Lost Profits Expert Witnesses
Lost profits 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 lost profits. The lost profits expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accounting, Appraisal & Valuation, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Cannabis, Economics, Financial, Fraud, Hotel & Restaurant, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Legal, Real Estate Appraiser, and Statistics.
Janet Chase, ASA, ABV, CEIV, CPA
South Park Advisors
Phoenix, Arizona
Appraisal & Valuation, Accounting
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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...
Nolte Analytics, LLP
Brian Nolte
Los Angeles, California
Appraisal & Valuation, Accounting
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Damages, Trademark Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Patent Infringement, Lost Profits, Disgorgement, Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Business Interruption, Reasonable Royalties, Personal Injury, Employment Damages, Unjust Enrichment, Breach of Contract, Theft of Trade Secrets
Our Team includes experts with the highest and most respected professional credentials, including Certified Public Accountant and Accredited Senior Appraiser. Our Team includes experts with over 40 years’ experience performing damage analyses, valuation, economic studies, and financial investigations. Our experience prevents false starts and avoidable errors, delivering more cost-effective results. Our Team includes experts with over 200 trial testimonies. We typically present our conclusions graphically, using a proprietary presentation system. As a result, we have an unequalled track record of judges and juries accepting our conclusions.
Sidney P Blum, CPA, CFE, CFF, CPEA
FLARE
Los Angeles and San Francisco , California
Business Damages, Intellectual Property
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Damages, Economic Damage, Accounting, Intellectual Property, DMCA, Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Royalty Audit, Fraud, False Advertising, Valuation, Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Employment Law, Brands, Complex Business Litigation, Personal Injury, Lost Profits, Unjust Enrichment
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTY AUDIT, BREACH OF CONTRACT EXPERT. "the Expert's Expert".
Leading testifying forensic expert on financial damages in litigations for intellectual property, general damages, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing disputes, reasonable royalty rates, lost profits, fraud, & royalty auditor competence. His 30+ years experiences includes corporate and as an in-charge KPMG Partner. He was the Chief Audit Officer of Beats (now Apple). Author of two books on contract financial language and auditing (Oxford University Press & LexisNexis). His well-written grounded reports are cited as best examples by judges.
Economic Damages
Mr. Blum has been a damages expert on more than 100 federal and state cases. Cases include complex litigation, intellectual property (patents, copyrights, trademarks, false advertising, royalty auditor competence, fraud, DMCA), wrongful termination, construction defect, internet, marketing, unfa...
James Christopoulos, JD, MA
Christopoulos Economics Consulting Group
Costa Mesa, California
Economics, Business Damages
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Damages, Present Value Loss, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Income, Lost Wages, Pension Loss, Present Value Medical Care Costs, Lost Earning Capacity
I am well versed in the calculation of past and present value future economic damages for all matters such as employment litigation, business litigation, wrongful death, and personal injury, including the calculation of future medical care costs. I provide credible testimony and produce clear summary reports of relevant conclusions.
Alan G Goedde, PhD
Freeman & Mills, Inc
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Economics
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intellectual property(patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, licensing, royalties), entertainment, music, business valuations, lost profits, statistics, lost earnings, product marketing
A considerable part of Dr. Goedde’s practice involves intellectual property issues including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition matters as well as business valuations. His background in engineering and economics combined with his work experience in profit planning, budgeting, product marketing and acquisitions analysis has enabled him to assist clients in a wide range of intellectual property litigation. Dr. Goedde can also draw upon his experience as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
His testimony experience in patent infringement matters includes economic analysis of the Panduit factors, applying Georgia Pacific factors to evaluate reasonable royalty; and, developing RAND royalty rates considering such issues as scope of the royalty base, lump sum and running royalties, royalty stacking, license comparability, university licensing agreements, exclusive licensing, and apportionment of profits to non-infringing components.
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David K Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA
High Stakes Disputes and Investigations
Armanino, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Partnership dispute, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, employment, wrongful termination, business litigation, lost profits, business valuation, unjust enrichment, fraud, white collar criminal defense, intellectual property, toxic tort, forensic accounting, breach of contract
ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
David is a skilled forensic accountant, expert witness, and turnaround consultant. Shareholders, creditors, and attorneys rely on David’s focused approach to investigating fraud, determining damages for complex financial disputes, and assisting in bankruptcy matters. Business owners and management teams trust his deep operational experience to guide them through turnarounds and business expansion. David fulfills multiple needs in commercial litigation matters.
Mr. Golbahar has been named expert on over 25 cases. The California Superior court appointed him as a monitor in a well-know restaurant group dispute.
Testimony Experience
- Economic Damages
- Lost Profits / Business Interruption
- Wrongful Termination (Employment Law)
- Business valuation
In 2018, Mr. Golbahar received AICPA’s FVS Standing Ovation award for significant contributions in forensic accounting and in the community.
Barbara C. Luna, PhD, CPA, CFE, ASA, CVA, ABV, CFF, MAFF, CGREA, CREA, CMC
Damages
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, & Hunt, LLP
Sherman Oaks, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Value of Businesses and Real Estate, Fraud. Extensive Expert Testimony in breach of contract, business interruption, dissolutions, intellectual property, construction, fraud, securities, personal injury, wrongful termination matters
Barbara Luna is a Senior Partner in the accounting and litigation services firm of White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt. She has served as a forensic accounting, damages and valuation expert witness for over forty years in business and personal injury litigation and bankruptcy matters. She analyzes financial, accounting, economic, business, real estate and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and reorganization of businesses. She has testified on numerous occasions in U.S. District Court, Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, arbitrations and depositions.
Thomas M. Neches, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE, CFF
Thomas Neches & Co., LLP
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability, banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation.
Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA.
Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...
Patrick L Ryan, CPA,CVA,FCPA
The Ryan Group
Huntington Beach, California
Business Valuation, Business Damages
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Litigation accounting, Forensic accounting, Partnership disputes, Shareholder disputes, Lost profits
Provide litigation accounting consulting for the legal community in areas that require forensic accountant services or business valuation services. Purposes that arise out of business disruption issues such as partner disputes or partner leaving business. Shareholder dissenting lawsuits because of management issues. Shareholder valuation issues as the result of divorce. Shareholder disputes over values as the result of a shareholders death. Lost profits as the result of business interruption because of outside factors, such as unforeseen construction or embezzlement by an employee.
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
General Background: Tatevik has worked in the field of Forensic Accounting since 2009, having over 15 years of experience with forensic accounting and fraud investigations. Her expertise includes the analysis and measurement of economic damages resulting from business interruption losses, commercial litigation disputes, loss of earnings calculations, family law, and employee theft. She has been designated as an expert witness and assisted in the evaluation and preparation of expert witness reports and calculations for Federal and State Courts. Tatevik is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of California and is Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics. Tatevik earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from California State University, Los Angeles. She comes from an extensive background of forensic accounting as well as business management and tax services. Tatevik is trilingual, ...
Jack W. Harris, CPA, MBA, CVA, CFE, MAFF, CFF, CGMA, CIA
Forensic Accounting and Economic Damages Expert
Jack W. Harris, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
Business Damages, Accounting
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Commercial Litigation Damages, Construction Damages, Construction Cost Audits, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Construction Defect Damages, Forensic Accounting, Business Damages, Business Interruption, Insurance Claims, Surety Claims Analysis, Personal Injury Damages, Wrongful Death Damages
Jack W. Harris is a forensic accounting expert with 44 years professional experience in the areas of commercial litigation damages, construction claims, construction damages quantification, construction cost audits, lost profits analyses, business valuation, business interruption, financial management, accounting, internal auditing, and fraud investigations. Mr. Harris has worked on numerous domestic and international projects. Mr. Harris serves as an independent expert and consultant, and has held various management auditing and controller positions with major accounting, construction, financial services, and diversified firms. Mr. Harris is admitted as a Neutral with the American Arbitration Association for accounting and construction matters. Mr. Harris’ industry focus includes but is not limited to construction, mining, energy, real estate and land development, insurance, surety, and related industries. Other industry expertise includes but not limited to high technology, medica...
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...
Philip J. Cross, Ph.D.
Class action, antitrust, labor and damages expert
Kenyon Consulting LLC
Washington, District Of Columbia
Economics, Statistics
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Lost wages, Antitrust, Class action, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Survey design, Conjoint analysis, Big data, Machine learning, Privileged consulting, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wrongful death, Industrial espionage, Fraud detection, Employment discrimination
Dr. Cross has over 20 years of experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government, and consulting. His consulting experience includes testifying as an expert in class-action litigations, antitrust matters, lost profits matters, and employment discrimination matters. Dr. Cross holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He previously taught in the Economics Department at Georgetown University, and has held visiting positions at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Melbourne.
Dr. Cross’s experience includes:
Being retained as an economic and statistical expert in litigation matters in both U.S. District courts and state courts. He has opined in antitrust, class action, employment discrimination, breach of contract and regulatory matters.
Working on litigation matters involving antitrust issues, class certification, statistical sampling, survey design, conjoint analysis, health-care reimbursement, wage and hour cases, product liability, economic dama...
