Intellectual Property Expert Witnesses
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of intellectual property expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on intellectual property and related issues. Intellectual property expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these intellectual property expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Intellectual Property, Patents, Patent, Lost Profits, Breach Of Contract, Manufacturing, Patent Infringement, Product Liability, Economic Damages, Software, Trade Secrets, Failure Analysis, Trademark Infringement, Forensic Accounting, and Licensing.
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David Smith, MS, MBA, PE, CSP
Product and Equipment Safety, IP and Patent Expert
Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc.
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Patents, intellectual property, aerial lift, boom lift, scissor lift, manufacturing equipment, agricultural equipment, oil and gas equipment, refuse equipment, garbage trucks, trailers, conveyors, exercise equipment, safety, consumer products, chairs, seating, Forklift, thrill ride, zip line
Experienced mechanical engineer (MS, PE) and certified safety professional (CSP) with seven issued patents. Award winning inventor. President of Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc., a mechanical engineering consulting company with clients around the United States ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. Consulted on multiple products including: forklifts, conveyors, aerial lifts, garbage trucks, trailers, exercise equipment, seating and manufacturing equipment.
Graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Completed a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in product development. Licensed professional engineer (PE) and a certified safety professional in comprehensive practice (CSP). Certified operator and trainer for forklifts, powered industrial trucks, boom lifts, scissor lifts, MEWPS, rough terrain forklifts. Approaching 20 years experience in product development, patents, safe equipment desi...
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Randy L Phares
Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.
Surprise, Arizona
Products Liability, Transportation
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packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics
Randy Phares is an expert in packaging, distribution, transportation and manufacturing, especially corrugated and folding carton packaging. He is also an expert on pallets, crating, warehousing and transporting products by semi-truck. He does forensic analysis of packaging failures that caused damage or injury. He has bought, sold operated, supervised, removed and installed packaging machinery. He has managed many warehouses and a fleet of trucks. He has run a packaging testing lab and held almost every job in a packaging operation over his 30+ year career. He has completed Expert Reports on packaging failure, load securement, freight transportation, intellectual property, crating, packaging design, Lean Manufacturing, intellectual property and pallets. He has given Depositions, testified at Trial and consulted with attorneys in a variety of cases. He is an esteemed consultant in the packaging field and has done consulting projects all over the world. He was a Regional Safety Champi...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Arizona
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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David Paulus, PhD, PE
Mechanical Engineering & Human Factors Expert
Paulus Consulting, LLC
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Mechanical Engineering Expert, Intellectual Property, Patent Validity, Human Factors Expert, Product Liability, Mechanical Design Expert Witness, Patent Litigation, Safety, Patent Infringement Expert, Industrial Engineering Expert
Dr. David C. Paulus is a nationally recognized expert in mechanical engineering, human factors, and product design, with over two decades of academic, research, and litigation consulting experience. He holds a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University, complemented by a Master’s in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee. He currently serves as a Professor of Practice and Director of Graduate Programs in Engineering and Operations Management at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Paulus is a Professional Engineer (PE) and Certified Human Factors Engineering Professional (CHFEP).
Dr. Paulus offers an exceptional blend of technical depth and legal acumen, having served as an expert witness in over 30 product liability and patent litigation matters, including high-profile cases involving Peloton, Big Ass Fans, ICON Health & Fitness, and Mad Dogg Athletics, among others. His expert testimony spans federal and ...
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Larry Steven Londre, MBA
Marketing, Business Practices & Advertising Expert
Londre Marketing Consultants, LLC / USC / Loyola Law School/ Pepperdine/ California State University, Northridge
Los Angeles, California
Marketing, Advertising
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Marketing, Sales, Advertising, Ads, Promotion, Misleading Advertising, Deceptive Ads, Unfair Advertising, Business Practices, Intellectual Property, Patents, Deceptive Promotion, Trade dress, Unfair Competition, Breach of contract, Partners, Copyrights, Forensic Marketing, Social media, Distribution
Senior Marketing & Advertising Professional. Marketing Analyst.
Marketing & Business Problem Solver in Objectives, Strategies and Tactics.
Battle-tested, deposition-tested. 22+ years as Marketing and Advertising expert.
Cases: Marketing; Advertising; Ads; breach of contract; business strategies, practices; business and professions code compliance and violations; unfair competition, contracts, sponsorships; deceptive, false advertising; media; intellectual property; patents; usage of models; advertising agencies; trade secrets; partner business practices; unfair advertising; deceptive advertising; violations of Lanham Act; unjust enrichment; trademarks at issue; comparative advertising/promotion; licensing; packaging; the value of advertising and media campaigns.
I have been deposed, testified in court and arbitration: 57 times.
Cases have included contracts between partners, directors, advertising agencies, clients, advertisers, suppliers, distributors, production firms an...
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Jeffrey T Gotro, PhD
InnoCentrix, LLC
Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Chemistry & Chemicals, Intellectual Property
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Patent Infringement, Inter Partes Review, Polymers & Plastics, Composites, Adhesives and Coatings, Rheology And Flow, Polymers Used In Electronic Applications, Polymer Materials Selection, Polymer Product Liability, Thermoset Polymers, polymer Processing, Epoxy Chemistry, Polymer Characterization
Dr. Jeffrey Gotro is an expert in polymers/plastics with over 30 years’ experience. His expertise spans polymer chemistry and physics, along with deep knowledge of polymer characterization. Expert in polymers used in electronic applications such as adhesives, coatings and laminates. Experience with polymer composites, highly filled compositions (fiberglass and fillers). Specialist in thermosetting polymers, epoxy, curing, processing, and process analysis. Expert in polymer/plastics characterization including multiple thermal analysis methods, mechanical property measurements, rheological (flow) measurements, and polymer processing such as dispensing, coating, lamination, and molding. Extensive experience in new product development and the product development process. Experience in manufacturing process development, process characterization, and defect analysis. Dr. Gotro has experience in intellectual property evaluations, patent infringement litigation and inter partes revie...
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Joshua Weiner, NABCEP
Solar Expert: Construction, Technology, & Policy
SepiSolar, Inc
Menlo Park, California
Energy, Construction Engineering
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Solar, PV, Photovoltaics, Energy, Batteries, Construction, Electric Utility, Intellectual Property, Patent, Project Development, Electrical Engineering, Asset Management, Contracts, Electricity, Generation, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Power, Solar Installation
Professional Expertise:
As a solar expert witness, Weiner brings knowledge of policy, technology, sales contracts, project finance, permits and entitlements, project development and construction, engineering and project management, data acquisition and analysis that commonly apply to renewable energy and energy storage projects.
Specific areas of expertise, listed below, include solar energy and related technologies, markets, policy, project finance, project development, project planning and execution, project management, codes and standards, and ongoing asset management, performance, diagnostics, and maintenance.
Weiner is adept at unpacking complex topics into simple language that all parties can understand.
Since 2007, Weiner is a certified member of the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) in good standing. Weiner has also taught advanced solar system design and project management at UC Berkeley.
Areas of Expertise:
Energy Technologies
Solar
Bat...
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David Chapman
Electronic Design Automation/Semiconductor Expert
San Jose, California
Intellectual Property, Electronics
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Software, Electronic Design Automation, EDA, Semiconductor, GDS, GDSII, OASIS
David Chapman is an experienced software developer who has written over 1,300,000 lines of code in C/C++ and other languages. He has written software for many areas of semiconductor electronic design automation: mask data preparation, design rule checking, circuit extraction, circuit delay characterization, logic synthesis, physical synthesis, placement, routing, Intellectual Property identification, and transistor level layout generation.
He has over 20 years of consulting experience and was the chair of the Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley in 2018-2019. He has 12 U.S. patents granted.
His expert witness work to date has focused on discovery/analysis of semiconductor layouts (GDS/GDSII, OASIS), especially for patent infringement. His sharp eyes plus his understanding of semiconductor processing and design tools mean that if it's there, he can find it.
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Alan F Cote
Bicycle engineer: design, operation, patent, races
Velo Analysis Consulting
Williston, California
Bicycles, Intellectual Property
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bicycles, bicycle engineering, bicycle design, bicycle accidents, bicycle crashes, bicycle design, ebikes, bicycle races, patents, bicycle patents
Located in Vermont, Alan Cote has a diverse range of expertise in the area of bicycles. He has been retained on more than 50 cases involving bicycle crashes, including: analysis of product failures; bicycle assembly, repair & design; bicycle engineering; patent/trademark matters; races & bicycle related events; and more. He has written about bicycles for more than 25 years for leading publications such as Bicycling, Outside, & other titles; worked as a product developer/engineer; is past elite-level competitor & national championship medalist; race director of national-level cycling events; and holds four patents for bicycle-related technology. BS, Mechanical Engineering.
He has served as an expert witness in more than 50 bicycle-related lawsuits in the past 15 years, both for plaintiff and defense. He has been retained by counsel for industry-leading companies including Garmin, Campagnolo, USA Cycling, and others; by insurance companies including Nationwide, Cincinnati Insuranc...
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Peter Crosby
>45 years experience in medical devices & patents
Biomedical Business Resources, LLC
Aliso Viejo, California
Biomedical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Medical devices, commercially reasonable efforts, patent, intellectual property, product liability, corporate governance, licensing, strategy, inter partes review, misappropriation of trade secrets, ITC, IPR, ITC, fiduciary duty, pacemaker, defibrillator, neurostimulator, biomedical engineering
Peter Crosby is a biomedical engineer with over 45 years experience in the medical device industry, and has served as CEO of six medical device companies, public and private, in 4 countries. He has served as a member of the Board of 13 companies, and is currently serving as a member of the Board of three companies. He has brought many medical devices from concept to market release, through R&D, clinical trials, regulatory approval (FDA and CE Mark) and market launch.
