Welcome to FOUTS FINANCIAL GROUP
EXPERT WITNESS and ADVISORY SERVICES by MARY RAE FOUTS, EA, CFP®

Expert Witness Services  .   
Life Insurance Analysis and Advisory Services  .   
Annuity Analysis and Advisory Services  .   
Welfare Benefit Plan Issues  .   
Elder Financial Abuse Issues  .   
Financial Planning and Analysis  .   
Tax Planning, Preparation, and Representation  .   

"Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it."  
George Santayana (1863–1952), U.S. philosopher, poet.  

Expert Witness Services

EXPERT WITNESS SERVICES
Mary Rae Fouts, EA, CFP® has Expert Witness experience in Federal and State Courts.  She has twenty years of extensive financial services experience in the fields of life insurance, annuity contracts, financial planning and analysis, and taxation.

Mary has strong analytical skills and demonstrated experience working with complex issues.  As a California Life and Disability Insurance Analyst, Life Agent, and Fire and Casualty Broker-Agent; a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner; and an Enrolled Agent, Mary’s impeccable professional credentials and extensive professional experience lend to excellence of execution in Expert Witness Services.

Litigation Subject Matter

  • Life Insurance
  • Annuity Contracts
  • Welfare Benefit Plans
  • Elder Financial Abuse
  • Financial Planning
  • Tax Planning

Objective and Attentive Expert Witness Services

  • Evidence Review and Analysis
  • Case-Specific Litigation Consulting
  • Case-Specific Research
  • Preparation of Reports
  • Preparation of Expert Declarations
  • Preparation of Mediation Exhibits
  • Preparation of Trial Exhibits
  • Deposition Services
  • Testimony Services

Life Insurance Litigation and Annuity Litigation
Litigation Issues and Subject Matter

  • Suitability
  • Standard of Care
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Sales Practices
  • Industry and Regulatory Standards
  • Good Faith and Fair Dealing
  • Market Conduct
  • Life Insurance Policies
  • Life Insurance Coverage
  • Annuity Contracts
  • Annuitization
  • Beneficiary Issues
  • Welfare Benefit Plans
  • Elder Financial Abuse
  • Business Planning Life Insurance Issues, Including Buy-Sell, Split Dollar, Key Person, Executive Bonus, and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
  • ERISA
  • Pension Plans and Retirement Plans
  • Financial Planning, Tax Planning, Charitable Planning, and Estate Planning Matters
  • Life Settlements
  • The Acceptance, Processing, and Issuance of Applications, Contracts, Policies, and Premium Payments
  • Customer Service and Policy Owner Service Matters
  • Insurance Agent/Broker Licensing
  • Insurance Agent Appointment Process
  • Insurance Agent/Broker Training and Education

Financial Litigation
Litigation Subject Matter and Issues

  • Welfare Benefit Plans
  • Elder Financial Abuse
  • ERISA
  • Financial Planning, Charitable Planning, Business Planning, Tax Planning, and Estate Planning Matters
  • Divorce
  • Trust Matters
  • Estate Matters
  • Standard of Care
  • Fiduciary Duties
  • Suitability
  • Sales Practices
  • Industry and Regulatory Standards
  • Good Faith and Fair Dealing
  • Market Conduct

For More Information

Mary welcomes your call at (925) 979-9972.  Mary’s Curriculum Vitae and Rate Schedule with Standard Terms and Conditions are available upon request. 


  .  Fouts Financial Group  .  Mary Rae Fouts, EA, CFP®  .  1547 Palos Verdes Mall #407  .  Walnut Creek, CA 94597  .  
  .  Telephone (925) 979-9972  .  Facsimile (925) 979-9970  .  CA Insurance License 0C24544  .  
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