Internationally Recognized Appraisal Expert Witnesses Steven N. Siegler, ASA, FRICS and G. Adrian Gonzalez, Jr., ASA, MRICS of Equity Development Systems, LTD, Named Appraisal Expert Witnesses in the Department of Transportation of the State of Illinois for and on behalf of the People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff, v. Franchise Realty Investment Trust-IL; Jodi M. Koester, as County Collector and Treasurer of Perry County, Illinois, Defendants.
About Appraisal Expert Witness Steven N. Siegler, ASA, FRICS
Mr. Siegler is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with and was honored to serve as the founding International Chairman of Appraisal Review and Management (ARM) for the American Society of Appraisers from 2002-2011. The ASA is the oldest and largest multidisciplinary appraisal—valuation organization in the world with some 5,000 members in 137 countries globally. Mr. Siegler co-authored and directed the implementation of the ASA’s Appraisal Review and Management Principles of Valuations series of courses and best practices—the cornerstone of Appraisal Expert Witness Testimony—that are now taught to professional valuers, government officials, legal experts, and many others throughout the world.
Additionally, Steven holds international valuation accreditation as a Member of the College of Fellows of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). RICS, with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 qualified professionals in commercial and residential development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning and finance, and valuation. Mr. Siegler is the only RICS-accredited expert witness in the Western Hemisphere and one of only a handful of such expert witnesses in the world holding the much-coveted RICS Expert Witness Accreditation Service (EWAS) and Dispute Resolution Service (DRS) certifications.
Mr. Siegler holds TS Clearance with the U.S. Government and is uniquely qualified to practice in national-security-related valuation and other special matters before U.S. Government agencies.
When, as part of Dodd-Frank, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), acting for and on behalf of the U.S. Federal Reserve and all inter-agency regulators, sought the appraisal expertise to develop, implement, and monitor the new National Appraisal Ordering and Appraisal Review Protocols for the United States and all U.S. territories, it came to Mr. Siegler.
Steven specializes and is most active in providing appraisal expert witness testimony and litigation-support services to attorneys and law firms throughout the world. He is a Super Appraiser® Elite-Rated member of the peer-voted Super Appraisers® Global Network of international appraisal luminaries, and he has prevailed in Billions of Dollars at issue in some of the world’s most complex—important—high-profile—and valuable valuation-related cases.
About Appraisal Expert Witness G. Adrian Gonzalez, Jr., ASA, MRICS
For more than forty years, Mr. Gonzalez has provided eminent domain-related appraisals, appraisal reviews, and associate appraisal expert witness testimony to local, state, and federal agencies, private firms, and individuals. Adrian is certified as an MBE by the State of Florida and a DBE by the Florida Department of Transportation.
Adrian has been an Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) since 1993 and is honored to serve as its current International President. The ASA is an international organization of appraisal professionals and the oldest and only major accrediting appraisal organization representing all disciplines of appraisal specialists.
Additionally, Adrian is an accredited member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) with the designation of MRICS. RICS, with headquarters in London, is the leading organization of its kind in the world for more than 100,000 qualified professionals in commercial and residential valuation, development, construction and project management, brokerage, planning, and finance.
Mr. Gonzalez has been employed by various federal, state, and local governmental agencies, including FDOT, SFWMD, US Army Corps of Engineers, National Park Service, and US Navy, as well as various state-wide municipalities and counties, including Miami-Dade Aviation Department, Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX), Broward County Public Works, Broward County Aviation Department (BCAD) and Broward County School Board. By providing services to these agencies, he is quite familiar with governmental appraisal guidelines and regulations and projects. Additionally, Adrian’s services have been approved, and he is on the appraisal lists of FDOT, DEP, SFWMD, Broward, Collier, and Miami-Dade Counties, and Florida Power & Light (FPL) utility company.
PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL QUALIFICATIONS
1984 to Present: Licensed Florida Broker, License No. BK 353263 & CQ1022847
1992 to Present: State-certified general real estate appraiser, License No. RZ1555 (FL)
Qualified as an Expert Witness in Broward, Glades, Hendry, Miami Dade, Palm Beach & Sarasota Counties Circuit Courts.
Qualified as an Expert Witness in Wilkinson County (MS) Circuit Court
Special Magistrate for Broward County Value Adjustment Board – 1994 – 2015, 2017-Present
Special Magistrate for Miami-Dade County Value Adjustment Board – 2004 – Present
Special Magistrate for Palm Beach County Value Adjustment Board – 2009 – 2012
Special Magistrate for Nassau County Value Adjustment Board – 2022 – Present
State of Florida Notary Public- Commission Number CC675135
Certified DBE-Florida Department of Transportation
Certified MBE-State of Florida
Certified SBE/MBE-Broward County
Adrian is a SuperAppraiser® Elite-Rated member of the peer-voted SuperAppraisers® Global Network of internationally recognized valuers.
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