Economic Damages Expert Witnesses
Economic damages expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on economic damages. The economic damages expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accounting, Actuarial, Advertising, Appraisal & Valuation, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Cannabis, Communications, Defamation, Economics, Electricity, Employment, Energy, Financial, and Fraud.
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Arizona
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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Antonio Avalos, PhD
Economic damages expert witness
Valley Economics Associates, Inc.
Fresno, California
Economics, Financial
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economist, forensic economist, economic damages, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, loss of earnings, discrimination, expert witness, loss of household services, life care plan valuation, loss of earning capacity, economic losses, tax neutralization, medical malpractice
Dr. Avalos is a Professor of Economics at California State University, Fresno, where he has served as a faculty member since 2003. Dr. Avalos’ research and publication record relevant to forensic economics includes the following:
• Avalos, Antonio, R. Sean Alley, and Philip T. Ganderton, “Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of New Mexico”, Journal of Forensic Economics, 28(1-2):211-226, 2019.
• Avalos, Antonio, “General Guidelines for the Conversion of Damages Calculated in Foreign Currency: Tort Claims”, Journal of Forensic Economics 28(1):1-14, 2019.
• Avalos, Antonio and Sean Alley, “Use and Limitations of Purchasing Power Parity for the Conversion of Damages Calculated in Foreign Currency: An Updated Look”, Journal of Legal Economics 21(2): 1-25, 2015.
• Avalos, Antonio and Sean Alley, “Are Mexican Net Discount Rates Stationary? An Application for Lost Earnings Damages Involving Undocumented Workers”, Journal of Forensi...
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Tatevik Torossian
Forensic CPA Litigation Support & Expert Witness
Grobstein Teeple LLP
Woodland Hills, California
Fraud, Accounting
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Complex commercial litigation, expert witness, economic damages, lost profits, fraud investigations, trust disputes, partnership disputes, wrongful termination, wage disputes, personal injury, family law, wrongful death, bankruptcy, lost wages, fidelity losses, employee theft, partnership dispute, shareholder dispute, trust and estate
Tatevik has over 16 years of experience in forensic accounting and fraud investigations, specializing in the analysis and measurement of economic damages related to complex commercial litigation, trusts and estates, business interruption losses, loss of earnings calculations, family law, and employee theft. Designated as an expert witness, with experience in evaluating and preparing expert witness reports and calculations for Federal and State Courts.
Professional Status:
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), California
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF)
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Member, AICPA's Forensic and Valuation Services Group
Member, American Bar Association (ABA) Litigation, Business Law and Dispute Resolution sections
Member, Women in White-Collar Criminal Defense Association (WWCDA)
Member, National Associ...
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Matthew D Hawkins, PE
Energy & Electricity Expert - PE
Livermore, California
Energy, Electricity
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Lost Earnings, Economic Damages, Business Litigation, ERCOT, PJM, ISO-NE, CAISO, Utilities, Energy Markets, Asset Management, Power Generation, Statistics, Mechanical Engineering, Operations Research, Hydroelectric Energy, Compliance, Regulatory, Batteries, Tolling Agreement, Power Purchase Agreement
I am an expert in the systems that balance electricity demand and supply.
Many systems have been created that maintain this balance over time and mitigate the cost to energy users. There are economic systems, for example, energy markets, which generate prices that indicate the value of changing the electricity flow at a particular place and time. There are regulatory systems that enforce standards on owners and operators of energy infrastructure. There are mechanical systems at power plants that keep coal flowing into the furnaces at the precise amount needed. There are forecasting systems that allow industry stakeholders to plan for the future. There are business processes that allow every kind of enterprise to interface with the grid. All these systems work in concert to keep the electrical grid energized and the electricity flowing.
Contact me if your issue intersects with any of these energy systems.
My expertise comes from over 10 years of work experience in the energy indu...
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Peter John Ingersoll, CCIM
Cannabis Business & Securities Litigation Expert
Safe Harbour Equity, Inc.
Oceanside, California
Securities & Investments, Cannabis
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Cannabis, investment analysis, receiverships, economic damages, FINRA regulations, litigation support, securities fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, investor lawsuits, unregistered securities, shareholder disputes, lost profits, forensic accounting, business valuation, financial reports, due diligence
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Cannabis business and securities disputes demand expert insight—Peter John Ingersoll, CCIM, delivers. With 40+ years guiding investor disputes, fraud claims, and unregistered securities cases, he helps attorneys untangle complex business, financial, and operational challenges. Experienced in receiverships, recapitalizations, and courtroom testimony, Peter turns complicated cannabis disputes into clear, actionable strategies.
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Peter John Ingersoll, CCIM, is a cannabis business and securities litigation expert witness with over 40 years of experience advising on investor disputes, fraud claims, and unregistered securities. He provides guidance in complex business disputes involving founders, partners, and creditors, offering clear and credible analysis for courts and counsel. Peter’s expertise spans recapitalization, receiverships, and corporate governance, ensuring attorneys can navigate the unique legal, operational, and financial challenges of the...
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Patrick A Chylinski, MBA, MAFF, CFE, CVA
Economic Damages, Forensics, Expert Witness
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Fraud
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Economic damages, Lost profits, Forensic accounting, Fraud investigation, Business valuations, Valuations, Post acquisition disputes, Damages, Financial expert, Expert witness, Litigation consulting, Fee dispute, Dispute consulting, Accounting, Lost earnings, Business interruption, Litigation services, Business damages, Asset tracing
Patrick Chylinski is a Partner and the practice leader for Armanino Advisory LLC's Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigations, Litigation Consulting practice. Past experience includes working in the dispute advisory services practice at Deloitte, as a leader in the Litigation Consulting and Dispute Advisory services practice at RSM, LLP, and serving in leadership roles at regional firms.
Mr. Chylinski assists businesses, boards of directors, and counsel in complex business and commercial dispute matters, as well as investigations of potential fraud and financial misconduct. Mr. Chylinski has wide-ranging experience, assisting clients in the public and private sectors, and in a variety of assignments including but not limited to contract disputes, partnership disputes, M&A and post-acquisition disputes, trust and estate disputes, fee disputes, labor and employment related matters, valuation related dispute matters, business interruption (BI) matters, intellectual property (IP) disp...
