Travis Armstrong
- CPA/CFF, CFE
- San Francisco/Chico
- Biography
- Education and Professional Credentials
- Affiliations
- Publications and Events
Travis Armstrong is a partner at Hemming Morse and maintains offices in San Francisco and Chico. He has testified at trial and deposition as an expert in forensic accounting and economic damages. He regularly works on high-profile cases in the capacity of quantification of economic damages associated with breach of contract and theft of intellectual property, forensic accounting analyses associated with government-led investigations of consumer fraud, complex accounting analyses for securities litigation and post-acquisition disputes.
In 2016, Travis was appointed to the American Institute of CPA’s (AICPA) Forensic and Litigation Services (FLS) Committee. This nine-member committee provides technical and educational guidance to CPA practitioners performing forensic accounting services, including investigations, economic damage analyses such as lost profits calculations, and a variety of other services. Additionally, Travis recently served as the Chair of the Economic Damages section of the California Society of CPA’s (CalCPA) Forensic Services Section (FSS) and currently serves on CalCPA’s Council.
His experience includes financial and accounting analyses associated with the restatement of quarterly and annual reports, development and management of complex economic damage models associated with breach of contract, intellectual property, antitrust and false claims litigation, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ( FCPA) due diligence and compliance testing for multi-national corporations in various foreign countries. Travis has also been engaged by government agencies to perform forensic accounting investigations in various industries, most notably, for-profit higher education and medical device.
Additionally, Travis actively supports legal services non-profits in the San Francisco Bay Area through his service on the Board of Legal Aid of Marin and engagement with OneJustice.
University of California, Santa Barbara, B.A., Business Economics, 2006
Certified Public Accountant, Licensed in California
Certified in Financial Forensics, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Certified Fraud Examiner, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Co-Chair, Forensic and Valuation Services Conference Committee
California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Steering Committee Member, Forensic Services Section
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Member
Legal Aid of Marin
Board of Directors
OneJustice
Past-Chair, Audit Committee
“Communications in Litigation and Dispute Services,” AICPA Practice Aid, 2019
Economic Damages Section Column, The Witness Chair, Fall 2016, Winter 2017, Summer 2017 and Summer 2018
AICPA Alert Column, The Witness Chair, Summer 2017
“A Look into Business Interruption Case Law Stemming from Hurricane Katrina,” AICPA FVS Consulting Digest, October 2014
“You’re a CPA. Now What? Recent YEPs Look Back and Give Advice Moving Forward,” CalCPA Emerging Professionals Newsletter, Summer 2012
“Communicating in Litigation and Dispute Services – FVS Practice Aid Overview”, AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Webcast, April 2019
“Hands on Data Analytics and Visualizations”, AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference, November 2018
“Hands on Data Analytics and Visualizations”, CalCPA Forensic Services Section Joint Sections Meeting, October 2018
“Creating a Documents Considered Index”, AICPA FVS Member Video Library, February 2018
“Hand-on Data Analysis”, AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference, November 2017
“Introduction to Forensic Accounting”, San Francisco State University, March 2017
“Software Nanos: Tools to Help Forensic Cases”, AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference, November 2016
“Commercial Damages Case Study: Start to Finish – Part III”, AICPA Forensic & Valuation Services Conference, November 2016
“Identifying and Limiting Your Risks in a FVS Engagement”, AICPA Webcast, June 2016
“Case Law Update Relevant to Damages Issues”, AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services Conference November 2014
“Forensic Accounting and the FCPA”, Hemming Morse, LLP Internal Training, April 2014
“Staff Development in a Forensic Accounting/Business Valuation Practice,” AICPA Forensic and Valuation Services Conference, November 2012
“Motivating and Training the Next Generation of Forensic CPAs,” CalCPA Forensic Services Section Meeting, October 2012
“How to Think Like a Leader,” CalCPA Emerging Leaders Certificate Program, July 2012
“The Reasonable Certainty of Your Expert’s Damages Analysis,” Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC, Winter 2012