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Troy Dahlberg

Troy Dahlberg is a forensic accountant with more than 35 years of experience across multiple industries. He has been retained as an expert witness on more than 50 occasions.

Troy possess the ability to deeply understand complex legal issues and weave them together with a detailed forensic analysis. He is unflappable in his testimony and produces top calibre work. He presents information in a clear and understandable fashion”

Lexology Index – GIR – Investigations Forensic Accountant – Thought Leader

Troy has testified in state and federal courts, as well as in various complex arbitrations. He has been retained on several large, complex commercial disputes to provide consulting and expert witness forensic accounting services, including the Chevron/Ecuador litigation. These disputes have involved both US and international entities with numerous transactions over many years. Troy has served more than 30 times as a neutral accountant, arbitrator and independent expert in disputes, including serving on an international arbitration panel related to issues surrounding discovery, accounting, procedure, reporting, purchase price, working capital, earn out, and ownership.

Troy was a senior partner in KPMG’s forensic accounting, investigations and disputes practice for over a decade. He has had a career-long focus working with counsel, audit committees, corporations and governmental entities to provide forensic accounting, auditing, analysis, and dispute related services. This has including leading numerous engagements related to forensic investigations, financial restatements, and economic damages as well as disputes relating to both joint venture and mergers and acquisitions matters.

Troy specialises in post-acquisition dispute resolution and consulting for both buyers and sellers, as well as his appointments as a neutral accountant and arbitrator. He has provided expert witness testimony regarding complex forensic accounting matters, such as alter-ego and civil RICO. His other testimony includes large matters pertaining to commercial quantum and damages. Troy also serves as a consultant and expert witness in representation and warranty disputes, including a variety of large and complex insurance claims, regarding interruption claims and out of pocket expenses.

Troy is a certified public accountant (CPA) in New York and California and a member of the State Bar of California. He is American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) certified in financial forensics (CFF) and accredited in business valuation (ABV) and has been published by them on matters of disputes regarding mergers and acquisitions and representation and warranties insurance.

Troy Dahlberg earns widespread endorsements for his top-tier forensic accounting practice advising domestic and international clients in complex commercial disputes.

Lexology Index – Commercial Litigation – Thought Leader

Lisa Allen

Lisa Allen specializes in the investigation and resolution of business disputes, primarily related to the construction, government contracts, and commercial damages practice areas.

Lisa has analysed accounting and financial damages issues. She has provided litigation support in various types of disputes including construction disputes, commercial damages investigations, government contracts disputes, breaches of contract, lost profits disputes, accounting investigations, and others.

Lisa is experienced in buildings, infrastructure, insurance, power and utilities, financial institutions and manufacturing, and has supported clients with disputes in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. She has worked with Fortune 500 companies along with smaller companies, including construction contractors, insurance providers, manufacturers, and financial institutions.

Lisa Allen has a bachelor’s in financial consulting and a bachelor’s in French. She is Certified in Financial Forensics and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS).

Krista Haley

Krista Haley specializes in the investigation and resolution of business disputes, primarily related to the electric utility and commercial damages industries.

Krista has analyzed accounting and economic issues in various types of disputes, including analyses of costs resulting from breach of contracts, analysis of increased costs, lost profits calculations and productivity analysis.

Krista has provided accounting, economic and financial consulting and litigation support for multiple power plant projects, steel facilities, pharmaceutical companies, highway contractors, natural gas distributor, and other matters. She has assisted in the preparation of expert reports and subsequent expert testimony in federal courts and arbitrations.

Krista Haley has consulted for Fortune 500 companies and others including electric utilities, construction contractors, government contractors, manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, financial institutions and others.

Patrick Jensen

Patrick Jensen is an economic damages, forensic accounting, and quantum expert with 20 years of experience in various industries, including government contracts, energy and utilities, defense, and construction industries, as well as other commercial entities.

Patrick has provided expert testimony on financial, cost, economic, and damages analyses. Since 2005, he has worked for both plaintiffs and defendants on domestic and international matters in dispute in various venues, including US federal, state, and local courts, US Boards of Contract Appeals, and in arbitration and mediation. He has particular experience in the nuclear power industry, where he has consulted on matters involving breach of contract allegations, with implications for additional incurred and projected costs, damages, and schedule impact considerations.

Patrick has consulted on construction projects in various industries, including residential, commercial office, federal government, military test facility, museum, mass transit rail, highway, and power plant projects, some of which have involved consideration of US federal public contract regulations due to federal funding. He has assisted in-house and outside counsel for corporations and government organizations.

Patrick’s expertise covers a broad range of disputed matters. He evaluates lost sales and profits allegations as part of intellectual property and lost profit claims, including alleged trademark use, trade secret theft, use of proprietary business competitive information, and copyright infringement. He has been retained as an expert in construction and property disputes relating to the assessment and quantification of costs, including increased costs, design-build issues, and breaches of contract, and has analyzed delay, disruption, and productivity issues. He also provides consulting services to government contractors on a variety of issues and disputes, including breach of contract, equitable adjustment (REAs), procurement, False Claims Act (FCA) actions, Price Reduction Clause and Defective Pricing considerations, mischarging and improper billings to the government, US Government contracting compliance (Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 31 Cost Principals), audits from the United States Government (DCAA) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, the Truth in Negotiations Act (Truthful Cost or Pricing Data).

