Dale
Kitchens
Director
Dale Kitchens is a trusted financial expert witness and consultant in litigation, arbitration, and forensic investigations. With 45 years’ experience, he testifies on complex litigation matters and fraud investigations in federal and state courts across the US. He has served as an accounting and auditing expert for the SEC in enforcement cases and other federal agencies (e.g., US DOJ, FDIC, OTS, etc.). He has significant testimony experience over a 35-year period.
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Dale’s experience includes:
- Performing financial statement audits and internal control reviews
- Leading numerous fraud and forensic accounting investigations related to a variety of matters for US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registrants, privately held companies and federal agencies
- Serving as an expert witness and arbitrator in purchase-price disputes related to the application of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
- Serving as a consulting and testifying expert in accounting, auditing, and forensic accounting-related engagements, including auditor liability cases focused on the application of GAAP and generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS) and standards issued by the US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
- Serving as an accounting and financial expert witness related to damages and lost profits in various civil disputes
- Developing accounting and auditing standards for the accounting profession and regulatory agencies
- Developing and leading training courses on accounting and auditing topics
Prior to joining FRA, Dale served as EY’s fraud investigations practice leader in the Americas, and as a technical partner in EY’s National Audit Office, developing standards and methodologies for EY’s global audit practice. He also served as an audit partner at EY serving clients in a variety of industries.
Dale has also served as the SEC’s GAAP and auditing expert in several SEC enforcement cases and has served as an accounting and auditing expert and consultant for numerous other federal agencies such as the US DOJ, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and other federal banking agencies.
- Big Four Auditor: Served as the accounting and auditing expert for a Big Four auditing firm in a malpractice suit alleging undetected mortgage fraud in a multi-billion-dollar suit brought by Freddie Mac.
- Real Estate Lender: Supported litigation against a hedge fund that shorted the shares of the client, and then publicly criticized the client, making claims that it was a Ponzi scheme.
- US Securities and Exchange Commission: Served as the SEC's testifying expert in federal court in an enforcement case against the former CEO and CFO of a multi-billion-dollar mortgage origination and securitization company.
- US Department of Justice Case: Testified on behalf of senior executives on trial in a federal criminal case alleging executives of multiple entities violated SEC securities laws over financial reporting.
Biography
Dale Kitchens is a trusted financial expert witness and consultant in litigation, arbitration, and forensic investigations. With 45 years’ experience, he testifies on complex litigation matters and fraud investigations in federal and state courts across the US. He has served as an accounting and auditing expert for the SEC in enforcement cases and other federal agencies (e.g., US DOJ, FDIC, OTS, etc.). He has significant testimony experience over a 35-year period.
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