Victor Republicano, Jr., CPA is an accounting and consulting practitioner, who has provided professional services to business owners, corporate management, lawyers and their clients, since 1977.

Mr. Republicano provides assistance in all phases of the litigation process, from strategy sessions early in the dispute, through settlement negotiations, and trial. Among his distinguishing achievements is his Diplomate status from the American Board Forensic Accounting and the American College of Forensic Examiners. Mr. Republicano has extensive experience in providing litigation consulting services and expert testimony in a wide variety of areas. His litigation consulting projects have included damage assessment and analysis, inspection and reconstruction of accounting records, pre-trial preparation, expert testimony, witness preparation, courtroom assistance, and post-trial consultation with counsel. He has served as an expert witness in over 100 cases, including matters in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution forums.

Mr. Republicano is experienced in small business consulting, accounting and auditing, publicly traded companies, and litigation services. His industry experience includes: Ag-Chem, Construction, Distribution, Financial Institutions, High-Tech, Manufacturing, Network Marketing, Non- Profit Organizations, Professional Services (Architects, Engineers, Law Firms, etc), Securities and Retail. Mr. Republicano has assisted a variety of companies with IPO's, private placements and statutory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also has provided extensive consultations to entrepreneurs and others and other non-public business owners regarding mergers and acquisitions, inventory control systems, credit and collections management, and property lease analyses.

Litigation and Other Services:

Accounting Alternate Dispute Resolution (Mediation, Referee, Special Master) Business Valuations Construction Claims Contract Disputes Expert Witness Damage Calculations and Assessment Economic Loss White Collar Crime	Forensic Accounting Fraud Insurance Claims Investigative Services (accounting, finance, business and trade practices) Lost Profits Personal Injury Reconstruction of Accounting Records Witness Preparation

For over 15 years A'LaCarte Foodservice Consulting Group (A'LaCarte) has been providing operations and growth related consulting to Restaurants, Hotels, Convention Centers, Casinos, Country Clubs, Stadiums and Airports. A'LaCarte has successfully completed projects for start-ups, independent restaurant companies and large multi-unit chains. They have consulted on concept development operations, and growth related matters with a variety of chains (franchisors and franchisees) and independent operators.

Chris Tripoli has over 35 years experience in the Hospitality industry as a Designer, Developer, Owner and Operator. He has provided research and opinions on a variety of legal issues facing the hospitality industry. Mr. Tripoli has written for Food Service News, My Table Magazine, Restaurant Start-up and Growth and has been featured in various other trade publications. He lectures at the Art Institute and teaches courses in opening restaurants and proper growth strategies at the Small Business Development Center of the University of Houston.

Services Include:

Concept Development

Finance Planning (Mergers & Acquisitions)

Business Valuations

Operations (Policies and Procedures)

Management and Staff Handling (Labor Related)

Safety, Sanitation and Food Handling

Franchise Development and Field Services

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Hiren Kulkarni specializes is IT Services, Account Management, Business Continuity of IT Services & Support Systems. He is experienced in Business Systems Integration (mergers and acquisitions), Business Process Transformation and ERP Implementations.

Mr. Kulkarni offers Expert Witness and Expert Consultant Services in Project Management, Strategy, Delivery & Execution. He is Certified in Prince2, ITIL and specializes in Oracle Business Intelligence tools & E-Business Suite Modules: Project Accounting (Costing, Billing, Management), SLA, E-Tax, GL, AP, AR, FA, PJM, INV, iExpenses, iProcurement, PO.

Education:

Princeton, 1964 (B.A., Economics, with honors)

NYU Business School, 1966 (MBA, Top of class)

Expertise: Mr. Purcell has over 40 years of experience in every area of investment banking including the following:

Mergers & Acquisitions

Leveraged Buyouts and Recapitalizations

Fairness Opinions and Fairness Issues

Adequacy Opinions

Solvency Opinions

Bankruptcy issues, including fraudulent conveyance

Valuations

Advice to Special Committees of Boards

Due Diligence and Disclosure Issues

Fiduciary Issues

Damage issues and analysis

Lender Liability

Fee issues

Document Interpretation and Standards from investment banking point of views

Criminal cases involving alleged securities violations and insider trading

Financing of Debt and Equity (both public and private, taxable and tax-exempt, including structured financings)

Venture Capital

Leasing and Real Estate Financing

Background: Mr. Purcell was a Managing Director at Dillon Read for almost 25 years and has been a Senior Advisor to a number of medium-sized investment banks. He also has served as interim CEO of a public company and has served on Boards of Directors. Mr. Purcell is currently Senior Director to the Investment Banking Firm of Seale & Associates, Washington, DC. area.

Mr. Purcell has been an expert in more than 100 cases with over 100 Law Firms, including cases for the SEC and the I.R.S. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants. Subjects include all areas mentioned above.

MCS Associates is a nationally recognized consulting group that has provided financial, operations and regulatory/compliance consulting services nationwide to financial institutions, insurance companies and regulatory agencies as well as real estate and financial services organizations for over 30 years.

Expert Witness and Litigation Consulting are a primary focus of our services. We undertake expert witness assignments throughout the United States and our clients include several hundred leading law firms around the country, working on behalf of both plaintiff and defendant financial institutions, borrowers, depositors, investors, developers, insurance companies and their insured, securities/insurance/real estate brokers/agents, regulators and government agencies, and individuals.

