J. Duross O'Bryan is a Managing Director in the Financial Advisory Services practice. With over 23 years of experience, Duross is a respected expert in the areas of accounting issues and malpractice, securities litigation, and financial fraud.
Duross joined AlixPartners from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he served as the Partner-In-Charge of the Dispute Analysis and Investigations practice for the firm's western region, and as an Audit Partner for the Los Angeles office of PwC. Previously, he served as the Financial Advisory Services Leader of the New York Metro Region of PwC. Before joining Coopers & Lybrand (now PwC) in 1985, Duross was with the San Diego office of Peat Marwick Main & Co., specializing in financial statement audits of public and private companies in the financial services, real estate and high-technology industries.
Duross' more recent consulting experiences focus on the areas of arbitration, accountants' malpractice, securities litigation defense, internal corporate investigations and economic damages. His consulting and testifying experience as either the lead consultant and/or expert in these types of matters now exceeds more than 100 engagements. He has testified in dozens of State Superior Courts, United States Federal Courts, and in domestic and international arbitration matters. Additionally, he has acted as an independent arbitrator in a number of matters involving complex post merger and acquisition disputes, adjustments to purchase price and other sophisticated financial accounting issues.
Recent engagements include:
- Acted as an expert witness on behalf of a San Diego County public accounting firm involved in a malpractice suit alleging that they had given inappropriate tax advice to a significant client.
- Served as a consultant and named as an expert in a matter involving a publicly held heavy machinery manufacturer accused of employing improper revenue recognition policies that led to the company being named as a defendant that allegedly violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
- Directed a forensic investigation on behalf of the board of directors for a client in an attempt to determine whether an alleged leasing fraud might lead to insolvency.
- Acted as the arbitrator in a post M&A purchase price dispute as a member of the named neutral accounting firm in the purchase agreement.
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