Harold G. Martin, Jr., is a Director in Keiter’s Valuation and Forensic Services (VFS) Practice. He was formerly the Partner-in-Charge of the VFS Practice for 23 years, and member of Keiter’s Executive and Partner Compensation Committees.
Harold is also the Managing Director of the Financial Consulting Group (FCG), the leading organization of independently owned business valuation, forensic, and financial consulting firms in North America.
Harold also serves as an adjunct professor at The College of William and Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business. He has taught forensic accounting in the Master of Accounting program for 21 years and served as a guest lecturer for the M.B.A program and the Marshall-Wythe School of Law. He has also served as a guest instructor at the FBI Academy for forensic accountants in Quantico, Virginia, as well as the National Judicial College.
He was previously affiliated for 13 years with two of the “Big Eight” (now “Big Four”) international accounting firms. Harold served as a Director responsible for managing the Financial Advisory Services practice for Coopers & Lybrand’s Richmond, Virginia office and as a Senior Manager in Management Consulting Services for Price Waterhouse. He also served as a Direct Loan Officer in retail banking at First & Merchants National Bank.
He has over 40 years of experience in valuation, forensic and public accounting, and financial services. He has performed over 2,000 valuation and forensic projects in over 220 industries. Harold has qualified as an expert witness before U.S. District Court, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, and 22 circuit courts in five states, as well as the American Arbitration Association and National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). He has been named as an expert in disputes subject to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He has been appointed by U.S. District Court as a forensic accountant on cases in which he collaborated with the SEC and the FBI. He has been appointed by the U.S. Office of the Federal Public Defender as a consultant on fraud cases. He has also been retained by the U.S. Department of Justice as a consultant in a litigation in U.S. District Court. He has presented testimony at trial, arbitration, and deposition over 95 times. He has been appointed by various circuit courts as a neutral forensic accountant and appraiser.
Harold is a frequent speaker and writer on valuation and forensic accounting. He is a co-author of Financial Valuation: Applications and Models, 1st-5th ed., a contributing author to Cost of Capital: Estimation and Applications, 2nd-4th ed., an Editorial Board member for Business Valuation Update, a former editor of the AICPA ABV e-Alert, a former editorial adviser and contributor for the AICPA CPA Expert, a former member of the VSCPA Editorial Task Force for Disclosures, and a former expert panelist for Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert. Harold has been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and Forbes, as well as numerous other publications.
