Securities Damages

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

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.

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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

Anderson Economic Group provides expert testimony and reports in each of our areas of expertise including Strategy & Business Valuation, Public Policy, and Market Analysis. Senior AEG consultants often provide expert testimony, and are bona fide experts in their fields based primarily on their professional and scholarly accomplishments. All our experts also perform professional work in situations that do not involve litigation, ensuring the credibility that is associated with true independence and real-world experience.

AEG reports contain clearly stated findings, and state the methodology and data that are the basis for our conclusions. Preparing a report is such a manner not only fulfills the requirements of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (and those of similar state rules), it also provides the judge, jury, or mediator with a persuasive and well-supported presentation.

Stefan Boedeker, a Director with Berkeley Research Group, LLC (BRG,) specializes in the application of Economic, Statistical, and Financial Models to a variety of areas such as solutions to business issues, economic impact studies, and complex litigation cases.

Mr. Boedeker has extensive experience applying economic and statistical theories to class action related matters. His experience also includes applying economic and statistical theories and methodologies to employment related matters such as discrimination, wrongful termination, and wage and hour cases.

Mr. Boedeker provides Consulting and Expert Services to clients across a wide range of industries, including Healthcare, High Technology, Entertainment, Manufacturing, Retail, Real Estate, Insurance and Financial Services, and Federal, State and Local Governments. He has issued expert reports and has given deposition and trial testimony in state and federal court.

Areas of Expertise:

Securities

Management Consulting

Intellectual Property

Business Strategy

Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals

Pharmaceutical

Strategy and Performance Improvement

Labor and Employment

Commercial Litigation and Damages

Statistical Consulting and Sampling

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Dr. Edmund H. Mantell, Ph.D. is a Consulting Economist and Expert Witness who has been engaged by both Plaintiffs and Defendants. His services are provided rapidly and efficiently.

Services:

Calculations of the loss of earnings and the loss of fringe benefits in personal injury or wrongful death cases

Projections of the costs of future care for seriously disabled persons; therapeutic modalities, pharmaceuticals, custodial care, treatment by physicians

Areas of Expertise:

Case Review Forensic Economics Wrongful Death Personal Injury Lost Earnings Securities Experts Spousal Evaluation Economic Damages Calculation of Loss

Antitrust Financial Damages Intellectual Property Infringement Damages Disability & Loss of Income Cost of Future Care Trial Exhibit Preparation Analysis of Reports Structured Settlements

Mason A. Dinehart III, RFC, principal at FEND, provides objective expert witness opinions on the standard of care in the Securities Industry. He brings discovery expertise, due diligence, technical knowledge and 40 years of securities experience to every case. FEND* provides a refreshing prospective in the securities expert witness testifying arena that combines comprehensive analysis with effective communication skills. These factors, along with serving as a FINRA arbitrator and representing both claimant's and respondent's (65%/35%), contribute to a 90% success ratio in the securities expert witness field.

Mr. Dinehart, III offers litigation and arbitration services nationally (22 states) for all cases involving securities, insurance and annuities. He has participated in 311 arbitrations (700 retentions) since 1990, before NASD, FINRA, JAMS, AAA, NYSE, PSE, and 75 mediations. A FINRA Arbitrator, Mr. Dinehart has qualified and testified as a Securities Expert Witness before State Courts in L.A., Orange., Fresno, and San Diego. He is qualified and has testified in Federal Court in Los Angeles. Mr. Dinehart was also deposed on a Bernard Madoff matter in a trial set for State Court in Hartford, CT.

All of Mr. Dineharts' securities licenses are current (7, 24, 63, 65, 79 & 99).

