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.

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

With offices in East Lansing and Chicago, Anderson Economic Group, LLC provides expert testimony and reports for attorneys and their clients in cases across the United States. Our Economists have worked on a variety of cases, including:

Valuation of Businesses, Brands and Intellectual Property

Lost Profit and Damages Calculations

Antitrust and Restraint of Trade Issues

Franchise Disputes Involving Auto Dealers, Beer Distributors and Other Businesses With Exclusive Trade Areas

Tax Cases Involving State, Local, or Federal Taxes

Economic Impacts

Our reports fulfill the standards for expert testimony set by court precedent, including Daubert and Kumho Tire, and contain the disclosures required by FRCP Rule 26 or relevant state rules.

For more information on our firm and our experts please visit www.AndersonEconomicGroup.com

Paul A. Baumann is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of Florida, and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Mr Baumann also holds several designations as an ABV, CFF, and ASA. He has over 20 years experience providing testimony, and recognized as an expert in the field of Business Valuation and the Calculation of Economic Damages. Mr. Baumann provides Forensic Analysis and Expert Witness testimony for litigation purposes throughout the United States for matters involving Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Fraud, and Shareholder Disputes.

Baumann Moreau Consulting Group (BMCG) is regularly engaged tax and accounting services, and in the valuation of businesses and their securities in connection with mergers, acquisitions, corporate restructuring, negotiated underwriting, and private placements. BMCG's reports are used to comply with statements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (e.g. FAS 123, 141, 142, 157) and for presentation to the Internal Revenue Service.

Services Include:

International Merger & Acquisitions

Business Valuation for Compliance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice

Commercial Damage Analysis

Dissenting Stockholder Suits

Fraud Investigations

Estate / Gift Valuations

Intellectual Property Valuations

Transfer Pricing and Fairness Opinions

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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Frederic B. Jennings, Jr. is an experienced Economic Consultant with over 20 years in academic teaching and research as well as Economic Litigation.

Dr. Jennings has extensive knowledge in most areas of economic litigation, his Professional Specialties are in: Assessment of Economic Damages from Lost Profits and Income; Market / Industry Analyses; Antitrust and Labor-Related Law and Economics; Valuation of Environmental Services and Resources; Economic Cost and Value Estimation.

Areas of Economic Analysis Expertise:

• Energy & Transport systems
• Information & Communication (ICT) Networks
• International Taxation (Transfer Pricing Analysis)
• Auto: Manufacturing, Body, Glass & Collision Repair
• Securities Fraud
• Environmental Mitigation & Ecologically Sustainable Systems Development
• Consumer Motivation & Behavior
• Market Structure Design & Procedures
• Industry Practices of: Aftermarket; Wood & Forestry Product; Software; Healthcare; Property & Casualty Insurance

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

Martin Dirks, MBA, is an expert in Finance and Investment Planning & Analysis, with strong academic credentials and extensive securities and corporate business experience. He provides arbitration and litigation support as well as expert witness testimony for business and investment cases involving fraud and financial misrepresentation, complex damages calculations and business valuation.

Mr. Dirks works with both plaintiff and defense counsel in civil and criminal cases. He has provided consulting, investment research and expert witness services to investment funds and law firms since 2004. His expertise includes hedge fund strategies, securities selection, portfolio management and other investment-related issues.

Additional Services:

• Evaluating financial-related claims and defenses
• Identifying and obtaining relevant discovery material and information
• Analyzing complex financial transactions and relationships
• Performing computer-assisted analysis of voluminous data
• Critiquing an opposing expert's analysis
• Reconstructing missing or destroyed records
• Preparing comprehensive damage models
• Providing clear and concise testimony and evidentiary presentations

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J. Richard Claywell is a Certified Valuation Analyst. Since 1985 he has built a reputation for integrity and for providing key solutions for clients in the legal and business communities and private individuals. Mr. Claywell provides Economic Damage Calculations for Lost Profits, Lost Income and Breach of Contract. He also conducts Business Valuations (appraisals) of closely held companies, as well as Profit Enhancement Analysis and Fraud Deterrence and Detection.

Services Include:

Business Valuation

Expert Witness Testimony

Review of other Expert Reports

Pension Valuations

Intellectual Property Valuations

Patents

Trademarks

Copyright Royalties

Forensic Finacial Analysist

Mergers and Acquisitions

Mediation and Arbitration

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