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Jeff A. Neumeister
Fraud & Financial Forensics Expert Witness
Kelly Partners Burbank (fka Neumeister & Associates)
Woodland Hills, California
Accounting, Financial
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cryptocurrency, fraud investigation, financial tracing, business valuation, commerical litigation, economic damages, internal controls, financial forensics, perquisite analysis, tracing funds, digital asset tracing, M&A analysis, insurance claim, partnership disputes, divorce accounting, trust accounting, lost profits, due diligence
Jeff A. Neumeister is a well-educated and experienced forensic expert and consultant in accounting, cryptocurrency, and financial advisory services. He is the managing partner at Kelly+Partners Burbank and a partner at Crypto Tax International Pvt. Ltd. Small organizations, startups, holding entities, high-net-worth individuals, and middle market companies, directly and through their retained counsel, have relied upon Jeff to identify problems, uncover frauds, plan successful exits, improve efficiencies, initiate and defend against litigation, and facilitate sustainable growth. Over his 25 years of professional experience, he has worked in firms ranging in size from large international entities to smaller regional practices. He has been a recurring speaker for conferences, webinars, private events and teaches as a professor in university in both undergraduate and graduate programs. In addition, he has over 15 professional certifications and 5 graduate degrees.
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David K Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA
High Stakes Disputes and Investigations
Golbahar Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Partnership disputes, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, Employment, Wrongful termination, Business litigation, Lost profits, Business valuation, Unjust enrichment, Fraud, White collar criminal defense, Intellectual property, Bankruptcy, Forensic accounting, Breach of contract, Disputes, Royalty audit
ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
David Golbahar, CPA/CFF, CGMA, is an award-winning forensic accountant and expert witness based in Los Angeles, California, serving attorneys and clients statewide and nationwide. He is the Managing Director of Golbahar Consulting Group, A.C., a boutique forensic accounting and litigation consulting firm focused on disputes and investigations.
Mr. Golbahar has nearly two decades of experience in financial forensics, economic damages, and fraud investigations. He has been retained in numerous complex matters involving privately held businesses, professional practices, and high-net-worth individuals. He has been engaged in cases involving lost profits, business interruption, partnership and shareholder disputes, marital dissolution, solvency analyses, tracing of misappropriated funds, and allegations of financial misconduct.
His practice emphasizes clear, defensible expert analysis for trial, arbitration, and mediation....
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Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.
Class action, antitrust & economic damages expert
Kenyon Consulting LLC
California
Economics, Statistics
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Lost wages, Antitrust, Class certification, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Platform economics, Conjoint surveys, Health insurance, Class action, Economic damages, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wage and hour, Industrial espionage, Fraud detection, Employment discrimination, Statistical sampling, FLSA
Phil Cross is Kenyon Consulting’s principal and founder. He has over twenty years’ experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government and consulting.
His consulting experience includes opining in large class-action litigations, high-profile arbitrations, antitrust matters, breach-of-contract matters, wage-and-hour matters and employment discrimination matters.
He is widely recognized as being an effective testifier, able to break down complex economics ideas and empirical findings into plain English for judges and juries.
Phil has his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, has taught at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and the University of Melbourne and has published in top academic journals.
Phil has a wide range of experience, including opining on video game distribution, health insurance provision, health-care worker markets, higher education finance, automotive supply distribution, probationary service provision, health care, financial services, energ...
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Nicole Liska, M.A. (Economics)
Economic damages expert witness
Fulcrum Financial Inquiry LLP
Los Angeles , California
Economics, Employment
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economic damages, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, discrimination, medical malpractice, product liability, lost earnings, loss of income, life care plan present value, present value medical care costs, pension Loss, wage and hour, unpaid overtime, meal breaks, false advertising, breach of contract, class action
Ms. Liska specializes in applied economic and statistical modeling, with over 25 years of experience on a diversity of cases across industries. She has extensive experience addressing economic damages, most often in the areas of (i) personal injury/wrongful death, (ii) employment-related cases (e.g., wrongful termination, discrimination) (iii) analyses to address class action claims (e.g., wage and hour, false advertising, statistical sampling), and (iv) commercial claims (e.g., breach of contract). She has provided economic and financial analyses on these matters by combining sophisticated economic and statistical techniques.
Ms. Liska has testified as an expert witness in federal and state courts, arbitration, and deposition.
She also regularly collaborates with others at her firm, Fulcrum Financial Inquiry, in complex cases where expertise across different areas is required to address needs for forensic accounting, fraud investigation and business valuation. When appropri...
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Nicholas Carroll
Defamation Expert Witness, Defamation Damages
Woodbridge, California
Defamation, Communications
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EXPERT WITNESS for economic damages, malicious or negligent causation of emotional distress, issues relating to social media (SM), mainstream media, online and internet defamation, libel review, public/private figures, the right to privacy, slander, libel, and cost of defamation management/repair, reputation repair
SERVICES: Expert witness reports and/or testimony in defamation of character cases, including both libel and slander, as well as portrayal in a false light and right to privacy cases. This leverages 30 years of experience as a credible journalist and one of the first practitioners of search engine optimization, as well as 20 years of consulting directly with end-clients on emotional distress issues. I am familiar with most aspects of defamation, from gossip campaigns to online defamation and reputation management. Particular areas of expertise:
• Economic damages resulting from defamation and harm to reputation. There are ALWAYS economic damages, if not to date, then in the costs of reputation repair going forwards - I make itemized projections of these in both reports and testimony.
• Traditional mainstream media libel. I've been an editor, journalist, and author for 30 years, and know the aspects from fault to hot-button words.
• Online defamation through review/rating web sit...
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Jason A Engel, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CVA, MAFF, ABV
Engel & Engel, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Fraud Investigations, Tracing of Funds, Economic Damages, Alter Ego, Fraudulent Transfers, Business Appraisal & Valuation, Economics, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption
Engel & Engel, LLP is a Los Angeles CPA firm engaged in the practice of forensic accounting for over 25 years. Mr. Engel has served as an expert witness in over 500 forensic accounting cases including expert testimony in connection with a jury award of $2.3 billion.
Mr. Engel has authored 20 research publications on the subjects of economic damages, fraudulent transfers, intellectual property, alter ego, business valuation, and employment damages.
Mr. Engel's professional credentials include those of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV).
Mr. Engel has been engaged in the practice of forensic accounting and expert testimony for forty years including forensic experience at two of the Big 4 accounting firms. Mr. Engel has testified in federal courts, bankruptcy courts, state ...
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Robert B Klaus
Commercial Real Estate Investments / Loan Expert
Elite Commercial Advisors, Inc.
La Jolla, California
Real Estate, Financial
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Commercial Real Estate, Real Estate Syndications, Purchase and Sale Agreements, Financing, Finance, Commercial Loans, Construction Loans, Operating Agreements, Bridge Debt, Valuation, Commercial Real Estate Brokerage, Bank Loans, Hard Money Loans, Private Loans, Brokerage Standard of Care, Economic Damages, Dispute Resolution
30+ years experience as a Commercial Real Estate Broker, Investor and Commercial Loan Broker.
Key principle (General Partner) in multiple boutique investment companies and Broker of Record for several Commercial Real Estate brokerage firms.
