Expert Witness 521537
Investments
California
Bachelor, Northeastern University
Cases
Deposition Experience
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Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in fiduciary investment management and wealth advisory services, this financial services expert witness focuses on investment oversight, fiduciary standards, and regulatory compliance involving broker-dealers, registered investment advisors, trustees, personal representatives, and financial consultants. His work addresses investment decision-making practices, SEC, FINRA, and OCC standards of conduct, suitability considerations, and fiduciary obligations associated with portfolio management and wealth preservation strategies. He also has more than 10 years of litigation consulting and expert witness experience involving investment management practices and fiduciary conduct.
Rather than concentrating solely on retail financial planning, his background emphasizes sophisticated wealth advisory strategies for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, estates, and institutional investors. Areas of expertise include modern portfolio theory, portfolio construction, asset allocation, diversification methodologies, risk-control analysis, investment and spending policy statements, multigenerational wealth transfer planning, charitable gifting strategies, tax mitigation techniques, fiduciary administration, and evaluation of financial advisory practices involving discretionary investment management and trust-related fiduciary oversight.
He holds the Certified Trust and Fiduciary Advisor (CTFA), Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA®), and Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) designations, reflecting specialized training in fiduciary advisory services, portfolio analysis, trust administration, and wealth management. His professional background includes work on broker-dealer, private banking trust, and registered investment advisor platforms, as well as leadership responsibilities involving fiduciary oversight, trust administration policies and procedures, SEC/DFI compliance supervision, trading oversight, and complex financial strategy implementation. He additionally served in senior wealth planning and trust services roles for large registered investment advisory firms serving ultra-high-net-worth clientele. Educationally, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and completed advanced professional education in fiduciary management, investment consulting, and financial planning.
In litigation-related settings, his analysis has involved fiduciary investment standards, portfolio suitability, regulatory compliance, risk exposure, trust administration practices, and financial advisory decision-making processes. His work frequently centers on evaluating whether investment recommendations, portfolio structures, fiduciary administration activities, and advisory conduct align with applicable fiduciary duties, investment objectives, regulatory obligations, and professional standards governing wealth management and institutional investment oversight.
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Degree Type
Bachelor
Field of Study
Finance
Institution
University of Southern California
Type
Certification
Certification / License
Certified Investment Management Analyst (CIMA)
Issuing Authority
Investments & Wealth Institute (formerly IMCA)
Type
Certification
Certification / License
Certified Trust & Financial Advisor (CTFA)
Issuing Authority
American Bankers Association
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FINRA standards
Estate planning
Trusts
Financial Planning
Asset Management And Allocation
Type
Certification
Certification / License
Certified Divorce Financial Analyst (CDFA)
Issuing Authority
Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts