Beth A. Mohr joined The McHard Firm in 2010, and became Managing Partner in January 2011.  She is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a certification bestowed upon examination by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.  She is a Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS), by the Association of Certified Financial Crimes Specialist.  She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Certified Cyber Crimes Investigator (CCCI).  She has testified as an expert witness in three states on a variety of matters.  Ms. Mohr has a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the University of New Mexico, and holds a Bachelor of Science from Pacific Western University.  She is a private investigator licensed by the states of New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

As Managing Partner of the McHard Firm, Beth has conducted investigations into allegations of fraud, embezzlement, and other white collar crimes, including conducting investigations at state, local, and tribal government entities, privately held firms, and publicly traded companies, as well as non-profit organizations.  She has also investigated allegations of retaliation and whistleblower claims, including Qui Tam cases, and other complex employment matters.  Industries include construction, healthcare, government, and regulated industries including nuclear and space-related industries.  

Beth A. Mohr has extensive experience as both a consulting or testifying expert witness.  She is neutral, fair, and her opinions are rooted in provable facts.  She strives to balance her cases between defense and plaintiff-sided cases, and also provides habeas consulting services.  Ms. Mohr has testified as an expert in New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Washington state, in federal, state courts, and administrative hearings on a variety of subjects, white collar crime and fraud examinations, Bitcoin and cryptocurrency, and police procedures and in cases alleging police misconduct.

Ms. Mohr has written training sessions and articles for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Champion Magazine, a publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and has written articles for the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association and New Mexico Defense Lawyers Association.  She has a forthcoming chapter called “Skepticism”, in the book The Art of the Investigation, Vol 2.  She has also published in the technical peer-reviewed journal The Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society.  Beth recently published in Fraud Magazine, When subjects admit guilt but they’re innocent: Understand and preventing false confessions. Beth has presented research papers, by invitation, at conferences for National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement and also the International Association for Science, Technology & Society.

Ms. Mohr is credentialed as a Nationally Certified Law Enforcement Instructor by the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, and is one of fewer than 150 individuals who have been nationally certified as an expert law enforcement instructor.  Ms. Mohr has taught courses on law enforcement topics including interviewing techniques, investigative ethics, evidence collection, financial and fraud investigations, and many other topics.  Her ethics courses, investigative courses, and fraud courses are certified for law enforcement credit.  Ms. Mohr is also a POST Certified law enforcement instructor in California.  

Ms. Mohr served as an investigator for the City of Albuquerque’s Independent Review Office, where she investigated allegations of police misconduct against the Albuquerque Police Department (APD).  Notably, she conducted investigations concerning the events and police response surrounding the 2003 anti-war protests and the APD’s crime lab and evidence room.  Those cases included allegations of financial mismanagement, white collar crimes, excessive force, civil rights violations, tampering with evidence, and destruction of evidence.  Beth later served as the Chair of the City of Albuquerque Police Oversight Board.

Ms. Mohr is a retired San Diego Police Officer; during her career she was awarded three Commanding Officer’s Citations, which are the highest awards offered by the San Diego Police Department.  While working with the Whatcom County (Washington) Public Defender’s Office, Beth investigated smuggling and tax evasion cases which involved US and Canadian Customs agencies.  Beth’s experience includes having conducted cause of death investigations, homicide, and death penalty mitigation investigations.

Beth also has significant experience in the area of performance management, performance improvement and management quality review.  She has conducted successful process improvement analyses for large governmental agencies and small non-profit organizations.  As part of her commitment to performance measurement and quality education, she recently served as a Peer Reviewer for the National Association for Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.  Beth is a past member of the ICMA (formerly the International City/County Management Association), and was a member of ICMA’s Advisory Board on Graduate Education.