Has been involved in commercial real estate transactions totaling over $500,000,000. Examples of commercial real estate projects include: Acquisition and financing of 30 vacant properties with one loan via cross collateralization and built in release provisions, Acquisition and financing of ground up construction Class-A self storage facility, financed 49 properties with one loan via cross collateralization and built in release provisions, acquisition and financing of multiple out of state NNN (Triple-Net) properties.
Knowledgeable on commercial real estate sales contract trends, financing solutions, syndication structures, lender guidelines and creative transaction structures across multiple asset classes.
Extensive experience with highly ...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Colorado
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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Jim D Carr
Healthcare Valuation & Value-Based Care Expert
InHealth Advisors
Lone Tree, Colorado
Appraisal & Valuation, Business Valuation
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Healthcare Valuation, Physician Compensation, FMV, Stark, Anti-Kickback, Physician Strategy, Physician Alignment, Value-Based Care, ACO, CIN, Hospital Strategy, Provider Compensation, APP Compensation, False Claim, Doctor Pay, Healthcare Business Value, Healthcare Appraiser, Commercially Reasonable, Pay for Performance, Economic Damages
Jim leads InHealth’s work related to structuring, implementing, and valuing provider integration models for clinic-based specialties and navigating the transition to participation in advanced value-based contracting models. Jim is a frequent presenter and author on matters pertaining to physician alignment models, provider compensation, and healthcare valuation. He also possesses extensive experience serving as an expert in disputes and investigations involving physician compensation, healthcare business valuation, and other healthcare valuation matters.
Jim offers InHealth’s clients guidance in designing provider integration models that ensure alignment with their organization’s operational and financial goals, as well as optimize the organization’s performance in value-based payment programs. He assists organizations in developing the strategies and entities needed for participation in advanced value-based contracting programs, including Value-Based Enterprises, Accountable Care ...
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David W. Carr, CPA/ABV/CFF, CMA, CFE
Accounting, Business Valuation, & Economic Damages
The Witherspoon Group, LLC
Delaware
Accounting, Business Valuation
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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 in the State of Maryland, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants, and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.
Class action, antitrust & economic damages expert
Kenyon Consulting LLC
Washington, District Of Columbia
Economics, Statistics
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Lost wages, Antitrust, Class certification, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Platform economics, Conjoint surveys, Health insurance, Class action, Economic damages, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wage and hour, Industrial espionage, Fraud detection, Employment discrimination, Statistical sampling, FLSA
Phil Cross is Kenyon Consulting’s principal and founder. He has over twenty years’ experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government and consulting.
His consulting experience includes opining in large class-action litigations, high-profile arbitrations, antitrust matters, breach-of-contract matters, wage-and-hour matters and employment discrimination matters.
He is widely recognized as being an effective testifier, able to break down complex economics ideas and empirical findings into plain English for judges and juries.
Phil has his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, has taught at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and the University of Melbourne and has published in top academic journals.
Phil has a wide range of experience, including opining on video game distribution, health insurance provision, health-care worker markets, higher education finance, automotive supply distribution, probationary service provision, health care, financial services, energ...
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Nataliya Kalava, CVA, ABV, MAFF, CMEA
Valuation & Financial Expert | CVA, ABV, MAFF
ONE10 Advisors LLC
Tampa, Florida
Business Valuation, Business Damages
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Marital Dissolution, Litigation, Lost Profits, Economic Damages, Intellectual Property, Equipment and Machinery Appraisal, Shareholder Disputes, Partnership Buyout, Business Asset Valuations, M&A and Transactions, Business Acquisition, Lost Business Value, Valuation and Appraisal, Diminution in Value, Tax Valuations
Nataliya Kalava is a seasoned financial expert with over 15 years of experience specializing in business valuation, economic damages, and litigation support for privately held companies. She holds the CVA, ABV, MAFF, and CMEA credentials.
Nataliya serves as a Partner at ONE10 Firm and Co-Founder of Nambri Technologies, a fintech company dedicated to building valuation automation tools. She has been retained in cases involving lost profits, business interruption, and marital dissolution in Florida.
As an Adjunct Finance Faculty Member at the University of Tampa and a frequent CLE speaker, Nataliya blends technical acumen with communication clarity—ensuring complex financial issues are accessible to judges, juries, and attorneys. Her leadership roles on NACVA’s Editorial and Credentialing Boards further reflect her influence in shaping industry standards.
Whether preparing for trial, mediation, or valuation for tax, transaction, or compliance purposes, Nataliya delivers defensible,...
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Robert Wegman, MRC, CRC, CEAS
Vocational Loss of Earnings Expert
LCPMD
Lakeland, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment
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Vocational evaluation, loss of earning capacity, personal injury, employability, vocational testing, wage earning capacity, economic damages, job analysis, vocational, transferable skills, amputation, traumatic brain injury, catastrophic, non-catastrophic, vocational forensics, wage loss
Mr. Wegman serves as a vocational rehabilitation subject matter expert, providing opinions to attorneys working on cases including but not limited to personal injury, medical malpractice, and workers’ compensation. Using evidence-based practices and methodologies, he can determine if a loss of earnings occurred due to injury. With a sound understanding of the impact disability has on earning capacity, Mr. Wegman utilizes his expertise to provide vocational counseling and guidance and conduct vocational assessments and transferrable skills analyses. Additionally, he performs labor market analyses, with wage loss assessments, and provides court testimony.
As a Bowling Green State University Rehabilitation Counseling Program graduate with a medical background, Mr. Wegman has worked for over 20 years as a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. He has extensive experience providing vocational rehabilitation counseling services in the public and private sectors within multiple states. This...
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Julianne Frain, PhD, CRC, CLCP, ABVE/D
Life Care Planning and Vocational Expert
Rehab Pro Assessment and Consultation
Boca Raton, Florida
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Cost Projection, Vocational Evaluation, Vocational Assessment, Life Care Planner, Labor Market Survey, Economic Damages, Disability, Career Counselor, Earning Capacity, Medical Billing and Coding, Medical Audits, Past Billing Analysis, Cost of Future Medical Care, Transferable Skills Analysis, Employability, Life Care Planning
Dr. Julianne Frain is a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor, Certified Life Care Planner, and Diplomate with the American Board of Vocational Experts. Having testified in both state and federal venues in multiple states, this expert has over 300 appearances in combined deposition and trial testimony. Dr. Frain is typically hired in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, life care planning, or both concentrations combined. She possesses 17 years of experience handling claims within varying forms of injury and family law matters and rendering opinions on vocational assessment, disability, pre-and-post incident earning capacity, re-employment, rehabilitation and life care planning, and usual and customary costs of medical care. She is commonly retained by both plaintiff and defense firms. Her company manages a high volume of claims spread primarily throughout the entire state of Florida as well as the mid-west. Rehab Pro Assessment and Consultation has Florida offices in Jacksonville, ...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Florida
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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Edward M Rouse, CPA, CFE, CRFAC
MCINTOSH & ROUSE
Pensacola, Florida
Accounting, Business Valuation
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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...
