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New York, Ny, Us

Extensive track record of starting, building, growing and aligning practice areas to achieve excellence, profitability and unparalleled client service. More than 30 years of experience advising counsel and clients on financial, economic, and accounting aspects of their business dispute and investigations.

New York, Ny, Us

Responsible for starting, leading, and growing the Global Dispute & Legal Management Consulting practice. Accountable for effectively managing the practice group including the administrative and financial operations, development and implementation of the strategic business plan, client relationship/engagement management, executive recruiting, staffing, training, marketing, professional development and identifying and integrating existing and new service offerings for clients.Selected Achievements: - Grew revenues from startup to $110M; achieved 52% of the firm’s revenue growth over the past 3 years - Primary focus on achieving high profitable growth. Practice averaged over 80% utilization and margins above our competitors - Acquired and Integrated 5 transactions representing $23M in revenue to quickly expand geographic coverage and service offerings - Implemented strategy resulted in winning 4 marquee engagements each exceeding $30M. Led the pursuit and engagement teams that included the Lehman Examiner, Madoff Ponzi, Rescap and the Financial Crisis of 2007 and 2008 - Client driven focus resulted in national rankings including: #1 for IP Litigation Consulting in the U.S. (2014 and 2013 Best of the National Law Journal) #2 for IP Litigation Consulting in D.C. (2014 Best of the Legal Times Awards) #3 for Litigation Valuation and Forensic Accounting Provider in D.C. (2014 Best of the Legal Times Awards) #2 for Litigation Dispute Advisory and Litigation Valuation in the U.S. (2014 Best of the National Law Journal) #1 for Global Risk & Investigations and IP Litigation Consulting in Chicago (2013 Best of Chicago National Law Journal) 2013 HP Autonomy Partner of the Year – North America

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Responsible for Building Dispute, Legal Management Consulting and Valuation practice - Grew Midwest practice revenues to $45M over 5 years

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Responsible for building a global practice primarily targeted in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia - Revenue growth from $10M to $25M

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- Sold and executed engagement revenues between $5M and $8M during the last 4 years as Partner - Continually maintained one of the highest Partner utilization and rate per hour in the country - Provided expert witness testimony including damage claims up to $1.8 billion

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Engagement experience included - Various litigation matters including accounting malpractice, IP, tortious interference, damage claims, acquisition disputes, construction defects, product recalls - Utility regulation including rate base, cost of service, cost of capital, rate design and nuclear plant construction audits - Management consulting services including operational improvements, process redesign, financial feasibility and projections, business planning

- Corporate accounting consolidations - Plant Controller - Financial Analyst

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Accounting

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Accounting And Finance