Together with MCS Associates’ specialized resources in banking, financial services and real estate, we also draw on key strategic alliances in insurance, economics, academia and the securities industry to meet a wide range of expert witness needs. Our litigation experts include experienced bankers, lenders, consultants, regulators, managers, brokers & agents in insurance, real estate, and securities; insurance claims and underwriting managers; economists, accountants, appraisers, real estate analysts, and academics.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Banking Operations/Administration

Check Fraud

Lending Policies, Custom and Practice

Loan Underwriting & Credit Administration

Sub Prime Loan Originations, Underwriting, Securitizations & Servicing

Bankruptcy, Foreclosures and Workouts

Trust & Fiduciary Issues / Operations

Securities Brokerage & Investments

Valuations & Damages Analysis

Forensic Accounting

Employment / Compensation

Real Estate Brokerage & Management

Title Insurance & Escrow

Real Estate Appraisal & Transactions

Insurance Industry Custom & Practice

Insurance Coverages / Claims Handling

Insurance Bad Faith

Don Smith is a nationally known marketing & sales expert. 40 years as a (1) Fortune 1000 hands-on executive, (2) Consultant with world-class companies, (3) Faculty at Cornell Graduate School of Business, (4) Marketing & sales seminar leader. His expert witness references are outstanding. His 50+ expert engagements include jury trials, arbitration hearings, depositions and numerous expert reports.

Areas of Expertise

Business economic loss: Define lost sales, share and profits.

IP: Patents copyrights, trademarks, trade names & trade secrets.

Sales channels: Distributors, dealers & reps.

Market research: Define market size, growth, share, pricing, trends & customary practice.

Marketing & sales effectiveness:My expertise and research quantify this common contract dispute.

He is a nationally known public speaker in the development of new products, revitalizing existing products & managing distributors. He has in-depth, practical business experience and excels at explaining complex business issues.

Clients range from family owned businesses to Fortune 1000 companies including AT&T, Borax, DuPont, ITT, Lockheed-Martin, Lutron, Motorola (Moscow), Rubbermaid, Snap-on Tools, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai), Toshiba & West.

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Alistair Hynd has over 15 years experience in Corporate Finance. He heads the Project Finance and Financial Modelling Team that functions at Baker Tilly Corporate Finance, LLP (Baker Tilly). Mr. Hynd specialises in Project Finance, PFI, PPP and Debt Advisory plus Financial Modeling. Mr. Hynd is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and member of the Institute's Corporate Finance faculty. He is also a full member of the Association of Corporate Treasurers.

Mr. Hynd's team at Baker Tilly can become involved in Project Finance or Financial Modeling in three ways:

Financial Adviser to the Government – structuring projects, evaluating bids, and negotiating detail

Financial Adviser to the Consortium – assembling the bid, refining and optimising it, and acting as interface with funding markets

Acting for the Banks and other Lenders - providing reassurance that the model on which they are lending is fit for purpose.

Other Services Include

Capital Markets: Reporting Accountants, Flotation e.g. advice on Financial Structuring, Accounting Systems and Policies, Share Option, Director / Employer Benefits, Audit and Taxation services

Due Diligence: Historic Performance, Cash Flows, Assets and Liabilities, Forecasts, Working Capital Requirements, Financial Systems and Controls, Taxation

Mergers and Acquisitions / Private Equity:Preparing / Maximise Value from Business Sales, Negotiate Terms and Raise Private Equity / Debt Finance to Support Management Buy Out or Buy In, Raising Private Equity / Debt Finance for Growth, Cash Out or Recapitalisation, etc.

Valuations: Shares, Businesses, Options and Warrants, Various Derivatives, Brands and other Intellectual Property, Film and Media Rights,Income Producing Assets

Offices:
150 Allen Road, Suite 100 Liberty Corner, NJ 07938	8 Kate's Lane Boxford, MA 01921

Profile: J. Michael Feeks, one of the founders of Bank Experts Group, provides consulting services to banks and bank clients, and litigation support and expert witness services to law firms.

Services to Financial Institutions:

• Turnaround Strategies
• Crisis Management and Recovery
• Regulatory Relationships
• Loan Review, Administration and Workout
• Management Policies, Practices and Procedures

Services to Bank Clients:

• Loan Workout, Refinancing
• Re-negotiation of Business and Commercial Real Estate Loans

Services to Law Firms:

• Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services
• Consultation and Testimony in Commercial and Real Estate Lending, Business and Consumer Banking Operations and Management, and Bankruptcies and Frauds

Background: 35+ years banking experience. 10+ years consulting experience. Served major bank in lending, branch operations and management. Served community banks as president, director and other senior positions. MBA – New York University. Graduate – Manhattan College and Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Bank Experts Group is a consulting firm that provides litigation support in banking-related matters and specialized assistance to banks and other financial institutions. The principals are experienced former bankers, regulators and educators with extensive experience in bank management.

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Mr. Robert Bartlett is a Retail Industry Management Consultant with over twenty five years of experience in serving the retail industry. His current practice focuses on the needs of emerging and/or high-growth retail companies in the areas of Strategic and Business Planning, Organization, Management, Capital Formation and the Rapid Implementation of Core Business Strategies. Mr. Bartlett has provided expert testimony in a wide range of cases where real world knowledge and experience is required.