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Association of International Certified
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS Professional Accountants (“AICPA”) has ECONOMICS
recognized him as additionally Certified
in Financial Forensics (“CFF”) and as a
Chartered Global Management Accountant
Stan V. Smith, Ph.D. (“CGMA”) . He earned the National Association Stan V. Smith, Ph.D.
President of Certified Valuators and Analysts (“NACVA”) President
Smith Economics Group, Ltd. Certified Valuation Analyst (“CVA”) and Master Smith Economics
Chicago, IL Analyst in Financial Forensics (“MAFF”) Group, Ltd.
designations . The Association of Insolvency
Phone: (312) 943-1551 and Restructuring Advisors (“AIRA”) has 1165 N . Clark Street, Suite 600
E-mail: stan@smitheconomics .com awarded him its Certified Insolvency and Chicago, IL 60610
Restructuring Advisor (“CIRA”) certificate Phone: (312) 943-1551
(Please see our resume on page 112 for further and its Certification in Distressed Business Fax: (312) 943-1016
details.) E-mail: stan@smitheconomics .com
Valuation credential (“CDBV”) . He is a
Certified Fraud Examiner (“CFE”) awarded by Web: http://www .smitheconomics .com
the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
ECONOMIC DAMAGES (“ACFE”) and he has earned a Chartered Degrees/Licenses: BS, MBA, Ph .D .
Accountant (“CA”) credential .
Profile: Dr . Stan V . Smith is a University of
Michael D. Pakter CPA, (Please see our resume on page 107 for further Chicago educated economist . As president
CFF, CGMA, CFE, CVA, details.) of Smith Economics Group, economic legal
consultants for plaintiff and defense attorneys,
MAFF, CA, CIRA, CDBV he has provided testimony and litigation
Gould & Pakter ECONOMIC DAMAGES/ support services in evaluating damages
Associates, LLC LOST PROFITS in thousands of cases nationwide . He has
developed state-of-the-art econometric
203 North LaSalle Street, Suite analysis for: personal injury, business and
2100 other losses including those listed below . He
Chicago, IL 60601 Michael D. Pakter CPA, CFF, CGMA, co-authored the first textbook in the field of
Phone: (773) 671-1950 forensic economics . His work has been cited
E-mail: mpakter@litcpa .com CFE, CVA, MAFF, CA, CIRA, CDBV extensively in The Wall Street Journal, The
Web: litcpa .com/michael-pakter Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC ABA Journal, The National Law Journal, Trial,
Chicago, IL and elsewhere .
Degrees/Licenses: CPA, CFF, CGMA, CFE, Phone: (773) 671-1950
CVA, MAFF, CA, CIRA, CDBV E-mail: mpakter@litcpa .com (Please see our resume on page 112 for further
details.)
Profile: Mr . Pakter focuses his professional (Please see our resume on page 107 for further
practice on forensic accounting, economic details.)
damages, financial analyses, distressed
businesses, fraud/financial investigations, ELECTRICAL
business valuation, business economics
and litigation support services . He has
provided expert services in matters involving Thomas H. Burtness, PE, BSEE,
accounting, lost profits/earnings, business CFEI
interruption, breach of contract, audit failure, Burtness Engineering Services
analysis of financial transactions/balances,
alter ego, bankruptcy, fraud, accounting White Heath, IL
books and records and the reconstruction of Phone: (217) 687-4450
incomplete, misstated and/or falsified financial Alt . Phone: (217) 898-8000
information . E-mail: tom@burtnesseng .com

Mr . Pakter provides consulting and dispute (Please see our resume on page 95 for further
avoidance/resolution services to trial details.)
lawyers, trustees, examiners, receivers,
business owners and managers and units of ElectroQuest, LLC
federal, state and local government . Many John M. Tobias, Ph.D., P.E.
engagements combine complex financial Principal Consulting Engineer
analysis, economic damages, valuation and
distressed business issues, often involving Oxford, PA
applying many professional disciplines to Phone: (732) 674-2530
assist in resolving complex commercial E-mail: jmt@electroquest-llc .com
litigation and business disputes .
(Please see our resume on page 98 for further
Mr . Pakter has more than 45 years of details.)
experience in accounting and forensic
accounting, business economics and
investigations in numerous industries and
diverse engagements, including more than
25 years of experience in economic damages
and business valuations . State, Federal and
Bankruptcy Courts, as well as arbitrators, have
recognized him as an expert in accounting,
forensic accounting, economic damages,
financial analysis, business valuation and
business economics . He has served as an
expert witness, a Rule 30(b)(6) witness and a
Rule 1006 witness .

Mr. Pakter is a Certified Public Accountant
(“CPA”), registered and licensed in the State
of Illinois . The

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