Michael D. Pakter is an expert in Financial Analysis. He has more than thirty years experience in financial analysis, financial forensics, accounting and internal investigations in diverse engagements and numerous industries. Mr. Pakter has participated in public hearings and alternative dispute resolutions, submitted expert reports in several jurisdictions and testified in arbitrations, regulatory proceedings and State, Federal and Bankruptcy Courts.

Areas of Expertise include, without limitation:

Lost profits, actual and compensatory economic damages

Reconstruction of accounting records

Valuation of distressed businesses and/or in turnarounds and bankruptcies

Plan feasibility, solvency determination and preference analysis in bankruptcy proceedings

Reasonableness of management’s forecasts, projections and assumptions

Analysis of costs, charge backs and cost accounting methods in Manufacturing, Distribution and Transportation

Costs of construction and rehabilitation and landlord/tenant disputes

State & Local Government vendor audits and financial analysis of program revenues and costs

James Provenzano, CPA, CFE, CFF, is an accounting and consulting practice based in San Francisco. The firm specializes in Forensic Accounting and Litigation Support. These services include integration of accounting, auditing and investigation skills and are offered to law firms and corporations.

James Provenzano is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA. Mr. Provenzano’s accounting and financial background (over 20 years experience with Big 5 audit firms and sole proprietor of a full service San Francisco based CPA firm for eight years) make him uniquely qualified to lend his expertise on Complex Accounting, Financial Analysis, Auditing, and Financial Reporting in a wide variety of industries including, financial services, mortgage banking, technology and software, manufacturing and not for profit.

Services Include:

Forensic Audits

Internal Audits

Contractual Claims

Economic Loss Calculations

Professional Negligence Assessments

Special Accounting Projects / Consulting

Litigation Support

Expert Witness

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Florida Office: 8633 Willow Kane Court Orlando, FL 32825 T: (407) 445-0825 F: (407) 445-0821

Houston Office: 11200 Westheimer, Suite 900 Houston, TX 77042 T: (713) 334-7530 F: (713) 972-1375

Long International provides Expert claims analysis, dispute resolution, and project management services to the Process Plant Engineering and Construction industry worldwide. Our primary focus is on petroleum refining, petrochemical, chemical, oil and gas production, mining/mineral processing, power, cogeneration, and other process plant and industrial projects. We also have extensive experience in hospital, commercial and industrial building, pipeline, wastewater, highway and transit, heavy civil, microchip manufacturing, and airport projects.

Richard J. Long, PE, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Long International has over 36 years of U.S. and international consulting experience involving construction contract disputes analysis and resolution, arbitration/litigation support and expert testimony, project management, engineering / construction management, cost and schedule control, and process engineering.

As an internationally recognized expert in the analysis and resolution of complex construction disputes for over 23 years, Mr. Long has served as the lead expert on over 300 projects having claims ranging in size from $100,000 US to over $1 billion US.

Andrew Avalon, PE, PSP is President of Long International and has over 23 years of engineering, construction management and claims consulting experience. He is an expert in the preparation and evaluation of construction claims, business interruption claims, schedule delay analysis, arbitration/litigation support and dispute resolution. He has prepared more than thirty CPM schedule analyses, written expert witness reports, and supported attorneys in depositions, cross-examinations, mediations and settlement negotiations.

W. Tom Thweatt is a Principal with Long International and has over 35 years of engineering, construction, and management consulting experience. He has extensive experience in major U.S. and international refining, chemical, petrochemical, pipeline, infrastructure and thermal / hydroelectric power generation projects ranging from $40 million to $1.8 billion. He has worked extensively in projects that were executed by multi-national joint ventures on both the owner’s and the contractor’s sides. Mr. Thweatt has served on Joint Venture and Consortium Executive Committees and has participated directly in claims negotiations and settlement agreements in excess of $100 million.

Our firm provides forensic accounting, litigation support, business valuations in addition to our tax and audit practice. We specialize in the areas of Health Care, Manufacturing and Distribution, Real Estate Construction, Agri-Business, and Information Technology.

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