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Dr. Lee R. Hess, president of Appraisal Analysts, Inc., has over 25 years of appraisal experience and his office has appraised over 45 types of property. An area of specialty is stigma loss. Hess has 23 years of Trial experience in Southern California and has provided expert testimony as an appraiser in construction defects, water intrusion, airport noise, soil subsidence, contamination, condemnation, easement valuation, environmental issues, wrongful death, undisclosed future freeways, and other areas of diminution in value. He is also an expert in "Procuring Cause" matters. Hess has been deposed over 500 times; has worked for over 700 attorneys; has testified in court approximately 120 times; and has testified at arbitrations approximately 25 times. He has testified in San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, and Orange Counties in trials and arbitrations. Hess has testified in one criminal case as a real estate expert and is the author of 7 books and 35 Journal articles .


Professional Affiliations & Licenses


California Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
California Department of Real Estate Broker's License
Appraisal Institute (Affiliate Member)
National Association of Realtors
Forensic Consultants Association of San Diego
California Association of Realtors
Forensic Consultants Association of Orange County
San Diego County Commercial Association of Realtors


Associates

MARK S. BERGER, MAI, SRA has been active in the southern California real estate industry since 1969. He has a broad range of valuation experience in commercial, industrial, and residential properties. He began appraising in 1972 with the San Diego County Department of Real Property. In 1985 he started his independent appraisal company. Since that time his company has completed over 930 valuation projects in excess of $740,000,000. This includes valuation analysis for problem properties, leasehold and leased fee interests, partial interests, eminent domain, easement valuation, and sophisticated cash flow models for discounted cash flow analysis. He is qualified as an expert witness in Superior Court and has been deposed over 50 times. Berger is a senior consultant for Appraisal Analysts and has the ability to see the subtle details of complex valuation problems.


Mr. Berger's Professional Affiliations and Licenses are:


Appraisal Institute
California State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser
International Right of Way Association
California Department of Real Estate Broker's License
Forensic Consultants Association


ROY K. BOTTGER, CA Certified General Appraiser, has been appraising since 1982. He has a broad base of appraisal experience including both residential and commercial properties as well as vacant land and special use properties. He has valued properties for eminent domain (including both partial and full takings), easements, as well as leasehold and leased fee interests. He has an extensive background in appraising distressed properties for litigation purposes. He was a Regional Appraiser Manager for a Southern California bank and an Assistant Vice-President for Bank of America in their Wholesale Appraisal Department where he reviewed over 200 appraisals per week. In addition, he has worked as a review appraiser with numerous major lenders throughout California. He has a Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate from San Diego State University. Mr. Bottger has experience testifying in depositions, arbitration and in Superior Court.


Other Associates


Mr. Perry Burnand: General Contractor and Appraiser- Encinitas, CA.

Mr. David D. Westcott, MAI

Mr. Robert Graves, MAI

Mr. Stephen Gregory: SRPA, SRA, Certified General Appraiser- Semi Valley, CA.

Mr. Charles L. Newsom: Certified Residential Appraiser- San Bernardino, CA.

Mr. Winston Elton, MBA, ASA


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