc.com). Mr. Shindler’s career arc has involved positions of increasing responsibility in the hospitality transactions industry over the last 40 years, working with a major brand in a development capacity as both General Counsel and, sequentially, as the senior development executive, hospital...

Phoenix, Arizona

Legal Medicine, Hospital Administration - Clinical Ethics, Disability Law, Goal-Concordant Care, Mental Healthcare Power of Attorney, Medical Ethics, Hospital Policy Development, Advance Care Planning, Bioethics, Conflict Mediation, Living Wills, Health Law, Mediation, Health Care/Medical Power of Attorney, Elder Law, Dispute Resolution, Guardianship and Conservatorship

Jonathan D. Craig-Mendes, JD, DMSc(c), MBA, HEC-C, is a fellowship-trained and ASBH-certified Clinical Ethics Consultant currently practicing in Phoenix, AZ. Mr. Craig-Mendes' experience as a Clinical Ethics practitioner has seen his involvement in thousands of ethically-complex patient cases, addressing issues across the gamut of medical and social patient presentations. Mr. Craig-Mendes is frequently consulted to offer recommendations on the ethical appropriateness of treatment plans. He additionally becomes involved in cases where patients lack surrogate decision-makers, especially when this fact leaves hospitals and medical providers with no choice but to make decisions on behalf of the patient with little guidance on the patient's healthcare desires. Prior to his full-time work as a solo-practitioner Clinical Ethicist, Mr. Craig-Mendes attended specialized Post-Doctoral Fellowship training in the practice of clinical ethics consultation, which he completed at Wellstar Health S...

Somerville, New Jersey

Accounting, Business Damages - Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support, Dispute Resolution, Valuations, Restructuring, Chapter 11 , Expert Witness, Expert Report, Transactions , Turnaround, Advisory

Our Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) Certified Valuation Analysts (CVAs) and Certified Fraud Examiners (CFEs) deliver independent, expert guidance in valuation, forensic accounting, and litigation support. We provide critical services in shareholder disputes, lost profits and damages claims, family law matters, and fraud investigations. Our team emphasizes forensic accounting, investigative analysis, and expert testimony, ensuring clients receive objective, actionable insights for complex financial and legal matters. Litigation support also includes business valuations and specialized consulting, giving clients confidence in high-stakes situations. We also provide expert guidance to clients on complex financial matters, including in court and out-of-court restructurings, shareholder disputes, and royalty audits. The Firm works closely with legal counsel and clients to formulate a sound opinion. The Firm as experts that have been appointed as a valuation expert or an independent...

Maplewood, New Jersey

Intellectual Property, Electrical Engineering - solid state, computer networks, digital engineering, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, patent infringement, dispute resolution, artificial intelligence

Emmanuel Coffy is a registered Patent Attorney and former Patent Examiner. Mr. Coffy is an inventor and had a long career as a Digital Design Engineer. Mr. Coffy is an author and has published two (2) books namely, (1) "The Value of Your Ideas" published by Trafford and (2) "The App Developers Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property." During his career as an Engineer, he held positions such as Lead Design Engineer. He supervised the U.S. Air Force’s largest network (Cape Canaveral – NASA) capable of supporting two (2) simultaneous launches. His practice emphasizes patent application preparation, prosecution, and enforcement in the electronic arts, including Business Methods Patents and Design Patents. Mr. Coffy has extensive experience in digital technologies, computer networks, and information technologies as well as device physics, which includes semiconductor applications. Mr. Coffy co-invented a device called the “Low Friction Apparatus” issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,585,0...

West Chester, Pennsylvania

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...

Dallas, Texas

Business Damages, Accounting - Damages Lost Profits, Forensic Accounting, Construction Claims, Business Interruption, Insurance Claims, Product liability claims, Theft of Trade Secrets, Whistle blower cases, Antitrust/Pricing issues, Business valuations, Contract disputes, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Oli & Gas, M & A

EXPERIENCE • Over 64 trial/hearing testimonies in 8 states: 11 Federal, 29 State, 25 Arbitration • Over 94 total expert testimony matters • Over 840 business dispute and consulting matters • Over 60 training publications and presentations • 150 financial audits (Public Accounting – 7 years) • Significant engineering & construction experience EJ JANIK, CPA, CFF, CFE, CFLC, MS CPA = Certified Public Accountant CFF = Certified in Financial Forensics CFE = Certified Fraud Examiner CFLC = Certified Forensic Litigation Consultant FIRM SERVICES Business and Dispute Consulting Construction and Contract Claims Damage Analysis / Critiques Fact Finding / Graphic Analytics Opinions / Reports Accounting / Financial / Economic Modeling Contract Accounting Projections and Trend Analysis Color Graphic Damage Modeling Trial Exhibits and Expert Testimony OVERALL EXPERIENCE Antitrust/Pricing Issues Audits Bankruptcy Analyses Business Interruption Business Valuations Constru...

Texas

Intellectual Property, Electrical Engineering - solid state, computer networks, digital engineering, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, patent infringement, dispute resolution, artificial intelligence

Emmanuel Coffy is a registered Patent Attorney and former Patent Examiner. Mr. Coffy is an inventor and had a long career as a Digital Design Engineer. Mr. Coffy is an author and has published two (2) books namely, (1) "The Value of Your Ideas" published by Trafford and (2) "The App Developers Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property." During his career as an Engineer, he held positions such as Lead Design Engineer. He supervised the U.S. Air Force’s largest network (Cape Canaveral – NASA) capable of supporting two (2) simultaneous launches. His practice emphasizes patent application preparation, prosecution, and enforcement in the electronic arts, including Business Methods Patents and Design Patents. Mr. Coffy has extensive experience in digital technologies, computer networks, and information technologies as well as device physics, which includes semiconductor applications. Mr. Coffy co-invented a device called the “Low Friction Apparatus” issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,585,0...