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Paul Ficca

Partner, Regional Chief Executive Officer, Americas

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Highlights

Certified Public Accountant.
Certified Management Accountant.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Acts as an expert regarding quantum and damages matters.
Certified in Financial Forensics and a Certified Fraud Examiner.
Ranked as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Lexology Index.

Services

Economic Damages | Forensic Accounting | Investigations | Labor & Employment

Industries

Paul Ficca is a highly regarded expert witness in domestic and international arbitration, known for his deep expertise in economic damages and direct cost loss analysis across sectors, including energy, transportation, manufacturing, and healthcare. His insights are frequently sought in complex disputes involving insurance, contracts and fraud.
Lexology Index - Arbitration

Expertise

Paul Ficca has over 37 years of experience in forensic accounting and litigation consulting. He has been retained as a quantum and damages expert on more than 40 occasions.

Paul has testified in jury and bench trials in multiple court jurisdictions and at various arbitration and litigation venues domestically and internationally. He has been engaged as an expert witness for disputes with values in excess of a billion dollars regarding real estate and construction, mergers and acquisitions, government enforcement actions, environmental litigation, insurance, complex forensic accounting investigations, and other commercial contract disputes.

Paul specializes in calculating economic damages and direct cost losses. He analyses matters ranging from differing site conditions, architectural defects and scope change impacts to alleged product defects, delay and damages, and losses related to labor, materials, equipment, and contract termination. Paul has been retained on transportation infrastructure projects such as roads, highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, seaport and marine facilities, and transit systems. His assignments have also included industrial and manufacturing facilities for the production of steel, semiconductors, and ships; mining and metals, offshore oil and gas, pipelines, and petrochemical facilities; fossil fuel, nuclear, and renewable energy projects; natural resource mining; utilities such as wastewater treatment plants and electrical transmission and distribution.

Professional recognition

Lexology Index

Construction – Global Elite Thought Leader
USA – Construction – Thought Leader
Firm Management – Thought Leader
Investigations – Forensic Accountants
Arbitration
Consulting – Forensic Accountants
Consulting – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages

Walsh Construction Company of Canada v. Toronto Transit Commission, et al., Ontario Superior Court of Justice Case No. CV-17-582560, CV-18-598782, expert testimony at trial on damages, 2023
Fortis v. Valley Bank, Bank Leumi USA, damages expert, deposition testimony, New York State Court, 2023
UNCITRAL arbitration expert testimony, Toronto Canada, December 2021 (party names are Confidential)
ICC Arbitration expert testimony, London May 2021 (party names are Confidential)
Clark Construction v. Neal Electric, arbitration expert testimony, ABA Case #01‐18‐0004‐1066, deposition & arbitration testimony, 2020
ICC Arbitration expert testimony, London, November 2019 (party names are Confidential).

Lake Hills Investments LLC, v Rushforth Construction Co., Inc., King County Superior Court, Case No. 15‐2‐26411‐7, deposition and jury trial testimony, August 2018.
ICC Arbitration expert testimony, Qatar, 2017 ‐ 2018 (Confidential).
ICC Arbitration expert testimony, London and Oman, 2015 – 2017; this case consisted of giving arbitration testimony on multiple hearing dates in both London and Muscat (Confidential).
Exxon Mobil v United States of America, US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Case No’s CV 4:10‐CV‐02386 and 4:11‐CV‐01814, deposition testimony November 2016 and June 2017.
ICC Arbitration ‐ Southern California Edison Co, Edison Material Supply LLC, San Diego Gas & Electric and the city of Riverside v. Mitsubishi Nuclear Energy Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Case No 19784/AFG/RD, deposition testimony, February 2016.
Fisher Sand & Gravel v Pulice Construction, et al., US District Court for the District of New Mexico, deposition testimony, February 2014.
AES New Creek, LLC and New Creek Wind, LLC v. Exergy Development Group of Idaho, US District Court for
the District of Idaho, deposition testimony, August 2013.
Southern Nevada Water Authority and Vegas Tunnel Contractors (Impregilo S.P.A. and Healy Construction) v.MunichRe General Services Ltd, et al Insurers, deposition and arbitration testimony, February & March 2013.
USA for the benefit of Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Modular Structures International, Inc. v. Alutiiq
International Solutions, and Safeco Insurance, arbitration proceedings, deposition testimony, February 2013.
Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc. v. State of California Department of Transportation, Office of Administrative
Hearings, Contract No 11‐080924, deposition testimony, October 2012.
Spirit Aerosystems, Inc. v SPS Technologies, LLC and Precision Castparts, Corp., deposition testimony, U.S.
District Court for the District of Kansas, Case No 09‐CV‐1144‐EFM‐KGG, October 2012.
enXco Development Corporation v. Northern States Power Company, Deposition, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Case No 11‐CV‐1171, deposition testimony, September 2012
Nippo Corporation / International Bridge Corporation (IBC) J.V. v. AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc., US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Case No 2:09‐cv‐00956‐CMR, deposition and trial testimony, April 2012.
ThyssenKrupp Companhia Siderurgia Do Atlantico. v. CITIC Group, ICC Arbitration, Case No 17894, expert report, February 2012.
Malcolm Drilling Company, Inc. v. State of California Department of Transportation, Office of Administrative Hearings Case No A0001‐2010, arbitration testimony December 2011.
Nugget Construction v. Alaska Interstate Construction, American Arbitration Association Case No. 75‐110Y‐00479‐10, arbitration testimony, October 2011.
Coors Brewing Company v. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc., Deposition, U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Case No. 09‐cv‐00271, deposition testimony June 2010.
Zachry Construction Corporation v. Port of Houston Authority, Harris County, Texas Court, 151st Judicial District, Cause No. 2006‐72970, deposition & jury trial testimony, May 2009 & Jan 2010.
Romero General Construction Corporation v. Shimmick Construction Co., Inc. / Obayashi Corporation, JV, American Arbitration Association Case No. 72 110Y 00079 06 JISI, deposition and arbitration testimony, Dec 2007 and April 2008.
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. v. J.A. Jones Construction Co. and Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Los Angeles Superior Court, deposition testimony, Feb 2008.
Alaska Interstate Construction LLC., Peak Alaska Ventures, Inc. and Nabors Alaska Services Corporation v. Pacific Diversified Investments, Inc., John Ellsworth individually, and Anchorage Aviation Center LLC, Alaska Superior Court, 3rd Judicial District in Anchorage deposition and jury trial testimony, Dec 2006 and July 2007.
University of Idaho Foundation Inc. v. Civic Partners West LLC, Civic Partners Idaho LLC & Civic Partners Inc.,
Idaho Superior Court, 4th Judicial District in Ada County, deposition testimony, Nov 2006.
Batzer, Inc. v. Jackson County School District; expert testimony at arbitration in Portland, Oregon, June 2006.
MasTec North America, Inc. v. NextiraOne Federal LLC; US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, expert testimony at Trial; May 2006.
Lincoln Financial Hardware Consultants, LLC and Bluecurrent, LLC v. Washington Mutual Bank; AAA Arbitration Case #:75Y 181 00066 04 LOPE, deposition and arbitration testimony, September 2005.
Advanced Technology Laboratories International Inc. v. N. Papapostolou Ltd.; arbitration testimony in Arbitration Case #: 50T1810029204 (August 2005).
Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. and Abovenet, Inc. v. Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc., US Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of New York, deposition and expert report, May 2005.
Belfor USA v. Trammell Crow Residential; expert testimony at arbitration hearing, April 2004.
Digital Control, Inc. v. Charles Machine Works, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, expert report February 2004.
Who’s Calling v. CallSource, Inc.; U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, expert report December 2003.
Design Annex, Inc. v. Washington State Military Department, AAA Case #:75110‐260‐02‐JISI, expert testimony
at arbitration October 2003.
Nautilus Group, Inc. v. Icon Health & Fitness, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, expert report 2003.
Digital Control, Inc. v. McLaughlin Manufacturing, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington,
expert report 2002.
Natkin/Scott Co. Joint Venture v. Wafertech, Inc., deposition, 2002.
James D. Pippen, et al. v. ICF Kaiser, et al., Securities Action and Construction Accounting Matters, U.S. District Court in Idaho, expert report, 2002.
Robert Carver v. Audio Products International, Inc., Expert Report in U.S. District Court for the Western District
of Washington, deposition, 2002.
Amfac Resorts LLC v. United States Department of the Interior‐National Park Service, declaration in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, 2001.
McCarthy Brothers Company v. California Department of Corrections, deposition and arbitration testimony, 2000.
J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co. v. Washington State Ferries, Thurston County Superior Court, deposition 1999.
Bangert Brothers, et al. v. Kiewit Western Company, et al., U.S. District Court for District of Colorado, expert report, 1996.
Valley Electric Co. v. Ellis-Don Construction Co., deposition and arbitration testimony, 1995.
Cascade Landscaping Co. v. Edmonds School District, Deposition, 1993.
King Construction Co. v. Washington State Department of Transportation, deposition and arbitration testimony,
1992.

Paul is a deeply experienced construction expert. His testifying skills are excellent.
Lexology Index - Construction - Global Elite Thought Leader

Background

Paul has held several executive management positions leading large consulting groups specializing in economic, forensic, and investigative services. His experience ranges from dispute resolution, claims analysis, quantum calculations, project controls consulting, auditing, and in-depth studies of costs for a wide range of projects and clients. Paul has consulted on residential, commercial, hotel and resort, retail, education, healthcare, public, and sports projects, as well as mixed-use and high-rise buildings.

Paul is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Management Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Washington Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Institute of Management Accountants.