Financial Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of financial expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on financial and related issues. Financial expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these financial expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Financial, Forensic Accounting, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Business Valuation, Economic Damages, Fiduciary Duty, Mergers & Acquisitions, Annuities, Banking, Business Operations, Contract Disputes, and Derivatives.
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Bryan L. Parker, CPA, FCPA
Bryan L. Parker, CPA, LLC
Pelham, Alabama
Accounting, Business Valuation
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Divorce, Financial, Business Damages, Forensic CPA, Earning Capacity
Areas of Expertise:
Accounting: personal and corporate
Valuation: personal and corporate
Business Interruption/lost earnings/lost profit
Analysis: earnings, lost profit, and businesses
Forensic Accounting
Financial Statements
Mergers & Acquisitions
Appraisals: business and personal net worth
Personal and Corporate Tax
Matrimonial Business Valuation
Bryan Parker CPA is an expert in accounting with over 35 years in corporate and private practice. His specialty is Forensics Accounting and is certified as a Forensic CPA (FCPA). He has assisted clients with consultation, mediation, or testimony in divorce cases concerning but not limited to business or retirement valuation and pre-nuptial agreements. He has experience in all aspects of accounting and finance pertaining to Federal and state income taxes. He is also certified as a Financial Planner (CFP, PFS, and ChFC) and in this capacity, he advises clients regarding their personal and business finances. During his ...
Nora C Ostrofe, MBA, CEA, CVA
J.S. Held
Alaska
Economics, Financial
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Economic Loss, Valuation Of Economic Loss, Valuation Of Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Business Valuation, Employment Laws
Professional, detailed valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: personal injury / wrongful death (including maritime and medical malpractice); employment law (wrongful termination; discrimination; Equal Pay Act, wage and hour; class action); business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.
Christopher G Linscott, CPA, CFE, CIRA
Keegan Linscott & Associates, PC
Tucson, Arizona
Fraud, Accounting
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Financial, Insolvency, Forensic Accounting, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Economics, Mining, Business Operations, Accounting investigations, Forensic investigations, Litigation support, Litigation services
Chris Linscott is the Director of Keegan Linscott & Associates consulting practice with more than thirty-five years of experience. His background includes eight years with KPMG Peat Marwick in the New York City and Boston offices, two years with Coopers & Lybrand in Tucson, two years as a CFO in industry and twenty-six years with Keegan Linscott & Associates. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Chris has served as an expert witness and consultant to attorneys involved in litigation throughout the country. He has also served as a Financial Advisor to Debtors and Creditor Committees in Chapter 11, served as a Chapter 11 Trustee, court appointed Receiver, Financial Fiduciary, Special Master and Examiner in various court cases. Chris is adept at analyzing allegations of fraud in civil, criminal, and bankruptcy matters and working with counsel to understand the financial aspects of litigation. He has testified ...
Sean Tanner
Keegan Linscott & Associates, PC
Tucson, Arizona
Financial, Business Damages
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Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial, Insolvency, Forensic Accounting, Bankruptcy, Business damages, Data mining, Business Operations, Accounting investigations, Forensic investigations, Litigation support, Litigation services
Sean is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with more than 16 years of public accounting and industry experience. A few of Sean’s notable areas of expertise include mergers and acquisitions (buy and sell), financial analysis and investigative financial review, consolidations and complex financial reporting (business plans, budgeting, and forecasting), transfer pricing, ERP implementation, debt and equity financing arrangements (fundraising, warrants, options, convertible notes, etc.), and issues associated with costing of production efforts and inventory.
Sean joined the Audit Department of Plante Moran upon graduation from Michigan State University where he spent 8 years providing audit, tax, due diligence and other consulting services to large manufacturing, distribution, and retail companies throughout the world. Sean subsequently went to work for one of his clients, Dart Container, where he was responsible for the corporate accounting functi...
Alex AKulikov, MS, Certified Financial Crimes Specialist, GAAP, PMP
Forensic, Risk and Financial Crimes Expert Witness
Expert CA
Dublin, San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles, California
Financial, Forensic Science
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Financial crimes, Forensic examination, Money laundering, Negligence, Forensic accounting, Identity theft, Fiduciary duty, Breach of contract, Money laundering, Cybersecurity, Misappropriation of funds, Bribery, Compliance, Risk Management, Fraud, Corruption, Sanctions, Tax evasion, Delays, RICO
Mr. Alex Kulikov, M.S. (Master of Science), CFCS (Certified Financial Crimes Specialist), GAAP (General Accounting), PMP (Project Management Professional) is a risk management, compliance, forensic examination and financial crimes prevention consulting professional with nearly 30 years of corporate and private consulting, serving over 200 clients across the U.S. and Canada.
Among his proven consulting proficiency in financial, construction, health, technology and other industry claims are matters involving risk management; general financial analysis; forensic examination; breach of contract; dispute resolution; data analytics; general accounting (GAAP); due diligence; standard of care; fiduciary duties; negligence and liability claims; AIA and general conditions; procurement risk management; analysis of schedule delays and impacts; budget and cost analysis; general conditions and code compliance; LEAN management; project methodologies; green design, manufacturing and environment; q...
Antonio Avalos, PhD
Economic damages expert witness
Valley Economics Associates, Inc.
Fresno, California
Economics, Financial
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economist, forensic economist, economic damages, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, loss of earnings, discrimination, expert witness, loss of household services, life care plan valuation, loss of earning capacity, economic losses, tax neutralization, medical malpractice
Dr. Avalos is a Professor of Economics at California State University, Fresno, where he has served as a faculty member since 2003. Dr. Avalos’ research and publication record relevant to forensic economics includes the following:
• Avalos, Antonio, R. Sean Alley, and Philip T. Ganderton, “Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of New Mexico”, Journal of Forensic Economics, 28(1-2):211-226, 2019.
• Avalos, Antonio, “General Guidelines for the Conversion of Damages Calculated in Foreign Currency: Tort Claims”, Journal of Forensic Economics 28(1):1-14, 2019.
• Avalos, Antonio and Sean Alley, “Use and Limitations of Purchasing Power Parity for the Conversion of Damages Calculated in Foreign Currency: An Updated Look”, Journal of Legal Economics 21(2): 1-25, 2015.
• Avalos, Antonio and Sean Alley, “Are Mexican Net Discount Rates Stationary? An Application for Lost Earnings Damages Involving Undocumented Workers”, Journal of Forensi...
Bob Bates, JD, CPA, CFO, CVA, CFE
Damages calculations, valuation, expert witness
Fremont, California
Accounting, Financial
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Business Litigation, Due diligence, Forensic accounting, Fraud investigations, Litigation support, Lost earnings, Valuation, CFO, CPA, Bankruptcy, Acquisitions
Bob Bates is a JD, CPA, CFE, CVA and CFO and has worked with dozens of lawyers on over 125 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 Cou...
Frank M Campbell, CLU, ChFC
Life Insurance, Annuities, Disability and LTC
Stratus Financial Partners
Riverside, California
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Annuity, Annuities, Suitability, Lapse, Life Settlement, agent, Conversion, Estate Planning, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Bad Faith, Beneficiary, trusts, STOLI, TOLI, Standard of Care, Expiration, Misrepresentation, Life/Disability Analyst
Expert in Permanent and Term Life Insurance, Disability, Long-Term Care Insurance as well as variable and fixed annuities. 40+ years’ experience as a high-producing agent with a Fortune 500 insurer. Past Life & Qualifying Member of Million Dollar Round Table – a trade group of top insurance producers. Chartered Life Underwriter. Chartered Financial Consultant. Licensed Life and Disability Analyst. Has reviewed and analyzed hundreds of insurance policies for issues such as suitability, expiration, beneficiaries, conversion, termination, reinstatement, value, and health of the insurer.
Dennis Doss
Irvine, California
Real Estate, Financial
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hard money lending, private money lending, mortgage broker, mortgage lender, usury, consumer credit, agency, foreclosure, mortgage securities, mortgage pool, Department of Real Estate, Department of Financial Protection, mortgage licensing, consumer mortgage, construction loans, mortgage loans
Areas of Practice
Legal Practice: Mortgage Lending, including business and consumer loan origination, licensing, compliance with California and federal lending laws, mortgage backed securities, and administrative defense
Mortgage Broker Practice: Active mortgage broker since 2016, brokering tens of millions of dollars of mortgage loans per year, including conducting the application process, underwriting, loan disclosure, legal compliance, documentation, investment compliance and regulatory reporting.
California Bar 1978 #81839
Department of Real Estate Broker 2016, Broker #02003304, NMLS #1600274
Professional Affiliations
State Bar of California
California Mortgage Association
AV rated by Martindale.com
Biography
For the past 40+ years Dennis Doss has represented mortgaged lenders of all kinds as well as mortgage brokers who sell, fractionalize and market trust-deed secured investments to the public. Mr. Doss has have been invited as a speaker on the average of twice per year...
Mark O. Falkenhagen
JS Held, LLC
Los Angeles, California
Economics, Financial
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Economic Damages, Economic Loss, Business Interruption, Employment Laws, Class Action Damage Models, Business Valuation, Wrongful Death, Wage and Hour Analysis, Construction Defect, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Net Worth Calculations
Professional valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: wrongful termination, class action, wage and hour, wrongful death, business interruption, construction defect, marital dissolution, stock options.
Experienced testimony in state and federal courts. Mediation preparation. Clear and concise work product for deposition and trial presentation.
Case intake across the country.
Mervyn L. Hecht, JD
Santa Monica, California
Financial
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Private Option Trading, Stock Market Strategies, Listed and Public Option Trading
I was S. CA. general council for Charles Schwab and consulted for them on option matters.
I consulted to Merrill Lynch on option litigation.
