Expert profile

Ken Metcalfe

Partner

Highlights

Nearly 40 years of experience as an expert consultant and witness, specializing in economic damages and forensic investigations
Proven as a credible witness under cross-examination on over 90 occasions, including US federal courts, international arbitration, and depositions
Significant experience in nuclear energy and other regulated industries, as well as commercial damages, government contracts and intellectual property
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA)
Lectured on various economic damages-related issues at Stanford University and George Washington University, as well as to the American Bar Association

Services

Industries

Ken is certainly a very effective expert witness. He is particularly strong in the nuclear space.
Lexology Index - Construction

Expertise

Ken Metcalfe is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Valuation Analyst with nearly 40 years of experience. He has been appointed as a forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Ken has provided testimony at trial or arbitration in litigations on over 40 occasions, delivered depositions on over 50 occasions and has given concurrent expert witness testimony (hot-tubbing) on two occasions. He has helped resolve disputes in excess of US$7.5 billion on projects valued at over US$20 billion. He has testified on damages issues in federal and state courts and in arbitrations, and also assisted counsel and clients in numerous extensive settlement negotiations, as well as in mediation. Prior to the firm’s being acquired by HKA, he was co-founder and co-CEO of the Kenrich Group LLC and is the “Ken” in Kenrich.

Ken has analyzed accounting and economic damages-related issues in various types of disputes, including breach of contract, terminations, fraud investigations, patent infringement, and trade secret misappropriations. His economic damages work has addressed increased costs, lost profits, price erosion, cost of capital, and lost value, including the valuation of lost royalties. Ken has also performed detailed forensic analyses and historical cost and financial statement reconstructions and has advised clients on evaluating the economics related to significant alternative investments.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

USA – Energy – Thought Leader
Energy
Construction

Ken Metcalfe has established an international presence as “a leader in the nuclear energy space”, maintaining his prestige in our global rankings.
Lexology Index - Energy

Background

Ken has worked on client projects in Asia, Europe, North America and South America. He has assisted clients from a variety of sectors, including biotechnology, buildings, defense, industrial, infrastructure, manufacturing, oil and gas, power and utilities, technology, and telecommunications, with significant experience in the nuclear energy and associated regulated industries.

Ken holds a BS in Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and an Associate Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the Greater Washington Society of Public Accountants, and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants.