James G. Atkins, MBA, CPA*/ABV, CFE

James G. Atkins, MBA, CPA/ABV, CFE is the Managing Director of Economic Forensics, LLC in Orlando, Florida. He is a past President of the National Litigation Support Services Association, an Instructor for the Consultants' Training Institute (CTI), and Senior Editor of National Litigation Consultants' Review.

He is the author of more than forty published articles and the developer of more than twenty CLE-approved seminars for training attorneys in the effective utilization of the financial expert, calculation and recovery of damages, and business value. Jim is a frequent speaker before large law firms, county and state bar associations, national legal training programs, and CPA organizations.

Economic Forensics, LLC focuses exclusively on support to counsel as either consultant or expert witness in economic and financial matters involving business damages, lost profits, construction claims, business value, intellectual property, economic impairment, marital dissolution, CPA malpractice, and fraud detection and prevention.

Jim has been accepted as an expert in State and Federal court, and has been involved in dozens of litigation matters on behalf of both the plaintiff and the defense. His analysis and testimony have proven critical in cases involving lost profits, damages arising from fraudulent inducement, shareholder disputes, business valuations, wrongful terminations, divorce, breach of contract, franchise disputes, criminal embezzlement, and more. He is accredited in business valuation (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and certified as a fraud examiner by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Jim holds active CPA licenses in Florida, Oregon, and Tennessee. He is a Former Peer Reviewer for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants qualified to review and evaluate the professional practices of other firms, and a past member of the Florida Institute of CPA’s Peer Review Acceptance Committee.

Prior to his public accounting career, Jim was a senior executive with two different Fortune 500 companies, as well as with the largest privately owned trucking conglomerate in the world. He provided leadership for mergers, acquisitions, and turnarounds; directed strategic planning and management reporting, served as chief financial officer, and as chief operating officer and general manager of two subsidiary corporations.

Jim received a Master of Business Administration degree with an emphasis in finance from Oregon State University, and a Bachelor of Science degree from Portland State University both earned with honors. He has served as a member of the faculties of Oregon State University, Central Piedmont Community College, and Columbia College (Orlando Naval Base Extension), where he taught organizational business behavior, accounting, and other business courses.

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James G. Atkins
MBA, CPA/ABV,
CFE, CVA
Managing Principal

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