Experience
Dylan Huff’s primary responsibilities include assisting in analyses involving economic damages and other business disputes. He brings expertise in forensic accounting and economic analysis to a wide range of cases, including business valuations, fraud investigations, and economic loss calculations. Mr. Huff's professional experience is summarized below.
Business Valuation
Mr. Huff has contributed to appraisals across a range of industries, in both collaborative and adversarial settings. In the course of performing a valuation, he leverages his expertise in forensic accounting and economic analysis. The following are some of the varied companies which Mr. Huff has assisted in valuing:
- A specialty car parts manufacturer for estate and gift purposes. Mr. Huff extracted financial data and analyzed detailed financial records of the company in the preparation of a valuation model, and performed market research of comparable publicly traded companies and industry trends.
- An engineering company for divorce litigation purposes. Mr. Huff extracted data from the accounting system, recreated financial statements in Excel, prepared schedules within the valuation model, and performed market research of comparable publicly traded companies and industry trends.
- A property rental management company. Mr. Huff extracted financial data from the accounting system and prepared schedules for the valuation model.
- A pharmaceutical distribution company. Mr. Huff assisted in the review of an opposing expert's report and the recreation of his analysis. Mr. Huff also assisted in researching alternative data and preparing rebuttal valuation schedules.
- A custom home construction company. Mr. Huff assisted in extracting financial information from the company's accounting system, preparing valuation schedules, and researching industry trends and comparable market data.
- A real estate holding company. Mr. Huff assisted with extracting financial information and preparing schedules utilized in the valuation model.
- A company specializing in Laserfiche. Mr. Huff assisted with researching industry and economic data from guideline publicly traded companies, and preparing various schedules used within the valuation model.
Forensic/Investigative Accounting
The majority of Mr. Huff's assignments require the application of his forensic accounting expertise to different elements of each case. His work spans from analyzing and interpreting business financial trends using forensic techniques to investigating allegations of fraud. Below are some of the non-valuation matters in which Mr. Huff has applied his forensic accounting skills:
- Investigating fraud claims related to a grocery store. Mr. Huff extracted data from the company's accounting system, recreated financial statements in Excel for further investigation, traced bank transactions to the general ledger, and analyzed tax returns.
- Tracing cash flow for various divorce litigations. Mr. Huff extracted bank data, reconciled transactions, input details for checks and deposits into transaction database, and prepared summaries of historical spending.
- Investigating fraud claims related to a residential construction company. Mr. Huff assisted in extracting financial data from the company's accounting system and creating schedules in Excel.
Evaluation of Economic Damages
Mr. Huff has assisted in computing economic losses, or economic damages, across many different types of cases. Some of the varied matters in which Mr. Huff has calculated damages include:
- Various personal injury cases. Mr. Huff assisted with analyzing records produced, analyzing and recreating the analysis of an opposing expert to identify flaws within their analysis, and the preparation of rebuttal schedules.
- Breach of contract claims. Mr. Huff assisted with analyzing financial records and reconciling expenses associated with the damage claims.
- Fraud/intentional misrepresentation and breach of contract involving cryptocurrency mining operations. Mr. Huff reviewed and analyzed documents received and traced historical transactions.
- Breach of non-competition and non-solicitation provisions involving real estate development companies. Mr. Huff extracted financial data from various entities’ accounting systems, reviewed an opposing expert's report, and prepared spreadsheets included in the damage model.
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor of Business Administration with emphasis in Managerial Finance and Accounting from the University of North Dakota
- Minor in Informational Systems from the University of North Dakota
Types of Matters
Mr. Huff has delivered professional services across a broad range of purposes and cases. His work encompasses various matters, as the fundamental principles of forensic accounting, valuation, and economic damages are adaptable to numerous situations. Below is a summary of the different types of cases in which Mr. Huff has been engaged throughout his career:
Derk has provided professional services for a wide variety of purposes and in a wide variety of matters. This variety is because the foundational principles in forensic accounting, valuation, and economic damages can be appropriately applied in many different situations, the following attempts to broadly summarize the different types of matters he worked on during his career:
