Drew E. Voth, CPA/CFF, CIRA/CDBV, CFE, CVA
Mr. Voth brings his 30+ years of experience in accounting, finance, valuation, economics and statistics to bear on earnings evaluations, reasonable royalty studies, valuations, damages studies, licensing, and other areas. He has testified in deposition and/or trial in a variety of matters including intellectual property infringement, class action, defamation, employment, investigation, and breach of contract matters.
Notable engagements include: prevailing testimony in the oft-cited copyright infringement indirect damages matter Mackie v. Reiser, 296 F.3d 909 (9th Cir. 2002); a no-damage ruling in an underlying patent infringement legal malpractice claim in excess of a billion dollars; testimony in multiple class action matters; and multimillion dollar awards in various matters including breach of contract and theft of trade secret matters.
Mr. Voth has provided consulting to clients in many industries, including consumer products, aerospace, hospitality, telecommunications, gaming, computer software, computer hardware, bio-pharma, medical specialty products, retail, manufacturing, natural resources and others.
A past member of the AICPA’s FVS Damages Task Force, Mr. Voth co-authored the practice aid book Calculating Damages in Intellectual Property Disputes, 4th edition. He also holds an honors degree in economics from Pomona College. Former firms: Alvarez & Marsal, PwC, Arthur Andersen, KPMG, FTI, Grant Thornton.