Joseph I. Rosenberg, MBA, MA, CFA, CDFA
Joseph I. Rosenberg, CFA, LLC
District Of Columbia
Economics, Financial
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Damage Awards, Lost Profits, Loss of Earnings, Loss of Earning Capacity, Loss of Household Services, Divorce Financial Analysis, Annuity Valuation Analysis, Marital Property Division, Pension Valuation, Loss of Employee Benefits, Damaged Employment Prospects
As a Forensic Economist, Mr. Rosenberg provides litigation support both plaintiff and defense, in cases of personal injury (PI); wrongful death (WD); wrongful termination (WT); commercial damages/business interruption/lost profits; professional/medical malpractice; mortgage fraud; damaged credit; and other torts in many state and federal jurisdictions throughout the country. For PI, WD, and WT cases, this includes calculating the present value of damage awards for losses of earning capacity, various employee benefits, household services, and life care plan valuations as appropriate, for past and future time periods.
Mr. Rosenberg is a widely recognized expert in various topics. These include discount rate methodologies to calculate damage awards, methodologies applied to medical price inflation forecasting, and pension treatment under the collateral source rule. He has been published seven times in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to this important issue, twice in the Jo...
Stanley P. Stephenson, PhD
Stephenson-Economics, LLC
West Palm Beach, Florida
Intellectual Property, Economics
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Damages Calculations, Lost Profits, Business Interruption, Intellectual Property Infringement, Products Liability, Earnings Loss, Lost Earnings, Patent Infringement, Trade Secrets, Trademark, Wrongful Death, Employment Disputes
Application of economic, accounting and statistical analysis tools to assess damages in products liability, contract breach, wrongful death, personal injury, business interruption, intellectual property, construction defects and employment disputes. Clients in manufacturing, airlines, real estate, oil and gas industry, hospitals, food services, and boat sale industries. Specialty is damages assessments in complex litigation.
Mitchell M. Cohen, CPA, CFE, FCPA, CFLC
Bronswick Benjamin, PC
Chicago, Illinois
Accounting, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Financial Investigations, Fraud Audits, Reconstruction of Accounting Information, Lost Profits, Divorce
Mr. Cohen has more than twenty four years experience in the field of public accounting which includes providing compilation, review and audited financial statements along with tax preparation and business advisory services. He has also submitted expert reports in the areas of divorce, lost income, financial misrepresentation, financial conversion and corporate veil cases in both the private and public sectors. He has testified and been deposed in several counties in Illinois.
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...
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 40 years of experience in accounting, forensic accounting, business economics and investigations including m...
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.
John M Keeling, CRE, MAI, CHIA
The Keeling Consultancy, LLC
Louisiana
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate Appraiser
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Ad Valorem Tax, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Business Interruption, Business Value, Condemnation, Damages, Economic Impact, Enterprise Value, Lost Profits, Management Agreement, Management Contract, Property Tax, Reorganization
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
The Keeling Consultancy, LLC – Principal
Valencia Hotel Group - Executive Vice President
Prior:
PKF Consulting – Senior Vice President & Shareholder
Laventhol & Horwath – Regional Managing Partner
LICENSES
Louisiana Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Texas Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Texas Real Estate Broker
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Appraisal Institute (MAI)
The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)
Certified Hotel Industry Analyst (CHIA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (retired member)
PUBLICATIONS
Real Estate Market Analysis: Methods and Case Studies, The Urban Land Institute, 2009 (Contributing Author)
Downtown Development Handbook, The Urban Land Institute, 1992 (Contributing Author)
EDUCATION
Completed the Appraisal Institute course “Fundamentals of Separating Real Property, Personal Property and Intangible Business Assets”
Completed all course work for a Certificate of Completio...
David W. Carr, CPA, CMA, CFE, ABV
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, a Certified Management Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and Accredited in Business Valuation.
Joseph I. Rosenberg, MBA, MA, CFA, CDFA
Joseph I. Rosenberg, CFA, LLC
Kensington, Maryland
Economics, Financial
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Damage Awards, Lost Profits, Loss of Earnings, Loss of Earning Capacity, Loss of Household Services, Divorce Financial Analysis, Annuity Valuation Analysis, Marital Property Division, Pension Valuation, Loss of Employee Benefits, Damaged Employment Prospects
As a Forensic Economist, Mr. Rosenberg provides litigation support both plaintiff and defense, in cases of personal injury (PI); wrongful death (WD); wrongful termination (WT); commercial damages/business interruption/lost profits; professional/medical malpractice; mortgage fraud; damaged credit; and other torts in many state and federal jurisdictions throughout the country. For PI, WD, and WT cases, this includes calculating the present value of damage awards for losses of earning capacity, various employee benefits, household services, and life care plan valuations as appropriate, for past and future time periods.
