Forensic Accounting Expert Witness

Forensic Accounting Expert Witness

Forensic Accounting | E-018428

Expert Qualifications

This highly experienced forensic accountant is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He has over 20 years of experience with operations and oversight of financial reporting, accounting and audit functions (internal and external), primarily publicly-traded companies reporting in compliance with GAAP, GAAS and SEC regulations. He began his career as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche. Later, he worked at private companies as controller and chief financial officer, and a public company in SEC reporting. From 1997-2008, he was an in-house forensic accountant at three law firms in California. He has extensive experience with well-publicized alleged accounting frauds by public companies, including Enron, UnitedHealth, Dynegy, Dollar General, Honeywell, Oracle, Qwest and Gemstar-TV Guide. He also has led forensic investigations into numerous "audit failures." He has helped counsel recover and return to shareholders $2.4 billion in losses from alleged securities fraud, an average recovery of ~$55 million per case.

Bio Snapshot

Location: CA

BS, Business Administration, Accounting, San Diego State University

Certified, Public Accountant (CPA)

Certified, Fraud Examiner

Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Member, California Society of Certified Public Accountants

Member, Institute of Management Accountants

Former, Senior Auditor, Deloitte & Touche

Former, Faculty - CPA Exam Review, Becker CPA Review Course

Former, Corporate Controller, Grant General Contractors

Former, Chief Financial Officer, Bill Silva Management

Former, SEC Reporting Analyst, Alaris Medical Systems

Former, Forensic Accountant, Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins

Former, Forensic Accountant, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins

Former, Forensic Accountant, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach

Current, President, a Forensic Accounting Firm in Southern California

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