Expert Witness Damage Calculations
Expert Witness :
Bob Bates, CPA, Esq.: Expert Witness Damages calculations: It is a difficult process to calculate lost profit or similar 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 testifying services and forensic accounting under one roof. HP uses a comprehensive approach to our work, combining CPA/CFO, legal and valuation and forensic backgrounds to provide a unique perspective.
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.
CFO work
Bob Bates is a CPA, Esq., CVA, CFE with over 35 years of accounting experience as a Controller, Director and CFO in various types of businesses up to $10 billion in size. Finally, 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. In summary he was on the founding team of a Fintech company and a Retail App startup.
Expert witness work
Mr. Bates has performed damages calculations and done forensic exams in over 150 cases. Bob has also 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 is now a lawyer also.
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). Finally, Mr. Bates has done turnaround work and brokered various legal settlements.
Counties/states-court/case location
Testified/cases in:
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
Available nationwide
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.
- 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/court testifying with many court cases such as:
- Creditor-2013 NY, Orange County CA $1.7m debentures, usury/breach
- Alter ego- Nevada $1m
- Adversarial bankruptcy-2008-2011 Massachusetts/consulted. $300k
- Employment-2009 Related to Massachusetts $300k embezzlement
- Employment-1993 Washington, DC case
- Breach/Misrepresentation/Fraud/Negligence California $200k
- 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 McGinty v Ken’s Tire-business shutdown
- 2020 ABC Wholesale, Inc. v. Bay Area Seafood Inc.-Accounting Referee
- 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 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 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 In re Ordway marriage-valuation construction business, forensic work-trial
- Additional cases
- 2022 MCM v John McEnery-buyout dispute/arbitration re Urban Market valuations-depo
- 2023 Castenada v Westco-property dispute, CPA malpractice/tax issues re fake 1099’s, overturned arbitration-depo
- 2023 N Eisen v Cosmo Alleycats-partnership dissolution-depo-federal
- 2023 Gonzalez v Instant Brands, Target-federal case, NY, personal injury-consulting expert
- 2023 Hernandez v Quantea-wrongful termination-depo
- 2023 Rami Saah v Maass, Mack et al Professional Dental Corp-share valuation/tracing
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2023 Kipnis v Yeff-lost income, banking dispute/estate www.forensisgroup.com/forensis-expert-witness
In addition to Expert Witness Damages calculations and lost profits here’s a link to our valuation services: https://hpaccounting.com/business-valuation-bay-area/ 415-793-7777 mail @ hpaccounting.com