Bankruptcy Expert Witnesses in California

Woodland Hills, California

Fraud, Accounting - 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, employee theft, partnership dispute, shareholder dispute, trust and estate

Tatevik has over 17 years of experience in forensic accounting and fraud investigations, specializing in the analysis and measurement of economic damages related to complex commercial litigation, trusts and estates, business interruption losses, lost profits, loss of earnings calculations, family law, and employee theft. Designated as an expert witness, with experience in evaluating and preparing expert witness reports and calculations for Federal and State Courts. Professional Status: Certified Public Accountant (CPA), California Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Member, AICPA's Forensic and Valuation Services Group Member, American Bar Association (ABA) Litigation, Business Law and Dispute Resolution sections Member, Women in White-Collar Criminal Defense Association (WWCDA) Member, N...

California

Intellectual Property, Appraisal & Valuation - IP valuation, Fraud, Forensic accounting, Buyer mapping, Patent valuation, M&A, Lending, Medical devices, IP monetization, sale process, Claim charts, FDA, Licensing, Bankruptcy, Patent analytics, fair market value, Royalty analysis, IP collateral, Commercialization, trade secrets

Peter J. Conley is an intellectual property valuation, patent monetization, licensing, M&A, and technology commercialization expert with approximately 38 years of experience in IP-related investment banking, institutional patent research, equity capital markets, corporate finance, and strategic advisory. He has testified on intellectual property matters before the Delaware Court of Chancery and the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Mr. Conley assists counsel with patent and platform-IP valuation; relief-from-royalty and income analyses; royalty benchmarking; IP collateral and bankruptcy estate-value analysis; M&A and asset-sale process review; patent portfolio analytics; valuation-oriented claim-to-product mapping; forward-citation and competitive patent analysis; strategic buyer and licensee identification; licensing economics; and commercialization strategy. He is Co-Owner and Managing Partner of Prestwick Associates LLC, through which he accepts expert-witness and advisory engagements wit...

Temecula, California

Real Estate Appraiser, Appraisal & Valuation - Residential Litigation Appraisals for Horse Ranch, Custom Home, Residential Vacant Land, Easement and Encroachment litigation, Wildfire Residential Appraisal Litigation, Agriculture Appraisals, Family Law litigation, Estate Tax appraisals including Donation and gifting, Bankruptcy litigation

Award-winning residential real estate appraiser. Certified residential appraiser. 30+ years’ experience. Appraised or consulted on over 6,500 properties including approximately 1,500 Wildfire Litigation Appraisals, over 150 Estate and Family Appraisal Assignments, 800 complex custom homes, 35 Horse ranches, 600 residential land appraisals, 150 manufactured homes on acreage, as well as tract homes and condos. Experienced expert witness at both deposition & trial. Have completed appraisals on easement and encroachment cases and have provided litigation consulting services on illegal grading and potential litigation including work on Bankruptcy and Family Law.

Fremont, California

Accounting, Financial - Business Litigation, Due diligence, Forensic accounting, Fraud investigations, Litigation support, Lost earnings, Valuation, CFO, CPA, Bankruptcy, Acquisitions, Damages

Bob Bates is a CPA, Esq., CFE, CVA and CFO and has worked with dozens of lawyers on over 150 cases in various states. Sometimes he provides financial support for a client in litigation, or pre-litigation, and other times he provides a report, such as a damages calculation, which can be used in litigation. He also has experience providing testimony in depositions and trials. Unbiased Case Analysis Discovery Review & Recommendations High-Impact Demonstrative Exhibits Strategy and Tactics Conferences Damage Calculations Cash Flow Analysis Reports Profit and Loss Analysis Commercial damages, business interruption and lost profits He has been involved in depositions/interrogatories and testifying with multiple court cases including: Embezzlement-Discovered $300k fraud/consultant for counsel Massachusetts Creditor-NY. $1.6m debentures, usury/breach Creditor-NY. $1.7m debentures, usury/breach Creditor-LA, CA $1.7m debentures Creditor-Orange County, CA. $400k debentures Creditor-Orange C...

Los Angeles, California

Real Estate, Financial - Commercial Real Estate Finance, Mortgage, Debt, Lender, Borrower, Interest Rate, Loan Terms, Bankruptcy, CMBS, Bank, Alter Ego, Lender Liability, Loan Underwriting, Loan Origination, Joint Ventures, Structured Finance, Intercreditor, Fiduciary Duty, Brokerage Issues, Loan Servicing

I am an expert in commercial real estate finance with over 40 years of experience. I have arranged over $11 billion in financing for my developer and investor clients. I work as an active professional arranging capital placement for my clients. Therefore, I am well-versed in commercial real estate finance and related issues, as well as the current and past state of the capital markets. With over 25 years of expert witness experience, I have served as an expert witness or consultant on over three hundred matters, given deposition testimony over 150 times, and trial testimony 100 +/- times in Federal, State, and Bankruptcy courts as well as ADR proceedings. Expert testimony Issues include: Chapter 11 Interest rate determination, partnership disputes, lender/borrower disputes, landlord/tenant disputes, alter ego issues, lender liability matters, lender approval process, the suitability of financing, forensic determination of market-rate and terms of financing, economic feasibility...

Del Mar, California

Real Estate, Hotel & Restaurant - Finance, Brokerage, real estate investment, Capital stack, Hospitality, Forensic accounting, lost profits, partnership disputes, Economic damages, Real estate development, diminution of value, bankruptcy, Financial analysis, Asset Management, Waterfall, C.P.A., Standard of care, Operations, Management agreements, Valuation

Fred Schuster is a real estate finance, development, and hospitality industry expert with more than 30 years of experience and over 15 years serving as an expert witness and litigation consultant in complex real estate disputes. Through FGS Realty Advisors, Mr. Schuster provides expert witness and litigation support services to law firms, ownership groups, investors, lenders, and other stakeholders involved in sophisticated real estate, hospitality, finance, and operational matters. Fred is a licensed CPA and California Real Estate Broker. Mr. Schuster’s experience combines senior executive leadership, institutional real estate finance expertise, development oversight, asset management, brokerage operations, and forensic financial analysis. His background allows him to provide practical, well-supported opinions grounded in real-world industry experience across the full lifecycle of real estate assets and investments. Mr. Schuster has been engaged in matters involving: Financial ...

Los Angeles, California

Accounting, Business Damages - Partnership disputes, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, Employment, Wrongful termination, Business litigation, Lost profits, Business valuation, Unjust enrichment, Fraud, White collar criminal defense, Intellectual property, Bankruptcy, Forensic accounting, Breach of contract, Disputes, Royalty audit

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....