Provided expert reports and testimony on behalf of the FDIC in settlement negotiations involving claims against former directors and officers of several failed banks. Issues involved unsafe and unsound banking practices, violations of law, failure to heed and respond to regulatory criticism, failure to properly evaluate and respond to real estate market conditions, failure to adhere to and abide by bank loan policies and/or failure to adopt appropriate loan policies, imprudent lending, concentrations of credit, breach of fiduciary duty, and indices of negligence/gross negligence.