I am the author of the book "How to Make Money with Stock Options" available on Amazon Books
Jay Hibert
Real Estate Lending and Commercial Banking Expert
JBH Real Estate Experts Inc
Carlsbad, California
Real Estate, Financial
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SBA Loans, Hard Money Loans, Lending Customs and Practice, Title Insurance, Broker Standards of Care, Banking Operations, Lender Liability, Construction Lending, Private Money Lending, Bank Finance, Expert Reports adherent to Federal Rule 26, Collateral Review, Broker Fiduciary, Covid Finance Issues
Active lender with over 39 years of experience in Banking, Finance, and Real Estate Lending. Licensed with the California Department of Real Estate. CalDRE#01523075
Jay Hibert was in the commercial banking industry for 25 years before leaving to form his own company, a real estate lending and consulting company. Jay is licensed with the California Bureau of Real Estate and for over 10 years his company was a licensed California Finance Lender. The company provides services to banks, non-banks, and individuals in need of creative financing solutions.
With now over 39 years of experience in banking and real estate, Jay's market knowledge and transactional experience has allowed him to work in a consulting and expert witness capacity for many clients over the years. Still an ACTIVE lender in the industry, Jay stays updated on current customs and practices and has transacted hundreds of real estate and non-real estate loan negotiations in times of economic growth as well as downtur...
David C. Hinman, CFA
Bond / Loan Asset Management, Trading & Valuation
Hinman Capital Services LLC (HCS)
Corona del Mar, California
Financial, Securities & Investments
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Asset Management, Bond Trading, Fixed Income, Emerging Market Debt, High Yield Bonds, CLOs, Hedge Funds, Closed-End Funds, Fund NAV, Credit Derivatives, CDS, Prospectus Disclosure, Bond Defaults / Restructurings, AT1s / CoCos, Bank Loans, Bank Asset Liability, 144a / Reg S Bonds, Bond Pricing, CIO
David Hinman, CFA has 27 years of finance experience and 23 years of fixed income asset management experience, including 10 years at PIMCO. In his career, he has managed CLOs, hedge funds, and closed- and open-ended mutual funds. His expertise includes analyzing, trading, and managing portfolios of credit derivatives, investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, bank loans, emerging market debt (EMD), and structured credit. As an investor, he has also participated in numerous corporate bankruptcies and debt restructurings and served on creditor workout committees. He co-founded and sold a SEC registered investment advisor, which focused on investing in EMD, where he served as Chief Investment Officer. He has expertise regarding hedge and mutual fund disclosures, documentation, and regulations. He has detailed familiarity with bond offering documents, typical disclosures, as well as bond investor expectations regarding information provided by both issuers and underwriters. ...
Nora C Ostrofe, MBA, CEA, CVA
J.S. Held
San Francisco, California
Economics, Financial
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Economic Loss, Valuation Of Economic Loss, Valuation Of Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Business Valuation, Employment Laws
Professional, detailed valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: personal injury / wrongful death (including maritime and medical malpractice); employment law (wrongful termination; discrimination; Equal Pay Act, wage and hour; class action); business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.
Dan Scheitrum, PhD
Expert Economist
LCPMD
Los Osos, California
Economics, Financial
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Economic loss in personal injury, life care planning valuations, loss of earnings, loss of earnings capacity, loss of household services, present value of future medical needs, medical malpractice, plaintiff and defense, personal injury, catastrophic injury, non-catastrophic injury
Dr. Scheitrum is a PhD Economist with over fifteen years of experience calculating economic damages for litigation. Testified at deposition, arbitration, and trial for both plaintiff and defense clients. Performs estimates of economic loss in personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and wrongful termination. Specializes in large data analysis for class actions and antitrust disputes. Worked at various litigation consulting firms providing insight on the calculation of economic damages in hundreds of disputes in the U.S. and internationally. Currently, Dr. Scheitrum is a university professor in California.
LCPMD is sought by attorneys for our credible, defensible, physician created life care plans and exceptional expert witness services. Our team further includes vocational and PhD economist experts - making LCPMD the one stop for valid insight into complex personal injury cases.
Colleen M Tangorra, CLU, ChFC
Rancho San Diego, California
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Compliance, Annuities, Variable contracts, Mutual Funds, FINRA supervision
42 years' experience in the Life Insurance and Financial Services industry. Expertise in traditional and variable life insurance and annuity contracts as well as mutual fund sales practices, compliance and operations. Experienced initially as an insurance and securities licensed professional working directly with clients, later developing skills and knowledge in sales management, training and compliance supervision of over 300 industry sales professionals. Skilled platform speaker to 300 + audiences. As a Registered Principal with the Financial and Regulatory Authority (FINRA), along with my many years of involvement in product development, internal operations of large insurance/financial services companies and compliance regulation has led me to now pursue opportunities as an expert witness. Education includes Bachelor of Science degree from State University of New York, Cum Laude; designations Chartered Life Underwriter and Chartered Financial Consultant from The American College...
Gary M. Tenzer, BA, MBA, MSBA
Tenzer Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California
Real Estate, Financial
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commercial real estate finance, Mortgage, Debt, Lender, Borrower, Interest Rate, Loan Terms, Bankruptcy, CMBS, Bank, Alter Ego, Lender Liability, Loan Underwriting, Loan Origination
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, and I am therefore well-versed in commercial real estate finance and related issues as well as the current and past state of the capital markets.
Over the past 25 +/- years, 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 at ADR proceedings.
Expert testimony has included:
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, market impacts on l...
Charles E. Holmes
180 Financial, LLC
Boulder, Colorado
Banking, Financial
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Lending and Collections, Workout Expert, Lending Practices and Procedures, Consideration, Compliance with Bank Agreements, Improper Collection Methods, Good Faith Issues, Disclosure, Hidden Assets and Liabilities, Credit Underwriting
Charles Holmes started his career with the U.S. Treasury Department and moved to the other side as a commercial banker. He co-founded two de novo banks in Boulder, Co. The first was started in 1995, went public in 1999, and recently sold to an out of state bank. In 2011, he started another bank which sold in 2016. Both banks had rapid growth and success. Holmes spent much of his banking career managing credit issues and collection efforts. He was chairman of loan committee approving up to $12Million per credit relationship. He has been involved in structuring and collecting relationships up to $25million.
Holmes took great pride in working through the collection issues and learned firsthand the pitfalls banks and borrowers make when trying to protect themselves under stressful situations. The outcome can often be a material conflict where one side, or both, act improperly. His hands-on experience these past 40 years has made him an excellent and confident expert witness. He has be...
Max Holmes
Investor / Lawyer / NYU Stern Professor
Useful LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut
Appraisal & Valuation, Securities & Investments
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Antitrust, Arbitration, Banking, Bankruptcy, Business Damages, Business Valuation, Contract Disputes, Cryptocurrency, Due Diligence, Fiduciary Duty, Financial, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insurance, Investment Banking, Investment Management, Lending, Leveraged Buyouts, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity
Max Holmes has over 40 years of experience as a portfolio manager, research analyst, board member, lawyer, NYU Professor and expert witness.
Since 1993, Max Holmes has been an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, teaching "Bankruptcy and Reorganization."
Max Holmes has been the Chief Investment Officer / Lead Portfolio Manager for two large hedge funds ($2.7 billion and $5.4 billion of peak AUM) as well as an insurance company portfolio and a mutual fund portfolio. The funds invested in credit, capital structure arbitrage, distressed debt, rescue finance, direct lending, specialty finance, event stocks and special situations securities, including long and short positions. The funds invested across the capital structure: bank debt, DIP loans, second lien debt, secured and unsecured bonds, floating rate and fixed rate notes, trade claims, preferred stock, common stock, put and call options and credit default swaps (CDS). In...
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...
Peter W. Leibundgut, Esq.
PD&J Associates, LLC
Fort Myers, Florida
Banking, Financial
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Banking, loans, contract disputes, commercial and consumer finance, mortgages, derivatives, lender liability, legal malpractice, public finance, fraud, bankruptcy, debtor and creditor's rights, banking regulations, lending compliance, bank policies and procedures
Peter has over forty years of transactional, public and private commercial and real estate finance, legal and bank consulting experience. He serves as an expert in cases involving public, commercial and real estate financing transactions. He provides litigation support in cases involving contract disputes and complex public and commercial finance matters centering on debtor and creditor rights.
Based upon his experience representing banks, finance companies, borrowers, investors and public entities in conventional and innovative financings, Peter provides litigation support and expert services in contract disputes, commercial and residential real estate, lender liability, legal malpractice, public finance, complex lending and credit facilities, and financial fraud cases. His experience spans thirty years of due diligence, structuring, closing and restructuring public and commercial financial transactions on behalf of lenders; county, state and federal authorities and issu...
Mark J. Lerner
Global Leader: Business Valuation, M&A, Faculty
Morgen Evan Advisory Services, Ltd.
Miami, Florida
Business Valuation, Financial
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Business, Operations, Management, Strategy, Assets, Negotiations, Analysis, International, Japan, China, Korea, Europe, Mergers, Acquisitions, M&A, UK, FX, Board, Global, Marketing
Mr. Lerner is a highly seasoned business executive with an intense focus on Business Valuation, all driven by significant experience and accomplishments in Mergers and Acquisitions, business strategy, and international business expansion.
Mr. Lerner honed his experience in business valuation through a lengthy and intense career in Mergers and Acquisitions. His career in M&A started at Merrill Lynch where he rose to Vice President, continued at Chase Manhattan Bank where he was a Managing Director at age 32, and then at Morgen Evan Advisory - the firm he founded. He has also served as the Chairman of Oaklins International, a global association of M&A firms, as well as a Board member of M&A Worldwide, another global M&A network.
With more than 200 M&A transactions managed, Mr. Lerner has valued a wide range of companies from private to public, US based to foreign based, and across an extensive array of industries. Mr. Lerner has negotiated business valuations with some of the to...
