Travis Armstrong is a partner in Hemming Morse’s San Francisco office. 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
Forensic and Litigation Services Committee

California Society of Certified Public Accountants
Council

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Member

Legal Aid of Marin
Board of Directors

OneJustice

Chair, Audit Committee