He is an inventor of over 50 issued US patents and applications and foreign equivalents. He has served as an expert in multiple patent cases - infringement, ownership, validity, IPR and ITC.
His clinical domain and specialty experience includes otolaryngology, cardiology, cardiac surgery, anesthesia, pain management, radiology and diagnostic imaging, in vitro diagnostic devices, orthopedic surgery devices, and oncology.
His product experience includes cochlear implants, diagnostic ultrasound, mammography, implantable...
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Walter Sujansky, MD, PhD
MD and Health IT Expert - MedMal and IP experience
Sujansky & Associates, LLC
Woodside, California
Health Informatics, Software Engineering
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Electronic Health Records, EHR, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Interoperability, Health Information Exchange, Health Data Exchange, Internet, Database, Medical Apps, User Interface, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Probability, Statistics, Bioinformatics, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence
- A health I.T. expert with a medical degree, medical informatics doctorate, and 20 years of research and development experience in industry.
- Adjunct faculty member at Stanford Medical School in the Division of Computational Medicine.
- Extensive experience with Electronic Health Records (including audit logs), disease registries, billing/claims system, artificial intelligence, and related technologies
- Has consulted as an expert witness on 27 cases since 2011, with 4 depositions and 2 trial appearances since 2019.
- A track record of innovation in EHR product development, as well as consulting to health I.T. firms, healthcare provider organizations, pharmaceutical companies, government agencies, and litigators in intellectual property and medical malpractice cases.
- Published author and experienced speaker.
- Interests and skills include EHRs, clinical data modeling and standards, software engineering, clinical decision support, interoperability, health information exch...
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David K Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA
High Stakes Disputes and Investigations
Golbahar Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Partnership disputes, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, Employment, Wrongful termination, Business litigation, Lost profits, Business valuation, Unjust enrichment, Fraud, White collar criminal defense, Intellectual property, Bankruptcy, Forensic accounting, Breach of contract, Disputes, Royalty audit
ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
David Golbahar, CPA/CFF, CGMA, is an award-winning forensic accountant and expert witness based in Los Angeles, California, serving attorneys and clients statewide and nationwide. He is the Managing Director of Golbahar Consulting Group, A.C., a boutique forensic accounting and litigation consulting firm focused on disputes and investigations.
Mr. Golbahar has nearly two decades of experience in financial forensics, economic damages, and fraud investigations. He has been retained in numerous complex matters involving privately held businesses, professional practices, and high-net-worth individuals. He has been engaged in cases involving lost profits, business interruption, partnership and shareholder disputes, marital dissolution, solvency analyses, tracing of misappropriated funds, and allegations of financial misconduct.
His practice emphasizes clear, defensible expert analysis for trial, arbitration, and mediation....
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Barbara C. Luna, PhD, CPA, CFE, ASA, CVA, ABV, CFF, MAFF, CGREA, CREA, CMC
Damages
White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, & Hunt, LLP
Sherman Oaks, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Damages, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Value of Businesses and Real Estate, Fraud. Extensive Expert Testimony in breach of contract, business interruption, dissolutions, intellectual property, construction, fraud, securities, personal injury, wrongful termination matters
Barbara Luna is a Senior Partner in the accounting and litigation services firm of White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna & Hunt. She has served as a forensic accounting, damages and valuation expert witness for over forty years in business and personal injury litigation and bankruptcy matters. She analyzes financial, accounting, economic, business, real estate and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and reorganization of businesses. She has testified on numerous occasions in U.S. District Court, Superior Court, Bankruptcy Court, arbitrations and depositions.
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Christopher M Daft, PhD
Patents, Trade Secrets and Medical Devices
River Sonic Solutions, LLC
San Francisco, California
Intellectual Property, Medical Devices
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Imaging, Patent, Ultrasound, Electronics, Transducer, ASIC, MEMS, FDA, Signal Processing, Neuromodulation, Regulatory, Integrated Circuit, Semiconductors, Biometric Security, Wearable Biometrics, Tomography, Neural Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Wearable Medical Device, Product Liability
Award winning, Oxford Educated scientist whose areas of expertise include medical imaging, electronics, semiconductors, medical devices, sensors, MEMS, signal processing and image processing.
- 5 trial testimonies and 15 depositions.
- Litigation experience includes district court, ITC and PTAB matters.
- Extensive Intellectual Property experience including patent development, analysis, licensing, and litigation.
- Serial inventor holding 27 U.S. Patents with 20 applications pending.
- Diverse industry experience including multi-nationals such as GE, Medtronic, Fujifilm, Samsung and Siemens as well as several start-ups.
- Well published.
- Winner of grants from National Institute of Health and DARPA.
- Extensive international consulting experience.
- IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) Senior Member since 2004.
- Three years’ experience teaching electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois.
Holds BA and MA in Physics from...
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Randy L Phares
Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.
California
Products Liability, Transportation
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packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics
Randy Phares is an expert in packaging, distribution, transportation and manufacturing, especially corrugated and folding carton packaging. He is also an expert on pallets, crating, warehousing and transporting products by semi-truck. He does forensic analysis of packaging failures that caused damage or injury. He has bought, sold operated, supervised, removed and installed packaging machinery. He has managed many warehouses and a fleet of trucks. He has run a packaging testing lab and held almost every job in a packaging operation over his 30+ year career. He has completed Expert Reports on packaging failure, load securement, freight transportation, intellectual property, crating, packaging design, Lean Manufacturing, intellectual property and pallets. He has given Depositions, testified at Trial and consulted with attorneys in a variety of cases. He is an esteemed consultant in the packaging field and has done consulting projects all over the world. He was a Regional Safety Champi...
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Kevin Gunderson
Genomics/DNA and Single Cell/Spatial Expert
BlueBarn Bio LLC
Encinitas, California
DNA, Intellectual Property
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Genomics, Methylation, DNA Enzymology, Nanopatterning, SNP Genotyping, Proteomics, Single Cell Biology, DNA Arrays, DNA Storage, Infinium Assays, Assay Development, Spatial Biology, Bead Arrays, Protein Engineering, Targeted Enrichment, Next-Gen Sequencing, Epigenomics, DNA encoding / decoding, Cell Phenotyping, Digital PCR
Dr. Kevin L. Gunderson is a biotechnology expert and consultant specializing in genomics, proteomics, single cell/spatial biology, and the underlying assay chemistries used in modern sequencing and molecular measurement platforms. He brings 30+ years of hands-on technology development experience, 50+ peer-reviewed publications, and 70+ patents/patent applications spanning genomic and proteomic assays, DNA sequencing, methylation, single cell analysis, surface chemistry, and nanofabrication.
He was a founding scientist at Illumina and later served as Senior Director of Advanced Research, leading teams and programs that produced foundational innovations in genotyping and sequencing—including the Infinium platform (Illumina’s first billion-dollar product line), methylation and FFPE methods, targeted NGS enrichment, linked-read approaches, single-cell combinatorial indexing, and NGS-based patterned flowcell/ExAmp advances.
Dr. Gunderson also co-founded Encodia and served as CTO, where ...
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Ryan McKamie, CISSP
Cybersecurity Expert Witness and Consultant
Certus Cybersecurity Solutions LLC
Redwood City, California
Cybersecurity, Intellectual Property
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Cybersecurity, Information Security, Trade Secret, Intellectual Property, Cybersecurity Standards, Cybersecurity Controls, Software Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, Data Breach, Computers, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Incident Response
Ryan McKamie is CEO of Certus Cybersecurity, a provider of cybersecurity services. Ryan has extensive experience as a testifying expert in federal trade secret litigation and has been retained by multiple Am Law 100 firms. Ryan can assist attorneys in the following areas:
Intellectual Property (IP) and Trade Secret Misappropriation – Cybersecurity analysis, consulting and expert testimony in intellectual property litigation related to misappropriation of alleged trade secrets, including analysis and opinion of cybersecurity reasonable measures for alleged trade secrets.
Cyber-Related Insurance and Contract Disputes – Analysis, consulting and expert testimony in cybersecurity-related insurance and contractual litigation, including analysis and opinion on whether specific security standards were maintained.
Cybersecurity Consulting and Expert Testimony – Analysis, consulting and expert testimony in business litigation concerning data privacy, forensics and cybersecurity issues. Pr...
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Jamie Klopp
Transportation Design: Automotive and Aircraft
Klopp US LLC
Encinitas, California
Automotive, Aviation & Aerospace
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Automotive Design, Car Design, Aircraft Design, Product Design, Human Factors, Ergonomics, Styling, Interface, Intellectual Property, Patent, Manufacturing, Engineering, FAA, FMVSS, Interior, Exterior, Seats, Utility Patent, Design Patent, Design Process
Jamie Klopp owns and operates Klopp US LLC, an Automotive, Aircraft, and Product Design Expert Witness service. In addition to expert work, Mr. Klopp is an active design professional working in automotive and aerospace product development. Mr. Klopp holds broad design expertise with specific focus on Passenger Automotive Vehicles and Part 23 Fixed-Wing Aircraft and Part 27 Rotorcraft.
Jamie Klopp provides litigation graphics services that complement his expert witness work in automotive, aircraft, and product design. He creates 3D animations and renderings for intellectual property cases, including technology tutorials and patent disputes, as well as manufacturing processes, industrial systems, and technical subjects. His work includes visualizations of product defects, engineering failures, design processes, and human factors issues. He also produces 2D trial graphics such as diagrams illustrating design elements, patent claims, manufacturing sequences, and engineering specificati...
