Robert Bates
Attorney at Law
California
CA
About
He handles contracts, negotiations, pre-bankruptcy financial analysis, criminal issues, demand/opinion letters, employment hearings etc.
Expert witness work includes damage calculations, forensics.
During the past 35+ years, Bob has been CFO/Controller of various public and private companies in many industries in US/Canada/Europe/Asia. Bob raised $35 million for several of them, and founded and bought and sold several of the companies. He also worked at KPMG and has his own accounting practice. He has extensive experience… read more with acquisition due diligence, expert witness work, financial reporting, complex debt, modeling, supervising staff, growth and audit preparation.
Since 2005 Bob has been involved in the valuation, sale, merger and acquisition of over a hundred businesses. He has experience in a wide variety of matters and industries-from tech to brick and mortar.
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Client Reviews
"He was very knowledgeable, kind, professional and made me feel like he was genuinely on my side yet fair with the value. I would highly recommend working with Bob’ I had the great pleasure of meeting Bob Bates. Bob was professional, knowledgeable and never difficult to connect with. I would highly recommend his services. I truly felt he was concerned for me on a human level and not doing it because this is his job."
"A+ went out of his way to be helpful. Extremely friendly and a pleasure to work with. When experience counts, stick to a professional like Bob. Excellent and dependable"
Work History
Bates Law Firm
Owner
May 2025 - Present
Law firm handling demand letters, negotiation, legal strategies, employment hearings/matters, discovery prep, opinion letters
HP Accounting
Owner
Sep 1995 - Present
CPA/Valuations/expert witness damage calculations, forensic