Sec Expert Witnesses

Campbell, California

Business Valuation, Appraisal & Valuation - Intangible assets, Damages, Lost Profits, Fiduciary Duty, Forced dissolution, Wrongful termination, Tech, Venture Capital, Technology, AI, Medical Device, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, data analytics, bio-technology, pharmaceuticals, fintech, IRS, SEC

I have more than 15 years of professional experience valuing businesses and intangible assets and have been engaged as an expert witness. I currently own and operate Mercovus Valuations: Mercovus primarily provides valuation services for the purposes of corporate planning, tax compliance, and financial reporting. Over the course of my career, I have authored more than 750 valuation opinions. I have performed valuation services in connection with more than 30 cases, for plaintiffs and defendants, in California Superior Court, Canadian Tax Court, Delaware Chancery Court, Federal District Court (Districts of Delaware, New Jersey, Northern California, Ontario Superior Court, Western Texas, and The Virgin Islands), US Bankruptcy Court, US Tax Court, plus specialized venues such as private mediation and arbitration. I have authored expert reports, including rebuttal reports. The subject matter of litigation has included: business damages, business valuation, fiduciary duty, lost profit...

Mission Woods, Kansas

Securities & Investments, Cryptocurrency - CFTC, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bitcoin, Virtual Currency, Anti-Money Laundering, AML, National Futures Association, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, CME, Commodities, Options, Trading, Compliance, white-collar, corporate compliance, market manipulation, financial crimes, Fraud

I am a regulatory attorney, consultant, and expert witness with over twenty years of experience at the intersection of law, finance, and technology. I regularly assist attorneys, corporations, and regulators in matters involving securities, derivatives, commodities, broker-dealers, investment advisers, hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, and financial institutions. My work spans compliance, enforcement defense, risk management, white-collar defense, internal investigations, complex litigation, arbitration, and mediation. My background includes serving as a Senior Trial Attorney at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), where I investigated and litigated high-profile cases involving fraud, market manipulation, and complex financial products, and as Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs for a global financial institution, where I oversaw broker-dealer, RIA, hedge fund, and investment company compliance. As a Partner at Kenny...

Avon by the Sea, New Jersey

Securities & Investments, Banking - Securities Litigation, Financial, Supervision, Suitability, FINRA, SEC, Churning, Equities, Options, Derivatives, Structured Products, Microcap, Regulatory Investigations, Hedge Fund, Sales, Compliance, Penny Stocks, Leverage, Disclosures, Margin

Mike is a seasoned financial compliance executive, regulator, CFE, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience leading global financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and BNP Paribas. He has served as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for three broker-dealers, two Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), the New York bank branch of BNP Paribas, and as Global Head of Financial Markets Compliance in Paris and London for four years. Mike’s comprehensive expertise spans compliance, risk management, and overseeing regulatory functions across multiple jurisdictions, product areas, and high-profile regulatory investigations. He now specializes in securities litigation support, arbitrations/courts, expert testimony, and expert reports for issues such as suitability claims, failure to disclose risks, regulatory compliance violations, market manipulation, KYC/AML, conflicts of interest, and failure to supervise. He has appeared before FINRA, SEC, CFTC, OFAC, and the D...

New York

Securities & Investments, Banking - Securities Litigation, Financial, Supervision, Suitability, FINRA, SEC, Churning, Equities, Options, Derivatives, Structured Products, Microcap, Regulatory Investigations, Hedge Fund, Sales, Compliance, Penny Stocks, Leverage, Disclosures, Margin

Mike is a seasoned financial compliance executive, regulator, CFE, and entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience leading global financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, and BNP Paribas. He has served as Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) for three broker-dealers, two Futures Commission Merchants (FCMs), the New York bank branch of BNP Paribas, and as Global Head of Financial Markets Compliance in Paris and London for four years. Mike’s comprehensive expertise spans compliance, risk management, and overseeing regulatory functions across multiple jurisdictions, product areas, and high-profile regulatory investigations. He now specializes in securities litigation support, arbitrations/courts, expert testimony, and expert reports for issues such as suitability claims, failure to disclose risks, regulatory compliance violations, market manipulation, KYC/AML, conflicts of interest, and failure to supervise. He has appeared before FINRA, SEC, CFTC, OFAC, and the D...

Houston, Texas

Digital Forensics, Cybersecurity - International, FBI, CART, Apple, MAC, UNIX, Linux, AS400, Special Agent, Espionage, SEC, SFO, DOJ

William Odom has over 25 years of experience in computer forensics, cybersecurity investigations, electronic discovery, and expert testimony globally. He is a Co-Founder for Orbital Data Consulting, where he leads the global team for Digital Forensic and Incident Response investigations. He began his career in this area as a Special Agent with the FBI where he received training in general investigative techniques, computer intrusion and security matters and national intelligence and counterintelligence matters. He was also certified through the FBI Laboratory as a Certified Computer Forensics Examiner for the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team (CART). During his service, he managed the Computer Forensics Lab for the Houston office of the FBI and was involved in nearly all the 200+ federal matters investigated by the FBI, ranging from white-collar crime to terrorism and national security matters. His experience includes cybersecurity breaches and intrusion investigations, electron...