Dispute Resolution Expert Witnesses

Legal, Dispute Resolution - Standard of Care of Attorneys, Attorney Fee Disputes, Attorney Ethics, Legal Malpractice, Litigation Strategy/Tactics, Litigation Coach/Consultant, Litigation Trainer, Major Trial Assistance and Augmentation, Expert Witness Depositions

Extensive jury trial and court trial experience as well as extensive appellate court experience. In trial for more than 250 days (2009 - 2014). Worked on appeals in areas of attorney conduct including two California Supreme Court cases: Flatt v. Superior Court (my firm) and Musser v. Provencer (trial counsel and my firm). See Hall v. Harker (trial and appellate counsel), Gregori v. Bank of America (trial and appellate counsel), Asman v. Revlon (trial counsel and writ counsel) plus other reported as well as non-published appeals. Expertise in complex civil litigation including professional liability, defense of professional licenses, fraud in the sale of a business, fraud in the sale of real property, employment litigation, high-end divorce, personal injury, construction defect, professional liability, etc.

Business Damages, Intellectual Property - Accounting, Valuation, Economics, Financial, Dispute Resolution, Damages, Breach, Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret, lost profits, reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, Section 337 matters, ITC, International Trade Commission

Deepa Sundararaman focuses her practice in the areas of intellectual property and commercial litigation matters. She has significant experience performing complex financial and accounting analyses in quantification of damages. Her experience includes disputes brought to federal courts and matters brought before the US International Trade Commission (ITC); and covers a range of disputes involving breach of contract, intellectual property, including allegations of patent, trademark infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets. Ms. Sundararaman has evaluated and quantified damages involving lost profits, reasonable royalties, and unjust enrichment. At the ITC, she has analyzed economic and financial issues in Section 337 investigations related to public interest, domestic industry, commercial success, remedy, cease and desist, and calculation of the appropriate bond rate. Her experience spans industries including semiconductors, pharmaceutical products, medical devices, toys, de...

Business Operations, Marketing - Communications, Contact Centers, Customer Experience, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Human Resources, Management, Training and Development, Telecommunications

Steve Brubaker is the CEO of Customer Care Partners Corp. The company provides unique solutions for businesses for improving relationships with customers. World-class customer experiences can only be achieved when internal team members themselves, feel valued and appreciated. Improving relationships with external customers begins with making sure the relationships within and throughout the organization are strong and secure. Steve is the former Chief of Staff for InfoCision Management Corporation. He was responsible for human resources and team development, legal compliance, industry relations, as well as internal and external communications.

Construction, Dispute Resolution - Construction Delay, Disruption, Productivity Loss, Quantum of Damages, Critical Path Delay, Change Orders, Scope Change, Termination, CPM Scheduling, Audit, Construction Claim, Acceleration, Cumulative Impact, Extended General Conditions, Extension of Time, Liquidated Damages, Concurrent Delay

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Caleb M. Sturm is a Director in the J.S. Held, LLC Construction Advisory practice. Caleb is engaged by parties in the construction industry regarding matters of schedule delay & work disruption, losses in productivity, claim formulation & review, quantum of economic damages, cost auditing, risk management, and project administration procedures. Caleb has performed analyses on claims and disputes ranging from $1 million to $250 million. Caleb has worked with counsel in preparing for mediation, conducting negotiation discussions, and providing expert testimony. Mr. Sturm also consults with parties in the planning, scheduling, control, and mitigation of project risk. His experience in proactive and forensic capacities allows him to anticipate risks and challenges at each stage of the project life cycle. Caleb is advanced in the development of best practices and procedures in the active management of projects. Caleb accumulated his construction industry ex...

Construction, Dispute Resolution - Construction Delay, Disruption, Productivity Loss, Quantum of Damages, Critical Path Delay, Change Orders, Scope Change, Termination, CPM Scheduling, Audit, Construction Claim, Acceleration, Cumulative Impact, Extended General Conditions, Extension of Time, Liquidated Damages, Concurrent Delay

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Caleb M. Sturm is a Director in the J.S. Held, LLC Construction Advisory practice. Caleb is engaged by parties in the construction industry regarding matters of schedule delay & work disruption, losses in productivity, claim formulation & review, quantum of economic damages, cost auditing, risk management, and project administration procedures. Caleb has performed analyses on claims and disputes ranging from $1 million to $250 million. Caleb has worked with counsel in preparing for mediation, conducting negotiation discussions, and providing expert testimony. Mr. Sturm also consults with parties in the planning, scheduling, control, and mitigation of project risk. His experience in proactive and forensic capacities allows him to anticipate risks and challenges at each stage of the project life cycle. Caleb is advanced in the development of best practices and procedures in the active management of projects. Caleb accumulated his construction industry ex...

Construction, Dispute Resolution - Construction Management, Hospital construction, Clinic construction, General Contractor, Arbitrator, Mediator, Lean Construction, commercial construction

Hospitals, Medical and Healthcare construction projects are and have been my trademark specialty as a general contractor and construction manager for my entire career. For over 45 years I've provided successful management and leadership for extremely complex, high risk construction projects, while stationed on both the physical job sites as the boots on the ground leader as well as professionally in the corporate offices settings. My $4.5 billion of construction volume in healthcare construction projects' experiences have taught me how to operate successfully in highly collaborative teaming environments as well as those that are highly adversarial in 9 states and Canada. Dispute resolution in some form is a constant need almost every hour of every day in construction. I learned decades ago in the field and through formal professional training how to always settle them collaboratively and help all parties through their disagreements amicably or at least with consensus solutions. I c...

