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.  

Life Insurance Litigation

LIFE INSURANCE LITIGATION
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.  She is one of the select few Life and Disability Insurance Analysts licensed by the California Department of Insurance.  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 for Life Insurance Litigation.   

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
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
  • Beneficiary Issues
  • Welfare Benefit Plans
  • 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
  • Elder Financial Abuse
  • The Acceptance, Processing, and Issuance of Applications, 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

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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