Joel Finard is an Expert Witness in Financial Services Litigation. He has extensive knowledge of People, Processes and Technology in Financial Services. Mr. Finard has played a key role in many Complex and High Profile Investment Banking Litigations & NASD Arbitrations.

Areas of Expertise

Financial Services Litigation

Complex Structured Transactions - Tax Related Cases

Securities Trading and Pricing, Derivatives, Controls and Hedging

Market & Credit Risk Management

Investment Management

Background: Partner in charge of Deloitte & Touche's Capital Markets Practice - including Litigation Consulting, Financial Risk Management, & Trading Infrastructure. HongKong Bank - Sales & Trading of Securities. Travelers Insurance - Portfolio Manager of Derivatives and Investments. Columbia Business School - Taught Economics

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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

Financial Management Consulting Group is an affiliation of well-experienced consultants serving banking interests throughout the country. Our years of experience, as bankers, as bank consultants, and as regulators provide valuable insight into case matters.

We can assist both from the industry perspective and from the regulatory perspective, offering a comprehensive assessment and well supported opinion. We have qualified as experts in numerous State and Federal jurisdictions, and on numerous banking related matters. We are dedicated to providing clients with quality, results-oriented service.

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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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

Market Consulting Corporation specializes in Securities Litigation and Broker / Customer Disputes. With 20 + years of experience nationwide, Market Consulting Corporation, serving both plaintiff and defense attorneys and provides consulting to such entities as the NYSE, Options Clearing Corporation, CBOT, CME, COMEX, TIAA/CREF, banks and other major clients.

The Principal at Market Consulting Corporation earned his Sc.D. from MIT and is a mediator with NASD training. Dr. Cornew has served as a member of the Compliance and Legal Division, Securities Industry Association.

Services Include:

Consultation

Statistical and Damage Analysis

Arbitration

Mediation

Court Testimony

Areas of Expertise:

Stocks and Bonds

Options

Commodity Futures and Currency Trading

Derivatives Including Swaps

Limited Partnerships

Hedge Funds

Managed Futures (suitability, churning, unauthorized trading, lack of supervision, spreading and hedging, due diligence, and marketing

Asset Management

Pension Investments

Securities and Futures Tax Matters (IRS examinations, appeals and US Tax Court appearances)

Profile: Peter J. Pfeffer is a 30 year veteran of the Securities Industry. His career progressed from stockbroker to EVP of a national securities firm. His knowledge includes all facets of sales and supervision with additional and specialized expertise in derivative instruments - options, commodities, futures and margin call policies. His expertise extends to Exchange, NASD, AAA, NFA arbitration, Federal & State jury and bench trials and Federal Reparations Proceedings.

Company Background: Walsh, Pfeffer & Co. provides litigation support (case evaluation & expert testimony) in disputes rooted in transactions of stocks, bonds, options, mutual funds, commodities, futures, or other derivative instruments, and mediation services.

Expert Services:

Analytical Capabilities

Case Evaluation

Litigation / Arbitration Support

Emerging Area of Controversy - "Financial Suicide"

Offices:

3900 No. Fairfax Dr., Suite 825 Arlington, VA 22203 (224) 587-6200

607 No. Drury Lane Arlington Heights, IL 60004

Robert Erwin Ross is an Expert Witness in the fields of Investment Securities and Bank Fraud / Letters of Credit.

Investment Securities: Vice President of Compliance and Operations for a NYSE Firm where he directed the activities of 44 support personnel and trained 148 stock brokers in preparation for NASD, NYSE and State Securities exams. His duties included daily oversight on trading activities, Reg "T", NASD complaints and filings, NYSE Client Services, portfolio reviews and broker oversight for compliance and trading activities. Mr. Ross prevented churning and any fraudulent trades by clients and supervised the Cashiering Dividend Dept., Support Staff and Trading Department.

Securities Expert Witness Qualifications:

Provided Opinions in 13 Arbitration and Mediations

Consulted Attorneys for Case Direction within Investment Securities and Regulatory Bodies

Interface with U.S. Treasure Dept (Securities Fraud ) and F.B.I. on Illicit Brokerage Trading, Mob Activities and Illegal Trading Manipulations

Banking / Letters of Credit : Mr. Ross has over 18 years of experience in International Trade and is one of very few who understand the complexities of Letters of Credit. He is familiar with all negotiable portions, including the usage of correspondent banks, presentation documents, instructions on when to confirm the letter of credit to beneficiary’s bank and client instructions to negotiate the letter of credit, eliminating excessive banking.

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Stewart Forensic Consultants, LLC (SFC) is a Forensic Consulting, Laboratory and Investigative Firm offering over 30 years of experience and training in a wide range of forensic science and private investigation disciplines.

Larry Stewart has personally examined tens of thousands of individual items of evidence from sources such as state, local, and federal agencies (e.g. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Secret Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Central Intelligence Agency, and others), and foreign governments. On several occasions he has examined cases involving international disputes between governments.

Mr. Stewart has testified as an Expert Witness in state, federal and military courts of law, as well as in foreign court systems to include; Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Sri Lanka and Thailand. He has also testified at The Hague in the Netherlands and three times as an expert before the U.S. Congress.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Questioned Documents Crime Scene Evaluation Trace Evidence Ink Analysis Age Determination Authenticity Fraud Investigations Fingerprints

Handwriting Daubert and Cold Case (consultant) Investigations Indented Writing Striations Typewriting Erasures Office Machines Tracing