| Desired Industry: Legal |
SpiderID: 21745 |
| Desired Job Location: Charlotte, North Carolina |
Date Posted: 7/18/2008 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: today |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Executive (President, VP, CEO) |
Willing to Travel: Yes, More Than 75% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Other |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
A.W. Burgess: With nearly 20 years experience in the Automobile Business, a refreshing and energizing A.W. Burgess is rapidly emerging as America’s Premier Automotive Consumer Fraud and Automotive Dealership Industry Consultant who provides Litigation Support, Expert Witness Testimony(P&D), and Opinions about most aspects of Automotive Dealership Standards and Practices, Deceptive Trade Practices, Complex Automotive Fraud, and Finance Compliance. A.W. provides effective support via Consulting, Depositions, Sales & Leasing Transaction Analysis, and Interviewing Consumers/Witnesses. A.W.’s total drive, passion, and focus has been on helping attorneys, judges, consumer advocates, automobile dealers, manufacturers, the media, government agencies, public officials, entrepreneurs, and whistle-blowers understand the complexities of the Automobile Dealership Operations and Automotive Industry Fraud so as to effectively communicate clearly in layman’s terms to a judge, jury, or governing body so they can make a clear, comprehensible, and well informed opinion and decision. A.W. has consulted on case merit, review, preparation and discovery. He has personally overseen thousands of vehicle transactions as a sales and leasing consultant, finance manager, trainer, new and pre-owned sales manager, and general sales manager. He is an automotive enthusiast, trainer, whistle-blower, speaker, activist, an aspiring tv/radio talk show host, and author of the sales training manual “ The A.W. Burgess Road to the Sale!”
Experience:
Background: The Baltimore, Maryland native has accumulated overwhelming levels of documented National success and exceptional experience and knowledge in virtually every aspect of Automotive Dealership Operations, with particular concentration on the sales, leasing, financing, and bank funding of New and Pre-Owned Vehicles while also staying focused on the management responsibilities of generating income, human resource issues, customer service, and training aspects. He has worked at automotive dealerships in Virginia and North Carolina and has been directly employed by a variety of Domestic and Foreign HighLine Luxury dealerships and organizations such as the Hendrick Automotive Group (Charlotte,NC), Hall Automotive(Virginia Beach,VA), Casey Auto Group(Newport News,VA), Alison Walden Automotive(Hampton,VA), CarMax(Charlotte,NC), and Hubbard Automotive(Charlotte,NC) selling products such as Ford, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Nissan, Honda, Acura, BMW, Porsche, and LandRover. A.W. has been a detailer, salesman, sales & leasing consultant, sales and manager trainer, f&i business/finance manager, finance director, sales manager,wholesaler, and general sales manager. Although A.W. has climbed the dealership management ladder to unprecedented positions and received the corporate earnings and benefits to boot, he resigned his positions when he either discovered or learned of fraudulent deceptive trade practices and unfair business ethics that were occurring at the dealership or when the executive management and owner refused to correct such practices and pay restitution to those consumers and employees that were wronged. A.W.’s affinity is for “Intensely Pursuing and Supporting the Truth, while, Passionately Protecting America From Fraud!”
Education:
AFIP Certified (Association of Finance & Insurance Professionals 1999)
Old Dominion University 1994
Affiliations:
Member National Association of Consumer Advocates, Associate Member American Bar Association, Associate Member National Bar Association, NC Association of Women Attorneys, Associate Member Association of Certified Fraud Examiners ACFE, Member NC Academy of Trial Attorneys, Member Clark Howard.Com, Member Utilities Consumer Action Network.