Services Include:

• Securities Litigation Case Review and Assessment
• Discovery Review and Recommendations
• Forensic Accounting Analysis (P & L and NOP Reports)
• Specialized Analysis (Isolated Damage Items – Morningstar Principia)
• Portfolio Risk Reports (Asset Allocation/Concentration Analysis)
• Special Demonstrative Exhibits
• Final Damage Calculations (Thomson Reuters – Investment View Software)
• Expert Testimony

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Investment Management Expert Witness in Equities, Fixed Income and Asset Allocations

Kent Investment Consulting, LLC was organized in 2007 by Stephen K. Kent, Jr., CFA, CIC following his retirement after a career spanning almost five decades. During this period, Mr. Kent developed a well earned reputation as a clear, independent thinker who brought reason and good judgment to the analysis of the economy and the capital markets. His present consulting practice serves the varying needs of high net worth investors, financial planners, attorneys and accountants, and investment managers.

As an Equity and Fixed Income Portfolio Manager for more than 45 years, his work experience has encompassed pension and profit-sharing plans, Taft-Hartley accounts, foundations, endowments and high net worth individuals. His position in the industry and reputation as a thoughtful analyst of the economy and the markets has afforded him many opportunities to speak at numerous business venues around the country.

Litigation Support Services

Kent Investment Consulting, LLC provides expert witness services for both plaintiff and defense on financial matters, investments, equities, fixed income and asset allocations.

Services

Kent Investment Consulting, LLC serves the varying needs of high net worth investors, financial planners, attorneys and accountants, and investment managers.

Portfolio Management New Business Presentations Investment Strategies Client Services Relationship Management Market Analyses Operational Streamlining Revenue Growth Strategies	Risk Management Financial Reporting Performance Measurement Strategic Planning Research Asset Management Business Development Staff Management

Dr. Robert R. Trout specializes in providing Economic, Financial and Statistical Consulting services to attorneys, government agencies and corporations in litigation and regulatory cases. Dr. Trout has conducted studies and presented testimony before state and federal courts and agencies for over twenty-nine years. He has analyzed companies for Antitrust, Intellectual Property and Business Loss Cases covering many industries.

Dr. Trout is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), member of the Financial Analysts Society of San Diego and the CFA Institute and a Former Director of the National Association of Forensic Economics. He is the Senior Editor, Board of Editors for the Journal of Forensic Economics and the Managing Editor for Litigation Economics Digest among others.

Dr. Trout has previously testified as an Expert Witness in civil courts concerning the following areas:

Antitrust Economics and Damages

Breach of Contract Damages

Business Interruption Losses

Eminent Domain Business Goodwill Losses

Employment Discrimination Statistics

Investment and Portfolio Theory

Patent Infringement Losses

Personal Economic Losses

Regulatory Economic Issues

Securities Fraud Losses

Statistical Analysis

Trademark Infringement Losses

Valuation of Businesses, Financial Assets, and Securities

Wrongful Termination Dam

Dr. Carl C. Peters, President of Peters and Associates, LLC is an Expert Witness specializing in Securities Fraud,Hedge Funds, and AntiTrust. His experience includes both an industry and academic career. He owned and operated his own hedge funds, and was a Director of Research for Morgan Stanley in New York. Dr. Peters was also an award winning professor and Department Chair at the University of Denver, and Held an Endowed Chair in Economics and Business at Westminster College in Pennsylvania. He has won literary and teaching awards. He hold a PhD from UCLA, an MS from MIT, and a BS from Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Peters is a noted author having published on such subjects as Alternative Investments, Managed Futures, and Portfolio Management.

Dr. Peters offers Expert Witness Services to both Plaintiff and Defense in all states. His opinions and reports have been called upon for several court, NFA and SEC arbitration cases. He provides his services for cases involving Securities Fraud, Hedge Funds, Structured Finance,Futures, and Economics. .

Areas of Specialized Knowledge:

Securities Fraud Hedge Funds Structured Finance Financial Analysis Statistics Asset Backed Securities (ABS) Business Interruption

Business Valuation Economic Damages Lost Profits Investment Analysis Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDO) Mortgage Backed Securities Strategic Planning