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Scott D Gilbert, PhD
Economist expert witness (16+ yrs), econ prof.
Gilbert Economics
O'Fallon, Illinois
Economics, Financial
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economic damages, personal injury, wrongful death, lost profits, contract disputes, statistical evidence, consumer fraud damages, antitrust economics
Scott Gilbert is a PhD economist who provides expert witness and litigation support services on economic matters in tort and contract law, via the consulting firm Gilbert Economics. He lives in southern Illinois, where he is associate professor of economics at Southern Illinois University. Since 1998 he has served as economics expert on a range of legal matters, in cases filed in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, and Mississippi. As an expert witness he serves all midwest states, and does not charge clients for travel time or expenses.
Scott received his PhD degree in economics in the year 1996, and before that worked as economics research associate at the nation's central bank on the west coast -- the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He serves as associate editor of The American Statistician, and his academic research has been published in high-quality peer-reviewed journals in the fields of economics, statistics, and finance.
Scott is an active researcher and edu...
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Michael D. Pakter, CPA, CFF, CGMA, CFE, CVA, MAFF, CA, CIRA, CDBV
Economic Damages
Gould & Pakter LLC
Chicago, Illinois
Business Damages
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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 45 years of experience in accounting, forensic accounting, business economics and investigations including m...
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MICHAEL P GOLDMAN, CPA, CVA, CFE, CFF, MM
More than 40 years experience in business analysis
Michael Goldman & Associates, LLC
DEERFIELD, Illinois
Business Damages, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Economic Damages, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, Fraud, Fraudulent Conveyance, Litigation Support, Business Valuation, Lost Profits, Business Plans, Start-ups, Financial Analysis, Business Interruption, Distressed Business, Divorce, Shareholder Oppression, Reasonable Compensation
Michael Goldman has been qualified as an expert numerous times in both state and federal courts in matters requiring opinions on forensic accounting, solvency, business valuation, fraudulent conveyance, fraud, economic damages, contract disputes, marital dissolution, and shareholder oppression. He has been deposed more than 25 times and has testified more than 25 times. Michael is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Valuation Analyst and is Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA.
Mr. Goldman has worked for bankruptcy courts and trustees, secured lenders, unsecured creditors, and debtors in numerous insolvency and restructuring engagements. He has provided opinions for both plaintiffs and defendants in economic damages cases, divorce, and partnership dissolutions. Michael also maintains a tax preparation practice.
Mr. Goldman was a professor teaching Entrepreneurship at the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management for fifteen years a...
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Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.
Class action, antitrust & economic damages expert
Kenyon Consulting LLC
Illinois
Economics, Statistics
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Lost wages, Antitrust, Class certification, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Platform economics, Conjoint surveys, Health insurance, Class action, Economic damages, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wage and hour, Industrial espionage, Fraud detection, Employment discrimination, Statistical sampling, FLSA
Phil Cross is Kenyon Consulting’s principal and founder. He has over twenty years’ experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government and consulting.
His consulting experience includes opining in large class-action litigations, high-profile arbitrations, antitrust matters, breach-of-contract matters, wage-and-hour matters and employment discrimination matters.
He is widely recognized as being an effective testifier, able to break down complex economics ideas and empirical findings into plain English for judges and juries.
Phil has his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, has taught at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and the University of Melbourne and has published in top academic journals.
Phil has a wide range of experience, including opining on video game distribution, health insurance provision, health-care worker markets, higher education finance, automotive supply distribution, probationary service provision, health care, financial services, energ...
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Stan V Smith, PhD
Smith Economics Group
Chicago, Illinois
Economics, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Hedonic Damages, Credit Damages, Lost Wages, Lost Household Services, Commercial Litigation, Financial Analysis, Personal Injury, Employment Discrimination, Intellectual Property, Patent Damages
Dr. Stan V. Smith is a University of Chicago educated economist. As president of Smith Economics Group, economic legal consultants for plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide, he provides testimony and litigation support services in evaluating damages. He and his staff of economists have developed state-of-the-art econometric analysis.
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David W. Carr, CPA/ABV/CFF, CMA, CFE
Accounting, Business Valuation, & Economic Damages
The Witherspoon Group, LLC
Salisbury, Maryland
Accounting, Business Valuation
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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 in the State of Maryland, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants, and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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Patricia Yanes
Consumer Survey Expert – Class Actions
Applied Marketing Science, Inc.
Burlington, Massachusetts
Marketing, Advertising
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Conjoint Analysis, Class Action, Class Action Lawsuits, Class Action Damage Models, Class Action Litigation, Class Certification, Economic Damages, Market Research, Marketing, Survey Design, Survey Research, Damage Calculations, Damages
Patricia Yanes serves as an expert witness for civil litigation, with a specialty in on conjoint analysis and discrete-choice methodologies for class actions. She has led domestic and international market research engagements for over a decade as a Principal at Applied Marketing Science, Inc. (AMS). Her litigation research experience includes supporting affiliated academic experts in the design and execution of high-stakes consumer litigation, and in preparing rebuttals. She has managed projects with testifying experts on cases related to deceptive advertising, class actions, patent infringement and more. Patty is a master of conjoint analysis, maximum-difference scaling (MaxDiff), total unduplicated reach and frequency (TURF), and choice-modeling techniques.
Patty is a member of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science (INFORMS), the Insights Association (IA), and Women in Research (WIRe). She has gu...
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Kirsten Durling, MA, CRC
Vocational Loss of Earnings Expert
LCPMD
Linden, Michigan
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment
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Vocational evaluation, loss of earning capacity, personal injury, employability, vocational testing, wage earning capacity, economic damages, job analysis, vocational expert, pediatric wage loss, amputation, traumatic brain injury, burns, catastrophic, non-catastrophic injury, vocational forensics
In her work with LCPMD, Ms. Durling serves as a vocational expert providing an array of vocational services to attorneys for litigation support, including loss of earnings assessments, vocational evaluations, and employability/placeability assessments.
Ms. Durling graduated from Michigan State University’s rehabilitation counseling program that is ranked #1 among programs within the United States by the US News and World Report. She has extensive experience in both the public and private sector working with individuals on a wide spectrum in terms of disability and injury. She has also worked with some of the largest long-term disability carriers in the country to determine employability and earnings potential in relation to continued benefits. Ms. Durling is well-versed in vocational assessments including loss of earnings capacity, transferable skills analysis, labor market surveys, and employability opinions.
LCPMD is sought by both plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide ...
