Sidney Blum, CPA, CFE, CPEA, CFF has  30 years of professional experience in Economic Damages, Intellectual Property Damages, reasonable royalites, & royalty audits. Leading licensing contract terms expert. 2017 California CPA of the Year & 2012 Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year. 

Particular strength in royalties, patents, trademarks, copyrights, DMCA, toys, entertainment, oil & gas, malpractice, breach of contract, and consumer products. Former Chief Audit Officer at Beats Electronics, nine years as an accounting firm Partner including as a Big 4 Partner. Employee of  Fortune 50 companies Occidental Petroleum, Unocal, and the Walt Disney Company. While with Ernst & Young, he led fraud and forensic investigations nationally for their internal audit practice. Vice Chair (2016-2017) Board of Regents of the 80,000 member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Lead more than 1,500 financial investigations. 

Complex Economic Litigationsand Intellectual Property Expert Witness- As a Economic Damages expert witness, Mr. Blum has worked on matters from simple to several billion dollars complex litigations. He has been retained as an expert witness for more than 100 matters. Most retentions have required a Federal report.  Mr. Blum is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Professional Environmental Auditor, and Certified in Financial Forensics by the AICPA. His damage calcuations have consistently been accepted over other experts.  His reports are ranked as the best by judges. Broad range of clients for leading law firms. Representative clients: Amgen, Microsoft, Disney, Dolby, Sony, Paramount Pictures, Mattel, GM, Sears, IGT, IMG, Tessera, Philips, Diageo, Harley-Davidson, DKNY, Chrysler, Ross, Steven Spielburg, Tom Hanks, Shark Tank, WWE, Warner Bros., McDonalds, SAG, DGA, WGA, Fleetwood Mac, US Polo Association, Conor McGregor, UMB Bank, Bank of America, K. Swiss, Everlast, etc

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