About the Authors

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About the Authors

David P. Bart is the director of bankruptcy, workouts and complex litigation for the Great Lakes Region of Mc-Gladrey LLP in Chicago. His assignments have included financial consulting, litigation consulting and expert testimony in cases involving commercial damages, business operations, solvency analysis, fraudulent conveyance, business valuation, forensic accounting and financial investigations. His engagements include matters in U.S. bankruptcy, district and appellate courts; state courts; arbitration; and mediation. Mr. Bart's expertise includes financial and economic analysis, investigative accounting, statistical analysis, and business valuation involving both profit and nonprofit entities. He is a Certified Insolvency and Reorganization Accountant (CIRA), Certified in Distressed Business Valuation (CDBV), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA). He chairs ABI's Task Force on Litigation Trusts and is a primary author of Standards for Distressed Business Valuation, published by the Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors. He also serves on AIRA's Board of Directors as chairman of the Technical Issues and Standards Committee. Mr. Bart is a member of the Business Valuation Association, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the American Society of Appraisers and the Illinois CPA Society. He has published numerous articles and presentations, and teaches seminars in his fields of expertise. Mr. Bart received his B.A. in 1985 and his M.B.A. in 1993, both from the University of Chicago.

Daniel D. Doyle is an attorney with Lashly & Baer, P.C. in St. Louis and has significant experience before numerous bankruptcy courts, bankruptcy appellate panels, district courts and circuit courts of appeals. He represents debtors and secured and unsecured creditors in judicial and non-judicial debt-recovery enforcement, and he has significant knowledge and experience in all types of loan-enforcement matters, including prosecuting judicial and non-judicial foreclosures, filing replevin actions, obtaining appointment of federal and state court receivers, conducting asset sales, and defending lender clients in connection with lender-liability litigation. Mr. Doyle has handled business litigation ranging from multinational finance companies to Indian tribal sovereign nations in jurisdictions including federal circuit and state courts. He is a member of ABI and chairs the bankruptcy and creditor rights...