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Lucas Carden, PhD
Testifying Consumer Survey Expert
Los Angeles, California
Marketing, Advertising
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Survey research, Intellectual property, Lanham Act, Trademark infringement, Trade dress infringement, Likelihood of confusion, False advertising, Deceptive advertising, Secondary meaning, Genericness, Dilution
Lucas Carden, Ph.D., is a research scientist and managing partner at FocusMark LLC and serves as a testifying survey expert on matters related to trademark and trade dress infringement and false and deceptive advertising. He has over a decade of experience designing, executing, and evaluating consumer surveys for complex litigation matters, corporate market research, and academic research.
Dr. Carden has been retained as a survey expert in multiple litigation matters before United States District Courts. He has experience supporting other litigation survey experts, as well as conducting survey research and preparing rebuttal critiques in disputes regarding likelihood of confusion, secondary meaning, genericness, false and deceptive advertising, materiality, and patent valuation. His litigation experience includes matters before federal and state courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and the National Advertising Division (NAD).
Beyond litigation, Dr. Carden has con...
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Joel Delman
Design Patent and Trade Dress Expert Witness
Informed Innovation Inc.
Los Angeles, California
Industrial Design, Intellectual Property
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Design, Design Patent Infringement, Design Patent Validity, Utility Patent Infringement, Utility Patent Validity, Patent Litigation, Trade Dress Infringement, Trade Dress, Secondary Meaning, Functionality, Likelihood of Confusion, Product Design, Industrial Design, Trademark Infringement, Trademark, Patent
Formerly a corporate lawyer, I graduated Harvard Law School and later earned a Master's in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute. From toys to complex medical devices, I've spent over 30 years guiding innovation through strategic product development, and have helped hundreds of clients bridge the elusive gap between creative insight and commercial success.
As design consultant to a broad range of markets and industries, I keep my finger on the pulse of critical trends in consumer electronics, medical devices, transportation, IOT, toys, and a host of other product categories. With clients including LG Electronics, Swingline, Kimberly Clark, Olympus, Qualcomm, Novartis, Fisher Price, Blackberry, Dell, Intel, Disney and Hallmark, I bring that foundation of understanding to my work as design expert witness, and it has proven invaluable to developing effective litigation strategies and legal arguments.
Designers think in such a unique way that it's been coined “Design Thinking,” while l...
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Jason A Engel, CPA, CFE, CIRA, CVA, MAFF, ABV
Engel & Engel, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Fraud Investigations, Tracing of Funds, Economic Damages, Alter Ego, Fraudulent Transfers, Business Appraisal & Valuation, Economics, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption
Engel & Engel, LLP is a Los Angeles CPA firm engaged in the practice of forensic accounting for over 25 years. Mr. Engel has served as an expert witness in over 500 forensic accounting cases including expert testimony in connection with a jury award of $2.3 billion.
Mr. Engel has authored 20 research publications on the subjects of economic damages, fraudulent transfers, intellectual property, alter ego, business valuation, and employment damages.
Mr. Engel's professional credentials include those of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV).
Mr. Engel has been engaged in the practice of forensic accounting and expert testimony for forty years including forensic experience at two of the Big 4 accounting firms. Mr. Engel has testified in federal courts, bankruptcy courts, state ...
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Weston Anson, MBA
CONSOR
San Diego, California
Intellectual Property, Appraisal & Valuation
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Intellectual Assets, Trademarks, Patents, Copyright Licensing, Valuations, Branding, Licensing, Intellectual Property Valuation, Consumer Goods Valuation
Mr. Anson is a world renowned IP expert with testifying experience in the United Kingdom, Europe, and in state, federal, tax, bankruptcy and probate courts in the US; as well as in arbitration and mediation. In trial testimony, multiple depositions, and numerous rule 26 reports, his expertise has been established and reaffirmed. Litigation clients include roughly half of the largest 100 US law firms.
Notable cases range from the largest trademark jury award in history to adidas of $304.6 million, to the successful litigation of Woody Allen vs. American Apparel: a $5 million settlement in a right of privacy and
publicity case, as well as Upaid Systems: a $70 million settlement in computer / telecom patent case. In addition Mr. Anson has been involved in other famous cases, such as the landmark Jesse Ventura case in which the
eighth circuit court of appeals noted “Anson's qualifications are quite impressive, and certainly more so than those of some experts whose testimony this co...
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Thomas M. Neches, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE, CFF
Thomas Neches & Co., LLP
Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Accounting
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CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability, banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation.
Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA.
Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...
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Sidney P Blum, CPA, CFE, CFF, CPEA
Economic Damages-IP Contracts Licensing, Royalties
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTIES, LICENSING, BUSINESS DAMAGES
Los Angeles and San Francisco, California
Business Damages, Intellectual Property
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Damages, Economic Damage, Accounting, Intellectual Property, DMCA, Patent, Copyright, Trademark, Royalty Audit, Fraud, False Advertising, Valuation, Breach of Contract, Wrongful Termination, Employment Law, Brands, Complex Business Litigation, Personal Injury, Lost Profits, Unjust Enrichment
ECONOMIC DAMAGES, IP, ROYALTY AUDIT, LICENSING, BREACH OF CONTRACT EXPERT. "The Expert's Expert". NEARLY 100% OF DAMAGE CALCULATIONS ACCEPTED OVER OTHER EXPERTS. For when you expert really matters, go with the expert trusted by juries and judges.
Leading testifying forensic expert on high stakes financial damages in litigations for intellectual property, general damages, breach of contract, misappropriation of trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing disputes, reasonable royalty rates, lost profits, fraud, & royalty auditor competence. His 30+ years experiences includes corporate and as an in-charge KPMG Partner. He was the Chief Audit Officer of Beats (now Apple). Author of two books on contract financial language and auditing (Oxford University Press & LexisNexis). His well-written grounded reports are cited as best examples by judges.
Economic Damages
Mr. Blum has been a damages expert on more than 150 federal and state cases. Cases include complex litigation, intellec...
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David G. Campbell, PhD
Economic Damages, Antitrust, and Stat. Sampling
Wicomico Analytics Group LLC
California
Economics, Statistics
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Damages, Antitrust, Statistical Sampling, Class Certification, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Medicare Fraud, Intellectual Property, Patent, Insurance Coverage, Securities Fraud, Environmental Disputes
David is a versatile economist who has worked in private consulting for 25+ years. He served in government as Chief Economist at the Federal Maritime Commision. He has been an Economics professor at several Southern California colleges, where he taught economic theory, econometrics, statistics, and finance. For several years he led an Antitrust Seminar in the joint Law School/Business School program at Pepperdine.
David's research is well-cited; his article on Productivity Dynamics has over 1750 citations on Google Scholar.
David has been retained as an economic and statistical expert in litigation matters in both U.S. District courts and state courts. He has opined in antitrust, medicare fraud, environmental, and intellectual property matters.
In addition to his expert witness testimony, David has consulted for a wide variety of corporate and government clients. Notably, he served as chief statistician for the first-ever audit of the US Navy.
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Erik Laykin
World's Top 50 Leading Digital Forensics Expert
Global Data Risk LLC
Los Angeles, California
Intellectual Property, Digital Forensics
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Corporate Espionage, Information Technology, Geopolitical Risk, Financial Services Risk, eDiscovery, Cyber Crime, Trade Secret Theft
Erik Laykin is the CEO and Managing Partner of Global Data Risk LLC (GDR) Mr. Laykin manages complex investigations and disputes in a wide variety of industries including financial services, technology and international trade on behalf of litigants, corporations and government agencies. He has been recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on Trade Secret theft and investigations and has had over 100 expert witness appointments.
Mr. Laykin serves as an expert witness, investigator, Special Master and Independent Neutral to Federal and State courts in cases involving intellectual property, cyber crime, information technology failures, geopolitical risk, financial services risk, valuations, eDiscovery, corporate espionage and other complex disputes which arise from the usage of digital data, computers, software, networks and the Internet. Through his ability to distill and simplify a broad range of technology concepts and issues, his clients have successfully resolved the...
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Arthur M. Keller, PhD
Minerva Consulting
Palo Alto, California
Intellectual Property, Internet
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Computers, Information Technology, Databases, Electronic Commerce, Software, Distributed Systems, Plaintiff, Defense
Researcher and Lecturer, University of California, Santa Cruz, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University, Assistant Professor, The University of Texas at Austin, Lecturer and Systems Programmer, Brooklyn College. Chief Technical Advisor and Board Member, Persistence Software (went public in 1999), Founder, COO, and CFO, Mergent Systems (acquired by CommerceOne in 2000).
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T.Kim Parnell, PhD, PE
Intellectual Property, Failure, Medical Device
Parnell Expert Consulting
Sunnyvale, California
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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Mechanical Engineering, Equipment & Machinery, Medical Device, Nitinol, Biomedical, Patent, IP, Consumer Products, Failure Analysis, Fracture, Fatigue, Truck Rollover, Crashworthiness, Finite Element, FEA, Reliability, Cell Phone, IVC, Composite Material, Piping
T.Kim Parnell, PhD, PE is President of Parnell Engineering & Consulting. Dr.Parnell holds PhD and MSME degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University, a BES from Georgia Tech, and is a registered Professional Mechanical Engineer (PE) in the State of California. Dr.Parnell is an ASME Fellow, an IEEE Life Senior Member, and a Member of NAFEMS, SAMPE, ASMI and SAE. Parnell is Past-Chair of the IEEE Santa Clara Valley Section (IEEE-SCV) (over 13,000 members) and Past-Chair/Board Member of the IEEE Consultants' Network of Silicon Valley (IEEE-CNSV). Vice-President of Silicon Valley Engineering Council (SVEC-ca.org)
Dr.Parnell is an experienced Expert Witness, has provided testimony in both trial and deposition, and has authored numerous expert reports, ITC and IPR declarations. He has worked extensively as an expert in medical devices, patents, product failure, product liability, and personal injury.
Dr.Parnell has been retained in medical device litigation cases that ...
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Iman Sadeghi, Ph.D.
Principal Software & Technology Expert Witness
Quandary Peak Research
Los Angeles, California
Software Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Computer Graphics, AI/ML, Machine Learning, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, Image Processing, System Architecture, Distributed Systems, Cryptography, Rasterization, Visualization, 3D Modeling, 3D Animation, Patent Infringement, Copyright, Trade Secret Misappropriation, Breach-of-Contract
Dr. Iman Sadeghi is an award-winning computer scientist and software engineer, holding both a master’s and a doctoral degree in Computer Science from the University of California, San Diego. His illustrious career includes roles at tech giants such as Google, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Lucasfilm. These valuable experiences have enriched his expertise across various aspects of computer science and software engineering disciplines.
Currently, Dr. Sadeghi serves as a Principal Software & Technology Consultant at Quandary Peak Research, where he provides critical analysis in legal contexts. He provides deposition/trial testimony, reports, and declarations in the fields of computer graphics, 3D rendering and animation, 3D geometry processing, software engineering, system architecture, algorithms, and data structures. Dr. Sadeghi also conducts thorough source code analysis for software litigation. His work primarily addresses issues related to patent infringement, trade secret mi...
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David Schaafsma, PhD
Medical Diagnostics, Optics, Networks
California Optical Engineering, Inc.
Fallbrook, California
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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optics, electronics, software, medical device, diagnostics, medtech, biotech, optical networks, physics, optical materials, intellectual property
My company provides engineering consulting and product development services across the spectrum of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and large firms, as well as expert services. We are a network of skilled professionals with backgrounds including all engineering disciplines, science, manufacturing, regulatory affairs, and a wide range of others. We specialize in projects involving optics, electronics, software, and various aspects of materials physics, but have made happy customers in a broad range of endeavors.
As of 2025, I have served as an expert on more than 30 matters, have been deposed over 12 times, and have testified in District and Superior Court, as well as the ITC. My primary focus has been in intellectual property, but I have experience in personal injury and product liability cases as well. I was also an adjunct professor of Applied Physics at Cal State San Marcos for over 16 years, teaching electronics, optics, embedded programming, and physics. I have worked i...
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David Goldenberg, MD, MSHS
Gastroenterology Physician - Stanford Faculty
Palo Alto, California
Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
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Colonoscopy, intellectual property, gastrointestinal bleeding, Ulcer, Constipation, Diarrhea, PEG tube, Clostridium difficile, fecal microbiota transplant, EGD, colitis, gastrointestinal bleeding, brain-gut interaction, posttraumatic abdominal symptoms, Endoscopy, irritable bowel syndrome, IBD
I direct the general gastroenterology group of physicians as an assistant clinical professor at Stanford University, and I have a full-time clinical practice in gastroenterology. Additionally, I teach medical students, residents, fellows, and other gastroenterologists. I have performed thousands of endoscopic procedures. In addition to teaching, clinical, and leadership work, I am a Biodesign Faculty Fellow at Stanford University and have experience with medical innovation and several patents. I completed my fellowship and master's degree at Cedars Sinai Medical Center, residency at Tufts University, and medical school at Dartmouth College.
I completed formal expert witness training with SEAK.
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Doug Bania
IP Valuation & Damages Defamation Damages
Nevium Intellectual Property Consultants
San Diego, California
Intellectual Property, Appraisal & Valuation
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Defamation Damages, IP Valuation, Intellectual Property Damages, IP Damages, Licensing, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Right of Publicity, Publicity Rights, Economics, Website Valuation, Licensing Customs & Practices, Google Analytics, Social media analysis, social media valuation, Reputational Repair, Reputational Damages
Doug Bania is the founding principal of Nevium Intellectual Property Consultants. Nevium specializes in:
IP Valuation - Valuation and financial analysis of patents, copyrights, trademarks, internet & social assets, brands, publicity rights, intangible assets and business enterprises.
IP Damages Experts - Expert testimony and damages opinions for IP infringement, defamation, licensing, marketing, business interruption and civil litigation.
IP Strategic Advisors - Strategic services to leverage IP assets and connect IP to financial performance.
Infringement Investigation - Analysis of IP infringement on websites, Google Ads, social media, SEO and online advertising.
Defamation Investigation - Quantify how viral defamatory statements spread on traditional and social media.
Reputational Damages - Quantify the cost of a reputational repair program.
Mr. Bania has been the named expert for approximately 130 cases, deposed 38 times and has provided trial testimony 10 times.
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Jonathan Z. Zhang, PhD
Lanham Act (Eveready/Squirt) surveys & damages
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Marketing, Intellectual Property
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Lanham Act, Trade dress, Claim substantiation, Damages apportionment, Influencer marketing, Likelihood of confusion, Secondary meaning, Consumer perception, Survey rebuttal, Pricing, Eveready survey, False advertising, Conjoint analysis, Daubert critique, Platforms, Squirt survey, Deception survey, Choice modeling, FRE 702, Retail
Lanham Act consumer surveys (Eveready, Squirt, trade dress, secondary meaning, deception). Conjoint/choice modeling for damages & apportionment. Rebuttals & Daubert/FRE 702 critiques.
Services: survey design/oversight, conjoint valuation, report drafting, rebuttals, deposition, and trial testimony.
Turnaround: record review 2–4 days; protocol 7–10 days; fielding 5–7 days; report 10–14 days post-field (scope-dependent).
Availability: nationwide; English/Mandarin Chinese
Conflicts: will conduct a conflicts check upon inquiry.
Rates: standard expert rates; minimum engagement applies.
Jonathan Z. Zhang is a tenured quantitative marketing professor and editorial leader specializing in consumer perception, branding, and digital platforms. He can design and critique Lanham Act consumer surveys—including likelihood-of-confusion (Eveready, Squirt, trade dress), secondary meaning, and deception/claim-substantiation—and conduct conjoint/choice-based analyses for valuation and damag...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Colorado
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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Justin Sambur, PhD
Professor, Analytical Chemist-Hazardous Materials
Fort Collins, Colorado
Chemistry & Chemicals, Intellectual Property
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Hazardous materials, Environmental contamination, Toxic torts, Hazardous materials storage, Hazardous materials spills, Chemical exposure, Chemical handling, Forensic chemical analysis, Identifying unknown substances, Spectroscopy, Trace-level analysis, Surface/interface analysis, Energy
Dr. Justin B. Sambur is an analytical and materials chemist with extensive experience identifying the composition, structure, and failure mechanisms of materials. He specializes in determining the presence, absence, identity, and quantity of hazardous or regulated materials in complex systems, and he brings a deep, methodical approach to measurement, data integrity, and clear explanation of findings. Dr. Sambur has spent his career studying materials relevant to energy, sustainability, and advanced manufacturing. He is qualified to opine in matters involving battery, solar, and electrolyzer technologies, nanotechnology and nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, and general materials failures or contamination events.
Dr. Sambur earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Colorado State University in 2011 and was awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship to conduct research at Cornell University. Since joining the Colorado State faculty, his expertise ...
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Jeffrey Brown, PhD
Finding the cause of biomedical product failures
Compass Consulting Engineers
Westminster, Colorado
Products Liability, Biomedical Engineering
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Medical device, Biologics, Manufacturing, Risk Management, Design History File, FMEA, Stem Cells, Biomaterials, Product Liability, Intellectual Property, Implant, Collagen, Device testing, Design Controls, Product labeling, CDMO, Quality/Regulatory, Allograft, Forensic Science
10+ years in medical device/biologics design, development, and manufacture
15 years in design and operational engineering
Inventor on two biomedical patentsQualified Nuclear Engineering Officer in the US Navy
First author for 3 peer-reviewed original scientific research articles
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Steven B Levine, MD
Steven Levine
Milford, Connecticut
Otolaryngology, Allergy & Immunology
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Audiology, ear, Ear Nose & Throat, ENT, delayed diagnosis, causation, hearing, hearing loss, vertigo, dizziness, Otology, sleep apnea, snoring, tinnitus, patent, medical devices, intellectual property, voice, loss of smell, anosmia
Actively practicing award-winning board-certified Otolaryngologist-Head & Neck Surgeon (Ear, Nose & Throat). Former Yale, Cornell and Penn faculty. Medical degree from University of Rochester and residency at University of Pennsylvania. National and international invited speaker with publications related to hearing, sinus, allergy and throat disorders. Patent holder in hearing diagnostic device. Castle Connolly Top Doctor for >20 consecutive years. Leadership positions at state and national medical societies. Experienced expert witness (both deposition and trial).
