David P. Weber, JD, DBA, CFE

Expertise

Dr. David P. Weber is a Teaching Professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University. An internationally recognized authority on corporate governance, fraud prevention and forensic accounting, Dr. Weber has three decades of experience at the intersection of regulatory enforcement, financial investigations, accounting, and law.

Dr. Weber concluded his two-decade career in federal service as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Chief Investigator, before which he was the Chief of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's Enforcement Unit I, responsible for all enforcement and investigations from the Mississippi River-West. Prior to the FDIC, Dr. Weber served as the Special Counsel for Enforcement at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, regulating the conduct of national banks and foreign banks federally licensed to conduct business in the United States.

In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Weber maintains an active practice as an expert witness, consultant, and trusted advisor to corporate boards and senior executives. Dr. Weber also provides independent counsel to boards on matters of regulatory concern, internal investigations, and governance risk for special investigation and audit committees. He has been named a Thomson Reuters Super Lawyer for every consecutive year since 2020.

In recognition of Dr. Weber's contributions, he was named Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for 2024–2025 and served on the Board of Governors (Bar Council) of the Virginia State Bar from 2022 to 2025. He served as the banking expert for the Panama Papers Investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, a project awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2017.  He served as the technical consultant for the Netflix Studios movie on the Panama Papers, The Laundromat, for which he also played a small cameo.

Dr. Weber holds a Doctorate in Business Administration (Accounting) from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, and a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law. His doctoral dissertation was awarded the Timothy Pearson Best Dissertation Paper Award by the American Accounting Association, named after a legendary forensic accounting professor at West Virginia University. He is honored to now walk the halls of the very school where Dr. Pearson taught.

Education

• DBA (Accounting), Warrington College of Business, University of Florida
• JD, Syracuse University College of Law
• BS, Criminal Justice, Syracuse University
• CFE, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Active Law Licenses, VA, MD, DC, NY
• Private Investigator, Commonwealth of Virginia

Honors and Awards

• Timothy Pearson Best Dissertation Paper Award in Forensic Accounting, American Accounting Association
• Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year for 2024-2025, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• More than 15 Special Act or Service Awards, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Recent Publications

DiGabriele, JA, Price, BS, Riley, RA, Weber, DP; Credential Currency in a Litigation Context: Valuation Outcomes. Journal of Forensic Accounting Research, June 11, 2026
https://doi.org/10.2308/JFAR-2026-002

Weber, DP, Warren, R, Fogerty, T, Dushi, V, Maryland’s Tax Gap Calculation Doesn’t Compute, Tax Notes State, September 8, 2025, Volume 117, 667-671

Weber, DP, Warren, R, Fogerty, T, Dushi, V, Maryland Should Mind the Tax Gap, Tax Notes State, July 28, 2025, Volume 117, 243-247

Weber, DP & Warren, R, Want to Repair Social Security? Enlist the IRS, The Wall Street Journal, July 11, 2025 (online), July 12, 2025 (print)

Weber, DP, Warren R, Fogerty, T, Dushi, V, Forced Attrition Will Make Tax Evasion Great Again, Tax Notes Federal, April 2025, Volume 187, 57-65