Joel E. LeschCPA, CFE, CFF

Mr. Lesch has over forty years of consulting experience involving commercial and government disputes and business consulting. Mr. Lesch specializes in damage claim preparation and analysis, forensic accounting, and fraud investigations. He also performs financial, accounting and economic analysis of mergers, acquisitions, and other transactions. His litigation experience includes working for plaintiffs and defendants and working in civil and criminal matters. Mr. Lesch has testified as an expert witness in Federal Court, the Court of Federal Claims, state courts and before arbitration panels.

Areas of Expertise

Mr. Lesch has prepared and defended damage claims in breach of contract suits, government contract, intellectual property, anti-trust, environmental, and other matters. He has developed calculations for lost profits or increased costs, quantified damages resulting from specific transactions, determined reasonable royalty rates, performed business valuations, and quantified profits made by the defendants through unlawful activity. numerous matters, he worked closely with engineers and other technical experts.

Mr. Lesch has quantified change order, delay, and disruption costs for government contracts and prepared termination settlement proposals. He has a worked with government contractors to help them meet FAR and CAS requirements. He has also assisted contractors in responding to RFPs by helping with proposal pricing and FAR compliance.

Mr. Lesch has investigated management fraud including identifying thefts of corporate assets, unlawful conversion of property, misuse of corporate assets, and misappropriations of corporate opportunities. He has quantified the impact of the fraud on the company’s profitability, value, and ability to continue as a going concern. His work has also included tracing money laundering and international funds flow.

Mr. Lesch has evaluated the financial position of troubled companies. He has worked with creditors to evaluate the causes of debtor’s problems, debtor’s cash flow, adequacy of collateral and the viability of reorganization plans. He has evaluated solvency issues and the impact of settlements and fines on the ability of the firm to pay and continue as a going concern.

Expert Witness Services

Commercial and Economic Damages
Construction Chanes, Delay, and Disruption Claims
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigations
Government Contracts Claims and Terminations
Intellectual Property Damages
Solvency and Bankruptcy

Selected Industries

Aviation and Aerospace
Banking Financial Services and Insurance
Electronics Software & Integrated Systems
Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals
Manufacturing
Real Estate
Transportation
Utilities and Energy Production

Education & Certification

MBA, The University of Texas at Austin
BBA, The University of Texas at Austin
Certified Public Accountant (CPE)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)