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:

Profile: 41+ yrs experience in financial, mortgage & business institutions including 17+ President, CEO & Director & 6+ director of a mortgage company. 15+ years of leadership/ directorships in national & state trade associations. Over 340 federal & state nationwide cases i for FDIC, State of CA, financial institutions, mortgage companies, businesses, non-banks, individuals. Services provided: consulting, depositions, reports, affidavits & court testimonies.

Expertise: Financial Institutions, Mortgage Institutions, Business, Real Estate. Loans (mortgage,construction, real estate, business, SBA, international, consumer, etc.); Operations; Fraud; Check ops; EFT; Lender Liability; Policy & Procedures; Fiduciary Duties, D & O conduct, Other. Reports, depositions & court testimony in Federal, Bankruptcy & state courts.

Nancy A. Geary is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Lease Professional. She received her Bachelors Degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. Ms. Geary has been with ECS Financial Services, Inc., a regional CPA firm, since 1984, and a Partner with the firm since 1990. Among other responsibilities, Ms. Geary manages the firm’s Leasing Services Department. Ms. Geary is proficient in various software packages specifically designed for the equipment leasing industry.

Ms. Geary’s primary areas of concentration include equipment lease portfolio management, accounting and consulting services for the equipment leasing industry, as well as accounting, auditing, income tax planning and compliance and management consulting for a wide variety of closely-held businesses.

Ms. Geary’s focus on lease portfolio management services includes:

Samuel N. Oliva has served as Managing Partner of ECS Financial Services, Inc., a regional certified public accounting firm, since 1982. Concurrently, Mr. Oliva has served as CEO of Beacon Funding Corporation, a successful equipment leasing company, since 1990.

Mr. Oliva is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Management Accountant, Certified Lease Professional, a licensed business broker and a licensed real estate broker. Mr. Oliva serves on the Board of Directors of Harris Bank in Chicago. His distinctions include the 2002 Financial Executive Award from the Institute of Management Accountants and the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award from Western Illinois University. Mr. Oliva obtained his Bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University, and his MBA from the University of Chicago.

Mr. Oliva’s accounting and tax background, coupled with his superior business knowledge and management skills, his expertise within the leasing industry, and his natural business sense, make him uniquely qualified to opine on accounting, finance, credit and real estate related matters. He has been instrumental in building both his CPA firm and his leasing company into well managed, successful organizations. He has offered valuable advice to numerous business owners and managers over the years, helping many companies to grow and develop into successful financial organizations.

Mr. Oliva has served as an expert witness in a variety of situations. His experience includes serving as a confident and knowledgeable trial witness, preparation of expert witness reports, evaluation of damages and consulting with attorney’s throughout the various stages of litigation.

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Qualfied Expert Witness & Consultant in Hotel and Real Estate Industry Business Issues:

Peter C. Meer, MPM is the President of Meer & Company, Inc. a single family Residential Property Management firm in Denver, Colorado, managing 150 individual units. He holds the Master Property Manager (MPM) designation and his company holds the Certified Residential Property Management (CRMC) designation. For twenty-five years Mr. Meer has been involved in Residential Property Management of single family homes, duplexes, condominiums, townhomes and other types of residential property housing.

Mr. Meer is a nationally recognized expert in residential property management and serves as an Expert Witness throughout the continental United States. He can be engaged to serve as an Expert Witness in the following areas of residential property management:

John Busey Wood focuses his practice on Commercial and Retail Leasing and Construction Real Estate. He advises public and private companies on Real Estate Acquisitions, Facilities Management and Standardization, Construction and Development, Brokerage Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Property Management, and Litigation. Mr. Wood has represented owners in the design and negotiation of commercial leases covering in excess of 50 million square feet of retail, office, and mixed-use space projects for thirty years and in 1998 structured and closed the largest lease of an existing commercial building in the history of New York City exceeding 2 Million square feet.

His extensive national experience in developable land, improved property acquisitions, large scale retail and office developments, large project "fast-track" design-build construction, and leasing and management programs have made him an ideal corporate facilities support resource for companies. He is a noted authority on fair market value determinations, lease restructuring and re-negotiations as well as rental escalations, expenses, allocations, auditing, and litigation/dispute resolution.

Mr. Wood was named the "Father of the modern Killer Lease" in 1984 by the Wall Street Journal. His financing, auditing, and computer expertise contributed to his uncovering the largest computer leasing fraud in the United States. Mr. Wood is a member of the American Arbitration Association Commercial Neutral Panel.

Michael J. Welton, a Self Employed Consultant since 1998, has been retained as an expert in over sixty separate cases in the areas of Property Management, Asset Management, Wrongful Death, Credit Tenant Lease Transactions, Real Estate Development and Toxic Mold Remediation Protocol for Commercial and Multi-Family properties. As a seasoned and experienced real estate professional, Mr. Welton has the background to develop successful income producing assets, evaluate and complete the acquisition of income producing assets and create teams of individuals to professionally manage any type of real estate.

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