Appraisal Expert Witnesses in Louisiana

This expert has educational and professional experience in agricultural real estate and is considered a trusted professional in land economics and is eminently qualified to provide opinions concerning land economics and divisions of property. His educational and work experience uniquely qualifies him to provide such testimony for court cases. After receiving a B.S. and a M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Mississippi State University, he served 31 years with the MS Cooperative Extension. For 25 of those years, he was the County Agricultural Agent in Yazoo County, the state’s largest county which is a very diverse and significant producer of agricultural commodities. During his career he won numerous state and national awards for his efforts. He was recognized as a Certified General Appraiser by the state of Mississippi in 2005. Following his tenure with Kennard and Associates Appraisals, he began his own appraisal service business in 2008. He attained accreditation as an Accredited Rural Appraiser by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers in 2008. His services include consultation on land purchases and investments, inheritance division, sale of property, determining basis following death, valuing recreational tracts, crop land, custom farming, crop rents, conservation easements, property divisions and many other real estate needs. He has assisted in cases and served in court testimony in the division of agricultural properties up to 4,700 acres. Approximately half of his work involves assisting families with the division of property. He has written several articles for Delta Farm Press concerning land economics, death tax and problems with undivided interests. In addition to his appraisal and consulting business, he owns several hundred acres of crop and timber land.

For more than 25 years, this expert has been engaged in the appraisal of colonial to contemporary silver, furniture, ceramics, maps, and paintings. She graduated from the University of Texas and completed postgraduate studies with a Christies-associated program at the Royal College of Art in London. She has appraised collections for the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Marriott Bermuda, and the Bank of Butterfield; she has also worked closely with the Bermuda National Gallerys collections of furniture, European paintings, and the Bacardi Biennial. At present she conducts fine and decorative art appraisal for for an art appraisal firm in TX.

This expert on Economic Damages has over 35+ years of experience in calculating damages and performing business valuations. He obtained his BA in Economics, his MBA in Accounting and Finance, and his JD from Tulane University. He is a certified CPA, Senior Appraiser, and Business Appraiser and certified in Financial Forensics and Business Valuation. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.. He has 5 Publications and is currently a Tax and Business Valuation Partner with Moss Adams LLP.

This highly-qualified general and operation manager has 30 years of experience. He earned his AAS in business management from Champlain College and is certified in health, safety, and environmental training for landfill operations. He is also a certified machinery and equipment appraiser and certified equipment broker. Formerly, he held positions as the Texas landfill operations manager and assistant district manager at Browning-Ferris Industries, the general manager of Kelco Disposal, the operations vice president at US Liquids, and also the general manager of Sean Kelley Management, Southwaste Services, Inc., and CCS Midstream Services. Most recently, he was the Gulf Coast regional manager at Master Pumps & Power. He is currently the president of a machinery and equipment appraisals company based in Texas.