Business Valuation Forensic Accounting Expert Witness

EDUCATION

B.S. – Business Administration / Accounting – University of California, Berkeley (1976)

Ph.D. – Agric. Economics – University of California, Davis (1990)

SUMMARY

Expert 2958 has devoted his activities for the past fifteen years to providing commercial litigation advisory and support services and business valuation services. Expert 2958 has consulted or provided expert testimony in over 300 litigation matters.

Expert 2958 is an expert in the areas of economic analysis, business valuations, commercial litigation damages, and personal damages. He has qualified and testified as an expert witness in both federal and state court. He has consulted in litigated matters involving a wide variety of industries, including real estate, finance, health care, and entertainment, and on a wide range of issues, including antitrust and unfair competition, bankruptcy, environmental, intellectual property, employment, and personal injury matters. Several of the parties and opposing parties in these litigations have been Fortune 500 companies.

EXPERIENCE

Expert 2958 is a principal in a professional services firm based in Los Angeles and Orange County, California.  He is a member of the firm’s Forensic Services andBusiness Valuation practice areas and resides in the Long Beach office. The Forensic Services practice area includes litigation consulting, expert witness testimony and fraud investigation.

Expert 2958 has previously held the position of Director of litigation consulting services with a regional accounting firm, and was a senior manager for a boutique litigation consulting firm. He began his consulting career providing litigation and management consulting services with one of the then-Big Six accounting firms.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant – State of California

Accredited in Business Valuation – American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

California Society of Certified Public Accountants

Litigation Services Section of the CalCPA Society

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