Calif-legal.com: California Expert Witness, G. W. "Bill" McDonald, Finance, Fraud, Investment Fraud, Securities Expert Witness

Areas of Expertise:
G.W. "Bill" McDonald is a consultant/expert witness on investment and financial fraud issues, providing consulting and expert witness services to public and private sector clients in matters including fraud prevention, detection and prosecution, regulatory compliance, securities industry standards, due diligence, fiduciary duties, professional responsibility and current trends in the investment and financial marketplace.

Credentials:
Since July 1, 2001, Mr. McDonald has testified as an expert witness in various criminal cases, civil cases, administrative actions and arbitrations. His consulting clients have included the National Fraud Center, a subsidiary of LexisNexis, the California Attorney General's Office, the National White Collar Crime Center, a federally funded project under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Justice that supports local and state law enforcement and regulatory agencies, and the Investor Protection Trust.

From 1980 to June 30, 2001, Mr. McDonald was Enforcement Director of the California Department of Corporations, managing a staff of 65 attorneys, investigators, accountants and support personnel in investigating and bringing enforcement actions involving alleged violations of the California Corporate Securities Law and other business regulatory statutes under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner of Corporations. Prior to joining the Department of Corporations in 1977, he practiced securities law in Boston from 1970 to 1972 at the firm of Ely, Bartlett, Brown & Proctor, and represented the Internal Revenue Service before the Tax Court from 1973 to 1977 at the Office of Regional Counsel, Internal Revenue Service in Los Angeles.

Mr. McDonald was active in the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) and is a former board member and Chair of the National White Collar Crime Center. During his career in government, he served on numerous task forces and working groups devoted to investor and consumer protection and to preventing, investigating and bringing enforcement actions against investment and other financial frauds. He serves as a resource to law enforcement, private industry, the media and consumer organizations on investor protection and investor education and is a frequent speaker and panelist on financial fraud and white-collar crime issues.

Mr. McDonald is an attorney admitted to practice in California, Massachusetts and the federal courts, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and Columbia Law School.