Skills:
Areas of Expertise: My litigation support, consulting, expert witness services, and areas of expertise include issues such as:
Automotive Consumer Fraud Expert/Consultant, Automotive Industry Consultant, Deceptive Trade Practices, Automotive Expert Witness Testimony (P&D), Litigation & Deposition Support, Automotive Sales, Finance & Leasing Consultant, Attorney,Judge,Jury, Consumer Conveyance, Dealership Financial Statement Analysis, Case Merit, Review, Preparation, and Discovery, Automotive Fraud Litigation & Investigation, Automotive Sales & Management Training, Pre-Trial Strategy/ Consumer-Witness Interviews, Fraud-Advertising & Unfair Business Practices, Credit Procedures, Class Action Litigation Support, Discrimination/Ethnic & Minority Fraud Issues, Dealership Protocol,Standards,Best Practices,
Illegal/Unethical Sales Tactics, Closing, Desking Deals, Federal Compliance & Ethics, F & I Compliance and After-Market Products, Regulations M & Z Lease Disclosure, TILA- Truth In Lending Act, Form 8300- Cash Reporting/Money Laundering(FINCEN), Payment Packing, Purchase to Lease Fraud,
Document Disclosure, Deferred Down Payment, Special Finance-Bad Credit/ Secondary Lending, Single Document Rule, Damage Disclosure, Credit Application & Credit Report(CBI) Evaluation,
Finance Reserve, Safeguards Rule, Contract Analysis & Interpretation, Dealer & Management Fraud Participation, Transaction Analysis/ Document Trail, Manufacturer and Extended Warranty,
Foreign Language Contracts & Compliance, Lender Fraud, HR Issues-Wrongful Termination, Certified Pre-Owned Certification Fraud, Manufacturer Fraud, Wholesale Procedures/Auctions/Reconditioning, New-Used-Demo-Rental Disclosure, Complex Automotive Jargon Interpretation, New, Used, & Fleet Vehicle Sales & Abuses, State Safety Inspections.
Additional Information:
Why Choose A.W. Burgess?: The most important aspect and trait about A.W. Burgess is that I possess the ability to express myself clearly in front of a jury & judge. Too often attorneys pick an expert because of the expert’s technical expertise, requisite skills & training, or tenure in the respective field, but in the eyes & ears of a jury or judge they do not come across in a clear understandable way & often talk over the jury or judge’s heads, confusing them, and then the entire case becomes futile. Jurors, and often judges, will have little to no understanding surrounding the complexities of Automotive Consumer Fraud and Dealership Operations. It simply has to be boiled down to a level they can understand. I am quite knowledgeable, credible, and skilled, but I am equally quite personable. One must admit that once you get past the qualifications, you have got to find an expert who can really communicate to a jury, judge, and you the hiring attorney to whom I am now working with on a case. I can explain the intricacies of the “car business” so simply that I will give you the confidence about the subject matter which will lead to a real connection in the courtroom between you, me, the judge, and the jury! *** I do offer last minute litigation support, preparation, and testimony for those in a pinch!***
Speaking: A.W. Burgess has and can be engaged to speak and appear at any educational body, civic, political, charitable, or professional association, club, group, or executive organization such as colleges, universities, trade schools, rotary, elks, and lions clubs, chambers of commerce, government agency seminars, and legal reviews for the sole purpose of educating and making the general public aware of the details involving the Automotive Industry, Fraud, Litigation Support, Deceptive Trade Practices, Automotive Compliance, and the significance of having A.W. Burgess as an Universal Advocate. A.W. conducts workshops and seminars for the public, private sector, dealers, business entities, educators, government agencies and speaks at many civic functions and meetings. For general booking information and arrangements, please visit www.thefac.us or email A.W. Burgess at awburgess@thefac.us .
Reference:
Professional References: Please refer to my website at www.thefac.us or email me at awburgess@thefac.us for detailed references, my c.v./resume, and a list of attorneys' names and contact information for whom I have served as a consultant and/or expert witness. Call me, send an email, or visit my website to contact me directly or find out more about me, my areas of expertise, the F.A.C. and other particulars surrounding my services, fees, and support. The firm's clients has included leading attorneys, law firms, consumer advocates, dealers, manufacturer representatives, and government agencies of which he will work on behalf of the plaintiff or defendant.
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