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Mr. Gilbert began his appraisal career in 1975. He has almost 49 years of valuation experience in residential and non-residential properties and various ownership interests, including partial or fractional interests. He is a qualified Expert Witness.
Mr. Gilbert has extensive experience in Litigation Support as a valuation Consultant, Subject Matter Expert and Expert Witness in many State and Federal Cases. Some cases involve Appraisers, Sellers and Real Estate Agents as Defendants.
Testified in State and Federal Courts and in Depositions on numerous types of cases in California, Nevada and Texas, beginning in the 1980's.
Testified as an Expert Witness in Mediation and Arbitration Hearings.
Court Appointed 730 Expert by the State of California Superior Court
Mr. Gilbert’s 2 largest litigated Civil cases involved initial claims by Plaintiff of $300 million in each case involving appraisal and review fraud and negligence
Published author of multiple articles with international distribution
Instructor of multiple valuation seminars & courses on behalf of the Appraisal Institute, Society of Real Estate Appraisers, RAC, WERC, Community Colleges, George Dell / Valumetrics and the State of California Dept of Financial Institutions