Garrett Wilson is a Managing Director working closely with Secretariat’s Los Angeles and Denver offices. Mr. Wilson has served as an expert witness or litigation consultant in matters in state and federal courts, arbitration and mediation on behalf of defendants and plaintiffs. He has been retained by national, regional and boutique law firms on a variety of cases, including those involving lost profits, lost wages, diminution in business value, business solvency, financial forensics, ability to pay and regulatory or financial/tax reporting issues. 

Mr. Wilson has combined his unique background in economics, accounting, institutional investment management and investment banking to quantify commercial damages, provide solvency and fairness analyses, investigate financial malfeasance and value assets or businesses in a variety of circumstances – from adversarial proceedings to mergers and acquisitions, and for financial reporting and tax purposes – in a variety of industries. Mr. Wilson is often engaged as an expert or consultant for matters involving allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, theft, misappropriation, IP infringement, legal malpractice, wrongful death/termination, investment suitability, and minority shareholder oppression.

Before Secretariat, Mr. Wilson worked at a multinational expert consultancy in various senior positions across the firm’s Forensic & Litigation Consulting practice and served on the firm’s Fairness and Solvency Opinion committee. Before that, he worked in litigation consulting, middle market investment banking, and institutional investment management. That experience included providing advisory services at a FINRA-registered broker-dealer. He also founded and served as President and Chief Investment Officer for an SEC-registered investment advisor. Mr. Wilson began his post-collegiate professional career in Seattle, working as an analyst and portfolio manager under the Chief Investment Officer at Cascade Investment as one of a handful of investment professionals who managed a global investment portfolio for Bill Gates and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Mr. Wilson graduated summa cum laude from Claremont McKenna College with a double/dual degree in Economics/Accounting and Biology/Chemistry, where he served as President of the Claremont Accounting Association and interned at various closely-held and publicly-traded companies. 

HIS EXPERTISE INCLUDES:   

• Lost Profits
• Diminution in Value
• Disgorgement/Unjust Enrichment
• Asset/Business Valuation
• Shareholder Disputes
• Transaction Advisory
• Arbitration
• Mediation
• Securities Class Action
• Commercial Litigation
• Bankruptcy/Solvency
• Contractual Disputes
• Intellectual Property
• Forensic Accounting
• Insurance Litigation

HIS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE INCLUDES: 

• Advertising 
• Aerospace & Defense  
• Airlines 
• Agriculture & Livestock  
• Banking & Financial Services  
• Chemicals  
• Construction, Engineering & Real Estate  
• Energy  
• Entertainment & Media  
• Gaming  
• Healthcare  
• Hospitality, Leisure & Tourism  
• Manufacturing  
• Mining & Metals  
• Not-for-Profit Organizations  
• Oil, Gas & Petrochemicals  
• Professional Services  
• Railroads 
• Restaurants  
• Retail  
• Shipping
• Technology & Telecommunications  
• Warehousing & Distribution