Jim provides consulting services through Legacy DCA, LLC and he also affiliates as a Senior Advisor to Kroll, Global Data Risk, and Dundon Advisers. Jim spent over 12 years through 2023 as a Managing Director in Kroll’s Expert Services consulting practice relating to complex securities and financings, market-related and investment-related disputes. Among his over 75 engagements at Kroll, he was the lead damages expert for the FHFA (successor to Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac) involving $23 billion of recoveries for the US government relating to subprime RMBS losses. Many of his engagements, both on the plaintiff and defense side, have involved domestic and international investment banking, asset management, trading, broker-dealer issues, insurance coverage, and valuations. Jim has also led several claim recovery, liquidation and advisory transactions as a banker and in this role also has advised investment managers on M&A, risk-based capital-optimized structuring, and fundraising