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

William P. Anthony, Ph.D. is a Human Resource Management Expert. He directs the Carl DeSantis Center for Executive Management Education. University.

Dr. Anthony conducts seminars and workshops throughout the United States on a variety of management and human resource management topics for managers in business, government and not-for-profit organizations. Among his clients are Rayonier, Motorola, State Farm Insurance, U.S. Department of Energy, Berg Pipe Corporation and various State of Florida agencies. He speaks on Strategic Planning and Management, Strategic Decision Making, Strategic Human Resource Policy, and Managing Diversity, among other topics.

Areas of Expertise: The development and implementation of management and human resource management policy in the areas of:

Harassment

Negligent Hiring and Retention

FMLA

Discrimination

ADA

Customer Discrimination Analysis

Related Human Resource Management Areas

Dr. Anthony has testified in state and federal court and works with both plaintiffs and defendant.

Arrowfish Consulting is a national Economic Damages and Business Valuation firm capable of handling a wide array of services due to the rich diversity of experience and stellar backgrounds of its experts.

We draw from a deep pool of PhD Economists, MBAs, CPAs, CFEs, CFAs, ASAs, CIRAs and other credentialed experts to provide the experience and subject-matter expertise needed for each engagement.

Our seasoned experts provide top-quality services in 3 primary categories: Commercial Damages and Personal Injury Expert Witness Analysis and Testimony, Business Valuation and Appraisal, and Corporate Bankruptcy.

Contact us today. Initial Consultations are always free.

Expert Witness Testimony & Rule 26 Reports

Lost Profits

Unjust Enrichment

Breach of Contract

Misappropriation of Trade Secrets

Intellectual Property Infringement

Insurance Claims Analysis & Valuation

Business Interruption

Bad Faith

Fraud Investigations

Forensic Accounting

Unfair Competition

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

Construction Claims

Personal Injury & Wrongful Death

Wrongful Termination

Business Valuation and Appraisal

Estate & Gift Tax Reporting Purposes

Buy/Sell Business Valuations

Divorce or Partnership Dissolution

Valuation of Intangible Assets

Goodwill Impairment Testing

Corporate Bankruptcy & Reorganization

Turnaround Consulting

Reorganization Plans

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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. Brian H. Kleiner was a former human resource manager for Ford Motor Company. He has had over 100 private and public consulting clients and has trained thousands of employees. Dr. Kleiner taught three 36-hour courses on KLCS-TV, has over 500 publications, and has given trial / arbitration testimony in over 55 cases, including one resulting in a $3.1 million plaintiff verdict that was the cover story in a 2008 issue of Employment Law Verdict Reports. He has also been profiled in Bender's California Labor and Employment Bulletin in 2007 as a result of his overall forensic expert successes and other achievements.

Degrees Include:

B.S. in Business Administration, Drexel

MBA, UCLA

Ph.D. Management, UCLA

Dr. Caren Goldberg, Ph.D. is an internationally renowned professor of Human Resource Management. She provides expert witness and litigation support services in employment law cases and offers top quality HR and diversity consulting services to organizations in the private, public, and non-profit sectors.

Dr. Goldberg has written over 50 peer-reviewed papers and three book chapters on Diversity, Discrimination, Stereotypes, and Sexual Harassment. She has been quoted in numerous magazine and newspapers, and has appeared on Dateline, NBC to discuss discrimination. In 2008, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) honored Caren as one of 100 diversity thought leaders from business, consulting, government, and academia, based on her research contributions in this area. More recently, SHRM appointed her to a task force charged with developing professional standards in Diversity and Inclusion.

Dr. Goldberg has designed and delivered training programs to managers on such topics as interviewing, appraising performance, and conducting terminations. In addition, she has created and led training programs on diversity, sexual harassment, and team building for employees at all levels.