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David G. Campbell, PhD
Economic Damages, Antitrust, and Stat. Sampling
Wicomico Analytics Group LLC
Washington, District Of Columbia
Economics, Statistics
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Damages, Antitrust, Statistical Sampling, Class Certification, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Medicare Fraud, Intellectual Property, Patent, Insurance Coverage, Securities Fraud, Environmental Disputes
David is a versatile economist who has worked in private consulting for 25+ years. He served in government as Chief Economist at the Federal Maritime Commision. He has been an Economics professor at several Southern California colleges, where he taught economic theory, econometrics, statistics, and finance. For several years he led an Antitrust Seminar in the joint Law School/Business School program at Pepperdine.
David's research is well-cited; his article on Productivity Dynamics has over 1750 citations on Google Scholar.
David has been retained as an economic and statistical expert in litigation matters in both U.S. District courts and state courts. He has opined in antitrust, medicare fraud, environmental, and intellectual property matters.
In addition to his expert witness testimony, David has consulted for a wide variety of corporate and government clients. Notably, he served as chief statistician for the first-ever audit of the US Navy.
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Matthew Sarkar
Patent Litigation | Hatch-Waxman | Inhaler Devices
Cambridge, District Of Columbia
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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Patent litigation, Hatch Waxman, ANDA, Inhaler, Inhalation, Inhaled drug delivery, Drug delivery device, Intellectual property, Branded Pharmaceutical, Generic Pharmaceutical, Respiratory, Medical device, Device design, Device development, Mechanical engineering, Asthma, COPD, Consulting expert, Hatch-Waxman, Expert Witness
Matthew Sarkar is a highly credentialed expert witness with over 25 years of experience in medical device design, inhaled drug delivery, and intellectual property strategy.
He has provided expert analysis in Hatch-Waxman patent litigation, including inhaler technology, breath actuation and dose counter mechanisms. His experience combines engineering, design, IP management, and commercial leadership within both startups and publicly listed medtech companies.
Mr Sarkar has extensive hands-on expertise across the full device lifecycle, from concept and clinical development through regulatory, IP, and licensing phases. His educational background includes a Master's degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the prestigious Royal College of Art, a First-Class Honors degree in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from Brunel University.
Mr Sarkar was elected Senior Associate of...
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Nataliya Kalava, CVA, ABV, MAFF, CMEA
Valuation & Financial Expert | CVA, ABV, MAFF
ONE10 Advisors LLC
Tampa, Florida
Business Valuation, Business Damages
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Marital Dissolution, Litigation, Lost Profits, Economic Damages, Intellectual Property, Equipment and Machinery Appraisal, Shareholder Disputes, Partnership Buyout, Business Asset Valuations, M&A and Transactions, Business Acquisition, Lost Business Value, Valuation and Appraisal, Diminution in Value, Tax Valuations
Nataliya Kalava is a seasoned financial expert with over 15 years of experience specializing in business valuation, economic damages, and litigation support for privately held companies. She holds the CVA, ABV, MAFF, and CMEA credentials.
Nataliya serves as a Partner at ONE10 Firm and Co-Founder of Nambri Technologies, a fintech company dedicated to building valuation automation tools. She has been retained in cases involving lost profits, business interruption, and marital dissolution in Florida.
As an Adjunct Finance Faculty Member at the University of Tampa and a frequent CLE speaker, Nataliya blends technical acumen with communication clarity—ensuring complex financial issues are accessible to judges, juries, and attorneys. Her leadership roles on NACVA’s Editorial and Credentialing Boards further reflect her influence in shaping industry standards.
Whether preparing for trial, mediation, or valuation for tax, transaction, or compliance purposes, Nataliya delivers defensible,...
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Lloyd A Marks, MD, MBS, FACC, FAIMBE
Medical Device Inventions, IP & Commercialization
Medical Invention Consulting, LLC
Tampa, Florida
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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Medical Devices, Medical Technology, Patents, Intellectual Property, Inventions, Entrepreneurship, Due Diligence, Medical Device Assessment, Medical Device Protection, Medical Device Commercialization, Human Factors, Medical Twechnology Assessment, Medical Technology Protection, Medical Technology Commercialization
I’m an electrical engineer (MIT), physician (University of Michigan), pediatric cardiologist (Johns Hopkins), MBA (UTK), inventor with 20 medical device and 5 sporting equipment patents, and entrepreneur with three startup companies, one of which, MGI Medical, LLC (www.mgimedical.com), is commercializing an invention of mine, the Pulse Flowmeter, which can detect hemodynamically significant occult blood loss well before the blood pressure drops. This is for the management of trauma, post-operative bleeding, battlefield triage, GI bleeders and battlefield injuries).
I am a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Honors include membership in Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honorary) , membership in Eta Kappa Nu (electrical engineering honorary), a listing in Marquis Who's Who in America and Physician Leader of the year at the Physician's Executive MBA Program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Because of my ba...
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Franco Lodato
Award-Winning Product & Industrial Design Expert
Pininfarina Sr.Design Advisor
Maimi, Florida
Industrial Design, Intellectual Property
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Industrial Design, Product Design, Design Thinking, Design Strategy, User Research, Intellectual Property creation, product functionality, Plastic Product Design, Design For Manufacturing, Consumer Product, toy design, biomimicry, nature inspired design, sustainability
With over thirty years of global design leadership in consumer electronics, healthcare, automotive, luxury goods, and sustainable design, I bring authoritative and impactful expertise to complex legal cases. My expertise covers product and industrial design, patent development, intellectual property assessment, and design analysis, providing the strategic insight necessary for successful litigation outcomes.
As an innovator, I have led groundbreaking advancements at major industry players. At Motorola, I developed successful iDEN products, designed Nextel’s complete portfolio, pioneered the world’s first wearable communication devices and Android tablet, and set new benchmarks in mobile design with the i830 product line. At Pininfarina, I contributed to iconic projects such as the Maserati Birdcage 75 and Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, leading the firm’s U.S. expansion into sustainable architecture and lifestyle design. At Masimo, I played a key role in transforming B2B healthcare w...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Florida
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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Stanley P. Stephenson, PhD
damages assessment civil litigation and testimony
Stephenson-Economics, LLC
West Palm Beach, Florida
Intellectual Property, Economics
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Damages Calculations, Lost Profits, Business Interruption, Intellectual Property Infringement, Earnings Loss, Lost Earnings, Patent Infringement, Trade Secrets, Trademark
Application of economic, accounting and statistical analysis tools to assess damages in contract breach, personal injury, business interruption, intellectual property, and employment disputes. Clients in manufacturing, airlines, real estate, oil and gas industry, hospitals, food services, and boat sale industries. For plaintiff or defense counsel.
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Gary Stringham
Software Source Code and IP Infringements
Boise, Idaho
Software Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Embedded Systems, Firmware, Patent Infringement, Patents, Printers, Software, Software Patents, Software Review, Source Code, Trade Secrets
Thought leader in the design and testing of software, firmware, and hardware. (Firmware is software that runs machines and devices.) Over 30 total years of professional engineering experience. This includes 15 years with Hewlett-Packard’s LaserJet printer design lab which, among other things, resulted in 12 US patents and 15 defensive articles. Author of the key textbook in hardware/firmware interface design, newsletters, and other articles. IEEE (Senior member), Phi Kappa Phi.
Expert witness experience includes cases that have involved patents, copyrights violations, trade secrets, and other intellectual property as well as defective products. Work as an expert witness typically involves the examination of software source code and hardware designs, and reverse-engineering the designs of others. Has written expert reports and testified at deposition.
Specialized knowledge includes: ASIC, Assembly language, C, C++, C#, Claim charting, CodeSuite, Computers, Consumer electronics,...
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Stan V Smith, PhD
Smith Economics Group
Chicago, Illinois
Economics, Business Damages
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Economic Damages, Hedonic Damages, Credit Damages, Lost Wages, Lost Household Services, Commercial Litigation, Financial Analysis, Personal Injury, Employment Discrimination, Intellectual Property, Patent Damages
Dr. Stan V. Smith is a University of Chicago educated economist. As president of Smith Economics Group, economic legal consultants for plaintiff and defense attorneys nationwide, he provides testimony and litigation support services in evaluating damages. He and his staff of economists have developed state-of-the-art econometric analysis.
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Eugene Lipov, MD
Westmont, Illinois
Pain Management - Medicine, Medical Devices
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PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Stellate Ganglion Block, SGB, Ketamine, Nerve Injury, Injections, Chronic Pain, Opioids, Addiction, Fraud, IME, Independent Medical examinations, hot flashes, patents, intellectual property
Pain Medicine thought-leader. Founding member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
Developer of multiple innovative pain treatments. Developed hybrid stimulator that combined convention dorsal column stimulator and sub-q stimulator. Evaluated needle design that lead to improvement of Sprotte needle. Pioneered the use of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hot flashes. Developed the Dual Sympathetic Reset (DSR) protocol to treat PTSD.
Work has been written about in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune, and featured on ABC, NBC and WGN.
Experienced expert witness – has given over 1,000 depositions.
Significant medical device experience.
Active clinical practice. Board Certified in both pain medicine and anesthesiology.
University of Illinois faculty.
Performs the entire range of pain procedures including: dorsal column stimulators (DCS), radio frequency ablati...
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John A Williams, PhD, PE, ASA, MBA, CFEI, AIChE Fellow
Engineering, Forensic & IP Valuation Expert
EPS, Inc.
