Mr. Gardner has 11 years of financial consulting experience and has specialized in complex insurance claims consulting since 1995. He has extensive experience in the development and preparation of first-party property damage and business interruption claims, and complex insurance claims for asbestos, pollution, and human health exposures (APH). He has assisted clients in virtually all aspects of the insurance claims process, such as damage quantification, insurance policy analysis, allocation modeling, and the development of negotiating strategy.

Mike has prepared and presented claims to both the London Market and various domestic carriers on behalf of clients in a variety of industries, including oil and gas, manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, contract packaging/food processing, and waste management.

Prior to founding The Claro Group, Mike was a principal in the Insurance Claims group of LECG, LLC. Prior to joining LECG in June of 2002, Mike worked for Andersen for more than ten years. He began his career in the Financial Statement Assurance practice and later focused on insurance claims consulting.

Mike is a licensed CPA in Illinois, a member of the AICPA, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Indiana University.