Financial Reporting Expert Witnesses

Phoenix, Arizona

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

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

Bend, Oregon

Fraud, Accounting - Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Economic Damages, Financial Reporting, Lost Profits, Corporate Litigation, Accounting Investigations, CPA, Business Litigation

Jessica Sands is a certified public accountant (CPA) licensed in the state of Oregon and has obtained the Core Forensic Accounting Certificate promulgated by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). 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, and investigative financial review, complex financial reporting (business plans, budgeting, and forecasting), fraud investigation, 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: • Unbiased case analysis • Discovery review and recommendations • High-impact demonstrative exhibits • Strategy and tactic...