Donald R. Bays

Donald (Don) Bays is known for his expertise in valuing businesses as part of divorce settlements. He has testified as an expert witness on numerous civil cases including those involving insurance fraud, economic damages, contract disputes, lost earnings, accountants’ and lawyers’ professional liability and property settlement matters in marriage dissolutions.

Don has more than 35 years’ experience in public and private accounting and has lectured extensively on business valuation concepts, employee fraud and lost earnings calculations to business owners, bankers, attorneys and CPAs.

Before joining Henry+Horne’s Litigation + Valuation Services Group in 1998, Don spent eight years with a national CPA firm in Los Angeles and Phoenix, four years as Director of Internal Audit for a Fortune 500 company with $700 million in annual sales, three years as vice president and controller for a $300 million public company and 11 years with the second largest local CPA firm in Arizona where he served as Director of the Firm’s Audit Services Division. Before becoming an accounting professional, Don spent six years as a police officer and detective with the Tucson Police Department.

When he’s not at work, you can find Don playing softball or his guitar. He used to play in a rock ‘n roll band.

Education

University of Arizona, Bachelor of Science in Accounting

Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants, Forensic and Litigation Services Committee, Life Member Award

National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts

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