South Bend, Indiana
Energy, Intellectual Property
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Intellectual Property, Appraisals & Valuations, Commercial Damages, Renewable Energy, Biogas, Biofuels, Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Waste-to-Energy, Oil & Gas, Oil Refining, Fires, Explosions, Chemical Release, Product Contamination, Electricity, Coal Technologies, Chemistry & Chemicals
JOHN A. WILLIAMS, PhD, PE, ASA, MBA, CFEI, AIChE Fellow
Dr. Williams is an International Engineering and Energy Technology Expert in the engineering analysis and financial appraisals of energy, power, and manufacturing technologies, related intellectual property (patents, trade secrets, trademarks), licensing, royalty structures, market analysis, infringement, contract breach, fraud, compensatory, taxation, and lost profit damages. Dr. Williams provides engineering analysis, forensics, financial appraisals, and quantification of economic damages for oil & gas production, solar, wind, manufacturing, oil refining, chemicals, power generation, electrical distribution, steam, RNG biogas, biomass, ethanol, biodiesel, bioprocessing, food ingredients, geothermal, coal, nuclear, steelmaking, glassmaking, storage, pipelines, water treatment, and waste-to-energy technologies, equipment, construction, and facilities.
With over 40 years of industry experience in operations, R&D, cost estimati...
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David C. Gross, PhD, PE
Medical Device Expert Witness
MED Institute Inc.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Biomedical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Medical Devices, Failure Analysis, Products Liability, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, Laboratories & Testing, MRI safety, FDA and Regulatory, Finite Element Analysis, Electromagnetic Compatibility, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, MRI, Patent Analysis, ISO 13485
David Gross, PhD, PE, is Vice President of MED Institute, a Medtech contract research organization (CRO). As a graduate research associate, he was awarded a Pre-Doctoral Fellowship from the American Heart Association (AHA) for his research focusing on improving the MRI safety of patients with implanted cardiovascular devices. He is a member of numerous societies, including the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) where he received the Magna Cum Laude Merit Award at the 2016 ISMRM Annual Conference. Additionally, he was a member of the Ethics Subcommittee for the Biomedical Engineering Society. He graduated from Purdue University with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and M.S.E. in Interdisciplinary Engineering. He also holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Biomedical Engineering from Ohio State University and is a licensed Professional Engineer.
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Eric Anttila, PhD
Medical Device Expert Witness
MED Institute
West Lafayette, Indiana
Medical Devices, Intellectual Property
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MRI, Medical Devices, Cardiovascular Disease, MRI Safety, Intellectual Property, Patent Analysis, Medical Imaging, Medical Device Failure Analysis, Endovascular Repair, Mechanical Engineering, Demagnetization, ISO 13485, Biomedical Engineering, Medical Device Testing, Fluoroscopy, Failure Analysis
Eric Anttila, PhD is the Manager of Advanced Engineering at MED Institute. He graduated from Hastings College in 2015 with his bachelor’s degree in Engineering Physics. Eric completed his Ph.D. in Engineering (Specialization in Biomedical Engineering) from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2021 with a concentration in cardiovascular biomechanics and devices. Eric has worked for the past 4+ years as a medical device consultant, working on development and testing for a multitude of devices spanning many medical specialties.
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Biplab Pal, PhD
Telecom/Electronics/IT- Experienced CTO
Pal Consulting
Ellicott City, Maryland
Information Technology, Intellectual Property
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Semiconductor, Optical, Telecommunication, software, information technology, AI, IoT, Generative AI, Patent, Machine Learning, Fiber Optics, Wireless, Embedded System, Middleware, Manufacturing, Sensors, EdgeAI, Chip, Semiconductor Packaging, Electronics
Dr. Biplab Pal, PhD — Expert Witness in Complex Technology Litigation (Middleware/Hardware/AI/IoT, Semiconductor/SoC, Optical Networks, High-Bandwidth Streaming/Robotics):
Dr. Biplab Pal has served as the Chief Technology Officer for three start-ups in the IoT and engineering sectors over the past 15 years. He is the inventor of 25 U.S. patents and has an exceptional ability to understand and solve complex engineering problems across hardware, systems, and software. Dr. Pal is a sought-after expert witness and consultant in high-profile, technically intricate litigation between major technology companies.
Currently, as the founder of Avocate.AI, he has developed an advanced agentic AI platform designed to rapidly evaluate complex litigation cases. This system delivers detailed preliminary assessments of case strategies, potential evidence, and technical issues within 24–48 hours. Dr. Pal offers this initial evaluation service—either free or paid—to help attorneys quickly gauge cas...
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Amanda T. Bulian, MBA
Testifying Consumer Survey Expert
Applied Marketing Science, Inc.
Burlington, Massachusetts
Marketing, Advertising
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Survey research, Intellectual property, Lanham Act, Trademark infringement, Trade dress infringement, Likelihood of confusion, Secondary meaning, Genericness, Dilution, False advertising, Deceptive advertising, Class action
Amanda T. Bulian is a senior manager at Applied Marketing Science, Inc. (AMS) and serves as a testifying survey expert on matters related to intellectual property, false and deceptive advertising, and class actions. At AMS, she provides expert research consultation and rebuttal critiques for consumer survey evidence in federal and state civil litigation matters and cases brought to the National Advertising Division (NAD). She has comprehensive experience designing and executing consumer surveys for matters involving trademark and trade dress likelihood of confusion, secondary meaning, and genericness, as well as surveys assessing consumer perceptions and materiality of allegedly deceptive advertising and marketing claims.
Amanda’s expert services include survey design, data collection, experimental data analysis, expert report preparation, critiques of opposing expert reports, expert testimony, and guidance on the deposition and trial questioning of opposing expert witnesses.
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Brian Sowers, MBA
Testifying Consumer Survey Expert
Applied Marketing Science, Inc.
Burlington, Massachusetts
Marketing, Advertising
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Survey research, Lanham Act, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, likelihood of confusion, dilution, secondary meaning, genericness, false/deceptive advertising, class action, Intellectual property
Federal and state level qualified consumer survey expert with 30 years market research experience. Principal at Applied Marketing Science, Inc., a full-service market research and consulting firm. Mr. Sowers has served as a testifying expert and submitted reports to Federal and State Courts, as well the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, in a variety of litigation matters on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants. He has personally designed and conducted thousands of market research surveys across a broad range of modalities and a broad range of populations. Mr. Sowers hosts an annual CLE accredited webinar on survey evidence in Intellectual Property and serves as an editor for The Trademark Reporter. His expert services include survey design, implementation and analysis, expert report preparation, critique of opposing expert reports, expert testimony, guidance on the deposition and trial questioning of opposing expert witnesses.
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Joseph R. Madsen, MD
Boston Childrens Hospital
Newton Center, Massachusetts
Pediatric Neurological Surgery, Neurological Surgery
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Epilepsy Surgery, Hydrocephalus, Shunts, Brain injury, Head injury, Surgical devices, Intellectual Property, Patents
I am an experienced pediatric neurosurgeon with decades of experience at Boston Children's Hospital, currently rated first in the nation in neurology and neurosurgery by US News and World Report. I have also worked extensively at and Brigham and Women's Hospital for adult care. I am a Full Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School, and have a longtime interest in the biomechanical and biophysical basis of pediatric neurosurgery. I hold the Webster Family Chair in Pediatric Neurosurgery and Neuroengineering at Boston Children's Hospital. In pursuit of better devices and methods to treat pediatric and adult neurosurgery, I have 8 issued US patents for devices related to treatment of hydrocephalus and epilepsy. One of my earliest testimonies as an expert (and treating physician) is available online at https://www.courttv.com/title/6-ma-v-woodward-dr-joseph-madsen/.
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Bob Weiman
Software Product Design Expert
Oracle Engineering LLC
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Software Engineering, Medical Devices
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Medical Software, Patents, Tort, Trade Secret, C/C++, Infringement, Engineering, Software, Embedded systems, Real Time Control, Firmware, Source Code Review, Robotics, Computer, Programming, Algorithms, Safety Critical, Software Malfunction, Intellectual Property, Electrical Engineering
Bob Weiman is the founder of Oracle Engineering LLC, a consulting firm that has been designing electronic medical devices, consumer, and industrial products for over 35 years. He was head of the Electrical Engineering department for a Medical Products group and continues to design software for safety critical systems such as computerized medical devices including an artificial heart, a cancer radiation treatment system, a heart defibrillator, insulin pumps and other high-tech devices used in hospitals, operating rooms and doctors office's. Bob has designed Embedded Systems for the DOD and the Navy. He has designed consumer products sold in computer stores. He designed a satellite remote control system that was demonstrated at The White House for the President. Bob has experience as an Expert Witness in medical tort cases, patent cases, workers’ compensation, and trade secret cases.
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Randal Hill, PhD
Chemistry Expert Witness
Kodiakhill Services LLC
Honor, Michigan
Chemistry & Chemicals, Chemical Engineering
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Colloid, Surface Chemistry, Silicones, Materials Science, surfactants, detergents, formulation, emulsions, microemulsions, liquid crystals, product development, patents, Intellectual Property, personal care, household care, upstream oil & gas, electrophoretic displays, agricultural adjuvants
Thought leader in chemistry, materials science and intellectual property. Award winning PhD scientist with 30+ years in applied chemistry. Visiting Scientist at MIT for 5 years to foster silicone-based nanotechnology projects. Holder of 69 issued patents. Author of Silicone Surfactants book and 60 articles. Served as Patent Science Advisor to grow patent portfolio by 1500%. Deveoped display for Amazon Kindle. Readily adapts expertise to new problems. Served as adunct faculty at Stanford and University of Minnesota. Organized two international symposia. Invited speaker at Gordon Conference and four international colloid meetings. Associate Editor of Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. Involved member of American Chemical Society, Society of Petroleum Engineers, American Physical Society, and American Oil Chemists Society. Awards include 3 Dow Corning Technical Achievement Awards, as well as the AOCS Samuel Rosen Award for Surfactant Chemistry.
