Bringing more than 20 years of experience in financial forensics to complex legal and business disputes, this expert witness specializes in forensic accounting, business valuation, economic damages, litigation and valuation services, fraud investigations, commercial litigation, and family law financial analysis. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree with a double major in Commerce and Biology and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensed in Texas and Illinois, a Chartered Professional Accountant (Canada), Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), and a Chartered Business Valuator (CBV). She serves as Partner-in-Charge of a Forensic & Litigation Services practice, where she provides expert witness services, prepares expert and valuation reports, performs investigative consulting and financial analyses, and supports matters in federal and state courts and arbitration involving business valuation, economic damages, forensic accounting, shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, family law, divorce, tax matters, financial investigations, and the purchase and sale of business interests.

Central to her professional practice is the application of forensic accounting and valuation methodologies to multifaceted financial disputes and investigative matters. Her multidisciplinary expertise encompasses forensic accounting, business valuation, economic damages, fraud investigations, financial forensics, asset tracing, solvency analysis, business disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, post-acquisition disputes, trust and estate matters, bankruptcy litigation, construction disputes, trade secret litigation, intellectual property damages, breach of contract claims, legal malpractice, employment litigation, and family law financial matters. She has extensive experience valuing closely held businesses, calculating lost profits and diminution in value, tracing and characterizing assets, evaluating reimbursement and constructive fraud claims, analyzing complex financial records, assessing business interruption and commercial damages, and preparing valuation analyses for estate and gift tax reporting, transaction support, fairness opinions, financial reporting engagements, and the purchase and sale of business interests. Her industry experience spans technology, healthcare, oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, financial services, consumer products, professional services, real estate, and energy.

A distinguishing feature of her career is leadership across forensic accounting, valuation, dispute resolution, dispute advisory, and investigative consulting services. She has served as Partner-in-Charge, Associate Director, Manager, and Senior Consultant in forensic accounting, valuation, dispute resolution, and investigative consulting practices. Her expert witness experience includes extensive deposition, trial, arbitration, hearing, and rebuttal testimony involving business valuation, economic damages, forensic accounting, fraud investigations, shareholder disputes, commercial litigation, family law, bankruptcy, intellectual property, trade secrets, breach of fiduciary duty, contractual disputes, and other complex financial matters. She has authored numerous journal articles, technical publications, and professional presentations, regularly presents to attorneys, legal associations, professional organizations, accounting professionals, and valuation specialists, has served as a mock valuation expert for attorney training programs, and has been quoted in national and industry publications on business valuation, forensic accounting, fraud, and litigation-related financial issues.

Further demonstrating the breadth of her financial forensic expertise, her professional affiliations include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Society of Appraisers, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, and the Canadian Institute of Business Valuators. Her multidisciplinary background provides specialized expertise in financial forensics, forensic accounting, closely held business valuation, economic damages, fraud investigations, investigative consulting, asset tracing, solvency analysis, commercial damages, shareholder and business disputes, family law financial analysis, and the application of financial and valuation methodologies to complex commercial litigation, bankruptcy proceedings, valuation disputes, arbitration, and investigative matters.