Mr. Rosenberg is a widely recognized expert in various topics. These include discount rate methodologies to calculate damage awards, methodologies applied to medical price inflation forecasting, and pension treatment under the collateral source rule. He has been published seven times in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to this important issue, twice in the Jo...
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...
Jennifer Oyadomari
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....
Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
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
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 27 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...
John D Agogliati III, CFA, ASA
Marshall & Stevens, Incorporated
New York, New York
Business Valuation, Business Damages
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business interruption, lost profits, lost value shareholder oppression, shareholder dissention, appraisal rights, product liability, legal malpractice, accountant malpractice, financial analysis
Mr. Agogliati began his valuation career in 1998 as a consultant in the valuation group of a ‘Big-4’ accounting firm. Prior to joining Marshall & Stevens, Mr. Agogliati was a member of the business valuation and litigation group of a New York based regional accounting firm for over 13 years; he co-led the group for the last six years of his tenure. Mr. Agogliati is a senior managing director and currently the National Practice leader for the Dispute Resolution & Litigation Support Practice and National Lead for the Transaction Advisory Practice at Marshall & Stevens.
Russell Kranzler, CPA, CFF, CRFA
Expert Witness - Business Interruption Losses
HKMP LLP
New York, New York
Accounting, Business Damages
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Litigation, Economic damage Calculations, Claims Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Bankruptcy, Lost Profits, Insurance claims, Contract Disputes, Business Interruptions, Fraud
My name is Russell Kranzler, I am a managing partner at HKMP, specializing in forensic accounting and auditing, with a focus on litigation support and claims valuation services. As a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), and a Certified Forensic Accountant (Cr.FA), I leverage my investigative skills, financial expertise, and extensive accounting background to tackle complex business issues.
My experience spans insurance claims, economic damage calculations, lost profits, frauds, bankruptcies, and contract disputes. I am frequently sought after by attorneys, private investigators, and insurance companies for my expertise in identifying and valuing losses due to business interruption, employee dishonesty, burglary, and other insured events. My credibility as an expert witness is further bolstered by my wide-ranging experience in corporate accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting.
I am a graduate of Ohio State University and hold memberships in v...
Jessica Sands, CPA
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
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...
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...
Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU
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
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 27 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...
Russ A. Gressett, MAI
TGC Realty Counselors, LLC
Houston, Texas
Real Estate Appraiser, Appraisal & Valuation
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Valuation, appraisal, MAI, commercial real estate, eminent domain, zoning, financing, rent, rental rate, market value, partnership, leasing, loan, acquisition, bankruptcy, partnership dispute, divorce, estate, taxes, lost profits
Mr. Gressett's experience includes 36+ years in commercial real estate consulting, valuation, brokerage and construction / development. His academic experience includes a strong background in land economics and real estate finance.
Mr. Gressett's industry experience in commercial real estate appraisal, appraisal review, brokerage, mortgage underwriting due diligence and construction / development has been gained in the major real estate markets of the United States, but mostly in the Texas markets. Mr. Gressett regularly consults with attorneys, corporations and individuals on complex commercial litigation issues. As a result, he has varied experience in dispute resolution and litigation support as an expert witness through involvement in court cases requiring real estate consulting and valuation, brokerage and development expertise. Mr. Gressett's experience has also enabled him to be an effective arbitrator as he is uniquely qualified to accommodate parties in resolving market va...
John M Keeling, CRE, MAI, CHIA
The Keeling Consultancy, LLC
Houston, Texas
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate Appraiser
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Ad Valorem Tax, Arbitration, Bankruptcy, Business Interruption, Business Value, Condemnation, Damages, Economic Impact, Enterprise Value, Lost Profits, Management Agreement, Management Contract, Property Tax, Reorganization
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
The Keeling Consultancy, LLC – Principal
Valencia Hotel Group - Executive Vice President
Prior:
PKF Consulting – Senior Vice President & Shareholder
Laventhol & Horwath – Regional Managing Partner
LICENSES
Louisiana Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Texas Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Texas Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
Texas Real Estate Broker
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
The Appraisal Institute (MAI)
The Counselors of Real Estate (CRE)
Certified Hotel Industry Analyst (CHIA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (retired member)
PUBLICATIONS
Real Estate Market Analysis: Methods and Case Studies, The Urban Land Institute, 2009 (Contributing Author)
Downtown Development Handbook, The Urban Land Institute, 1992 (Contributing Author)
EDUCATION
Completed the Appraisal Institute course “Fundamentals of Separating Real Property, Personal Property and Intangible Business Assets”
Completed all course work for a Certificate of Completio...
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...
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...
GAFAR SHITTU, CPA, CVA, MS
GS AND COMPANY CPA
LEWISVILLE, Texas
Accounting, Business Damages
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Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Lost Profits, Lost Value of Businesses, Valuation Disputes, Business Interruption, Breach of Contract, Business Litigation, Partnership Dispute, Shareholder Dispute, Dispute Resolution, Negotiated Settlements, Mediation, Arbitration, Expert Determination
Gafar Shittu, CPA, CVA is an expert with 25 years of experience in accounting (with 10 years in private practice) including forensic accounting, business valuation, commercial damages quantification, cost accounting, financial accounting, and taxation.
A credentialed mediator and arbitrator appointed by the States of Washington and Michigan, Gafar is skilled in the facilitation of negotiated settlements of commercial and valuation disputes with the aid of dispute resolution models built on identified objective criteria uniquely suited to each case.
Gafar provides litigation support and dispute resolution services in the areas of commercial and family law as testifying, consulting, or neutral expert, and as a mediator, arbitrator/expert determiner.
He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA)
Joseph I. Rosenberg, MBA, MA, CFA, CDFA
Joseph I. Rosenberg, CFA, LLC
Virginia
Economics, Financial
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Damage Awards, Lost Profits, Loss of Earnings, Loss of Earning Capacity, Loss of Household Services, Divorce Financial Analysis, Annuity Valuation Analysis, Marital Property Division, Pension Valuation, Loss of Employee Benefits, Damaged Employment Prospects
As a Forensic Economist, Mr. Rosenberg provides litigation support both plaintiff and defense, in cases of personal injury (PI); wrongful death (WD); wrongful termination (WT); commercial damages/business interruption/lost profits; professional/medical malpractice; mortgage fraud; damaged credit; and other torts in many state and federal jurisdictions throughout the country. For PI, WD, and WT cases, this includes calculating the present value of damage awards for losses of earning capacity, various employee benefits, household services, and life care plan valuations as appropriate, for past and future time periods.
Mr. Rosenberg is a widely recognized expert in various topics. These include discount rate methodologies to calculate damage awards, methodologies applied to medical price inflation forecasting, and pension treatment under the collateral source rule. He has been published seven times in peer-reviewed journals on topics related to this important issue, twice in the Jo...
Gila Bronshtein, PhD
EconMetrics
Vancouver, Washington
Economics, Business Damages
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Antitrust, Class action, Trademark Infringement, Intellectual Property, Consumer Fraud, Lost profits, Damages, Discrimination, Statistical Sampling, Class Certification, Contract Dispute, Liability, Wrongful Termination, Personal Injury, Data Security, Data Breach, Wrongful Death, Forensic Economics
Dr. Bronshtein earned her PhD in Economics from Stanford University, paving the way for her notable career in economic litigation. At Cornerstone Research, Dr. Bronshtein has honed her skills in litigation support and expert witness services. Over her career, Dr. Bronshtein managed over 25 expert witness projects in a variety of industries, including tech, automotive, consumer products, and pharmaceuticals. Her profound insights and strategic approach have been pivotal in numerous legal disputes related to product liability, false advertising, data privacy, competition, antitrust, contract disputes, patent or trademark infringement, and discrimination lawsuits.
Learn more at www.econ-metrics.com
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.
Paul A Rodrigues
Forensic Accountant, fraud investigator, Damages
Trace Forensic Experts LLC
North Lake, Wisconsin
Accounting, Intellectual Property
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Economic, Intellectual Property & Commercial Damages, Infringement, Lost Profits, Royalty, Forensic Accounting, Breach of Contract, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud Investigations, Embezzlement, Construction, Bankruptcy, Malpractice, Analytics, ediscovery, special master, Ponzi schemes, Theft of Trade Secrets
Paul Rodrigues is a Managing Member of Trace Forensic Experts LLC. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant with a Master's Degree in Taxation and is Certified in Financial Forensics. Paul has more than 31 years of experience in the accounting profession. He began his practice with a big four public accounting firm and has served as an expert witness or consultant in numerous forensic, fraud, and litigation engagements with damage claims ranging from $1 million to $250 million. He has testified in Federal and State courts, arbitrations and mediations. Paul has been involved with civil and criminal litigation (on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants) including but not limited to: accounting & auditing standards; improper accounting entries, the determination of lost profits, income, assets, or damages; internal investigations and fraud investigations, securities, civil RICO; bribery and other litigation claims requiring ac...
