Financial Crime Compliance Archives – Page 2 of 2

Jeffrey Matthews

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

Jeff is a very good forensic accountant. A leader in the industry. He is very knowledgeable and good with clients.

Lexology Index – Investigations – Forensic Accountant

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”.

Jeffrey Matthews stands out in the forensic accounting field, with clients commending him as a “very good practitioner who is excellent with clients.” His peers further acknowledge his expertise, praising him as a “knowledgeable practitioner and a leader in the industry,” reinforcing his standing as a trusted expert whose insight and leadership consistently shape outcomes in high-stakes forensic accounting matters.

Lexology Index – Consulting – Forensic Accountant

Tyler J Donnelly

Tyler J Donnelly is a forensic accountant with over 10 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert on more than ten occasions.

Tyler was the named expert in a wide range of financial disputes at state and federal courts and has prepared and authored detailed expert reports used in the adjudication, negotiation and resolution of disputes. He has provided expert testimony in disputes of up to US$20 million.

Tyler has had leading roles in investigating white-collar crimes and allegations of fraud. He has led teams in matters encompassing the False Claims Act and regularly provides consulting in bankruptcy and insolvency, shareholder disputes, and internal investigations. He is also widely experienced in the evaluation of construction cost claims.

Tyler specializes in highly complex commercial damages investigations and lost profit calculations. His expertise includes a wide range of financial analysis, forensic accounting, and construction quantum damages.

Tyler holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Information Technology Professional in Accounting. He is Certified in Financial Forensics and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Jordan Sandberg

Jordan Sandberg is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner with 10 years of experience. He has assisted the named forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Jordan has provided litigation support and assisted in multiple investigations, into highly confidential matters, on behalf of both private and government counsel. He has worked on cases with damages in excess of $1 billion.

Jordan has a broad range of forensic investigations experience alongside supporting clients with dispute resolution matters. He has provided large scale data analysis to demonstrate state-specific compliance with enforcement regulations based on master settlement agreement (MSA) enforcement and prepared financial analysis and modelling for various disputed matters across the USA.

Jordan’s expertise includes fraud investigations and trademark infringements. He has assessed lost profits and damages, analyzed bank statements and other financial data to identify flow of funds, and evaluated targeted individuals and entities for fraudulent transactions.

Jordan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He holds a master’s in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in crime, law and justice.

John Levitske

John Levitske has over 40 years of professional experience. He has been retained as an expert regarding business valuation, forensic accounting, and commercial damages matters on numerous occasions.

With over 40 years of industry experience, John Levitske is a leading expert in financial advisory and business valuation. He offers distinct expertise in the quantification of economic damages and is sought after by clients globally for his in-depth knowledge on a vast array of high-stakes and complex disputes.

Lexology Index – Consulting – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages

John’s expert witness work includes jury and bench trials, mediations, and arbitrations (including ICC, LCIA, SCC, UNCITRAL, AAA, JAMS, FINRA, and ad hoc) in the US and internationally. He has acted as an expert for multi-billion-dollar disputes and has also served as a neutral arbitrator and as an independent advisor to the mediator.

John spent over 30 years working for Big Four public accounting, global valuation and corporate financial advisory, and international business advisory and expert consulting firms. He has extensive experience in advising when disagreements or uncertainty arise regarding quantifications of value, price or economic damages of a business or a stakeholder interest in a business. He founded a business valuation dispute analysis practice, co-founded an acquisition agreement vetting practice, and was one of the leaders of a post-acquisition dispute practice. He works across all industries for both private and public companies.

John’s expertise includes business valuation, forensic accounting, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), international financial reporting standards (IFRS), and economic damages issues in complex commercial situations. These include shareholder disputes, bankruptcy disputes, M&A transaction disputes, corporate alter-ego disputes, and other business disputes.

John is a Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Financial Analyst, and Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation who holds several additional professional certifications in valuation, forensics and insolvency analysis. He currently serves as an adjunct faculty member in finance at Benedictine University, Goodwin College of Business, an instructor in accounting and financial analysis in HKA’s consultant school training program, co-chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Business Law Section’s Investigations, Enforcement & White Collar Business & Corporate Litigation Subcommittee, and chair of the Chicago Bar Association’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee. He is a former member of the Standing Committee on Audit of the ABA enterprise, past national president of the Forensic Expert Witness Association, and past chair of the ABA Business Law Section’s Dispute Resolution Committee. He has authored numerous chapters for ABA publications regarding post-acquisition disputes, corporate internal investigations, and shareholder disputes, and delivers lectures regarding his areas of expertise to various professional groups.

John brings an encyclopaedic knowledge of the business appraisal field and a professorial demeanor to the witness stand. His ability to recall a complex set of facts is impressive.

Lexology Index – Investigations – Forensic Accountants

Ronald H Braver

Ronald H Braver is a Certified Public Accountant with over 35 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert witness on more than 15 occasions.

Ron has testified in federal and state court, arbitration and deposition. He provides expert opinion and fact-based reports, acting as the expert for disputed values of up to $200 million. His high-profile investigations include corporate fraud; criminal tax; failed banks and savings and loans; bankruptcy, securities, foreign exchange, and mortgage fraud; Ponzi schemes; inflated billing schemes; sophisticated pension fraud schemes; healthcare fraud; identity thefts; illegal immigration employment schemes; false claims; public corruption and bribery; investigations involving organized crime; and international and local drug conspiracies.

Ron is a former Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Criminal Investigation and has broad experience in forensic accounting, investigative and dispute services, including running his own practice. He is experienced in asset forfeiture and asset tracing, which is useful in the recovery process, and has performed international investigations, working with Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) and provisional arrest warrants, and participated in overseas depositions.

Ron’s expertise includes fraud, money laundering, asset forfeiture, and investigations. He is experienced in asset tracing, due diligence, insolvency opinion, investigation and testimony regarding piercing the corporate veil, bankruptcy-related investigations, state and federal tax controversy, tax opinion, white-collar defense, internal investigations, diversion schemes, damage and loss analysis, complex corporate class action disputes, and partner, shareholder and family disputes.

Ron is a certified fraud examiner and licensed private detective in Illinois. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Federal Criminal Investigators Association, and the Association of Former Special Agents of the Internal Revenue Service.

Terry Orr

Terry Orr is a highly respected forensic accountant with over 40 years of experience. He has been retained as an expert on dozens of engagements.

Terry has delivered expert testimony in commercial litigation and arbitration regarding accounting, financial, economic, valuation, and damage quantification issues. He has led complex global and domestic engagements for clients in diverse industries, including the construction, healthcare, hospitality, energy, technology, and manufacturing and distribution sectors.

Terry has over 25 years of experience as an auditor and audit partner in international public accounting firms. He has assisted clients with the often-contentious issues arising in disputes, such as accounting misstatements and malpractice, civil and criminal fraud, breaches of contract and fiduciary duty, single business enterprise and alter ego, lost profits, and lost value.

Terry’s expertise and insight have proved essential in resolving a wide range of matters, including fraud detection, investigation, remediation and prevention, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations, and litigated disputes. He regularly works with private equity firms, public company boards, management, and outside counsel and has provided consulting services in both auditor defense and plaintiff matters; as well as acting as a neutral accounting arbitrator.

Terry is a certified public accountant – licensed in Texas, a Chartered Global Management Accountant, a certified internal controls auditor, and a certified construction auditor. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as well as their forensic and valuations services section and certified fraud examiners.

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