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Wanda has experience in financial accounting litigation investigations economic and business consulting covering a broad range of industries. Her primary areas of focus have been in matters involving the assessment of financial damages analysis of lost profits purchase price disputes and forensic accounting and investigations.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Huron Wanda was a Manager in the Forensic practice of KPMG LLP. Representative examples of her engagement experience include:
Prepared and filed an expert report in a breach of contract case relating to long-term leases of office equipment.
Investigated and analyzed damages relating to the failure and liquidation of an offshore hedge fund.
Calculated damages related to the alleged theft of trade secrets and copyright infringement in the home safety industry. Measures of damages included lost profits disgorgement of profits and reasonable royalty.
Prepared financial analysis for an international arbitration in the health insurance industry involving the alleged wrongful termination of an executive. Analysis included valuation of employee stock options as an element of damages.
Performed analysis relating to discovering and correcting the improper accounting treatment of inventory and payables in several large corporations in diverse industries.
Reviewed and investigated questionable claims for a Department of HHS benefit program. Investigation involved analysis of claims and related documents as well as interviews with relevant parties.
Analyzed and traced transactions through several inter-related multinational financial institutions to investigate a suspicious $24 million change in capital of an acquired bank.
Analyzed GAAP issues surrounding a purchase price dispute involving the acquisition of a multi-national chemical company.
Evaluated damages relating to an alleged executive-level wrongful termination and calculated counterclaim lost-profits damages on behalf of the employer. Alleged wrongful termination damages included analysis of employee stock options.
Managed the analysis of the effects of debt subordination on partnership distributions in a case involving a complex interrelated organizational structure and multiple related party transactions in the real estate industry.
Analyzed post-acquisition sales tax liability for a national dollar store chain involved in multi-state review of pre-acquisition tax practices.
Education & Certifications
Master of Business Administration Finance University of Maryland
Bachelor of Science Business Management University of Maryland University College
Bachelor of Science Elementary Education University of Maryland
Certified Public Accountant Maryland
Professional Associations
Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants
Member National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
Associate Member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Associate Member American Bar Association
Associate Member National Bar Association
Publications
"Do You Think it Might Rain? " with Tamika Tremaglio The Woman Advocate Newsletter American Bar Association Section of Litigation Volume VIII Summer 2003.
"Agreement Vetting: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure " with Tamika Tremaglio and John Reis The Institutional Corporate Law Section Newsletter National Bar Association Vol. 8 No. 1 January 2002.
Has Daubert Changed the Way That Experts Are Used in Litigation? A Look Back at the Last Ten Years ABA Minority Trial Lawyers Spring 2005 Volume 3 Number 2; co-authored with Tamika Tremaglio. | 