James W. Lovely, BBA, MBA, JD
Lakeland, Florida
Securities & Investments, Financial
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Derivatives, Swaps, Futures, ISDA/SIFMA/NAESB Documentation, UCC Article 8, Foreign Currency, Financial Products, Municipal Bonds, Hedge Funds, Securitization, CFTC and SEC Compliance, LIBOR/SOFR transition issues
James Lovely provides expert witness, litigation support, and consulting services concerning all types of derivatives and other capital markets products. His expertise encompasses both academic training and extensive legal and financial work experience involving the regulation, structuring, hedging, documentation, execution, management and termination of financial products, including futures, options, swaps, derivatives, and bonds, ISDA, NAESB and SIFMA documentation, repurchase agreements, liquidity facilities, structured financial products, commercial paper programs, securitizations, commodity financing, and prime brokerage arrangements. He also advises clients on LIBOR/SOFR transition issues. He is experienced with the U.C.C., including particularly Article 8 of the UCC related to securities and financial asset transfers and Article 9 related to secured transactions.
Stephen B McWilliam, ABR,CRB,CRS,GRI
Florida Real Estate Standard of Care Expert
Florida State Realty Group, Inc
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Real Estate, Financial
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Florida REALTORS®/Florida BAR (f/k/a FAR/BAR) Purchase Contracts, REALTOR® Code of Ethics, Procuring cause, Residential and Commerical real estate transactions, REALTOR® Standard of Care, REALTORS® negligence, fraud, malpractice claims, MLS (Multiple Listing System) Best Practices and Policies
Stephen is one of Florida's very best and methodical real estate experts involving both residential and commercial issues. These issues typically include state and federal litigation, arbitration, mediation, and areas of ethical concerns/challenges.
Steve, originally from Massachusetts, began his real estate career in 1984 with a local Century 21 franchise. He has been living in the Fort Lauderdale area since 1989 and consults exclusively throughout the State of Florida. Stephen has earned four of the most prestigious real estate professional designations offered by the National Association of REALTORS®, ABR (Accredited Buyer's Representative), CRB (Certified Real Estate Brokerage Manager), CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) and GRI (Graduate of the REALTOR® Institute). Stephen is a Florida licensed real estate broker, school instructor, and mortgage loan originator.
Stephen served as the elected 2012 president of one of the largest REALTOR® associations in the USA. Additional...
Scott D Gilbert, PhD
Gilbert Economics
O'Fallon, Illinois
Economics, Financial
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economic damages, antitrust, wrongful termination, contract disputes, valuation (divorce), statistical evidence, regression analysis, personal injury, wrongful death
Scott Gilbert is a PhD economist who provides expert witness and litigation support services on economic matters in tort and contract law, via the consulting firm Gilbert Economics. He lives in southern Illinois, where he is associate professor of economics at Southern Illinois University. Since 1998 he has served as economics expert on a range of legal matters, in cases filed in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky, and Mississippi. As an expert witness he serves all midwest states, and does not charge clients for travel time or expenses.
Scott received his PhD degree in economics in the year 1996, and before that worked as economics research associate at the nation's central bank on the west coast -- the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. He serves as associate editor of The American Statistician, and his academic research has been published in high-quality peer-reviewed journals in the fields of economics, statistics, and finance.
Scott is an active researcher and edu...
David L Peterson
i7strategies
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Banking, Technology
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Electronic Banking, Virtual Banking, Internet Banking, Virtual Branch, Correspondent Banking, Payments, Financial, RDC, mRDC, ACH, Check, Wire, Card, Audio
39 years experience in banking technology, 32 years experience in payments, 29 years experience with internet/online banking, 29 years experience in correspondent banking. Original co-founder of Treev and founder of Goldleaf Technologies. Member National Speakers Assoc. Currently serve as Chief Innovation Officer of First National Bankers Bank. Have worked as sr. operations officer of a community bank with compliance and computer operations experience. Extremely qualified in electronic banking, payments and general banking operations. Self-motivated and will take necessary initiative for investigations, but will take direction from retaining counsel.
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...
Ilonna J. Rimm, MD PhD CFA
Rimm Healthcare Capital Advisory LLC
Newton Center, Massachusetts
Financial, Pediatric Hematology Oncology
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Appraisal and Valuation, Banking, Business Valuation, DNA, Financial, Securities and Investments, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Healthcare Services, Life Science Tools, Pharmaceuticals, Entrepreneurial Companies, Start-up companies
Ilonna Rimm can provide expert witness services related to valuation and financial analysis of Healthcare Companies, including Biotech, Medical Device, Healthcare Services and Life Science Tools companies.
Ilonna Rimm, MD PhD CFA, is a healthcare investor who provides strategic advice on raising early-stage capital. As the CEO and Founder of Morninglight Healthcare Capital, LLC, a family office, she invests in small cap public companies (0 to $4B market cap). She also serves as an Advisor to Life Sciences CEO’s who are raising a Seed or Series A Round of capital, as Rimm Healthcare Capital Advisory, LLC. She can fully understand the biological science of an emerging company. Then she can organize and polish the science to present it in a way that is attractive to life science investors. She recently provided services to Immuneering Corp., who raised a Series A round of $20M in January, 2020, and a Series B round of $62M in January, 2021. Immuneering is now a public company (IM...