Experience includes fi...
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Stephen A. Batzer, PhD, PE
Batzer Engineering
Fife Lake, Michigan
Intellectual Property, Failure Analysis
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Intellectual property, patent infringement, forensic engineering, material failure analysis, crossbows, firearms, manufacturing, product liability, expert witness standard of care
Retired Lieutenant Colonel, US Army, Ordnance Corps. 70+ Peer reviewed publications. Two patents. Reading/writing German fluency. Dr. Batzer has given short courses and invited lectures at universities, private companies and internationally.
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Eugene Lipov, MD
Michigan
Pain Management - Medicine, Medical Devices
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PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Stellate Ganglion Block, SGB, Ketamine, Nerve Injury, Injections, Chronic Pain, Opioids, Addiction, Fraud, IME, Independent Medical examinations, hot flashes, patents, intellectual property
Pain Medicine thought-leader. Founding member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
Developer of multiple innovative pain treatments. Developed hybrid stimulator that combined convention dorsal column stimulator and sub-q stimulator. Evaluated needle design that lead to improvement of Sprotte needle. Pioneered the use of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hot flashes. Developed the Dual Sympathetic Reset (DSR) protocol to treat PTSD.
Work has been written about in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune, and featured on ABC, NBC and WGN.
Experienced expert witness – has given over 1,000 depositions.
Significant medical device experience.
Active clinical practice. Board Certified in both pain medicine and anesthesiology.
University of Illinois faculty.
Performs the entire range of pain procedures including: dorsal column stimulators (DCS), radio frequency ablati...
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Philip Isaak, PE, P.Eng., DCDC, RCDD, SMIEEE
Isaak Technologies, Inc.
Victoria, Minnesota
Information Technology, Telecommunications
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Cloud Computing, Computer, Construction Claims, Contracts, Data Center, Engineering, Fiber Optic, Forensic Engineering, Internet, Intellectual Property, Life Safety, Network, Operations, Outsourcing, Project Management, Service Level Agreement, Systems Implementation, Telecom, Trade Secret
Professional Engineer, Certified Data Center Design Consultant & Registered Communications Distribution Designer with 20+ years as a design & operations consultant & training provider with a focus in the data center, telecommunications & networking industries. International expertise in 28 countries across 6 continents, encompassing data center facilities, power, cooling, networking infrastructure, fiber optic & copper network cabling, IT & Telecom systems and services, implementing enterprise, colocation & cloud service strategies.
Publications & Awards
♦ANSI/BICSI 002, Data Center Design & Implementation Best Practices Standard, Author/Editor
♦ANSI/BICSI 009, Data Center Operations Standard, Chair/Author/Editor
♦Data Center Handbook, Wiley Publishing
One of 50 Subject Matter Experts from around the world that authored the content, providing the fundamentals, technologies, and best practices in designing, constructing & managing mission critical, energy efficient data centers.
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Robert H Alexander, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA
Commercial Damages Expert - 25+ Years in Southeast
Alexander CPA LLC
Oxford, Mississippi
Business Damages, Business Valuation
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damages, Intellectual property, Lost profits, Change of venue, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, Breach, Valuation, Software, Punitive damages, Food service, Non-compete agreement, Product liability, Trustee Liability
Shareholder at Alexander CPA LLC, an accounting firm specializing in litigation support, expert witness testimony, and business valuation. Over 25 years of experience as an expert witness and business appraiser. Former partner, member of the governing Board of Directors, and firm-wide director of Fraud, Forensic, and Litigation services for HORNE LLP, a super-regional CPA and consulting firm.
Qualified as a financial, business, economic damage, business valuation, and accounting expert in federal and state courts. Testimony has included jury and bench trials. Trial experience includes expert testimony for both plaintiffs and defendants. Representative cases include accounting malpractice, economic damages, bankruptcy, white-collar crime, criminal and civil fraud, destruction of business value, and interruption in hundreds of industries.
Designations in litigation support and business valuation include credentials as an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) by the American Society of A...
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David H Williams
Expert in Mobile Location and Related Applications
E911-LBS Consulting
Saint Louis, Missouri
Telecommunications, Geotechnical Engineering
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GPS, Cellular Forensics, Criminal Forensics, Mobile Location, Location-Based Services, LBS, Patents, Intellectual Property, Accident Reconstruction, Internet of Things, Data Privacy, Phone location, Cell phones, Telematics, Socia Media, IoT, Driverless, Wearables, Artificial Intelligence, Context
David H. Williams is an internationally-known expert in the wireless/mobile location field and President of E911-LBS Consulting. He specializes in mobile/wireless location forensics litigation services and Intellectual Property/patents involving location technologies such as Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) systems, Network-based location systems, IoT, Artificial Intelligence, Wireless 911 (E911), and Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS), plus many others.
Mr. Williams has successfully provided expert witness services in well over 200 patent, criminal, civil, anti-trust, trade secrets, product liability, fraud, class-action, and ITC cases. His credentials in mobile location goes back to the early 1980s. He has testified successfully in (U.S.) federal district court and other venues 14 times and been deposed in over 70 matters.
Mr. Williams is expert in the full range of location-based services (LBS) applications enabled by these location technologies, including safety, security, a...
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Emmanuel Coffy, Esq.
Patent Infringement Expert Witness
COFFYLAW LLC
Maplewood, New Jersey
Intellectual Property, Electrical Engineering
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solid state, computer networks, digital engineering, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, patent infringement, dispute resolution, artificial intelligence
Emmanuel Coffy is a registered Patent Attorney and former Patent Examiner. Mr. Coffy is an inventor and had a long career as a Digital Design Engineer. Mr. Coffy is an author and has published two (2) books namely, (1) "The Value of Your Ideas" published by Trafford and (2) "The App Developers Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property." During his career as an Engineer, he held positions such as Lead Design Engineer. He supervised the U.S. Air Force’s largest network (Cape Canaveral – NASA) capable of supporting two (2) simultaneous launches. His practice emphasizes patent application preparation, prosecution, and enforcement in the electronic arts, including Business Methods Patents and Design Patents. Mr. Coffy has extensive experience in digital technologies, computer networks, and information technologies as well as device physics, which includes semiconductor applications. Mr. Coffy co-invented a device called the “Low Friction Apparatus” issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,585,0...
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Alexei V Klimenko, PhD
Expert Witness on Nuclear and Space Systems
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Nuclear Engineering, Aviation & Aerospace
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Satellite Instrumentation, Radiation Effects, Radiation Sensors, Satellite Conjunction, Data Analysis, Radiological Materials, Radiological Contamination, Fissile Material, Intellectual Property, Satellite Systems, Radiography, Non-Intrusive Inspection, Non-Destructive Assay, Gamma Ray, Neutron, X-Ray, Charged Particle
I am a Ph.D. physicist with over 15 years of national laboratory experience, specializing in radiation detection, space-based systems, and high-consequence engineering programs supporting nuclear security and defense. I leverage this expertise to serve as an expert witness and consultant, providing testimony on issues like radiation exposure, radiological contamination, sensor system performance, and quality assurance failures within the nuclear, aerospace, and defense sectors. My goal is to translate complex technical systems into clear, defensible insights that support litigation, investigations, and regulatory decision-making.
Practice Areas - Radiation & Nuclear Technology
Patent disputes involving nuclear systems, radiation measurement, or sensor technologies
Radiation exposure assessment (occupational, medical, or accidental)
Radiological contamination investigations and response
Forensic analysis of nuclear and radiological materials
Environmental and workplace dose assessm...
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Anthony Centrella, CAMS, MCSD
Software & Finance Forensics, IP, Fraud Compliance
Cold Spring Harbor, New York
Software Engineering, Securities & Investments
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Software Development, Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property, AI, Databases, Business Systems, Programming, Reverse Engineering, Source Code, SQL, Securities Industry, Transparency Services, Stock Market, Financial Data, Investment Forensics, Fintech, Data Forensics, Insider Trading, AML, Fraud Detection
I am an accomplished software engineering and securities & investments expert with over two decades of developing sophisticated systems and conducting forensic analyses for global investment firms and regulatory bodies. Currently a senior software engineer at a leading SaaS firm, I design innovative solutions to manage and analyze investment risk for global financial institutions. My career includes prominent roles at Wall Street firms such as Credit Suisse, Cantor Fitzgerald, and TD Cowen, where I developed and scrutinized software systems handling billions in principal value. Renowned for my precision and calm under pressure, I deliver custom analyses, complex reports, and visualizations to support litigation, regulatory investigations, and investment strategies.
**Expert Witness in Software & Information Technology** – Expert witness specializing in trade secret misappropriation, copyright/patent infringement, and open-source compliance:
• Source Code Forensics – Comparative ...
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David S Howell
Software Engineering • Mobile App Development • IP
Expert Guild
Long Island City, New York
Software Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Software, Mobile, Apps, Patent, Trade Secret, Infringement, Source Code, Inspection, Android, Development, macOS, Engineering, iOS, Kotlin, Objective-C, Java, Swift, IP, AI, ML
David Howell is a former Apple software engineer with more than 35 years in the software industry and experience teaching computer science and engineering management at a graduate level. He has founded three startups, including one acquired by Apple, with a focus on mobile, desktop, and web apps, and is currently CEO of Expert Guild, an agency that helps litigation teams find the perfect testifying expert for technology and healthcare-related cases. In the past his roles have included Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), VP of Engineering, Senior Software Engineer, and member of Boards of Advisors. As CEO of Avatron, he led a team of ex-Apple engineers to build world-class productivity apps for mobile devices. At Apple he managed a platform enabling third-party visual-effects plug-ins for film and video.
