Background
Cala Mitra is a Director based in Resolution Economics’ Toronto, Canada office. She specializes in assessing and quantifying economic losses arising from personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and business interruption. Her experience also includes forensic investigations and the assessment of agricultural losses.
Ms. Mitra has more than 15 years of experience in litigation and economic loss accounting. She has prepared more than 1,000 reports addressing income and earning losses, costs of care, dependency losses, business interruption, and forensic accounting matters for plaintiff and defense counsel. Her agricultural work includes losses involving livestock, poultry, crops, greenhouses, and equestrian facilities. She has been qualified as an expert witness in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and has testified in jury and non-jury personal injury trials, a criminal matter, and a matrimonial arbitration.
Before joining Resolution Economics, Ms. Mitra was Director of Litigation Accounting Services at RSM Canada Consulting and Senior Manager and Vice President at MDD Forensic Accountants. Earlier in her career, she worked in audit at MacNeill Edmundson LLP and KPMG LLP. She has presented lectures and seminars on economic loss claims, dependency income, pension losses, collateral benefits, and the discounting of future income streams. She has also presented and published on the quantification of agricultural damages.
Focus Areas
Professional Credentials and Affiliations
CPA, CA, Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario
CFF, Certified in Financial Forensics, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Education
Master of Forensic Accounting, University of Toronto
Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting, University of Toronto
Bachelor of Administration and Commercial Studies, Finance, Western University
