Patrick McGeehin is a senior managing director in the FTI Consulting Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice. Prior to joining FTI Consulting in February 2008, Mr. McGeehin was a co-founder and a shareholder of Rubino & McGeehin. He consults on government contract and litigation support matters, and provides contract claims assistance and litigation support services relating to the calculation of and approach to damages. These damages include breach of contract, lost profits, requests for equitable damages in delay and disruption cases, and fraud-related issues. His primary emphasis is in the construction and government contracts industries, although he has experience consulting and testifying in other business sectors.
Mr. McGeehin provides expert testimony, both in deposition and trial proceedings, in the area of contract disputes and cost accounting matters. This testimony has been provided in both court and board forums, including numerous appearances before the Maryland State Board of Contract Appeals, and appearances before the ASBCA, the NASA BCA, Circuit Court, United States District Court, the US Court of Federal Claims, and the International Court of Arbitration in Geneva, Switzerland. His articles have been published in the American Bar Association's Public Contract Law Journal, the Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report, the CPA Statement, and in the Construction Business Review.
Prior to establishing R&M in February 1980, Mr. McGeehin was employed by Coopers & Lybrand in its Washington, DC office. At Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers), he was involved in providing services which he continued to provide previously at R&M and now offers with FTI Consulting. These services included claim-related audits and reviews, design and implementation of cost accounting systems, representation before all government procurement and audit agencies, and preparation and review of Disclosure Statements to be submitted to the Cost Accounting Standards Board. Before joining Coopers & Lybrand's staff in DC, Mr. McGeehin served on the audit staff of the company's Philadelphia office, where he participated in audits of privately and publicly held companies in the insurance, manufacturing, transportation, entertainment, and not-for-profit industries.
Mr. McGeehin conducts seminars to select client groups on various accounting topics, and he is also a guest speaker on cost accounting issues involving government contractors and construction owners and contractors at conferences held throughout the country, including presentations on behalf of Federal Publications Inc., the National Contract Management Association (NCMA), the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA), the Construction Owners Association of America (COAA), the annual Construction SuperConference, and state associations of lawyers and certified public accountants. He previously served on the Advisory Board of the Government Contract Costs, Pricing & Accounting Report, a monthly publication focusing on government contract cost accounting issues.
Mr. McGeehin is a CPA; he graduated summa cum laude from the University of Scranton and received a M.B.A. in business administration from The George Washington University.