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Expert Testimony Experience

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  • Participated in litigation support to defense team in a commercial dispute that included forensic accounting analysis of three years’ of corporate expenses (including personal transactions of shareholder) and expert testimony regarding reliance damages; also included critique of plaintiff’s claim.  Case dismissed with prejudice.
  • Participated in a team providing expert testimony for the General Electric Company’s CAS 413 pension case before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, in which GE’s position was upheld in the Court’s decision and sustained in all particulars in the subsequent appellate Court decision.  (Teledyne, 50 Fed. Cl. 155 (2001) and Allegheny Teledyne v. US, 316 F.3d 1366 (Fed. Cir. 2003)).
  • Under direction of external counsel defended a small equipment manufacturer in a Federal criminal proceeding, developed alternate damage calculations, which were accepted by the local Assistant U.S. Attorney and judge, and used to establish sanctions under Federal Sentencing Guidelines.
  • Under director of internal and external counsel, led team in support of aviation maintenance contractor’s Department of Defense Voluntary Disclosure investigation, which included a forensic accounting analysis of $50 million in billings, review of internal controls, and assessment of accounting transactions for compliance with applicable statutes, regulations, and contract terms and conditions.  Efforts included calculation of Government's loss (quantum), briefing corporate management, and briefings to Army CIC, DCAA investigators, and DoJ attorneys.  Project resulted in an acceptable settlement for contractor and allegations of several criminal felonies for Contracting Officer's Technical Representative (COTR).
  • Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM), Association of Government Accountants
  • Provided expert testimony on Government cost accounting, contract administration and source evaluation issues, Orange County (California) Superior Court.  (Wireless Facilities, Inc. & WFI Government Services, Inc. (WFI) v. Celeris Systems, Inc.)
  • Led outsourced internal audit teams at several aerospace & defense entities.  Led team evaluating compliance and business practice compliance at the Federal business unit of a multi-billion dollar publicly traded entity.  The resulting report, performed under privilege, identified several internal control gaps that exposed the entity to allegations of violation of the Trade Agreements Act and other statutory/regulatory requirements associated with its General Services Administration Multiple Award Contract.  Briefed the final report to General Counsel and the Board of Directors.
 

Newsflash

In March 2009, Nick Sanders’ article “Surviving Government Audits: Have the Rules of Engagement Changed?” was published in Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Reports (4 No. 2 GCCPAR P. 11). Apogee Consulting, Inc. is proud to announce that Mr. Sanders’ article was selected for reprint and publication in Thomson West’s The New Landscape of Government Contracting.  Mr. Sanders, Apogee Consulting’s Principal Consultant, joins such distinguished contributors as Professors Steven Schooner and Christopher Yukins, Luis Victorino and John Chierachella, Joseph West and Karen Manos, Joseph Barsalona and Philip Koos and Richard Meene, and several others.  The text covers a lot of ground, ranging from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to Business Ethics and Corporate Compliance, and includes several articles on the False Claim Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.  In addition, the text includes the full text of many statutory and regulatory matters affecting Government contract compliance.

 

The book may be found here.