White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt
15490 Ventura Blvd., Suite 300, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423
4 Park Plaza., Suite 200, Irvine, CA 92614
(866) 981-4226 (818) 981-4226 (949) 219-9816
www.wzwlh.com
COMMERCIAL, PERSONAL INJURY AND EMPLOYMENT FORENSIC ACCONTING EXPERTS
When business moves into the courtroom, clear, compelling and visual testimony is often the difference between winning and losing. Making the complex understandable is the key to success in litigation. That's why so many law firms turn to White Zuckerman for litigation services and expert testimony. White Zuckerman’s commercial, personal injury and employment litigation practice analyzes economic damages, values businesses, provides forensic accounting, identifies fraud, provides liability analysis and presents expert testimony on our findings. With our dedication to diligent research, our understanding and attention to detail of financial records, our knowledge of the changing business environment, and our proven communication skills, we're a lawyer's greatest resource in all areas of commercial, personal injury and employment litigation.
Commercial Litigation
We are experienced in providing simple, easily understood analysis and testimony to facilitate your case. White Zuckerman and its professionals have been analyzing lost profits, unjust enrichment, out-of pocket expenses, reasonable royalties, lost value of business and real estate, and punitive damages, providing forensic accounting, investigating fraud and quantitatively analyzing liability issues, and testifying on our findings for over 30 years. Our expert witnesses know how to intelligently and concisely present conclusions through testimony and graphical exhibits, enabling juries and/or a trier of fact to properly assess liability issues and damage awards. The commercial practice also performs consulting services in litigation and non-litigation matters.
The types of matters in which we provide forensic accounting services and expert testimony include: accountings; breach of contract; breach of fiduciary duty; business dissolutions; business interruption; class actions; construction defects, delays and cost overruns; elder abuse; false advertising; fraud; insurance claims; intellectual property, including patent, trademark and copyright infringement and trade secrets; lender liability; misrepresentations; partnership disputes; professional malpractice; real property disputes; securities litigation; trust and estates; unfair competition; and white collar crimes.
Personal Injury and Employment Litigation
White Zuckerman and its economic and accounting professionals have been analyzing lost earnings and benefits, medical expenses, personal consumption, and household services in personal injury matters, analyzing lost earnings and benefits and overtime and meal time damages in employment matters, and testifying on our findings for over 30 years, presenting our conclusions concisely and simply to triers of fact.
The types of matters in which we provide economic damages analysis and expert testimony include: personal injury; premises liability; products liability; medical malpractice; wrongful death; wrongful termination; discrimination and harassment; and individual and class action employment matters.
Additional Services
In addition to performing the above services, White Zuckerman sometimes assists attorneys by identifying relevant documents to request in discovery, reviewing documents, performing preliminary analysis for settlement discussions, identifying weaknesses in opposing experts’ analyses, writing deposition and trial questions, and preparing trial exhibits. White Zuckerman also performs consulting services in non-litigated matters, including valuing businesses and real estate, fraud investigations, and financial and strategic planning.
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt
(866) 981-4226 www.wzwlh.com
Experts
White Zuckerman has forensic accounting and economic experts with extensive experience.
· Dr. Barbara C. Luna is the partner in charge of the commercial, personal injury and employment practice. She has been providing forensic accounting and expert witness services for over 30 years and has testified in court over 400 times. She has a PhD in Applied Mathematics from Harvard University with application to Physics and Finance and a BA in Physics from Wellesley College. She is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, a Certified Forensic Financial Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, a Certified Commercial Real Estate Appraiser and a Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser. She previously was a partner with Coopers & Lybrand and has taught working capital management, business finance, forensic accounting and intermediate accounting at UCLA Graduate School of Management, California State University at Northridge and Pepperdine University.
· Dean Atkinson is a partner in the commercial litigation practice. He has testified as an expert witness in commercial litigation and family law matters and has been involved in resolution and settlement negotiations since 1987. He holds credentials from the AICPA as a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified Financial Forensics and from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is experienced and has qualified as an expert in business valuation, business litigation and family law matters.
· David Turner is a partner in the commercial litigation practice. Mr. Turner has been providing forensic accounting and business valuation services since 1989. Mr. Turner received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics from the University of California Santa Barbara. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Accredited in Business Valuation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Turner previously began his career with Coopers & Lybrand.
· Venita McMorris is a partner and an economist in the personal injury and employment practice. She has been providing economic damages and expert witness services for over 20 years and has testified extensively in court. She has a Master of Arts degree in Economics from California State University, Fullerton and a Bachelor of Arts degree from San Diego State University. She previously was a manager with Coopers & Lybrand and an economist with a medical malpractice trust in Southern California. Venita has taught macroeconomics and microeconomics to college students at Pasadena City College as a full-time tenured instructor and at Glendale Community College as a part-time instructor.
· Drew Hunt is the partner in charge of the Orange County office. He has been providing forensic accounting, damages, business valuation and expert witness services for over 20 years and has testified in court hundreds of times in commercial and family law matters. He has an MBA and a BA from Ohio State University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation and has lectured extensively.