Jon D. Wheeler (retired)          

Most civil litigation involves questions of money. An entire field of accounting has grown up around this called "forensic accounting". Many of these cases involve complex issues regarding the flow of funds, whether transactions have been properly accounting for, business losses and damages occurring from the breach of contracts, etc. My professional experience in analyzing financial data for assessing leveraged buyout and merger/acquisiton candidates has given me a solid feel for sorting through the financial information of companies or individuals and preparing summaries that allow the readers to grasp and understand what is important from that information. My experience in the litigation field itself may be summarized as follows:

• Litigation cases - 36.
• Testimony in deposition - 14; Testimony at trial - 14; Total - 28.
• Case Jurisdictions:
  • State Courts: Washington, Oregon, California, and Montana.
  • Federal Court: District courts in Montana and Northern California, bankruptcy courts in Washington and Wyoming.
  • Arbitration in the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court, Northern California.
  • Mediation Proceedings - Washington State.
• Scope of Services:
  • Calculation of damages - lost wages
  • Calculation of damages - contract disputes including lost profits
  • Income tax issues
  • Business valuations in divorce cases
  • Business valuations in contract disputes
  • Lender liability counter-claims
  • Bankruptcies
  • Forensic analysis and presentation of financial data.
  • Forensic analysis of complex financing structures (large-scale tax shelters).
• Industries:
  • Agribusiness
  • Trucking
  • Banking
  • Construction
  • Farming & Ranching
  • Gold mining
  • Large scale tax shelter programs:
    • Agribusiness
    • Custom Adjustable Rate Debt programs (CARDS)
    • Bond Options Sale Strategy programs (Son of BOSS)
  • Public relations/advertising companies
  • Real estate development
  • Tire Dealerships
  • Wholesale Operations

"Jon has extensive litigation experience over a 40-year span including consulting on case strategies, business valuations, calculation of damages for wages/businesses, etc. In my case he has particular expertise in "farm" matters which were invaluable to me. I intend to use Jon again, including on the "West" side. He was creative, proactive, and very, very communicative."

Craig Beetham

EISENHOWER & CARLSON, PLLC

Tacoma, Washington