Michael B Vaughn
Golden Age Advisory, LLC
Las Vegas, Nevada
Financial, Real Estate
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Mortgage, Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, HUD FHA, Multifamily, Commercial Real Estate, Seniors Housing, Partnerships, Suitability, Valuation, GSA, EB5, LIHTC
Expert on issues related to commercial mortgage banking, real estate partnerships and investment suitability, Valuation of closely held businesses and partnerships. Seniors Housing including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, HUD FHA Multifamily, Healthcare, Public and Section 8 Housing, EB5 Investments, residential Cooperatives,. Expert Witness experience includes financial and document analysis, report preparation, deposition, assistance in deposition and cross examination of opposing witnesses, and Federal and State Supreme Court testimony .
Mr. Vaughn served as Director of the Office of Residential Care Facilities, part of the Office of Healthcare Programs in the Office of Housing in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Vaughn was directly responsible for origination and asset management activities related to the $20 billion portfolio of Section 232 Insured Mortgages on Skilled Nursing and As...
Charles W. Bowden, CLU, ChFC
FSP
Smithville, New Jersey
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Financial Planning, Life Insurance Funding, Policy Valuation
Following graduation from Lehigh University, Charlie entered the insurance industry as an Employee Benefit Specialist. In addition to his thirty plus years of experience, he has achieved both industry recognized designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). As a Qualified Continuing Education Instructor, he teaches other licensed insurance professionals about the changing structure of the income and estate tax code, and planning strategies. Additionally, Charlie uses his experience to provide expert testimony in State and Federal Court. Charlie is a member of the Society for Financial Service Professionals, as well as a past member of their Board Authority of Directors. He maintains registration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He is an investment Advisor Representative (IAR). As of August 2022 Retired as a Register Representative but am maintaining all insurance licensing.
Chuck Graziano, CPM, PCAM
Certified Property Manager
Halcyon Management Services
Ramsey, New Jersey
Property Management, Premises Liability
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condominium, homeowners, cooperatives, apartments, commercial, Real Estate, industrial parks, safety, slips, trips, falls, OSHA, landlord, tenants, financial, property management, premises liability, townhomes, townhouse, manager
Engaged in the property management industry for over 42 years. Independent consultant serving owners and managers of real estate of various types (commercial and residential) and providing services as an expert witness in related matters.
Current (2017 to present) engagement includes working with a management firm with accountability for training its property managers in industry standards and best practices, overseeing the firm’s program to ensure that all managers are certified with industry credentials, and assisting managers in managing risk at client properties.
A Certified Property Manager (CPM®) as awarded by the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) since 1987 (Key number 11420) and past (1998) President of the New Jersey Chapter (No. 1) of IREM. Certified in 1990 as a Professional Community Association Manager (PCAM) by the Community Associations Institute (Pin Number 186) and has been (previously) certified as a Certified Manager of Community Associations by the Na...
Barclay T. Leib, CFE, CAIA
Sand Spring Advisors LLC
Morristown, New Jersey
Financial, Fraud
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Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Trading Practices, Security Manipulation, Fiduciary Duty, Due Diligence, Forensic Audit, CFE, CAIA, Options, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals
Barclay Leib, CFE, CAIA is an accomplished alternative asset due diligence professional who has been conducting due diligence and asset allocation on a variety of alternative investments (hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, alternative direct lending) for the majority of the past 20 years. He previously was a senior derivatives trader at firms including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale for the first 20-years of his career. He also ran Alternatives Research for Fortigent LLC ($70 bln of assets advised) for two years.
Mr. Leib has testified in both AAA arbitration and in Court cases in matters related to hedge funds, due diligence, fiduciary duty, and market manipulation. He has also assisted the SEC, CFTC, SDNY, and FBI, as well as several law firms, in various financial investigations that have resulted in successful criminal prosecutions.
Mr. Leib holds an active FINRA Series 65 license, as well as currently inactive Series 7 & 63 license...
Kerry Campbell, CFA®, CFP®, AIFA®
Trust and Estates, Investment Advisors & Divorce
Kerry Campbell LLC
Staten Island, New York
Securities & Investments, Financial
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Uniform Prudent Investor Act, UPIA, Trust and Estates, Trustee Duty of Impartiality, Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Damages, Investment Suitability, Financial Planning, Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation, Investment Due Diligence, Divorce, Matrimonial, Hedge Funds, FINRA, Annuities
Mr. Campbell has over 30 years of financial industry experience. He is the principal of a financial litigation and investment management consulting firm, Kerry Campbell LLC, where he serves as a financial expert witness during litigations and provides consulting services to financial institutions and investors.
He has worked in investment research and portfolio management, as a Managing Director at Arden Asset Management, and as a Senior Vice President at Guggenheim Partners. He has worked in prime broker risk management as a Managing Director at Bear Stearns. Prior to that he worked as a commissioned registered representative, a funding officer and as a credit analyst/loan officer.
Mr. Campbell received a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business.
