Garrett Wilson draws on nearly 25 years of experience in providing expert testimony and consulting services to attorneys, corporations, and individuals who have high-stakes disputes in a wide range of industries. He advises and testifies on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants regarding a variety of cases, including those involving lost profits, business/IP valuations, M&A transactions, solvency/fairness analyses, customs and norms, financial forensics and financial reporting/tax compliance issues.
Denver, Los Angeles
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.
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Secretariat Expert Valuation Helps Secure Historic $5.89 Billion Citgo Sale Order
In a complex federal court case in Delaware with far-reaching geopolitical significance, Managing Director Gary Kleinrichert’s expert financial valuation helped secure approval of a landmark $5.89 billion Citgo sale opinion that could help resolve billions of dollars in unpaid judgments against Venezuela and certain of its instrumentalities.
Secretariat Named Arbitration Expert Firm of the Year at 2025 Lexology Index Awards
Secretariat is delighted to announce that we were named as the Arbitration Expert Firm of the Year at the prestigious 2025 Lexology Index Awards Ceremony, held at Merchant Taylors’ Hall in London. We are honored to be recognized by clients and peers as the foremost experts leading and shaping the global arbitration community.
Secretariat has earned significant recognition in the 2026 Lexology Index Arbitration Report, with 52 experts named in the prestigious listing, including the most combined Thought Leaders (7) and Global Elite Thought Leaders (10).