Finance Expert Witnesses in Arizona

This expert specializes in gas station and convenience store operations, management, and safety, with specific focus on site valuations, operating procedures, capital and expense management. He earned a BS in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a MBA in Finance from Drexel University. He has 37 years of experience in the downstream petroleum refining and marketing industry with ARCO and BP. As President of BP West Coast Products, LLC and Vice President Retail Operations, he had responsibility for ARCO gasoline retail sales and AMPM operations worldwide, consisting of the C-Store business with 700 franchisees, 3000 convenience stores, and $3 billion in revenue.

This expert is a partner in a large independent public accounting firm, where he serves as the leader of the firm's National Retail/Consumer Products industry group. He provides consulting services in the apparel, manufacturing, distribution, and retail industries.

This highly qualified check fraud specialist and certified anti money laundering specialist has over 21 years of service in the industry. He spent 10 years as a Nevada law enforcement official in the field of corrections, and reserve work and became the president of the Nevada Check Cashing Association and board member of the National Check Cashers Association. He is currently a member of the Nevada Fight Fraud task force and Consumer Affairs Investigator Reserve as well as previous member Anti Money Laundering MSB task force. He currently provides anti-fraud consulting services nationally as well ad AML training, drafting of AML programs and independent reviews and written risk assessments.

This expert has been teaching and practicing economics for more than 25 years. He holds a Doctorate in Economics from the University of California, Riverside and has been the Principal of his own economic consulting firm for the past 25 years. He provides consulting services in both the private and public sectors in the areas of economic impact and efficiency studies, cost/benefit analysis, and modeling and forecasting, while he also provides extensive expert witness services in lawsuits concerning personal injury, wrongful death, discrimination, business issues, valuations, and wrongful termination, among others. This expert has been awarded multiple Faculty Research Fellows Grants by the Center of California Studies and his technical reports and studies have been widely cited.

This expert has over 25 years of experience, transitioning through the professional disciplines of accounting, tax, law and finance, including public accounting and private law practice, as well as legal and corporate finance executive positions with Oryx Energy (now Anadarko Petroleum), Verizon and GreenTech Petroleum. He leverages on multi-disciplinary skill-sets in overseeing capital structure, determining the optimum mix of debt, equity and internal financing, building complex economic & financial models, performing the budgeting and forecasting function, developing strategies to improve economic efficiencies on capital deployed, managing complex tax issues and litigation and understanding and resolving financial and accounting questions. He is highly experienced at preparing and communicating business plans and strategies and preparing professional finance packages for qualified projects. He has a heavy international background, including mergers and acquisitions, and all types of domestic and cross-border transactions, with countries such as Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, among many others. He has been published in multiple national journals such as Business Week and the Journal of Corporate Taxation. He has also successfully testified as a finance expert witness in major commercial litigation (involving hundreds of millions of dollars) in venues including state and county courts, U.S. Federal District Court and U.S. Tax Court. Given his diverse background and global experience, he offers a unique blend of business acumen and legal knowledge in negotiating complex transactions, working with integrated teams of professionals from tax, accounting, finance, legal, engineering, geology, and operations departments of companies.

This expert is a highly qualified and multi-faceted business professional and educated. He is a top-ranked, tenured professor at one of the nation's top universities, and a successful real estate developer/investor. Widely quoted, he has appeared on BBC World News, Bloomberg, CNN, FOX News, NBC's The Today Show, NPR, and all major dailies including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Financial Times. A highly sought-after speaker, he regularly presents to leading business, government, and nonprofit organizations. Currently, this expert is the principal of a real estate investment firm, principal of a litigation support/expert testimony firm, and a lecturer in real estate, finance and law at a top university business/law school.

This expert is highly qualified in the field of Forensic Economics. He earned his BS at the University of Southern California, and is active in his field as a member of American Rehabilitation Economics Association and the American Economic Association. He has been a partner at a Forensic Economics Firm in California for the last 25 years. In that capacity, he has performed analysis of financial and operating data to assist in various disruptions to businesses which range from physical damage, extra expense, business interruption, third party liability disputes, employee fidelity and product liability issues.

