Jorge A. Amador, JD, CPA, CFF
Jorge Amador is a Lawyer and a Certified Public Accountant, and Certified in Financial Forensics with extensive experience providing litigation support as both a testifying expert and consultant in matters related to accounting malpractice, mergers and acquisitions, white-collar crime, and business disputes involving valuation issues and piercing of the corporate veil. Previously he served as the Director of Forensic Accounting of one of the nation’s largest securities litigation firms, where he led a group of accounting professionals that investigated private securities lawsuits involving complex financial issues. He has participated in the litigation of highly complex accounting scandals involving some of America’s largest corporations including Enron, Tyco, Lehman Brothers, Countrywide, and Waste Management.
Previously, Jorge was a practicing CPA where he directed audits of public companies and closely-held businesses, ranging from financial services to construction companies.
Jorge regularly lectures on a variety of accounting and legal topics. He has also taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses in Financial Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis, Forensic Accounting, and Business Law.
He is currently a member of the California State Bar and is admitted in the Northern District of California. He is a current member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the San Francisco Bar Association, and the New York City Bar Association. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration (Accounting) from Norwich University, in Northfield, Vermont and earned his J.D. from Concord School of Law in Los Angeles, California. He is also fluent in Spanish.
Jorge can be reached at jorge@AxiaAdvisorsLLC.com
Clayton Giles, Esq.
Clayton Giles is an attorney and financial damages expert with significant experience analyzing and quantifying economic losses in complex commercial litigation, securities fraud matters, intellectual property disputes, and trusts and estates cases. He also serves as a consulting expert in accounting malpractice, securities, and commercial litigation, and conducts internal investigations involving allegations of fraud or financial misconduct.
Clay has served as lead counsel and has extensive experience litigating in state and federal courts as well as before administrative agencies. During his tenure at Milberg LLP, he worked on major securities class actions, including the high‑profile In re Tyco International, Ltd. litigation.
Before entering the legal profession, Clay worked as a senior accountant at Trebron Management Inc. (formerly GynCor, Inc.), a physician practice management company. In that role, he prepared monthly and annual financial reports and assisted in corporate budgeting, giving him a strong foundation in financial reporting and operational analysis.
Clay is the co‑author of Winning with Financial Damages Experts: A Guide for Litigators (2019), which features interviews with leading attorneys and forensic accountants on effectively using damages experts in civil litigation.
He previously served as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Roger M. Kahn (deceased) of the Tax Court of New Jersey. Clay is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Illinois, and is a member of the New York State Bar Association. He earned a B.S. in Accountancy from DePaul University and a J.D. from Rutgers Law School.
Contact: clay@axiaadvisorsllc.com; (929) 392‑7648
Brett Bogdwicz
Brett Bogdwicz is a motivated and detail-oriented junior forensic accountant. He has a strong foundation in accounting principles and a passion for uncovering financial irregularities. Brett holds a Bachelor degree in marketing from Pace University.