Defamation Expert Witnesses in California

Defamation, Information Technology - Financial Damages, Economic Damages, Internet Defamation, Digital Marketing, Business Valuation, Libel Slander, Reputation Management, Search Engine Optimization, Marketing, Public Relations, Cyber Investigations, Digital Forensics, Social Media, IP Damages, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook

Sameer leads a 250+ member team at Blue Ocean Global Technology and Capital Expert Services, specializing in litigation consulting and expert witness engagements. Given the unique nature of each case, Sameer offers a competitive advantage through an integrated team approach, including legal research, data analytics, private investigations, digital forensics, financial analysis, academic insight, and interviews. His team is strategic with client resources, ensuring that reports are developed collaboratively to achieve a blended rate. Co-experts are added strategically on merit. When engaged directly, all reports and testimony reflect Sameer's independent professional opinions Sameer has consulted on 400+ cases and regularly delivers CLE programs for State Bar Associations. He is a former investment and private banker, which affords him a framework for calculating damages on a wide range of case mandates. Over the past decade, Sameer's responsibilities at CFA Institute include publis...

California

Economics, Statistics - Lost wages, Antitrust, Class certification, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Platform economics, Conjoint surveys, Health insurance, Class action, Economic damages, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wage and hour, Industrial espionage, Lanham Act, Defamation, Statistical sampling, FLSA

Phil Cross is Kenyon Consulting’s principal and founder. He has over twenty-five years’ experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government and consulting. His consulting experience includes opining in large class-action litigations, high-profile arbitrations, antitrust matters, breach-of-contract matters, wage-and-hour matters and employment discrimination matters. He is widely recognized as being an effective testifier, able to break down complex economic ideas and empirical findings into plain English for judges and juries. Phil has his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wisconsin, has taught at Georgetown, Johns Hopkins and the University of Melbourne and has published in top academic journals. Phil has a wide range of experience, including opining on video game distribution, health insurance provision, health-care worker markets, higher education finance, automotive supply distribution, mining, probationary service provision, health care, financial se...

Auburn, California

Psychology, Forensic Psychology - Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child Abuse, Cyber bullying, Defamation, Law Enforcement, First Responders, PTSD, Military Mental Health, Psychological Malpractice, Wrongful Termination, Disability Impairment, Immigration Evaluation, Workers Compensation, Workplace harassment, Workplace violence, Chronic Pain, Native American Trauma

Dr. Alexandra Clarfield is a licensed psychologist and Qualified Medical Examiner (QME) providing forensic psychological evaluations throughout Northern California, with offices in Auburn (Placer County), Yolo and Sonoma Counties. She accepts referrals from both plaintiff and defense. Her forensic practice includes Workers’ Compensation QMEs, civil litigation support, and specialized evaluations for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Intellectual Disability. Dr. Clarfield has extensive professional experience. In addition to an M.S. in Social Psychology from Vanderbilt University and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Temple University, she completed training in cutting edge treatments for traumatic stress disorders including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Prolonged Exposure Therapy. She completed in depth training in mindfulness-based approaches such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and Hakomi. Her experience in the treatment of ...

Los Angeles, California

Internet, Digital Forensics - AI Audit, Synthetic Control, Research, Defamation, Focus Groups, Litigation Consulting, Content Analysis, Survey Analysis, Network Analysis, Media Analysis, Damages, AI Bias, Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms, Social Media, Digital Evidence, Information Flow, Algorithmic Decision Making, Amplification Analysis, Reputation Harm

Diana Ascher, PhD, MBA, is an expert witness in defamation and artificial intelligence (AI) bias litigation involving digital evidence and algorithmic systems. She is retained in the largest cases—including matters seeking more than $1 billion in damages—where amplification, causation, and harm are determinative. Dr. Ascher typically is engaged at the outset of a case to assess whether technical theories will withstand evidentiary scrutiny. She works with plaintiffs and defendants.

Westlake Village, California

Defamation, Communications - Journalism, Libel, Public Perception/Opinion, False Light/Privacy, Advertising, Slander, Negative Media Exposure, Defamation of Character, Marketing, Negative Online Reviews, Reputation Damage Costs, Public Opinion/Perception, Defamation, Online/Internet Defamation, Reputation Damage Repair/Costs, Journalism

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND Professional Employment * Journalist: New York Times Reporter * Public Relations: Eight years working for 3 of top 10 PR firms in U.S. * PR/Communications Firm: Owned PR firm in Los Angeles 42 years (also provided Advertising and Marketing services) Professional Areas of Specialization * First PR firm in nation representing legal profession (1978). Represented 130 law firms. Provided PR, marketing and litigation services. * Handled communications ("Court of Public Opinion") and provided support in 250-300 litigation cases/trials nationwide. * Acknowledged nationally for expertise in crisis communications and reputation damage repair (created and implemented 50-60 reputation damage repair programs.) * National reputation with news media for reputation management and repair, utilized as expert media information source, analyst and commentator by print and electronic media (both news and feature), wire services. (Example: during and between the...

LOS ANGELES, California

Communications, Marketing - Public Relations, Crisis Management, Reputation Management/Harm, Social Media, Defamation, Slander, Libel, Franchises Franchisors Franchisees, SEO/Websites, Mainstream Media, Brand Reputation, Online internet harm, Marketing, PR Professional Practices/Malpractice, Advertising, Strategic Branding

Joann Killeen, APR, Fellow PRSA, has over 35 years of experience and is one of the few court-qualified, public relations expert witnesses. She is Accredited in Public Relations (APR) and a Fellow PRSA, awarded by the Public Relations Society of America, one of the leading public relations professional organizations. She is one of 400 members in the PRSA College of Fellows. With a proven track record of success in corporate, agency, technology, government, franchisee, education and health care, Killeen is an accomplished public relations professional whose client campaigns have won awards by PRSA. Her extensive experience enables her to quickly assess client's communications needs and recommend tailored, cost-effective strategic solutions. Killeen served as the President and CEO of the Public Relations Society of America in 2002, where she led the organization to record financial success, a first in its 76-year history. She has has engaged by law firms to provide pre-trial consu...

Woodbridge, California

Defamation, Communications - EXPERT WITNESS for economic damages, malicious or negligent causation of emotional distress, issues relating to social media (SM), mainstream media, online and internet defamation, libel review, public/private figures, the right to privacy, slander, libel, and cost of defamation management/repair, reputation repair

SERVICES: Expert witness reports and/or testimony in defamation of character cases, including both libel and slander, as well as portrayal in a false light and right to privacy cases. This leverages 30 years of experience as a credible journalist and one of the first practitioners of search engine optimization, as well as 20 years of consulting directly with end-clients on emotional distress issues. I am familiar with most aspects of defamation, from gossip campaigns to online defamation and reputation management. Particular areas of expertise: • Economic damages resulting from defamation and harm to reputation. There are ALWAYS economic damages, if not to date, then in the costs of reputation repair going forwards - I make itemized projections of these in both reports and testimony. • Traditional mainstream media libel. I've been an editor, journalist, and author for 30 years, and know the aspects from fault to hot-button words. • Online defamation through review/rating web sit...