Patrick holds a degree in finance and business economics and is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Valuation Analyst, and a Master Analyst in Financial Forensics. He is a member of the AICPA, a member of, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association (former co-treasurer), the Energy Bar Association, the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts, and the Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Ken Metcalfe

Ken Metcalfe is a CPA, CVA and a forensic accounting expert with nearly 40 years of experience in a variety of industry sectors.

Ken is certainly a very effective expert witness. He is particularly strong in the nuclear space”

Lexology Index – Construction

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 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 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.

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.

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

Jonathan Humphrey

Jonathan Humphrey is a Chartered Accountant with over 25 years of experience in forensic accounting. He has been appointed as an expert more than 60 times in commercial and investment treaty cases, dealing with matters of damages and quantum.

With a wealth of impressive experience, Jonathan Humphrey is widely regarded as a standout expert in the quantification of commercial damages. He is praised for his effectiveness in “making complex matters simple” as well as his “clear and articulate” presentations, emphasising his leading role in the community.

Lexology Index – Consulting – Financial Advisory and Valuation – Quantum of Damages – Global Elite Thought Leader

Jonathan has acted as an expert witness in multiple forums, including international arbitration under ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, SIAC, DIAC and HKIAC rules, court litigation and mediation. He has given oral evidence in commercial and investment treaty cases with disputed values of up to US$1.5 billion and has also delivered concurrent evidence (hot-tubbing).

Jonathan began his career at one of the big four accounting firms where he worked in their forensic accounting group for eight years before working for expert services firms for 12 years. He has experience in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australasia, working in a myriad of sectors, including construction, financial services, IT and telecoms, media, natural resources, oil and gas, power and utilities, pharmaceutical and retail.

Jonathan’s expert commissions cover a range of issues including the quantification of lost profits, business valuations and the assessment of damages relating to class actions, professional negligence, insurance claims, business interruption and post-acquisition disputes. His forensic accounting expertise includes fraud, forensic, intellectual property and regulatory investigations.

Jonathan holds a degree in economics and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. He is regularly recognised by Lexology Index for his experience in the quantum of damages, arbitration, litigation, construction and insurance matters.

Jonathan Humphrey is at the forefront of the industry when it comes to complex construction disputes. With over two decades of experience on major infrastructure projects across transport, energy, and utilities, he delivers clear, technically grounded analyses and is praised by peers as “always thoughtful and well prepared”.

Lexology Index – Australia and New Zealand – Construction

Josh Simpson

Josh Simpson is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner with over 10 years of experience. He specializes in the investigation and resolution of business disputes, primarily related to commercial damages, government contracts, and utilities practice areas.

Josh has assisted in the preparation of expert reports and subsequent expert testimony in federal court, arbitration, and mediation proceedings. He has consulted on behalf of Fortune 500 companies and others, including government contractors, business owners, consumer product companies, and electric and water utilities.

Josh has experience in performing damages analyses and providing business and litigation support in various types of disputes. He has provided analysis related to accounting, financial, and economic damages issues, including construction disputes, commercial damages investigations, government contracts disputes, breaches of contract, patent infringements, lost profits disputes, accounting investigations, false claim/qui tam lawsuits, requests for equitable adjustment, business interruption disputes, and others.

Josh Simpson holds a Bs Commerce; Concentrations in Finance and Information Technology, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), and is an Associate Member of the American Bar Association (ABA). Josh has spoken in various venues on the topic of cost and pricing issues in government contracts.

Paul Donato

Paul Donato has over 20 years of experience in forensic accounting and commercial damages. He has been appointed as an expert on forensic accounting matters on 25 occasions.

Paul is very competent and knowledgeable. Mr Donato is a very sharp expert. He possesses a unique combination of intelligence and common sense.

Lexology Index – Investigations – Forensic Accountant

Paul has been an expert in actions before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) arbitration, State Courts, and before regulatory bodies such as the SEC, the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). He has conducted financial investigations with transactional activity in excess of US$10 billion and acted as expert on projects with disputed values of up to US$150,000,000.

Paul has supported clients in the construction, energy, commercial and residential real estate, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, government services, retail, waste management, wholesale, and finance industries. He has provided various investigative and accounting services in matters including commercial and bankruptcy litigation and shareholder disputes. He combines excellent forensic accounting expertise with solid business acumen, with experience in interim management roles working with C-suite executives and boards of directors.

Paul’s expertise includes forensic accounting matters involving large data sets and complex accounting analysis. His expert services include asset tracing, fraud investigations, employee malfeasance, executive breaches of fiduciary duties, shareholder disputes, construction damages, and complex commercial damages calculations and analyses.

Paul Donato holds a degree in business administration, management information systems and accounting, and is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Paul Donato is a first-rate expert witness with particular expertise in commercial damages. He receives high praise from market sources who say, “He works towards solutions and does so very efficiently and with an approach that makes it a pleasure to work with him.”

Lexology Index – Commercial Litigation

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