Janet Chase, ASA, ABV, CEIV, CPA Expert Witness
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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Appraisal & Valuation and Accounting

Keywords/Search Terms:

technical accounting, fair value accounting, economic damages, financial reporting, lost profits, family law, business valuation, corporate litigation, forensic accounting

Education:

BA-Mathematics, University of Rochester; MBA, Simon School at University of Rochester

Years in Practice:

30

Additional Information

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 valuation firm, five years as Director Forensic, Advisory, and Valuation Services with a CPA firm in Miami, and three years in leadership roles at Ernst & Young. Janet has instructed courses in accounting and valuation at both the national and local level at Florida Atlantic University and Ernst & Young. In addition, Janet has lectured extensively on business valuation and lost earnings concepts to business owners, chief financial officers, bankers, attorneys, and CPAs.