He is an Approved FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator, a Cha...
Anthony Centrella
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Software Engineering, Financial
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Software Development, Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property, AI, Databases, Business Systems, Programming, Reverse Engineering, Source Code, SQL, Securities Industry, Information Technology, Stock Market, Financial Data, Investments, Fintech, Data Forensics, Insider Trading, AML, Fraud Detection
I have extensive experience in the areas of software engineering and development in multiple programming languages, databases, and technologies which I still work in currently. Software "code" comparison and logic paths, trade secrets, highly technical IP, including copyright and patent infringement, misappropriation, software delivery and implementation failure. Versed in trading systems and vended solutions, financial and securities industry market data, stock and multi-asset trade data, investment analysis and forensics of trading and tick-level "tape" data, fraud and AML detection. I use a variety of tools using data and software analysis skills to forensically study and compare systems, financial data and reports, highly technical trade secret code, insider trading, intellectual property, etc. Ability to create custom analyses, complex reports, and graphical charts tailored to a study's/case’s illustration and presentation requirements. My wealth of knowledge in these area...
Michael J. Garibaldi, CPA,ABV,CFF,CGMA
Garibaldi Group
Garden City, New York
Business Valuation, Accounting
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Appraisal, Valuation, Forensic Accounting, Business Damages, Fraud, Business Operations, Financial, Economics, Management, CPA, Accountant, Tax, Business Divorce, Appraisal & Valuation
David C. Hinman, CFA
Bond / Loan Asset Management, Trading & Valuation
Hinman Capital Services LLC (HCS)
New York
Financial, Securities & Investments
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Asset Management, Bond Trading, Fixed Income, Emerging Market Debt, High Yield Bonds, CLOs, Hedge Funds, Closed-End Funds, Fund NAV, Credit Derivatives, CDS, Prospectus Disclosure, Bond Defaults / Restructurings, AT1s / CoCos, Bank Loans, Bank Asset Liability, 144a / Reg S Bonds, Bond Pricing, CIO
David Hinman, CFA has 27 years of finance experience and 23 years of fixed income asset management experience, including 10 years at PIMCO. In his career, he has managed CLOs, hedge funds, and closed- and open-ended mutual funds. His expertise includes analyzing, trading, and managing portfolios of credit derivatives, investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, bank loans, emerging market debt (EMD), and structured credit. As an investor, he has also participated in numerous corporate bankruptcies and debt restructurings and served on creditor workout committees. He co-founded and sold a SEC registered investment advisor, which focused on investing in EMD, where he served as Chief Investment Officer. He has expertise regarding hedge and mutual fund disclosures, documentation, and regulations. He has detailed familiarity with bond offering documents, typical disclosures, as well as bond investor expectations regarding information provided by both issuers and underwriters. ...
Barclay T. Leib, CFE, CAIA
Sand Spring Advisors LLC
New York
Financial, Fraud
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Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Trading Practices, Security Manipulation, Fiduciary Duty, Due Diligence, Forensic Audit, CFE, CAIA, Options, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals
Barclay Leib, CFE, CAIA is an accomplished alternative asset due diligence professional who has been conducting due diligence and asset allocation on a variety of alternative investments (hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, alternative direct lending) for the majority of the past 20 years. He previously was a senior derivatives trader at firms including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale for the first 20-years of his career. He also ran Alternatives Research for Fortigent LLC ($70 bln of assets advised) for two years.
Mr. Leib has testified in both AAA arbitration and in Court cases in matters related to hedge funds, due diligence, fiduciary duty, and market manipulation. He has also assisted the SEC, CFTC, SDNY, and FBI, as well as several law firms, in various financial investigations that have resulted in successful criminal prosecutions.
Mr. Leib holds an active FINRA Series 65 license, as well as currently inactive Series 7 & 63 license...
Marc Schneider
Twelve Lions Capital
Mount Kisco, New York
Financial, Securities & Investments
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Asset Management, Debt Financing, Bond Trading, High Yield and Distressed Bonds, Financial Valuation, Securities Valuation, Institutional Investor, Corporate Restructuring, Mergers & Acquisitions, Distressed Debt, Private Equity, Creditor Rights, Creditor Committees
Strong statistical and quantitative analysis skills.
Senior investment professional for Avenue Capital, a large asset manager focused on value investing in distressed debt and special situations. Invested approximately $2 billion in distressed situations in North America and Europe. Expertise in valuing corporate assets and liabilities including bonds, bank debt, trade claims, pension obligations, equity and equity linked securities. Experience leading cross-border restructurings both in and out of bankruptcy, ran creditor committees, analyzed debt documents (bond indentures, credit agreements) and creditors rights, worked on restructurings in North America and through Europe.
Investment banker at Salomon Smith Barney, focused on capital raising (both debt and equity), merger and acquisitions, financial restructuring and advisory services.
Former corporate lawyer focused on debt financing, securities issuances and mergers and acquisitions.
Retained as an expert witness by...
