Jeffrey Matthews

Jeffrey Matthews is a forensic accountant nearly 30 years of experience. He has served as a financial expert on numerous occasions.

Jeff has testified in multiple civil and criminal matters at both state and federal levels for cases with awards of over $100 million. He has acted as a court appointed accountant in federal bankruptcy court and led the investigations on the largest domestic public corruption case in history. His clients include the USA’s top law firms, Fortune 100 legal departments, and government investigative agencies.

Jeff is an experienced FINRA arbitrator designated to cases involving inflated asset values, unsuitable investments, and alleged theft among other fraudulent actions. During his tenure at two large public accounting firms, he was instrumental in developing proprietary anti-fraud and compliance tools and implementing risk management programs for companies across a wide range of industries.

Jeff has significant expertise in issues related to the Lanham Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, the False Claims Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He specializes in financial investigations, forensic accounting and litigation support regarding corruption and white-collar criminal cases and supports clients on complex multi-jurisdictional business disputes. He also delivers expert opinion regarding the calculation of damages resulting from breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, diminution of value, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant (Texas) and Certified Fraud Examiner. He teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington and has authored an accounting textbook, published by Wiley in 2019, entitled “Holding Accountants Accountable”.