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Susan J Koss, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA
O'Keefe
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Michigan
Accounting, Legal
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Litigation support in breach of contract, lost profits, economic damages, and fraudulent conveyance matters, business valuations utilized in estate tax resolutions, shareholder disputes, marital dissolutions, and merger and acquisition transactions
Additionally, Ms. Koss prepares complex financial analyses utilized in business turnarounds and bank workout assignments for clients. Her restructuring expertise includes a variety of industries including but not limited to distribution, real estate and manufacturing. Ms. Koss is also involved in the quantification of economic damages for large product recalls and warranty matters.
Ms. Koss holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, with departmental honors, from Oakland University and is licensed by the State of Michigan as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). She is accredited by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) as a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) and has been awarded the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) credentials by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is a past Recording Secretary and past Chair of the Michigan Chapter of IWIRC (International Women’s Inso...
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Robert H Alexander, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
Commercial Damages Expert - 25+ Years in Southeast
Alexander CPA LLC
Oxford, Mississippi
Business Damages, Business Valuation
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Economic Damages, Business Interruption, Lost profits, Trade dress & trademark infringement, Economic impact on localities from specific events, Fin. Misrepresentations in Business sales, Software failure damages, Contractual disputes, Breach, Valuation, Product liability, Dispersal of class actions awards
• Shareholder at Alexander CPA LLC, an accounting firm specializing in litigation support, expert witness testimony, and business valuation. Thirty years of experience as an expert witness and business appraiser.
• Former partner, member of the governing Board of Directors, and firm-wide director of Fraud, Forensic, and Litigation services for HORNE LLP, a super-regional CPA and consulting firm. HORNE joined BDO in 2025.
• Qualified as an expert in financial matters, economic damages, business valuation, and accounting in federal and state courts in Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Louisiana. Testimony has included jury and bench trials. Engagements include expert testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants.
• Appraised hundreds of businesses for non-litigation purposes from a broad scope of industries, including shareholder buyouts, mergers & acquisitions, corporate planning, estate and gift, and others.
• Representative engagements include accounting malpractice, economic da...
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Megan Todd, PhD
Western Research Systems LLC
Ennis, Montana
Economics, Employment
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Wage and Hour, Class Action, Unpaid Overtime, Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Compensation, Economic Loss, Economic Damages, Breach of Contract, Lost Income, Meal Breaks, Employment Discrimination, Pay Equity, False Advertising
Dr. Megan Fasules Todd is a skilled economist with expertise spanning both consumer class actions and labor and employment matters. She has extensive experience analyzing economic issues in matters involving deceptive business practices, consumer overcharges, and damages estimation, as well as disputes related to pay equity, discrimination, wage and hour violations, and labor negotiations. Her deep knowledge of economic analysis and methods has helped clients navigate complex issues, including evaluating surveys and samples, cost-benefit analysis, economic impacts, hypothesis testing, and regressions.
Her multidisciplinary background extends to health economics, bankruptcy, and public economics, providing an invaluable perspective to the work she does. With a passion for applying economic theory to real-world issues, Dr. Todd has established herself as trusted expert and consultant for businesses, legal teams, and organizations.
Dr. Todd earned her B.A. in Mathematics and Economic...
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Jennifer Oyadomari, CPA, CFE, CFF, ABV
Forensic Accounting & BV Expert Witness
Forensic Solutions, LLC
Henderson, Nevada
Fraud, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Embezzlement, Business Valuation, Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Tracing Analysis, Financial Analysis, Litigation Support, Expert Witness, Fraud Risk Assessment, Business Interruption, Asset Tracing, Income Determination, Family Law, Cannabis
Jennifer Oyadomari is the President of Forensic Solutions, LLC, an accounting firm that specializes in forensic accounting, business valuation, lost profits, and litigation support services. Ms. Oyadomari has almost two decades of professional experience in the areas of financial accounting, business valuation, and forensic accounting. This experience includes positions in the cannabis industry and in the Forensic Advisory practice of BDO USA, LLP.
Ms. Oyadomari is the current instructor of the Fraud Examination course at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which is a senior- and graduate-level accounting course.
Ms. Oyadomari has testified in depositions and trials, assisted with mediations and settlements, served as a joint and neutral expert, and served as both a Special Master and as a Receiver.
Ms. Oyadomari earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and her Master of Science in Accounting from University of Nevada, Las Vegas....
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John N. Haut, JD, MBA, CPA
Sparks, Nevada
Business Valuation, Securities & Investments
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Economic Damages, Copyright, Trademark, Securities Litigation, Investment Performance, Shareholder Appraisal Actions
I am a highly experienced consulting expert (over 30 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.
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Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
Economic Damages
Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC
New Jersey
Insurance, Business Damages
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Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes, Damages
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 28 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, economic damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance.
One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations.
Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insur...
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Yutong Xie, PhD
Economic Consulting
Princeton, New Jersey
Financial, Economics
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Business Valuation, Securities Litigation, Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Fiduciary Duties, Shareholder Disputes, Investment Analysis, Financial Damages, Economic Consulting, Loss Causation, Antitrust, Lost profits, Economic damages, Employment discrimination, Wrongful termination, Lost wages
Dr. Yutong Xie is an Associate Professor of Finance at The College of New Jersey with extensive expertise in corporate finance, securities litigation, and business valuation. He has published research in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Finance Research Letters, and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy.
Dr. Xie’s areas of specialization include business valuation, event study analysis, corporate governance, fiduciary duties, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, institutional investors, ESG disclosure, risk management, and financial reporting quality. His academic work often focuses on how firms respond to policy and regulatory changes, giving him a unique perspective on corporate behavior in complex legal and economic contexts.
With over a decade of teaching experience, Dr. Xie has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in corporate finance, investments, financial management, and risk management. He is skilled at clearly...
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Robert A Bonavito, CPA, MBA, PFS, CVA, ABV, CFE, CFF, CGMS
Damage Expert With 40 Years of Experience
Robert A Bonavito CPA PC
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Business Damages, Business Valuation
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forensic accountant, lost profits analysis, expert witness testimony, expert deposition, business valuation expert, shareholder dispute expert, expert witness testimony, economic damages expert, matrimonial finance expert, commercial litigation damages, fraud examination, litigation support CPA, oppression case valuation
Robert A Bonavito CPA
1812 Front Street
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tel. 908-322-7719
Fax 908-322-7792
robert@rabcpafirm.com
EXPERIENCE
Robert A. Bonavito is the managing partner for Robert A. Bonavito, CPA A Professional Corporation. Robert has studied finance and business valuation at Harvard University, along with earning a Bachelors from Montclair State University and his MBA in finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. This formal education combined with over 30 years of experience as a forensic accountant has provided him with the opportunity to investigate, prepare reports, and testify in more than 2000 cases.
Robert’s education and experience led to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) requesting that he help develop and become a subject matter expert for the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) exam. The CFF exam is widely considered the most important credential a forensic accountant can obtain in the United States and thro...