Services for Attorneys and HR Professionals:

• Expert Witness Services for Employment Law Matters
• Diversity and Sexual Harassment Training
• Test Validation
• Monitoring EEO/AA Compliance
• Employee Surveys
• Training on Interviewing, Performance Appraisals, and Terminations
• Team Building
• Developing HR Policies and Programs for Growing Firms
• Creating Programs to Increase Diversity and Inclusiveness

Paul R. Dorf is a Compensation Expert with over 40 years of experience in the Compensation and Human Resources arenas.

Mr. Dorf is qualified as an expert witness in compensation and related matters in both Federal and State courts involving:

• Unreasonable and excessive executive compensation
• Intermediate Sanctions reviews
• Sales compensation issues
• Job availability, earnings potential, and competitive market value of positions
• Discriminatory compensation practices
• Minority shareholder and derivative complaints
• Compensation violation of FAR by government contractors
• Marital dissolutions
• Employment and change-of-control agreements

Kristy Farnsworth is a Board Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Licensed Psychologist. She has provided a wide range of Vocational Rehabilitation services for the past 27 years. Dr. Farnsworth's board certifications and experience have allowed her to focus on the analysis and evaluation of a variety of cases.

Areas of Expertise:

Catastrophic, Pediatric & Personal Injury

Permanent Total Disability

Social Security Disability

Product Liability

Medical Malpractice

Wrongful Termination

Workers Compensation

Divorce

ADA / Discrimination

Services Include:

Case Management Litigation Support Life Care Planning Pediatric & Adult ADA Consultation Social Security Disability Evaluation PT Disability Evaluation Analysis of Employability

Labor Market Survey Vocational Assessment Transferable Skills Analysis Expert Witness Educational Presentation Vocational Rehabilitation

Dr. Mark I. Levy, MD DLFAPA, a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, has been practicing Clinical Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis full time for over 30 years. During the past fifteen years he has devoted a substantial portion of his clinical practice to Forensic Psychiatry, providing independent medical evaluations (IME's) and expert forensic psychiatric opinion and Consultation nationally for plaintiff and defense trial attorneys, major insurance carriers and the courts. Dr. Levy has consulted on more than 250 medical-legal cases, has been deposed more than 100 times and has testified in State and Federal Court on 27 occasions. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry for the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, is on the Faculty at San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and is Chairman of the San Francisco Foundation for Psychoanalysis. Forensic Psychiatric and Psychological Expert Assessment and Testimony about traumatic and non-traumatic psychological injuries including the following:

Motor Vehicle Accident Death of Parent Parental Loss Loss of Consortium Burn Injuries Suicide Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury Forensic Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Child Sexual Abuse Child Abuse Child Custody Disputes Spousal Abuse Elder Abuse Employee Harassment Employee Discrimination Race Discrimination Gender Discrimination Ethnic Discrimination Accommodation ADA FEHA Wrongful Termination Effects of Stress Standard of Care Psychiatric Malpractice Boundary Violations Wrongful Death Prescribing Psychiatric Medication Stress

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Class Action Mass Torts Toxic Torts Asbestos Mold Damp Buildings TCE Exposure Malingering Factitious Disorder Somatization Disorders Subjective Disorders Stalking Competency Testamentary Capacity Undue Influence Will Contest Psychological Testing Neuropsychological Testing Psychology Psychologist Neuropsychology Neuropsychologist Neuropsychiatrist Head Injury Traumatic Brain Injury Cognitive Impairment Neurocognitive Assessment

Licenses
Physician and Surgeon State of California since 1971
Physician and Surgeon State of Hawaii since 2004
Drug Enforcement Administration

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Dr. Gary K. Vallen is an expert in Hospitality Management, Lodging Operations & Casino Gaming; including Hotels, Casino Management, Bed and Breakfasts, Dude Ranches, Resorts, Restaurants, etc. He has numerous years of Hospitality Management Industry Experience, including senior management positions.

Dr. Vallen has been a Professor at Northern Arizona University, School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, since its inception in 1988. He is author of a best-selling text book on hotel operations; Check-In Check-Out, and other articles and publications.

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