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Accounting - Forensic
Business - Business Interruption
Construction - Damages
Economic Analysis
Finance
Lost Profits
Accounting - General
Commercial damages, Lost Profits damages, Construction damages, Real estate damages, and related areas.
Jack W. Harris, CPA is an expert with 44 years forensic accounting and auditing, claims and damages experience focused in the areas of construction, mining, energy, real estate and land development, insurance, surety, and related areas. Expertise includes damages quantification, cost verification, lost profits analyses, financial management, accounting, internal auditing, valuations, and fraud investigations.
Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified in Financial Forensics, Chartered Global Management Accountant, Master Analyst in Financial Forensics
M.B.A., Finance, University of San Diego, San Diego, California; B.S.B.A., Accounting, San Diego State University, San Diego, California
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Jack W. Harris, CPA is an expert with 44 years forensic accounting and auditing, claims and damages experience focused in the areas of construction, mining, energy, real estate and land development, insurance, surety, and related areas. Expertise includes damages quantification, cost verification, lost profits analyses, financial management, accounting, internal auditing, valuations, and fraud investigations. Mr. Harris has worked on numerous domestic and international projects. Mr. Harris serves as an independent expert and consultant and has held various management auditing and controller positions with major accounting, construction, financial services, and diversified firms. Mr. Harris is admitted as a Neutral with the American Arbitration Association for construction and accounting matters. Mr. Harris has served as an arbitrator, mediator, and special master. Mr. Harris’ industry focus includes but is not limited to construction, mining, energy, real estate and land development, insurance, surety, and related industries. Other industry expertise includes but not limited to high technology, medical, retail, manufacturing, distribution, firearms manufacturing, auto dealership, securities, and professional services. Mr. Harris provides expert and consulting services on behalf of plaintiffs or defendants, and either owners or contractors. Mr. Harris has directed and performed numerous expert analyses and calculations involving issues of cost impact, cost reporting, claims damages assessment, lost profits, cost-to-complete estimates, home office costs, lost revenue, business interruption, operational costs, interest damages, foreign currency exchange, and others. He has provided expert witness testimony (at depositions and trial) and has experience with expert reporting, strategic case development, and the discovery process (including preparation, rebuttal and response to interrogatories). Mr. Harris’ dispute resolution experience includes coordination and assistance to counsel and with other experts in scheduling, delay, disruption, acceleration, change orders, productivity and inefficiency, cumulative impact, differing site conditions, measured mile, termination, and other technical issues. Engagement experience includes a wide range of projects, including infrastructure and transportation projects (tunnels, highways, pipelines, viaducts, airports, and rail), power plants (co-generation, geothermal and hydroelectric), process (petrochemical plants, coal mining and wastewater treatment plants), buildings (hotels, resorts, casinos, museums, apartments, offices, hospital, prison, pre-engineered metal, retail, commercial, and schools), telecommunications projects (cable and fiber optic), offshore structures, and other special projects (golf courses), residential. He has performed and directed engagements throughout the US and in Canada, Denmark, Holland, Argentina, Spain, Mexico, US Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. He has conducted detailed on-site inspections of accounting, cost and project records for many of his engagements.