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John E. Beauzile, MS
Beauzile Forensic Economics LLC
Binghamton, New York
Economics, Actuarial
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Economic Damages, Economic Loss Valuation, Life-Care Plans Valuations, Valuation of Wrongful Death, Pension Valuation, Forensic Economics, Forensic Economist, Valuation of Personal Injury
John E. Beauzile is a Columbia University-educated actuarial analyst. He has experience working with businesses, consulting firms, and legal firms. Mr. Beauzile has submitted 800+ expert reports before the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.
Class action, antitrust & economic damages expert
Kenyon Consulting LLC
New York
Economics, Statistics
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Lost wages, Antitrust, Class certification, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Platform economics, Conjoint surveys, Health insurance, Class action, Economic damages, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wage and hour, Industrial espionage, Fraud detection, Employment discrimination, Statistical sampling, FLSA
Phil Cross is Kenyon Consulting’s principal and founder. He has over twenty years’ experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government and consulting.
His consulting experience includes opining in large class-action litigations, high-profile arbitrations, antitrust matters, breach-of-contract matters, wage-and-hour matters and employment discrimination matters.
He is widely recognized as being an effective testifier, able to break down complex economics ideas and empirical findings into plain English for judges and juries.
Phil has his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, has taught at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and the University of Melbourne and has published in top academic journals.
Phil has a wide range of experience, including opining on video game distribution, health insurance provision, health-care worker markets, higher education finance, automotive supply distribution, probationary service provision, health care, financial services, energ...
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Robert A Bonavito, CPA, MBA, PFS, CVA, ABV, CFE, CFF, CGMS
Damage Expert With 40 Years of Experience
Robert A Bonavito CPA PC
New York
Business Damages, Business Valuation
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forensic accountant, lost profits analysis, expert witness testimony, expert deposition, business valuation expert, shareholder dispute expert, expert witness testimony, economic damages expert, matrimonial finance expert, commercial litigation damages, fraud examination, litigation support CPA, oppression case valuation
Robert A Bonavito CPA
1812 Front Street
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tel. 908-322-7719
Fax 908-322-7792
robert@rabcpafirm.com
EXPERIENCE
Robert A. Bonavito is the managing partner for Robert A. Bonavito, CPA A Professional Corporation. Robert has studied finance and business valuation at Harvard University, along with earning a Bachelors from Montclair State University and his MBA in finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. This formal education combined with over 30 years of experience as a forensic accountant has provided him with the opportunity to investigate, prepare reports, and testify in more than 2000 cases.
Robert’s education and experience led to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) requesting that he help develop and become a subject matter expert for the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) exam. The CFF exam is widely considered the most important credential a forensic accountant can obtain in the United States and thro...
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J. Armand Musey, CFA, JD/MBA
Summit Ridge Group, LLC
New York, New York
Business Valuation, Appraisal & Valuation
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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 20 years, he has completed dozens of financial valuations, 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 cu...
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Pavithra K Kumar, PhD CFA
MIT-PhD Damages, Securities and Valuation Expert
Advanced Analytical Consulting Group
New York, New York
Economics, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Securities, Corporate finance, Class actions, Fraud, Financial modeling, Derivatives, Financial statements, Structured Products, Commercial Damages, Wrongful Termination damages, 10b-5, Lost Profits, Crypto, Contractual Damages, Trust, Present Value Calculation, Investor disputes, Portfolio investments, Valuation
Dr. Kumar (PhD in Finance from MIT Sloan, CFA) has almost 20 years of experience in economic consulting and specializes in the application of economic and financial theory to questions arising in business disputes, securities/derivatives and corporate finance litigation. She has expertise in economic damages quantification, business valuation (including startups and companies across a variety of niche industries), securities and structured finance litigation. She is proficient in the use of sophisticated statistical modeling and econometric techniques, including event studies, analysis of options, swaps and other complex structured products.
She has been engaged several times as a testifying expert (both defense and plaintiff-side) in securities, valuation and damages-related matters, including SPAC disputes and employment arbitrations. She has also been engaged as consulting expert in a wider range of litigation including tax and transfer pricing, financial antitrust, statistical...
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Matthew Line
Forensic Accounting, Fraud Expert - Former IRS-CI
MDL Financial Forensics, LLC
Charlotte, North Carolina
Accounting, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Tax, Economic Damages, Business Valuation, Bankruptcy, Family Law, White Collar Crime, Money Laundering
Matthew D. Line, CFE, MAFF, CAMS, is a seasoned forensic accounting and financial investigations expert with over 25 years of experience in financial forensic, unraveling complex financial transactions, frauds, and schemes in high-stakes criminal and civil litigation matters. As the Managing Member of MDL Financial Forensics, LLC, he provides forensic accounting, litigation support, and business valuation services to clients navigating civil and criminal financial disputes. His expertise spans fraud and financial forensic investigations, asset tracing, lifestyle analysis, economic damages analysis, and valuation in matters involving tax, embezzlement, money laundering, white collar frauds, bankruptcy, family law, asset misappropriation and business disputes.
Prior to founding MDL Financial Forensics, Matthew served as a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation Division, where he led and conducted complex financial forensic investigations across multip...
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Matthew Metzgar, PhD
Economics Professor Expert Witness
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina
Economics
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Economic Damages, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Environmental Damages, Lost Profits, Present Value Loss, Lost Earnings, Lost Wages, Pension Loss, Medical Care Costs
Matthew Metzgar, PhD, is an economist and expert witness with experience evaluating economic damages in cases involving lost wages, wrongful death, personal injury, and related matters. He is a Clinical Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has served as an expert in state and federal litigation, including recent work with the U.S. Department of Justice. Dr. Metzgar is known for producing clear, transparent analyses and testimony grounded in established economic theory and sound empirical methods.
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Robert Nordlander, CPA, CFE
Forensic Accounting - Former IRS-CI Special Agent
Nordlander CPA, PLLC
Colfax, North Carolina
Accounting, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigations, Criminal Tax, Economic Damages, Internal Investigations, Ponzi Schemes, Partnership Disputes, Tax Resolution, Fiduciary Disputes, Payroll Taxes, Divorce, White Collar crimes
For over 20 years, Robert Nordlander was a special agent with IRS-Criminal Investigations where he investigated complex criminal tax and money laundering violations, including other white collar crimes. He is a CPA and CFE. He was a certified instructor for the IRS where he developed and taught forensic accounting course materials nationwide and globally on behalf of the IRS to law enforcement. Nordlander was also considered a subject matter expert in cryptocurrency. He was assigned to the IRS-CI Cyber Crime Unit in Washington, DC and the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force.
Prior to his law enforcement career, he taught accounting and tax courses at a university. He currently speaks nationwide on the topics of forensic accounting and solving large tax problems. He is the author of three Amazon bestsellers on forensic accounting and tax resolution. Nordlander has over 10 courses online that are certified for continuing education for CPAs. His training courses are available nationw...
