Hedge Funds Expert Witnesses

Hedge funds expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on hedge funds. The hedge funds expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Business Damages, Financial, Fraud, and Securities & Investments.

Marty Dirks Investment Strategy & Analysis

San Francisco, California
Securities & Investments, Business Damages - Materiality of Information, Damages, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud, Hedge Funds, Insider Trading, Stock Options, Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution Pension Plans, Ponzi Scheme, Short Selling, Suitability, Business Valuation
Marty Dirks has more than 30 years of institutional investment experience with expertise in hedge fund management, valuation and analysis of securities, analysis of corporate accounting fraud, and other complex investment-related issues. As an analyst and short selling hedge fund manager from 1989 through 2010, he has special expertise in the analysis of fraud and misrepresentation by publicly-traded companies. Mr. Dirks is a Senior Adjunct Professor of Finance at Golden Gate University (2006-present). He was the director of research at McCullough, a value equity manager, from 2010-2012. He was a board member for the San José pension plan from 2011-2019. From his roles as an Adjunct Professor and Investment Consultant he has proven his ability as a confident public speaker with the ability to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences. His corporate industry experience includes working at Cooper Industries (1987-1989), a Fortune 100 manufacturing company, and at Texas Instrume...

David C. Hinman, CFA Hinman Capital Services LLC (HCS)

Corona del Mar, California
Financial, Securities & Investments - Asset Management, Bond Trading, Fixed Income, Emerging Market Debt, High Yield Bonds, CLOs, Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, Credit Derivatives, CDS, Prospectus Disclosure, Bond Defaults / Restructurings, AT1s, CoCos, Bank Loans, Bank Asset Liability, SEC Rule 144a, Bond Pricing, Chief Investment Officer
David Hinman, CFA has nearly 25 years of fixed income asset management experience, primarily at PIMCO. In his career, he has managed CLOs, hedge funds, and closed- and open-ended mutual funds. His expertise includes analyzing, trading, and managing portfolios of credit derivatives, investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, bank loans, emerging market debt, and structured credit. As an investor, he has also participated in numerous corporate bankruptcies and debt restructurings and served on creditor workout committees. He co-founded and sold a SEC registered investment advisor, where he served as Chief Investment Officer. He has expertise regarding hedge and mutual fund disclosures, documentation, and regulations. He has detailed familiarity with bond offering documents, typical disclosures, as well as bond investor expectations regarding information provided by both issuers and underwriters. He previously held Series 3, 63, 65 and 7 licenses. He has also testified in deposit...

James W. Lovely, BBA, MBA, JD

Lakeland, Florida
Securities & Investments, Financial - Derivatives, Swaps, Futures, ISDA/SIFMA/NAESB Documentation, UCC Article 8, Foreign Currency, Financial Products, Municipal Bonds, Hedge Funds, Securitization, CFTC and SEC Compliance, LIBOR/SOFR transition issues.
James Lovely provides expert witness, litigation support, and consulting services concerning all types of derivatives and other capital markets products. His expertise encompasses both academic training and extensive legal and financial work experience involving the regulation, structuring, hedging, documentation, execution, management and termination of financial products, including futures, options, swaps, derivatives, and bonds, ISDA, NAESB and SIFMA documentation, repurchase agreements, liquidity facilities, structured financial products, commercial paper programs, securitizations, commodity financing, and prime brokerage arrangements. He also advises clients on LIBOR/SOFR transition issues. He is experienced with the U.C.C., including particularly Article 8 of the UCC related to securities and financial asset transfers and Article 9 related to secured transactions.

Barclay T. Leib, CFE, CAIA Sand Spring Advisors LLC

Morristown, New Jersey
Financial, Fraud - Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Trading Practices, Security Manipulation, Fiduciary Duty, Forensic Audit, CFE, CAIA , Options, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals
Barclay Leib, CFE, CAIA is an accomplished alternative asset due diligence professional who has been conducting due diligence and asset allocation on a variety of alternative investments (hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, alternative direct lending) for the majority of the past 20 years. He previously was a senior derivatives trader at firms including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale for the first 20-years of his career. He also ran Alternatives Research for Fortigent LLC ($70 bln of assets advised) for two years. Mr. Leib has testified in both AAA arbitration and in Court cases in matters related to hedge funds, due diligence, fiduciary duty, and market manipulation. He has also assisted the SEC, CFTC, SDNY, and FBI, as well as several law firms, in various financial investigations that have resulted in successful criminal prosecutions. Mr. Leib holds an active FINRA Series 65 license, as well as a Series 7 & 63 (and prior Series 3). H...