This well-credentialed expert specializes in damages analysis, financial economics, and valuations in complex commercial litigation. Experienced across a range of verticals, he has testified on numerous government matters, including the largest government contract dispute in history. He has also worked in many private litigation matters and has valued damages, intellectual property, and lost profits. The expert earned his BS from Georgetown University, as well as an MA and a PhD from Johns Hopkins University. He began his career as an Economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and is now a Principal for an economic consulting firm.

This qualified expert received his BA in business administration from Saint Michael's College and has over 35 years of experience in retail wealth management. He is a certified trust financial advisor, a FINRA arbitrator, and a chartered advisor in philanthropy. He has served as a director for prestigious companies such as JPMogran Securities, RBC Wealth Management, and UBS Financial Services with over 17 years of experience in broker dealer field leadership positions.

This highly-qualified expert has over 15 years of experience in the field of economics and finance. He received his BA in economics from Washington and Lee University before earning his MA in economics at University of California Davis. He then earned his PhD in finance from Duke University. He is active in his field as an author of several publications and a speaker at multiple conferences. He has formerly served as an assistant professor of finance at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a lecturer of law at Stanford University. He has also held the title of vice president of Cornerstone Research, as well as executive vice president and head of Silicon Valley finance practice at Compass Lexecon. Currently, this expert is a senior consultant for an economic consulting firm in California, as well as the founder and general partner of a different economic consulting firm.

This highly qualified expert has been in the field finance and economics for over two decades, with demonstrated experience in valuation, assessment, discounted cash flow, economic and financial modeling, investment analysis, economic damage, earnings analysis, and risk assessment and analysis. He received his BA, in English literature and international relations from the University of California at Santa Barbara and then his PhD in applied economics from the University of Minnesota where he was both a MacArthur and Fulbright Fellow. He is the author of multiple papers and books, including “Inside the Global Economy: A Practical Guide”. He has worked in a variety of roles including as a consultant to both several countries, Alliance Equity Group LLC and Booz Allen Hamilton. He has also been the lead investor and CEO of Delta Welding and Fabrication. This expert currently runs a door and cabinet hardware design company he helped co-found and works with a private rare metals fabrication investor group in California, as well as serves as an instructor of global economics at a California university.

This highly-qualified economics and finance expert has over 30 years of experience in his field and specializes in the topics of securities and class-action litigation, corporate finance and governance, and the valuation of public and private companies. He earned his MBA in finance and applied economics from the University of Rochester and his PhD in finance from the University of Washington. He is currently an executive board member of the National Association of Corporate Directors Colorado Chapter. He also stays active in his field as an author and presenter of his field and has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Economist. Formerly, he has held positions as an associate professor of finance at the University of Utah, a visiting associate professor of finance at the University of Chicago, and a visiting professor of economics at Princeton University. He currently serves as a provost professor of finance at a large university in Colorado.

This expert has over 35 years of experience in the banking, finance, investment, and brokerage business. He earned his BA in philosophy, economics, and accounting from Pomona College and is licensed as both a California Real Estate Broker and California Finance Lender and Broker. He is a member of the National Association of Realtors and the California Association of Realtors. He formerly served as a commercial loan officer at Bank of America, as the chief financial officer of Engineered Equipment Company, and as the senior vice president of Mellon Bank and Regents Bank. This expert is currently the president and CEO of a commercial real estate lending company in California.

This expert has over 10 years of experience in risk management and regulatory compliance in the financial services industry, with a focus on identifying compliance issues and implementing solutions to mitigate risk. In his work with the CFPB, he identified millions of dollars in remediation for consumers. Formerly, he worked in consumer protection roles with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the California Department of Financial Institutions, as well as in compliance and risk management roles at San Diego County Credit Union and Union Bank. Currently, he is a compliance advisor with a national financial services group and is based in California.