Baker Tilly
Frank A. Wisehart, Partner, CPA
50 Fremont Street40th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115 Phone: (415) 500-5108 Fax: (415) 956-1405 Email: frank.wisehart@bakertilly.com Website: www.bakertilly.com
Specialties
Baker Tilly's Global Forensics team is a leading FORENSIC ACCOUNTING, BUSINESS VALUATION and LITIGATION CONSULTING practice that specializes in the legal, corporate and insurance markets globally.
Its accountants and consultants have performed comprehensive financial investigations and valuations for over 40 years.
Bringing experience and expertise in a broad range of sectors to clients on every engagement, Baker Tilly's investigative accounting, business valuation and financial consulting services deliver clarity in the most complex situations. Their partners have a long history of serving as financial expert witnesses. They have testified as expert witnesses on the measurement of economic damages, business valuation issues and fraud examinations in dispute proceedings and litigation in State and Federal courts across the U.S.
Degrees/Licenses
CPA's, ABV's, CFF's, CFE's, MAFF's
Formal Education
MBA, Cornell University; BS, Business Administration, Miami University
Prof. Affiliations
Baker Tilly International
Prior Expert
Frank Wisehart is a court approved expert witness with over 25 years of experience in: Forensic Accounting; Business Valuation; Lost Profits; IP Valuation; Family Law; Commercial; Damages; Bankruptcy/Reorganization. He is a trusted advisor on the financial implications of strategic transactions and business disputes.
AncestryProGenealogists
1300 Traverse ParkwayLehi, Utah 84043 Phone: (385) 775-5743 - Project Estimates and Sales: Elizabeth Scott Alternate: (385) 775-5765 - Research Team Manager: Deena Darst Email: probate@ancestry.com Website: www.progenealogists.com/heir-research
Specialties
Work primarily with attorneys practicing in trusts and estates, probate, and real estate on legal matters requiring identification of next-of-kin.
Family tree reconstruction of complete families or select branches of interest.
Identification of unknown heirs, missing beneficiaries, or interested parties, both domestically and internationally.
Descendancy research to locate contact information for living people.
Verification, completion, or correction of research begun by other parties.
Researchers hold disinterested third-party status, producing independent findings and impartial testimony.
Production of court-ready work product, including affidavits of due diligence, family charts, exhibits, and custom deliverables.
Degrees/Licenses
Our research staff hold the following industry credentials: Accredited Genealogist, Certified Genealogist, Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists, Genetic Genealogy Certification, Project Management Professional (PMP), paralegal certificate, court-qualified expert witness
Degrees and fields of study include: Advanced degrees (4 Juris Doctors, 10 Ph.D., 59 MA); BBA/MBA (Marketing, Management); Bachelor’s degrees (with concentrations in Family History, History, Civil War, 19th Century America, Museum Studies, Oral History Art History, English, Linguistics, Anthropology, Photography)
Licenses: Private Investigator
Languages: 32 read, 20 spoken
Our research staff includes many published authors and conference/institute speakers on genealogical topics.
Elliott M. Stein MD
Geriatric Psychiatry 525 Midvale WayMill Valley, CA 94941 Phone: (415) 672-9352 Email: geripsych@aol.com Website: www.elliottsteinmd.com
Specialties
I am available to serve as an expert witness, and provide legal and forensic consultation, medical record reviews, and assessments concerning psychiatric issues in older individuals, including testamentary capacity, contested wills and trusts, competence, undue influence, dementia, delirium, Alzheimer's, depression, anxiety, psychosis, nursing homes, assisted living, hospitals, psychotropic medication, Medicare.
Degrees/Licenses
M.D., licensed in CA and FL.
Formal Education
B.S., Psychology, Pennsylvania State University, 1965-1969; M.D., Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1969-1973; Internship and Residency, Psychiatry, Herrick Memorial Hospital, Berkeley, CA, 1973-1976.
Registration and Licenses
Board Certified in Geriatric Psychiatry, Board Certified in Psychiatry.
Previous/Current Position
Clinical Psychiatrist in Geriatric Psychiatry program, San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center 2021-present. Psychiatric Consultant to San Francisco Towers CRCC Life Care Community 2020 - present. Clinical Professor of Psychiatry (Voluntary), University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. Served as Director of Psychiatry and Medical Director of the Geriatric Psychiatric Hospital for the Jewish Home of San Francisco, 2010-2020. Previously in Private Practice of Geriatric and Older Adult Psychiatry in Miami and Miami Beach, Florida for 33 years. I have been Medical Director for the Community Mental Health Center of Miami Beach, Medical Director of an Inpatient Geriatric Psychiatry program, and Medical Director of an Inpatient Mood Disorder program, as well as consulting at Nursing Homes, Assisted Living and other facilities.
Honors/Awards
Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Distinguished Fellow of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. In 1997, given the Founder’s Award by the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry for contributions to the field, only the 3rd recipient in 35 years. In 2001, given the Weinberg Memorial Award in Geriatric Psychiatry by the American Psychiatric Association, their highest award in Geriatric Psychiatry. ln 2003, was the first recipient of the Clinician of the Year Award from the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. In 2004, given Distinguished Alumnus Award by the University of Miami School of Medicine. Listed in Best Doctors in America beginning 1992. Board of Directors (1982-1985) and twice elected President of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (1985-1987). Treasurer (1989-1993) and on Board of Directors (1993-1997) of the International PsychoGeriatric Association, and Member of the Task Force on Testamentary Capacity and Undue Influence (2007-2016).
Prof. Affiliations
American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, American Psychiatric Association, American Medical Association, Northern California Psychiatric Society, American Geriatrics Society, Gerontological Association of America, International PsychoGeriatric Association. American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, and Member of the Geriatric Psychiatry and the Law Committee (2202-2024).
Publications
Author/co-author of multiple books and book chapters, and articles in the professional literature. Lecturer at local, regional, national, and international conferences. Recent publications include "Geriatric Psychiatric Outpatient Care: The Private Practice Model in the USA", in the textbook Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry, 3rd Edition (2011), and "Does your client have testamentary capacity? Mental health and memory issues that affect estate planning." California Trusts and Estates Quarterly, 17 (2), 2011.
Prior Expert
Legal consultation regarding Geriatric Psychiatry matters in more than 70 cases. I have worked with attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants.