Mr. Rand M Manasse
New Rochelle, NY 10805
Office: 914-643-8840
Rand Manasse, CFE, is a forensic accounting and financial damages expert with over 40 years of finance, accounting, and operations leadership across private equity, turnaround, and infrastructure organizations. His litigation support experience includes building the financial models underlying a testifying CPA/CFE's rebuttal expert report in a $1.27 billion shareholder buyout dispute, as well as forensic financial advisory work for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy trustee. Mr. Manasse holds an MBA in Finance from NYU Stern, a BS in Electrical Engineering, and a board governance certification from the Private Directors Association. He consults and testifies on fraud, financial damages, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and business valuation matters.
- Auditing
- Business Valuation
- Corporate Governance
- Economics
- Forensic Accounting
- Fraud Investigation
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Risk Management
- Securities
- White Collar Crime
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; MBA, Finance, New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business; BS, Electrical Engineering, University of New Hampshire; Certificate in Private Company Governance, Private Directors Association (PDA); Inducted, Marquis Who's Who in America
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Private Directors Association (PDA), Business Council of Westchester, Turnaround Management Association (TMA), Association for Corporate Growth (ACG), Project Management Institute (PMI)
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: None to date.
- 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: A few times.
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Forensic accounting and fraud examination; financial and business damages (lost profits, EBITDA and valuation analysis); breach of fiduciary duty and corporate governance; mergers, acquisitions and due diligence disputes; bankruptcy, insolvency and business turnaround; internal controls, risk management and compliance; renewable energy and cleantech industry standards.
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: Approximately 50%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: Approximately 50%
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: N/A
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 13+ years (since 2013)
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: Forensic financial review and fraud investigation, EBITDA and business valuation analysis, financial damages calculations, cash flow forecasting and financial modeling, expert and rebuttal report preparation, consultation with counsel, document/records review, deposition testimony, and trial/arbitration/hearing testimony.
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: $450/hr
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $450/hr
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $550/hr (4-hour minimum)
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: $650/hr (full-day minimum)
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: Travel time billed at $225/hr; out-of-pocket expenses reimbursed at cost; initial retainer of $10,000 required prior to commencement of work.
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