Frank Wisehart is a seasoned expert witness who has more than twenty-five years of testifying experience and has made more than one hundred appearances at depositions and trial.
His expertise includes business valuation, white collar civil/criminal, family law, lost profits, alter ego, money laundering, and general commercial litigation financial issues. Mr. Wisehart is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, Accredited in Business Valuation professional, and Master Analyst in Financial Forensics.
In addition to his investigative experience, Mr. Wisehart spent more than ten years as a controller and chief financial officer in the real estate development, construction and management, advertising, and information technology industries.
Mr. Wisehart earned MBAs from Cornell University and Queen’s University. He is a National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) instructor with distinction and won NACVA’s Circle of Light instructor award in 2013. He has served on NACVA’s Valuation Credentialing Board, Litigation Forensics Board, and Standards Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Technical Standards Subcommittee regarding Generally Accepted Accounting Standards.
Areas of Expertise
Education
Cornell University
MBA, 2009
Queen’s University, Canada
MBS, 2009
Miami University
BS, Accounting/Finance, 1988
Selected Engagements
Publications and Presentations
- “Current Updates in Valuation,” coauthor, presenter, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) (May, September, October, November 2023).
- “Board Governance Update – 2023,” copresenter, Bar Association of San Francisco (February 2023).
- “A Litigator’s Guide to Financial Data,” coauthor/copresenter, Bar Association of San Francisco (December 2022).
- “Harnessing Massive Data to Track Money Movement, Uncover Fraud,” Journal of Corporate Renewal (July/August 2020).
- “Understanding Business Valuation for Divorce Litigation,” Daily Journal/California Lawyer (June 2020).
- “Intermediate Valuation,” coauthor/lecturer, NAVCA, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (December 2019).
- “A Litigator’s Guide to Business Valuation,” author/lecturer, San Mateo County Bar Association (April 2018); Bar Association of San Francisco (January 2018, October 2017, and December 2016); Alameda County Bar Association (October 2017); California State Bar Association Family Law Section (October 2019 and December 2018).
- “When Attorneys Attack – Defending Your Expert Report,” author/lecturer, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners National Conference, Austin, Texas (June 2019).
- “Fraud, Facts and Forensics – What Attorneys Need to Know,” panel presentation, Bar Association of San Francisco (June 2019).
- “Litigation Report Writing (for Experts),” webinar presenter, NACVA (November 2018, May 2019).
- “Accounting 301 for Litigators,” author/lecturer, Bar Association of San Francisco (January 2019).
- “10 Common Errors in Valuations and How to Address These Issues,” webinar presenter, NACVA (September 2018).
- “20 Valuation Databases in 100 Minutes,” co-lecturer, NACVA National Convention, Las Vegas, Nevada (June 2018).
- “Advanced Techniques for Exceptional Report Writing,” webinars, author/lecturer, NACVA (2010 – 2018).
- “Looking Back at ‘Daubert,’” California Lawyer Online (October 2017).
- “The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, How What You Don’t Know and Don’t Do Can Hurt You and Your Client,” coauthor/presenter, Bar Association of San Francisco (March 2017).
- “Facts to Conclusion (for Business Valuation),” contributing author/lecturer, NACVA, Atlanta, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Orlando, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, New York City, Scottsdale, Denver, Washington, DC (2004 – 2016).
- “The Market Method Approach to Business Valuations,” contributing author/lecturer, NACVA, Atlanta, Phoenix, Minneapolis, Orlando, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, Miami, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Francisco, San Diego, Boston, New York City, Scottsdale, Denver, Washington, DC (2004 – 2016).
- “Special Purpose Valuations (Fair Value, ASC 805, ASC 820), Mergers and Acquisitions and Litigation),” contributing author/lecturer, NACVA webinars, Baltimore, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, Phoenix, Atlanta, New York City, Miami, Scottsdale, Denver, Washington, DC (2008 – 2016).
- “Business Valuation: Fundamentals, Techniques, and Theory,” contributing author, NACVA (2015).