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Andrew T Clark, CPA, CFE, CFF
Meaden & Moore, LLP
Cleveland, Ohio
Accounting, Business Damages
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Litigation Support, Loss of Profits, Economic Damages, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Interruption, Inventory & Contents Claims, Employee Dishonesty, Construction Contract Analysis, Financial Motive, Subrogation, Extra Expenses, Product Liability, Fraud
With over twenty-five years of public accounting experience, Mr. Clark specializes in forensic accounting services for the legal and insurance profession. He has been designated as an expert and testified in Federal and State courts on a variety of matters including commercial insurance claim evaluations, contract disputes, loss of profits, personal injury, wrongful death, professional liability, and white-collar crime. Mr. Clark has also been appointed as an Appraiser on a variety of commercial property insurance disputes.
Mr. Clark’s experience spans a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, energy, hospitals, retail, hotel and hospitality, construction, agriculture, transportation, colleges and universities, restaurants, stadiums and theatres. He evaluates damages related to loss of profits, economic damages, contract disputes, shareholder disputes, financial motive, business interruption claims, inventory and contents claims, extra expense claims, employee dish...
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Rebecca Newman, CPA, CFE
Forensic Accounting Services
Portland, Oregon
Accounting, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Commercial Damages, Business Interruption, Lost Earnings, Financial Elder Abuse, Fraud Investigations, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination
I have over 20 years of experience with forensic accounting, including personal injury, wrongful death, business interruption, and patent infringement cases. Clients have included civil plaintiff and defense attorneys, insurance companies, and criminal prosecution and defense attorneys.
In addition to my training and substantial experience as a CPA, my background in communications allows me to effectively connect with clients, juries, and arbitrators, both in person and through my reports. I believe that clear, direct language is more understandable to the triers of fact -- and ultimately more convincing.
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Jessica Sands, CPA
Forensic Accounting Expert Witness
Jessica Sands CPA, LLC
Bend, Oregon
Fraud, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Economic Damages, Financial Reporting, Lost Profits, Corporate Litigation, Accounting Investigations, CPA, Business Litigation, Embezzlement, CFF, Business Valuation, Divorce, Family Law
Jessica Sands is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of Oregon and has obtained the Core and Specialized Forensic Accounting Certificates promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). In February 2025, she passed the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) exam. She has worked in both public accounting and industry since graduating from Linfield University with a degree in accounting in 1998.
A few of Jessica’s notable areas of expertise include family law and divorce, financial analysis, investigative financial review, complex financial reporting (business plans, budgeting, and forecasting), fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and business damages.
Jessica can provide expert support for clients in litigation or pre-litigation. She can provide an expert report, such as a damage calculation or business valuation, which can be leveraged in litigation. She can also provide testimony in depositions and trials:
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Sameer Singh Somal, CFA, CFP, CAIA
Defamation, Business Damages & Valuation Expert
Blue Ocean Global Technology
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Defamation, Information Technology
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Financial Damages, Economic Damages, Internet Defamation, Digital Marketing, Business Valuation, Libel Slander, Reputation Management, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing, Public Relations, Cyber Investigations, Digital Forensics, Social Media, IP Damages, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook
Sameer leads a 250+ member team at Blue Ocean Global Technology and Capital Expert Services, specializing in litigation consulting and expert witness engagements. Given the unique nature of each case, Sameer offers a competitive advantage through an integrated team approach, including legal research, data analytics, private investigations, digital forensics, financial analysis, academic insight, and interviews. His team is strategic with client resources, ensuring that reports are developed collaboratively to achieve a blended rate. Co-experts are added strategically on merit. When engaged directly, all reports and testimony reflect Sameer's independent professional opinions
Sameer has consulted on 400+ cases and regularly delivers CLE programs for State Bar Associations. He is a former investment and private banker, which affords him a framework for calculating damages on a wide range of case mandates. Over the past decade, Sameer's responsibilities at CFA Institute include publis...
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Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
Economic Damages
Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC
Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Insurance, Business Damages
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Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes, Damages
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 28 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, economic damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance.
One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations.
Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insur...
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Gary S. Barach, CPA, CFE, CFF, CVA
BCG Forensics, LLC
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Business Damages, Economics
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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...
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Robert A Bonavito, CPA, MBA, PFS, CVA, ABV, CFE, CFF, CGMS
Damage Expert With 40 Years of Experience
Robert A Bonavito CPA PC
Pennsylvania
Business Damages, Business Valuation
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forensic accountant, lost profits analysis, expert witness testimony, expert deposition, business valuation expert, shareholder dispute expert, expert witness testimony, economic damages expert, matrimonial finance expert, commercial litigation damages, fraud examination, litigation support CPA, oppression case valuation
Robert A Bonavito CPA
1812 Front Street
Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tel. 908-322-7719
Fax 908-322-7792
robert@rabcpafirm.com
EXPERIENCE
Robert A. Bonavito is the managing partner for Robert A. Bonavito, CPA A Professional Corporation. Robert has studied finance and business valuation at Harvard University, along with earning a Bachelors from Montclair State University and his MBA in finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University. This formal education combined with over 30 years of experience as a forensic accountant has provided him with the opportunity to investigate, prepare reports, and testify in more than 2000 cases.
Robert’s education and experience led to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) requesting that he help develop and become a subject matter expert for the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) exam. The CFF exam is widely considered the most important credential a forensic accountant can obtain in the United States and thro...
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James V Young, Major General (Retired)
Military Expert: Retired General Officer
Military Expert Witness Group
Pawleys Island, South Carolina
Military
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Military Expert, Security Clearances, Navy Expert, General Officer, Afghanistan Evacuation, Military Pay, Economic Damages, Air Force Expert, Command Authority, Combat Operations, Military Pensions, Military Training, Space Force Expert, Military Equipment, Military Service Records, Army Expert, Marine Expert, Defense Strategy
If you have a case involving a military service member or issues relating to the military, we can likely be of help. Our team is the most diverse and most seasoned you will find and has an in-depth understanding of complex military human resources, promotion and disability issues from multiple perspectives. It is a combination of attorneys, personnel experts, and operational leaders, from each military service, bringing you the most comprehensive, well-rounded advice in the market -- with credibility that is unmatched. Our experts are senior service members to include General and Flag officers and have recently retired from active service and possess current knowledge of regulations, policy and standards.
We holistically look at the individuals involved in the case and apply our expert and individual judgement to the facts to arrive at our opinions, to a reasonably degree of certainty, based on the information provided to us. We use proven frameworks and financial models, combi...
