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Profile: Mr. Williams has experience as a Bank President and CEO for over 10 years with over 23 years experience in the Banking and Savings and Loan industry. For over 12 years, he has served as an expert witness and consultant in over 300 lawsuits throughout the United States, and has testified in over 150 depositions. He has been qualified as an Expert in State Courts, Federal and Bankruptcy Courts, and Arbitrations.
Expertise and Expert Witness Experience: Banking / Savings and Loan Industry and Professional StandardsDirector and Officer Liability & ResponsibilityOperations and Deposit ServicesRegulatory Issues, Policies and Procedures for Financial InstitutionsLender Liability: Commercial, Construction, Consumer and Mortgage LoansCredit AnalysisDamages CalculationForgery and Fraud Issues
Clients: Plaintiffs; Defendants; Third Parties; Governmental Agencies.
References are available upon request. Please visit our website for more information.
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Walter Baker has 30 years of experience in Trade Finance and Letters of Credit. Mr. Baker is a member of the Commercial Letter of Credit Committee of the IFSA, advisor to the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, and co-author of ICC publication 694, Users' Handbook for Documentary Credits under UCP600.
Mr. Baker has managed letter of credit operations at 4 banks and participated in the development and revision of rules and laws governing letters of credit including the UCP500, the UCP600, the International Standby Practices (ISP98), the International Standard Banking Practices for Documentary Credits (ISBP) and article 5 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC5). Mr. Baker is the Manager of Trade Services for Fifth Third Bank and, in addition to expert witness work, teaches frequent seminars for bankers, exporters and lawyers
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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 MediationsConsulted Attorneys for Case Direction within Investment Securities and Regulatory BodiesInterface 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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