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James S. Feltman Senior Managing Director, Mesirow Financial Consulting, LLC |
| 405 Lexington Ave., 40th Fl., The Chrysler Building, New York, NY 10174 | 212.808.8370 | | |
Corporate Recovery
- Provides financial advisory services involving business turnarounds, restructuring and reorganization and debt restructuring and acting as a chief restructuring officer
- Extensive corporate recovery experience across numerous industries including aviation, retail, manufacturing, real estate, healthcare and financial services
- Vast experience acting in a variety of Federal and State Court appointments including Chapter 11 trustee, examiner and panel trustee, mediator and arbitrator
- Past engagements include Hoop Holdings (the Disney Stores), Friedman's Inc., Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Atlas Airlines, Kmart, Integrated Health Services, American Way Service, Banco Central de Ecuador, Cascade International and Service Merchandise
- Previously served as a partner in the U.S. corporate recovery practice of KPMG LLP and Arthur Andersen LLP
- Experience testifying as an expert witness in more than 40 cases involving solvency, valuation, plan feasibility, professional malpractice and fraud
- Investigates, settles or prosecutes hundreds of claims including restructurings, Director and Officer claims, breach of contract and a variety of breach of duty claims
- Global reach in investigative matters involving fiduciary responsibility, international fraud, business seizure and takeover, bank looting, foreign trust and securities transactions
- Testified as the liability expert in the high-profile BDO Seidman case that was covered in the National Law Journal, New York Times and Wall Street Journal
- Serves debtors-in-possession, secured creditors, committees of unsecured creditors and bondholders and other parties-in-interest and has served in interim management roles
- Provides expert testimony in matters involving business valuation, foreign currency trades, swap transactions and sale of real estate
- Provides financial advisory services involving business organizations experiencing significant financial and operating difficulties
- Previously served as a partner with Arthur Anderson LLP and KPMG LLP
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Florida
- Provides commentary for major national and trade publications, including
The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Bloomberg News, Bankruptcy Law360, ABI Journal and Business Travel World - Frequently serves as panelist and speaker on a variety of business and restructuring issues
- B.A, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- M.P.S., Cornell University
- American Bankruptcy Institute, served on Board of Directors 2002-2008, member
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, member
- Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, member
- American College of Bankruptcy, fellow
- Certified Fraud Examiners, member