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Joseph Grekoski
IP Damages | Reputational Harm | Defamation
Acclimation Group
Austin, Texas
Intellectual Property, Defamation
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Economic Damages, Reputational Harm, Trademark Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Trade Secret, Trade Dress, NIL, Licensing, Reasonable Royalty, IP Damages, Lost Profits, Disgorgement, Corrective Advertising, Business Valuation, IP Valuation, Business Damages, Breach of Contract, Litigation Consulting, Actual Damages
Joseph Grekoski is the founding principal of Acclimation Group. Mr. Grekoski specializes in economic damages calculations for litigation involving defamation, breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and trade dress infringement. He is adept at leveraging advanced social media analytics to quantify lost profits, disgorgement, and reputational harm, with experience calculating reputational harm for high-profile individuals.
His experience includes holding the position of Director at an IP valuation firm, working on Bank of America’s #1 ranked equity research team (power and utilities), and advising financially distressed businesses in investment banking.
Mr. Grekoski graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. He is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), a designation conferred by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). Gi...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Dallas, Texas
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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David A. Macpherson, PhD
San Antonio, Texas
Economics, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Earnings Loss, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Statistical Analysis, Contract Breach, Employment Discrimination
Dr. David Macpherson evaluates damages in personal injury, wrongful death, employment, and business loss cases for plaintiffs and defendants. Since 2000, he has provided numerous independent reports. evaluated opposing experts' reports, and testified often in Federal and State courts (CA, FL, GA, KS, MI, MO, TX). Dr. Macpherson has also conducted statistical analyses of discrimination claims. Clients have included the U.S. Attorney (Hartford and Oklahoma City).
He is the E.M. Stevens Professor at Trinity University. Prior to joining Trinity University, he held the Rod and Hope Brim Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and was Director of the Pepper Institute on Aging and Public Policy at Florida State University. Earlier, he served as an assistant and associate professor of economics at Miami University.
He has held leadership positions in professional economics associations. He served as vice-president of the National Association of Forensic Economics and the Southern Economics...
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Jordan S Colohan, CPA/ABV, CFE
Business Valuation and Damages Expert Witness
Marshall & Stevens
Salt Lake City, Utah
Business Valuation, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Investigation, Personal Injury, Divorce Accounting, Alimony, Fraud Investigations, Contract Dispute, Trademark Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intellectual Property, Litigation Support, Wrongful Termination, Medical Malpractice, Partnership Disputes
Jordan Colohan is a Director with a decade of experience in forensic accounting and litigation support services. He joined Marshall & Stevens in 2023, with the acquisition of Rocky Mountain Advisory. He primarily works in litigation support, business valuation, economic damages, and other investigations.
Mr. Colohan has extensive experience in preparing economic damage calculations, business valuations, fraud investigations, and investigative accounting in various types of disputes. He has provided expert witness testimony and has prepared expert analysis and reports in numerous litigation matters involving lost profits, unjust enrichment, and other measures of economic damages. His experience also includes personal injury matters and wrongful termination cases. He has extensive experience preparing rebuttal reports and analysis and serving as a rebuttal expert witness as well.
Mr. Colohan also has experience in a variety of cases involving patent, copyright, and trademark infring...
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Wade C. Roberts, Ph.D.
Expert in Economic Damages & Class Action Cases
Roberts Forensics LLC
Kaysville, Utah
Economics, Business Damages
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Forensic Economist, Economic Damages, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption, Class Action Damages, Labor Economics, Market Research, Statistical Analysis, Econometric Modeling, Personal Injury, Lost Earnings, Wrongful Death, Lost Profits, Commercial Damages, Expert Testimony, Multi-Plaintiff Damages, Class Certification
Dr. Wade C. Roberts is a senior forensic economist and founder of Roberts Forensics with more than fifteen years of experience providing economic damages analysis, valuation, statistical modeling, and expert testimony in litigation across the United States. He has been retained in over 100 cases and has authored more than one hundred expert reports involving personal injury, wrongful death, employment litigation, commercial disputes, business interruption, lost profits, and class-action matters. He has testified in jury trials, bench trials, and arbitration proceedings and has never been excluded under Daubert.
Dr. Roberts specializes in economic damages assessment, wage-loss and earnings-capacity evaluations, class-wide economic modeling, multi-plaintiff damages analysis, and complex statistical and econometric methods. His analytical strengths include regression analysis, forecasting, labor-market modeling, Monte Carlo simulation, large-dataset evaluation, and price-premium/conjo...
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David C Cawley
Forensic Accountant, Business Valuator, CPA
Fraim, Cawley & Company, CPAs
Roanoke, Virginia
Financial, Accounting
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Forensic accounting, Business valuations, Lost profit reports, Lost wages reports, Economic damages, Family law financial support
• Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Virginia since 2016
• Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) as recognized by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) as recognized by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) as recognized by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
• Member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analyst (NACVA)
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David W. Carr, CPA/ABV/CFF, CMA, CFE
Accounting, Business Valuation, & Economic Damages
The Witherspoon Group, LLC
Virginia
Accounting, Business Valuation
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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 in the State of Maryland, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics through the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants, and a Certified Fraud Examiner through the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
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Eli C Neal, CPA, ABV, CFF
Cannabis Business Valuation and Damages Expert
4 Corners Financial Forensics
Bellevue, Washington
Business Damages, Cannabis
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Business Valuations, Forensic Accounting, Economic Damages, Cannabis, Lost Profits, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Commercial Litigation, Shareholder Dissolution, Business Appraisal, Economics, Fraud, Insurance Claims, Products Liability, Lost Wages Damages, Wrongful Death Damages, Invoice Review
Eli solves financial problems for attorneys and their clients with strategic, detailed, and well-reasoned work products. Eli provides business valuations, forensic accounting, and economic damages calculations based on historical financial records and informed assumptions about the future. Ultimately, he thrives when testifying in trial and arbitration to help triers-of-fact understand the financial effect of real-world actions.
In 2018, Eli was selected as an AICPA Forensics and Valuation Services Standing Ovation Award Recipient which recognizes CPAs under 40 years old who exhibit exemplary professional achievement in the forensic accounting and valuation services arena.
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Luke Fischer, CPA, MBA
Veritas Forensic Accounting & Economics
Sammamish, Washington
Accounting, Fraud
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Economic Damages, Wage Loss, Loss of Income, Wrongful Death, Fraud Examination, Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Business Interruption, Class Actions, Construction Defect, Builder’s Risk, Employee Dishonesty, Receivership, Bankruptcy, Property Damage, Intellectual Property
Mr. Fischer has been with the Veritas team since June 2012. Mr. Fischer has amassed thousands of hours of experience in investigative accounting, financial analysis, and economic research. He has worked on economic loss, valuation, and investigative engagements in Alaska, across North America, in Mexico, and throughout the Gulf. He is also an accomplished leader and academic scholar. Additionally, Mr. Fischer is a guest speaker and lecturer on investigative accounting, internal control, and review practices.
