Alan Forester

Areas of Expertise: 

Alan Forester, CPA, Attorney, M.A., C.Phil., provides accounting, financial, economics, business valuation, and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation.  Mr. Forester has testified as an expert in various state and federal courts in California. 

Credentials: 

Alan Forester is a Certified Public Accountant, Attorney, and Economist.  He received his M.A. in Economics and Finance, his Ph.D. Candidacy degree in Economics from UCLA, and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.  Mr. Forester is an adjunct professor at California State University (CSU) and has teaching credentials in Accounting and Economics. 

Mr. Forester has taught tax, accounting, business law, statistics, and computer courses to graduate and undergraduate students, which required strong interpersonal and communication and public speaking skills. 

Mr. Forester has considerable experience in the field of business and tax law, augmented by a formal education in law, economics and accounting, a background in real estate law as a licensed California Real Estate Broker, experience as a practicing California attorney, CPA and expert witness/forensic accountant, testifying in corporate law, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, divorce, and business litigation cases on damages and valuation issues. 

Mr. Forester has analyzed computer databases using statistical techniques, such as Regression Analysis, Logit, Maximum likelihood and mean variance analysis to analyze voluminous data. 

Mr. Forester is a Judicial Arbitrator of the Superior Court of the State of California for Los Angeles County as well as a mandatory fee arbitrator for State Bar of California. 

Mr. Forester is a member of the United States Supreme Court,  Supreme Court of California, United States Tax Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western and Central Federal District Courts of California, American Bar Association, California Bar Association, American Economics Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the California Society of Certified Public Accountants, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.