Michael B Vaughn
Golden Age Advisory, LLC
New York
Financial, Real Estate
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Mortgage, Skilled Nursing, Assisted Living, HUD FHA, Multifamily, Commercial Real Estate, Seniors Housing, Partnerships, Suitability, Valuation, GSA, EB5, LIHTC
Expert on issues related to commercial mortgage banking, real estate partnerships and investment suitability, Valuation of closely held businesses and partnerships. Seniors Housing including Independent Living, Assisted Living, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Continuing Care Retirement Communities, HUD FHA Multifamily, Healthcare, Public and Section 8 Housing, EB5 Investments, residential Cooperatives,. Expert Witness experience includes financial and document analysis, report preparation, deposition, assistance in deposition and cross examination of opposing witnesses, and Federal and State Supreme Court testimony .
Mr. Vaughn served as Director of the Office of Residential Care Facilities, part of the Office of Healthcare Programs in the Office of Housing in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mr. Vaughn was directly responsible for origination and asset management activities related to the $20 billion portfolio of Section 232 Insured Mortgages on Skilled Nursing and As...
Brian Jones
Expert Banking Witness
Dallas, Texas
Financial
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Banks & Financial Services, Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Finance, Strategic Planning, Negotiations, Family Offices, Private Equity, Capital Markets, Corporate & Investment Banking, Accounting & Financial Reporting, Charitable Foundations, Hedge Fund, Investment Research
Brian Jones has over 30 years’ experience in the financial services industry as a senior leader, advisor and investor. He co-founded and leads BankCap Partners, an investment and advisory firm that focuses on financial services and fintech companies. BankCap has successfully raised and exited two private equity funds comprising investments in eight banks, achieving a combined return on invested capital exceeding 2.5 times.
Mr. Jones has served on numerous corporate boards, including as a director of South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Group and three US banks. His public company board involvement includes audit, compensation, nominating/governance, credit and risk committees (sometimes as chairman). Mr. Jones is a CPA, a CGMA and considered a “financial expert”.
From 2016-2021, Mr. Jones was also Co-President of a multibillion-dollar family office in New York City where he was responsible for overseeing the investment research team of 50+ professionals. Before BankCap, Mr. Jones was Exec...
Shawn K Lane
Shawn K Lane & Associates LLC
McKinney, Texas
Financial
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Credit, Credit Damage, Credit Reporting, Credit Scoring, Credit Reporting Errors, FCRA, FDCPA, Credit Report, Credit Report Evaluation, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, FICO Credit Scoring, Dispute Resolution Proceses, Identity Theft, e-OSCAR, Credit Repair
Shawn K. Lane, is a Credit Expert Witness. He is an author of "The Consumer's Guide to Credit Restoration" and Co-Founder/Chief Executive Officer of Financial Renovation Solutions, Inc. (FRScredit.com), has been educating consumers about credit since 1992 and has done so on a full time basis since 2013. Shawn spends time daily teaching consumers how to understand credit reporting and credit scoring systems, including the best ways to maximize their credit scores and avoid credit score setbacks. He has extensive experience detecting credit reporting errors. He also has specialized knowledge regarding just how serious credit reporting errors can be and the significant consequences and damages which such errors may potentially have upon a consumer's life. Furthermore he is experienced in educating consumers regarding their rights under the FCRA and FDCPA.
Shawn is both an educator and an expert with specialized knowledge on a variety of credit related topics. These topics include, but...
Gary Matesic, MST, AEP®, TEP
49-year trust, estate, and fiduciary duty expert.
Trust Management Group, LLP
Dallas, Texas
Financial, Banking
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Fiduciary Expert, Trust Administration, Estate Administration, Breaches of Fiduciary Duty, Asset Allocation, Trustee Duties, Trust and Estate Fees, Family Offices, Private Foundations, Automobile Valuation, Special Needs Trusts, Court-Created Trusts, Car Appraisals
A Texas resident for over 40 years, Gary Matesic began his 49-year career with what is now PNC Bank in the Trust Division as a fiduciary tax specialist. Today, as a well-known trust, estate, and wealth management professional, Mr. Matesic’s expertise includes personal and charitable trust administration, private foundations, estate planning, fiduciary taxation, operations consulting, compliance, special needs and court-created trust planning and administration, investment manager selection and oversight, decedent’s estate administration, risk management, sales & marketing, family office management, and fiduciary ethics.
Mr. Matesic has also been involved with a number of businesses and transactions, including formation of sole proprietorships, LLCs, S-corporations, and partnerships, along with operation, valuation, and liquidation of sole proprietorships, S-, and C-corporations. He owned a Texas-licensed independent motor vehicle dealership for 10 years, has appraised classic cars ...
David C Cawley
Fraim, Cawley & Company, CPAs
Roanoke, Virginia
Financial, Accounting
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Forensic accounting, Business valuations, Lost profit reports, Lost wages reports, Economic damages, Family law financial support
• Licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the state of Virginia since 2016
• Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) as recognized by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) as recognized by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Certified Divorce Financial Analyst as recognized by the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts
• Member of the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants
• Member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analyst (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...
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