THOMAS NECHES & COMPANY - Key Persons

Jack I. Samet

Job Titles:
  • Attorney

Shari Yaros

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Consultant
Shari Yaros is an associate of Thomas Neches & Company. Her work experience includes: Pacific Heritage Bank - Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Gibraltar Savings Corporation - Assistant Vice President and Manager of Corporate Planning Peat Marwick Main & Company - Consultant, Financial Institutions Group Bank Earnings International - Consultant First Interstate Bank - International Banking Officer. In these positions, Ms. Yaros formalized the accounting and finance department for an independent real estate bank; wrote and implemented the bank's investment and asset/liability management policies; managed the bank's investments portfolio; created the bank's first unit-based budgeting and variance reporting system; oversaw internal and external financial reporting for monthly financials, quarterly SEC filings, annual reports, stock offering prospectuses, and other regulatory filings and appeals; oversaw external bank audits by independent certified public accountants, regulatory agencies, and the Internal Revenue Service; assisted in due diligence related to acquisitions; oversaw forecasting of corporate financial performance under various business and economic conditions; monitored debt-rescheduling and trade financing programs; prepared country studies, including assessing foreign political and economic risk and presenting portfolio recommendations to executive management. As an executive officer of Pacific Heritage Bank, Ms. Yaros was a member of the Executive, Asset/Liability Management and Investment Committees, and attended all Board of Director meetings to present financial reports and other financial information to the board. Ms. Yaros works as a consultant and forensic accountant, assisting attorneys and individuals on financial and accounting aspects of family law, personal injury and other civil litigation cases. She has prepared both loss of earnings and damages analyses and has provided expert testimony at deposition. Ms. Yaros is a Certified Public Accountant. She received her MBA (concentrations: finance and international economics) and BS in Business Administration (concentrations: accounting and finance) from the University of California at Berkeley.

Thomas M. Neches - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation. Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA.

Yael Irom

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Senior Associate
Yael Irom is a senior associate of Thomas Neches & Company. She has performed audit, management advisory, tax preparation and litigation services in California and Oklahoma. Ms. Irom's industry experience includes communications, financial institutions, health care, manufacturing, not-for-profit, retail and wholesale. The scope of her responsibilities has included complete performance of all areas of independent audits, internal audits, preparation of financial statements, compilations, reviews, federal and state tax returns and special reports. She has also been responsible for preparing payroll, accounts payable, bank reconciliations, monthly general ledger postings, closings, reports, depreciation calculations, accounts receivable analysis, budgeting, cost analysis, revenue forecasting and cash flow projections. Ms. Irom's positions have included accountant, auditor, internal audit officer and financial controller. For the past nine years she has focused exclusively on litigation services and audit services. Ms. Irom is a Certified Public Accountant. She received her BSBA in Accounting from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma.