Expert Witness Damage Calculations
Expert Witness :
Expert Witness Damages calculations: It is a difficult process to select expert witness damage calculations when preparing for a trial, but having expert witness testimony is an important step to win the case. Not any witness will do. You will need someone who is competent, qualified and knowledgeable in the field and is able to communicate effectively. HP Accounting can help you. We bring expert witness services and forensic accounting under one roof. HP uses a comprehensive approach to our work, combining CPA and valuation and forensic backgrounds to provide a unique perspective.
Bob has performed damage calculations and done forensic exams in a number of cases. Also, Mr. Bates has valued employment streams, worked on insurance and fraud cases, and tort and contract disputes on a number of other diverse topics. And Bates has testified many times and has been in multiple trials.
He has performed SOX work, has done over 100 valuations, over a hundred audits/reviews and stock options accounting and forensic work (discovered a $300,000 embezzlement). So Bates has done turnaround work and brokered various legal settlements.
CFO work
Bob Bates is a CPA, JD, CVA, CFE with over 30 years of accounting experience as a Controller, Director and CFO in various types of businesses up to $10 billion in size. He has done 5 IPO’s/DPO’s and reverse mergers and has been a Director of Public companies in various countries.
Also Bates has worked in telecom, media, retail and financial services in addition to having consulting experience at startups in the software, technology and life sciences fields. He has run or been partner in his own businesses- a publishing entity, a retail store and a public accounting firm. Bob was in pre-IPO companies and CFO in a growing public company, responsible for SEC filings. He was on the founding team of a Fintech company and a Retail App startup.
Expert witness work
Expert Witness Damages calculations: Mr. Bates has performed damages calculations and done forensic exams in a number of cases. He has valued employment streams, worked on insurance and fraud cases, and tort and contract disputes on a number of other diverse topics. Bates has testified many times and has been in multiple trials.
He has performed SOX work, has done over 100 valuations, over a hundred audits/reviews and stock options accounting and forensic work (discovered a $300,000 embezzlement). Mr. Bates has done turnaround work and brokered various legal settlements.
Counties/states-court/case location
Sonoma County, CA
San Francisco
Alameda County CA
San Jose
Miami
Canada
Los Angeles
San Mateo
New York
Maryland
Boston
Nevada
Texas
Delaware
Orange County CA
Utah
Contra costa, CA
Colorado
South Carolina
Oregon
Our key services include:
- Commercial disputes – If your business suffers financial loss as a result of a breach of warranty, breach of contract, or a contract dispute or may have a claim for business interruption. HP Accounting can provide advice on all financial aspects of a dispute.
- Professional negligence – We can provide a formal opinion on the standard of care required and assist in the calculation of losses arising from professional negligence.
- Fraud and financial investigation – If you suspect a fraud or theft within your business or you may yourself have been accused of fraud. Our forensic accounting expert witness can help you in bringing together the evidence to provide an impartial opinion.
- Business valuation and partner disputes – Partner and shareholders dispute can be extremely detrimental to a business. Disputes can arise from disagreements over the valuation of the business, work-in-progress or lack of dividend payments or tax issues. HP Accounting has a team of business valuation expert witness to help resolve these and other situations requiring business valuations.
Expert Witness Damages Calculations
Our esteemed CPA expert witness, Bob Bates is a JD, CFE, CVA and CFO who has worked with various lawyers on over 150 cases in many states. He provides financial support for a client in litigation, or pre-litigation, as well as provides a report, such as expert witness, damages calculation, which can be used in litigation. Mr. Bates also has experience providing testimony in depositions and trials such as:
- Unbiased Case Analysis
- Discovery Review & Recommendations
- High-Impact Demonstrative Exhibits
- Strategy and Tactics Conferences
- Expert Witness Damages Calculations
- Cash Flow Analysis Reports
- Profit and Loss Analysis
- Commercial damages, business interruption and lost profits
He has been involved in depositions/interrogatories and testifying with multiple court cases:
- Embezzlement-2009 Discovered $300k fraud/consultant for counsel Massachusetts
- Creditor-2013 NY. $1.6m debentures, usury/breach
- Creditor-2013 NY. $1.7m debentures, usury/breach
- Creditor-2013 LA, CA $1.7m debentures
- Creditor-2012 Orange County, CA. $400k debentures
- Creditor-2013 Orange County, CA. $1.3m debentures
- Alter ego-California $1m
- Alter ego- Nevada $1m
- Alter ego-Ongoing California (interrogatories). $1m
- Adversarial bankruptcy-2008-2011 Massachusetts/consulted. $300k
- Employment-2009 Related to Massachusetts $300k embezzlement
- Employment-1993 Washington, DC case
- Personal injury-2006 testified in Massachusetts Superior Court. $100k
- Breach/Misrepresentation/Fraud/Negligence California $200k
- Collections: Nevada
- Rackateering/Fraud/False personation/unfair competition/breach/negligence California $1m 2015
- Usury 2015 NY
- 2020 Barbara Ruckert divorce, NY-forensic report/theft
- 2020 Berry v. Llamas-PI/lost income
- 2020 Kessell v. Chicology, Inc.-Employment/damages
- 2020 Mia Nellum v Gerald Nellum-divorce analysis
- 2020 McGinty v Ken’s Tire-business shutdown
- 2020 ABC Wholesale, Inc. v. Bay Area Seafood Inc.-Accounting Referee
- 2020 Frank Devito v Holly Devito divorce
- 2020 Harper Media, divorce
- 2020 Sirota/Gomez produce market-divorce
- 2021 Versant v Choi/Hi Tec Dental – Fraud/acquisition
- 2021 Silber v Henflings – Trademark theft
- 2021 Dental Force v Williams/Sherman/Du – IP theft, conversion/acquisition
- 2021 Phillips v Evangalista –UTSA, Conversion/acquisition
- 2021 Geokenetics $500 million Bankruptcy-Preference payment legal/financial analysis/testing
- 2021 Pazmany v Citibank, Bank of America-standard of care after embezzlement
- 2021 Lavelle v McBride, Partition
- 2021 Accordias Healthcare v David C. Rose and Rural Health Financial Services, LLC-non compete (hired by former judge of Supreme Court of Sri Lanka)
- 2021 Mary Lea Balsley v Joseph Bernardasci, Personal injury
- 2021 Tatevosvan lost wages
- 2021 Andrews Int’l v Andrews Global-trade secret, accounting presentation/financials
- 2021 Kittel v Santos: Partition, Arbitrator appointed forensic accountant
- 2021 Lloyds London v Zillow, Trulia: Class action subrogation-spoofed call software
- 2022 Happy Tax v Banyan Accounting et al: Defamation, securities violations-federal
- 2022 Dalkert v Waverly Place, Willow LLC-Cannabis Real estate partnership dispute-forensic analysis
- 2022 Super Natural v Penrose-lost profits/depo
- 2022 Oasis Grill v Eric Ketchum-lost profits, restaurant valuation-depo
- 2022 American Home Energy v AEC Yield Capital, Swiss Alp Asset Management Gmbh-factoring fraud-NY Federal court-consulting
- 2022 Hippity Hops Farm v Pecfa High Opportunity Growth Fund-Usury-depo
- 2022 Stephen Porter v Fox et al. Fraud in partnership-depo
- 2022 Aroz Ali v San Jose State University-employment
- 2022 In re Ordway marriage-valuation construction business, forensic work-trial
- 2022 Singh v OPLS, Seanet, Lobstar Ventures- forensic
- 2022 MCM v John McEnery-buyout dispute/arbitration re Urban Market valuations-depo
- 2023 V Phipps v Camp Pendelton-PI-depo
- 2023 Castenada v Westco-property dispute, CPA/tax issues re fake 1099’s, overturned arbitration-depo
- 2023 N Eisen v Cosmo Alleycats-partnership dissolution-depo-federal
- 2023 Tsai v Serpa, Bellotti CPA’s & Lea Journo Cosmetique-fraud, CPA malpractice
- 2023 Gonzalez v Instant Brands, Target-federal case, NY, personal injury-consulting expert
- 2023 Mega v DB Insurance-lost profits
- 2023 Hernandez v Quantea-wrongful termination-depo
- 2023 Sappal v Wise Education/Oaksterdam-wrongful termination
- 2023 Simonis v Long-business divorce/valuation
- 2023 Rami Saah v Maass, Mack et al Professional Dental Corp-share valuation/tracing
- 2023 Kipnis v Yeff-lost income, banking dispute/estate www.forensisgroup.com/forensis-expert-witness