Construction, Dispute Resolution - Construction Delay, Disruption, Productivity Loss, Quantum of Damages, Critical Path Delay, Change Orders, Scope Change, Termination, CPM Scheduling, Audit, Construction Claim, Acceleration, Cumulative Impact, Extended General Conditions, Extension of Time, Liquidated Damages, Concurrent Delay

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Caleb M. Sturm is a Director in the J.S. Held, LLC Construction Advisory practice. Caleb is engaged by parties in the construction industry regarding matters of schedule delay & work disruption, losses in productivity, claim formulation & review, quantum of economic damages, cost auditing, risk management, and project administration procedures. Caleb has performed analyses on claims and disputes ranging from $1 million to $250 million. Caleb has worked with counsel in preparing for mediation, conducting negotiation discussions, and providing expert testimony. Mr. Sturm also consults with parties in the planning, scheduling, control, and mitigation of project risk. His experience in proactive and forensic capacities allows him to anticipate risks and challenges at each stage of the project life cycle. Caleb is advanced in the development of best practices and procedures in the active management of projects. Caleb accumulated his construction industry ex...

Business Damages, Economics - fraud, business valuation, business interruption, lost profits, product recall, personal injury, employment cases, discrimination, contract disputes, dispute resolution, economic damages, construction defects, insurance claims, class action, shareholder disputes, bankruptcy, commercial litigation.

Gary S. Barach, CPA, CFE, CFF, CVA, is the founder of Barach Consulting Group, LLC (f/k/a Barach & Company). The firm was established in 1976. He has been retained as a financial forensic and economic expert in over 3,800 cases. His experience in litigation includes business valuation; fraud investigation; bankruptcy; and determining economic damages arising from contract and shareholder disputes, recalled product, and construction defects. Mr. Barach is also a well established expert in economic damages arising from personal injury and discrimination litigation. Mr. Barach’s professional credentials include Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF). He has been qualified as an expert in federal, state, and local courts throughout the United States and has never been precluded from offering testimony as the result of a Daubert motion. Mr. Barach’s 40 years of experience include...

Architecture, Construction Defects - Architectual Errors & Omissions, Construction Defects, Building Inspection, Building Condition & Damage, Property Damage Cause, Dispute Resolution, Arbitration & Mediation, Disaster Recovery & Restoration, Environmental, Expert Witness, Slip, Trip, & Fall Injury, Forensics

Currently independently working as an Emeritus Architect consulting for building enclosure forensic & diagnostic of existing building enclosure condition assessments & documentation, building damage analysis with cause, origin, & extent of damage opinions, estimates of costs to repair or replace, building design & construction document reviews, construction quality assurance inspections, effective performance verification test recommendations, provide legal question & issue consulting, depositions & trial testimony for numerous lawsuits and insurance claims for both plaintiff or claimant & defense. Legal issues include building construction & material defects, design errors & omissions, personal injury, and property damage from wind & other weather causes, tidal surge & rising water, and fire. He has Bachelor and Master of Architecture degrees from the Tulane University School of Architecture. As an Emeritus Architect, with over fifty years’ experience, he pro vides building co...

Construction, Construction Defects - Real-world Hands-on Construction Experience, Building inspections, Construction, Construction Defects, Construction engineering, Construction accidents, Demolition, Disaster Recovery, Dispute Resolution, Construction document examination, Indoor air quality, Insurance, Construction investigations

Allen is a trusted resource for your, Insurance Claims - Construction Defects - Construction Contracts and Project claims. A Construction Expert Witness with Real-world Hands-on construction experience and 30 years of Construction Business Operations. Allen's business operations include: Gryphon Builders is a twenty-year-old company servicing the custom home building and high-end remodeling market in affluent areas of Houston. Gryphon Property Services was formed to facilitate the immediate upkeep, as well as anticipate and execute the long-term planning of maintenance needs of large townhome communities and apartment complexes. Viewpoint Designs is the internal company that services the Design/Build segment of Gryphon Builders. In 2016 we started servicing builders and remodelers in and around the Houston market. Areas of specialty knowledge; Home Building, Home Remodeling, Design/Build, Multi-family Buildings & Architectural Design services. Allen is easily understandable, yet hi...

Business Damages, Accounting - Damages Lost Profits, Forensic Accounting, Construction Claims, Business Interruption , Insurance Claims, Product liability claims , Theft of Trade Secrets , Whistle blower cases, Antitrust/Pricing issues, Business valuations, Contract disputes, Dispute Resolution, Energy, Oli & Gas , M & A

EXPERIENCE • Over 58 trial/hearing testimonies in 8 states: 11 Federal, 23 State, 25 Arbitration • Over 88 total expert testimony matters • Over 765 business dispute and consulting matters • 150 financial audits (Public Accounting – 7 years) • Significant engineering & construction experience EJ JANIK, CPA, CFF, CFE, CFLC, MS CPA = Certified Public Accountant CFF = Certified in Financial Forensics CFE = Certified Fraud Examiner CFLC = Certified Forensic Litigation Consultant FIRM SERVICES Business and Dispute Consulting Construction and Contract Claims Damage Analysis / Critiques Fact Finding / Graphic Analytics Opinions / Reports Accounting / Financial / Economic Modeling Contract Accounting Projections and Trend Analysis Color Graphic Damage Modeling Trial Exhibits and Expert Testimony OVERALL EXPERIENCE Antitrust/Pricing Issues Audits Bankruptcy Analyses Business Interruption Business Valuations Construction Claims Contract Disputes Cost Determinations...

Business Valuation, Business Damages - Fraud, Forensic Accounting, Divorce, Partnership Dispute, Shareholder Dispute, Minority Shareholder Oppression, Dispute Resolution, Corporate Investigation, Dissolution, Valuation, Damages, Expert Testimony