Assisting law firms representing owners in partnership disputes related to revenues, expenses, distributions, and reporting.

Designing a royalty audit identification approach, including developing risk factors (flags) and performing multiple royalty audits for a large university system with multiple campuses.

Reviewing financial statements on behalf of a California Department of Consumer Affairs Bureau to assist in evaluating licensee financial viability.

Conducted over 100 financial and fraud investigations at Stanford University,  Stanford Hospital, and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital while conducting interviews and evaluating thousands of financial records. Approximately 30 of these were conducted virtually. 

Conducted an internal investigation at a publicly held high-tech company into allegations of “stuffing the channel” financial statement manipulations. 

Appointed by a judge to act as an accounting referee in a construction claims dispute. 

Testified in deposition and to a jury about the professional standards of a CPA  when preparing tax returns and when a conflict of interest existed. 

Testified in deposition and at a bench trial about the professional standards for a CPA providing expert witness services. The judge’s favorable ruling was consistent with expert testimony. 

Provided expert testimony at a bench trial. Report and testimony provided descriptions and analysis of the application of GAAP and GAAS. The judge ruled in favor of the client on all the accounting issues in dispute.  

Testified as an expert in front of an international arbitration panel in Geneva in a royalty dispute over the normal scope of a royalty audit.

Testified as an expert in front of an international arbitration panel in London.  Doug’s testimony detailed his international team's royalty audit work in the Netherlands related to a well-known clothing and lifestyle trademark.  The team’s work included an analysis of multiple distribution channels in 33 countries and retail stores.

Assisted mediator in claims against the auditor of a bankrupt company on behalf of the bankruptcy trustee. Educated mediator about the applicable CPA  professional standards, GAAP, and GAAS, which led to a successful settlement. 

Testified to an arbiter in a post-acquisition dispute related to high-performance test and measurement inventory value. Evaluated financial statements,  internal controls, and accounting firm’s work against professional standards. The favorable arbitration ruling was consistent with the expert opinion. 

Provided expert testimony in deposition and to the jury at a trial involving widely used microprocessor patents. The jury ruled in favor of the client in an amount consistent with expert testimony. 

Provided expert testimony at trial regarding identifying and illustrating indicia of alter ego related to a real estate holding company. The judge’s favorable ruling was consistent with expert testimony.