Kerry Campbell, CFA®, CFP®, AIFA® Kerry Campbell LLC

Staten Island, New York
Securities & Investments, Financial - Uniform Prudent Investor Act, UPIA, Trust and Estates, Trustee Duty of Impartiality, Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Damages, Investment Suitability, Financial Planning, Portfolio Management, Asset Allocation, Investment Due Diligence, Divorce, Matrimonial, Hedge Funds, FINRA, Annuities.
Mr. Campbell has over 30 years of financial industry experience. He is the principal of a financial litigation and investment management consulting firm, Kerry Campbell LLC, where he serves as a financial expert witness during litigations and provides consulting services to financial institutions and investors. He has worked in investment research and portfolio management, as a Managing Director at Arden Asset Management, and as a Senior Vice President at Guggenheim Partners. He has worked in prime broker risk management as a Managing Director at Bear Stearns. Prior to that he worked as a commissioned registered representative, a funding officer and as a credit analyst/loan officer. Mr. Campbell received a Master of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Chicago Booth Graduate School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Finance Summa Cum Laude from Fordham University Gabelli School of Business. He is an Approved FINRA Dispute Resolution Arbitrator, a Cha...

David C. Hinman, CFA Hinman Capital Services LLC (HCS)

New York
Financial, Securities & Investments - Asset Management, Bond Trading, Fixed Income, Emerging Market Debt, High Yield Bonds, CLOs, Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds, Credit Derivatives, CDS, Prospectus Disclosure, Bond Defaults / Restructurings, AT1s, CoCos, Bank Loans, Bank Asset Liability, SEC Rule 144a, Bond Pricing, Chief Investment Officer
David Hinman, CFA has nearly 25 years of fixed income asset management experience, primarily at PIMCO. In his career, he has managed CLOs, hedge funds, and closed- and open-ended mutual funds. His expertise includes analyzing, trading, and managing portfolios of credit derivatives, investment grade and high yield corporate bonds, bank loans, emerging market debt, and structured credit. As an investor, he has also participated in numerous corporate bankruptcies and debt restructurings and served on creditor workout committees. He co-founded and sold a SEC registered investment advisor, where he served as Chief Investment Officer. He has expertise regarding hedge and mutual fund disclosures, documentation, and regulations. He has detailed familiarity with bond offering documents, typical disclosures, as well as bond investor expectations regarding information provided by both issuers and underwriters. He previously held Series 3, 63, 65 and 7 licenses. He has also testified in deposit...

Barclay T. Leib, CFE, CAIA Sand Spring Advisors LLC

New York
Financial, Fraud - Hedge Funds, Alternative Investments, Derivatives, Trading Practices, Security Manipulation, Fiduciary Duty, Forensic Audit, CFE, CAIA , Options, Foreign Exchange, Precious Metals
Barclay Leib, CFE, CAIA is an accomplished alternative asset due diligence professional who has been conducting due diligence and asset allocation on a variety of alternative investments (hedge funds, venture capital, private equity, alternative direct lending) for the majority of the past 20 years. He previously was a senior derivatives trader at firms including JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Barclays Bank, and Societe Generale for the first 20-years of his career. He also ran Alternatives Research for Fortigent LLC ($70 bln of assets advised) for two years. Mr. Leib has testified in both AAA arbitration and in Court cases in matters related to hedge funds, due diligence, fiduciary duty, and market manipulation. He has also assisted the SEC, CFTC, SDNY, and FBI, as well as several law firms, in various financial investigations that have resulted in successful criminal prosecutions. Mr. Leib holds an active FINRA Series 65 license, as well as a Series 7 & 63 (and prior Series 3). H...