Expert profile
Highlights
- Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
- Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
- Acted as an expert for disputed projects on matters in excess of $8 billion.
- Specialized in providing damages analyses involving accounting, financial and economic issues in the construction and electric utility industries.
- Skilled at calculating economic damages related to commercial litigation and disputes.
Services
Construction Delay & Disruption | Economic Damages | Environmental | Forensic Accounting | Commercial Litigation | International ArbitrationIndustries
Buildings | Financial Services | Industrial & Manufacturing | Transportation Infrastructure | Aerospace & Defense | Environment & Climate Change | Healthcare & Life Sciences | Oil & Gas | Power & Utilities | Real Estate & Tourism | Sports & Entertainment | Technology, Media & Telecoms
Kim Reome commands a stellar reputation in the commercial litigation community as a damages expert, specialising in construction, electric utilities and government contracts. She is recognised for her “comprehensive strategy”.
Lexology Index - Commercial Litigation
Expertise
Kim Reome is a financial professional with over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. She has undertaken more than 40 expert commissions in matters relating to construction damages and delay, quantum, forensic accounting, and commercial damages.
Kim has provided testimony and authored expert reports at the US Court of Federal Claims, US District Court, and a range of civil courts and regulatory commissions, as well as domestic and international arbitrations. She has served as a damages expert for construction contractors, construction owners, electric utilities, manufacturing companies and others on damages matters in excess of US$8 billion.
Kim specializes in providing damages analyses involving accounting, financial and economic issues in the construction and electric utility industries. She has significant experience with disputes regarding analysis of increased costs, critical path schedule (CPS) analysis, productivity analysis, and lost profits.
Professional recognition
Lexology Index
USA – Construction – Thought Leader
Client Choice – Construction
Construction
Commercial Litigation
Consulting – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages
Kimberly is very thorough in her analysis and gives numerous suggestions on how to solve various difficult issues. She is extremely precise and always well prepared during discussions.
Lexology Index - Construction
Background
Kim has supported clients from a broad range of sectors including, but not limited to, nuclear and other electric power plants, renewable energy, government contractors, residential and commercial real estate, airports, oil refineries, mining facilities and wastewater treatment plants. She also has experience calculating damages for intellectual property, environmental, financial institutions and other commercial litigation.
Kim is a Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional and Certified Fraud Examiner. She has a master’s in business administration and a bachelors in finance. She is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEi), Women Construction Owners & Executives (WCOE), the American Bar Association (ABA), and US Women in Nuclear (US WIN). She is on the Board of Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana.
Qualifications
MBA Business Administration
BA Finance
CFE
Certified Construction Industry Financial Professional
Professional Memberships
ACFE, CFMA, AACEi, WCOE, ABA, US WIN, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana
Contact Kimberly
Email: kimreome@hka.com
Tel: +1 312 521 7435
Location:
300 South Wacker Drive
Suite 3300
Chicago, IL 60606