About
Dr. Thomas L. Porter is a Certified Public Accountant and an expert on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), SEC Regulations, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and certain tax issues.
He is Global Professor of Accounting and Finance at The Hult International Business School and an adjunct professor at Boston University. He also teaches review courses for the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) examination.
Qualified as an accounting and financial expert at arbitration hearings and at courts, including Delaware Chancery Court, Dr. Porter has testified on behalf of both claimants and respondents in disputes involving the interpretation of consolidated liabilities, special purpose entities (SPEs), cost allocation schemes for common costs in mutual funds (including hedge funds), the reasonableness of choices within GAAP, disclosure adequacy, insolvency and tax issues.
Dr. Porter has published articles in The Securities Litigation Journal, The Journal of Business Finance and Accounting, Research in Accounting Regulation and The Journal of Financial Research. At NERA, he authored and co-authored publications on subprime mortgage litigation, fair value and accounting questions.
Dr. Porter received his PhD in accounting from the University of Washington; his dissertation examined the accounting choices made by airlines before and after deregulation of their industry in 1978. He earned his MBA from the Georgia Institute of Technology and his BS in accounting and finance from the University of Maryland.
