Forensic accountant and a Certified Public Accountant with more than 45 years of experience in financial forensics, fraud investigation, and complex business valuation matters. Their work includes extensive involvement in litigation, with experience providing consultations, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in disputes involving financial damages, accounting practices, and business operations.

Their expertise includes damage calculations, lost profits, lender liability, preference analyses, fraudulent conveyances, business interruption, cash flow analysis, partnership disputes, and business valuations. This work involves evaluation of accounting records, application of generally accepted accounting principles, and financial analysis in matters involving accounting fraud, accounting malpractice, and commercial disputes. Their experience also includes investigation of large-scale financial frauds and analysis of complex financial transactions and structures.

Professional experience includes involvement in corporate restructuring, turnaround management, and asset disposition matters for both private and publicly traded companies. Additional experience includes service in court-appointed roles such as federal bankruptcy trustee, bankruptcy examiner, state court receiver, special master, and referee in accounting disputes, as well as advisory work for creditors’ committees, financial institutions, and governmental entities in bankruptcy, insolvency, and restructuring matters.

The expert is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant in California and holds certifications as a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor. Educational background includes a Master of Business Administration with an accounting emphasis, graduate studies in taxation, and a Bachelor of Arts in international relations. Professional affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Insolvency & Restructuring Advisors, the Turnaround Management Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.