• Banking
• Bankruptcy
• Business
• Construction Lending
• Finance
• Leasing
• Mortgages

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP) MBA in Finance from Cleveland State University, BA in International Business from Lake Erie College

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: Turnaround Management Association, Ohio Chapter past President and Board Member, IWIRC; Board member various educational and community based charitable organizations.

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: TMA Ohio program - Financial Literacy Training for local inner City high school;
Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association O'Neill Bankruptcy Institute panel discussion Global Financial World; McDonald Hopkins LLP Roundtable Program panel topic Distressed Transactions focused on sale of troubled businesses; American Bankruptcy Institute Conference panel discussion on topic of Professional Liability. Webinar for RMA regarding Evaluation of Management (Small Business)

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: no

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: I have been retained on 28 cases as an expert for a legal matter - excluding Management Turnaround and M&A due diligence projects

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Commercial Banking Policies and Standards, fraud, lender liability, asset based lending, automotive dealership floorplan lending, buy here pay here lending, construction and real estate development lending, good faith and fair dealing, banking standards of conduct, asset based lending and borrowing base monitoring, collateral valuation, loan risk rating, problem loan oversight and review, loan participations, privacy, commercial banking regulatory oversight by OCC, FDIC and Federal Reserve; Loan workout policy and procedure, insolvency procedures,

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: 60% of cases hired by counsel for the lender; 40% of cases hired by counsel for the borrower, insurance company or audit firm counter to the lender.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: 60% of cases hired by counsel for the lender; 40% of cases hired by counsel for the borrower, insurance company or audit firm counter to the lender.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: 12 as of 4/2019

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: 2018 as of 4/2019

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: 25

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: One time - Cases usually settle

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: 9 years as of 4/2019

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Consulting, Expert Report, Deposition and Court Testimony

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: In addition to hourly fees, we charge out of pocket travel expenses. Travel time booked at half of the lowest hourly rate.

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