Publications

• Forensic Accountants: CPAs As Investigators And Expert Witnesses

High Stakes Disputes and Investigations

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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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. He has testified as an expert witness at depositions, arbitrations, and trials, where he is known for explaining complex financial issues in straightforward, jury-friendly language. His work frequently involves reconstructing incomplete or manipulated records, building detailed financial models in Excel, and preparing trial-ready schedules and demonstratives to help judges and juries understand the story behind the numbers. Testimony Experience - Economic Damages - Lost Profits / Business Interruption - Wrongful Termination (Employment Law) - Business valuation In 2018, Mr. Golbahar received the AICPA’s FVS Standing Ovation award for significant contributions in forensic accounting and in the community. In addition to his case work, Mr. Golbahar is active in the legal and accounting community. He serves in leadership roles within professional organizations (including bar associations and state CPA groups) and frequently presents to attorneys on topics such as economic damages, fraud investigations, and best practices in expert witness engagement and Rule 26 reporting. Through these activities, he stays current on emerging litigation trends and continually refines his approaches to forensic accounting, expert reporting, and testimony. Golbahar Consulting Group provides forensic accounting, fraud investigations, economic damages analysis, business valuation consulting, and turnaround/ restructuring advisory services to law firms, corporations, family-owned businesses, and government agencies. Typical engagements include tracing hidden assets, analyzing embezzlement claims, evaluating the financial condition of distressed entities, and quantifying damages in breach-of-contract, fiduciary-duty, and business-tort matters. The firm regularly supports counsel with Rule 26–compliant expert reports, deposition preparation, and consulting analyses in both federal and state court litigation Tags: forensic accountant Los Angeles, forensic accounting expert witness California, economic damages expert, fraud investigation expert, business valuation consulting, lost profits