As an expert witness, Mr. Howell has written 20 opinions, testified in Federal court twice, arbitration court once, and the UK Competition Appeal Tribunal...
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Richard Nass, MD
Award Winning ENT in Active Surgical Practice
Richard Nass, M.D.
East Hampton, New York
Otolaryngology
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Sinus Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery, Hearing Loss, Sleep Apnea, ENT, Cancer, Ear Infections, Sinus Infections, Nasal Surgery, Tinnitus, Vertigo, Patents, Intellectual Property, Loss of Smell, Anosmia, Mold, MVA, Car Accidents, Noise Exposure, Medical Record Review
Award-Winning Ear, Nose and Throat physician in active surgical practice.
NYU trained.
NYU Faculty.
Licensed in six states (New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Maine).
Medical device consulting experience.
Experienced expert witness.
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Brian Davis, MS, P.E., President
Auto/Medical Device/Products Liability Expert
Central State Forensic
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mechanical Engineering, Products Liability
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accident reconstruction, failure analysis, crash data, automotive, truck, medical device, hoverboard, consumer product, zipline, dialysis, plumbing, log splitter, products liability, EDR, industrial, root cause, manufacturing, intellectual property, marine, engine
Experienced testifying expert witness mechanical engineer with 35+ years in product design and forensic engineering. Experience leading complex investigations in automotive, industrial, consumer products and medical device cases. Serving both plaintiff and defense with Rule 26 compliant reports. Holder of six patents. Subrogation experience. Deposition experience. AM Best-certified service provider.
He has opined in cases including auto accidents with EDR imaging, automotive product failures, large/semi truck (class 8) failures, dialysis machines, medical devices and med mal, consumer products liability with personal injury (zipline brakes & hoverboards), plumbing failures and property damage, automotive mechanic's lifts, go kart accidents and construction disputes.
Member of eight engineering societies including an associate of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers (NAFE)
News item: $10.3M gained for plaintiff client against Ethicon/J&J: https://www.daytondailynews.com/lo...
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Robert A Durham, PhD, PE
Forensic Engineering and Intellectual Property
THEWAY Labs
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Failure Analysis, Engineering
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Intellectual Property, Engineering Mechanical, Engineering Electrical, Fire, Construction, Electricity, Electronics, Laboratories & Testing, Investigation, Products Liability, Plumbing, Forensic Science, Building Inspection
Dr. Durham has been providing forensic and failure analysis services to clients for over 20 years. He has testified as an expert witness in multiple states, in federal jurisdictions, before FERC and state utility commissions. He is a certified fire and explosion investigator. He has been involved in over 2,500 IP and wfailure analysis projects including: power systems, lightning, electrocutions, oil & gas, tank batteries, industrial, commercial, residential, lighting appliances, utility systems, utility regulation, fire, equipment damage, switchgear, construction equipment, electronics, overhead lines, underground lines and fire protection equipment.
Licensed PE in 11 States; BS EE, ME, PhD
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Michael A. Sulzinski, Ph.D., L.L.C.
Infectious Disease, COVID-19 Vaccine Compliance
Michael A. Sulzinski, Ph.D., L.L.C.
Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Infectious Diseases, Intellectual Property
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COVID-19, Vaccine Compliance, Vaccine Mandate, SARS-CoV-2, Patent Law, Virus, Virology, Virus, Immunology, Microbiology, Bacteriology, Food Poisoning, Intellectual Property, Workplace Infections, HIV, AIDS, Bacteria, Sexually Transmitted
Michael Sulzinski, PhD, LLC has been providing expert witness services in Infectious Disease since 2003. Recent work includes COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates and Compliance, COVID-19 infection, and analysis of PCR data for pathogen detection.. His expertise includes Microbiology, Virology, Bacteriology; with expert experience in Food poisoning and food intoxication, STIs, HIV/AIDS, employment and environmental infectious diseases.
He holds a Certificate in Intellectual Property Law from the University of New Hampshire School of Law, and offers services supporting intellectual property law, including U.S. Patent applications and Inter Partes Reviews for patent topics related to Infectious Disease.
Dr. Sulzinski is Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Geisinger College of Health Sciences, Scranton, PA. He is Professor Emeritus in the Program of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology at The University of Scranton (PA).
Dr. Sulzinsk...
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Andrew Unger, M.D.
Award-winning Neonatologist-Columbia/UCLA Educated
Newborn Expert LLC
Pipersville, Pennsylvania
Neonatal - Perinatal Medicine, Intellectual Property
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Neonatology, Sepsis, Hypoglycemia, Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, Bilirubin encephalopathy, HIE, Resuscitation, Therapeutic Hypothermia, Newborn cooling, Cerebral Palsy, Jaundice, Neonatology Patents, Brachial Plexus, Necrotizing Enterocolitis, Pulmonary hypertension, Neonatal transport, NICU, ERMF, epidural-related maternal fever
Award-winning neonatologist (newborn intensive care physician) in active clinical practice. Columbia and UCLA educated. Treated what were (1994) the smallest surviving premature twins ever as attending physician. First use of NO (nitric oxide) for pulmonary hypertension (1995) and therapeutic hypothermia for neonatal brain injury (2008) in a community neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Pennsylvania. Extensive NICU administrative experience including quality assurance and root cause analysis of newborn morbidity and mortality. Patented inventor. Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. 35+ years expert witness experience.
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Donald M Boles
Expert Witness and Consultant - Patents, Licensing
Patent Intelligence Consulting International, LLC
KINTNERSVILLE, Pennsylvania
Intellectual Property
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Licensing, Standards, FRAND, Patent, International, Asia, Europe, Monetization, Portfolio Management, Strategic, Standards, consulting
We provide midsize companies with high-level, business-focused intellectual property strategy and support across the full lifecycle of their IP portfolios. Our services include:
Benchmarking
While companies often assume their IP is high-quality, such assessments are usually subjective and inconsistent with industry benchmarks. We provide objective benchmarking against industry standards—evaluating filing volume, product and technology alignment, competitive positioning, and overall IP quality. This helps ensure your IP activity supports both innovation and business objectives.
Strategic Planning & Analysis
We assist in developing or reviewing 1-, 3-, and 5-year strategic IP plans, aligned with the broader goals of business units or corporate leadership. Our planning includes expense forecasting, licensing revenue projections, and portfolio sales analysis, ensuring that your IP strategy is financially sound and business-driven.
Portfolio Quality Reviews
Our team conducts period...
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Gary D Fletcher, PhD
Medical Device Bioengineering & Patent Litigation
RnDDx Solutions LLC
Media, Pennsylvania
Medical Devices, Biomedical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering, R&D, Product Development, Clinical diagnostics, Blood collection, Biospecimens, Point of care testing, Microfluidics, Spectroscopy, Cell therapy, Intellectual Property, Microscopy, Physics, Biomedical sensing, Optics, Imaging, Mathematics, Laboratories & Testing, Lasers
Dr. Fletcher is Founder and Principal Consultant at RnDDx Solutions LLC, a consulting firm focused on industrial biomedical and mechanical engineering, and research and product development, in medical devices, diagnostics, optical devices, point-of-care blood sample testing, and on expert witness patent litigation, including subject matter expertise in medical device mechanical engineering, and subject matter expertise in medical devices for blood collection and blood sample processing for diagnostics and therapeutics. He has particular expertise in mechanical engineering design and development of non-invasive and minimally invasive biomedical diagnostics systems, blood collection and stabilization, blood separation, and blood and cell preparation for both diagnostic and therapeutic applications, including the development of sample collection devices, needles, and lancets. He is co-inventor on 23 patents for devices and methods in blood collection and processing.
Yale educated Ph...
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Boyle C. Cheng, PhD
Total Spine Solutions, Inc.
Mars, Pennsylvania
Medical Devices, Spine Surgery & Spine Care
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Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Biomechanics, Intellectual property, Engineering, Biomedical, Firearms and Ballistics, Trauma
Rank of Full Professor at Drexel University College of Medicine, and Adjunct Full Professor at Carnegie Mellon University.
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William S Howard, PhD, MBA, PE
Equipment, Machinery, Automation & Robotics
President, Stability Technology, Inc.
Charleston, South Carolina
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Patents, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, machinery, automation, manufacturing, equipment, machine, robots, machine design, robotics, factory, industrial automation, machine vision, sensors, conveyors, safety, OSHA, motion control, PTAB
William S. Howard, PhD is a Machine Design Engineer who specializes in industrial equipment and automation devices. With a background in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Software Development, as well as 30+ years of experience working with machines, equipment, and automation, Dr. Howard is a specialist in electro-mechanical equipment -- any type of machine, industrial device or automation equipment.
William S. Howard, PhD is a machine expert who has designed and developed equipment for manufacturing factories and plants across the United States. These machines include conveyors, automation devices, robots and robotic machines, cartoners, hi-speed machines, stacking & sorting machines, and packaging equipment.
William S. Howard, PhD is a manufacturing expert with 30+ years experience with OSHA regulations, ANSI standards, and CE regulations. He has designed and developed hundreds of machines -- over $100 million in total value -- which are currently operating ar...
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Blaine C Childress
Ethylene Copolymers- Shrink Film Processing
ChemAu
Inman, South Carolina
Intellectual Property, Chemistry & Chemicals
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Polyolefin Chemistry, Food Packaging, Heat Shrink Films, Oxygen Barrier Films, Thermal Analysis, Organic Chemistry, Film Manufacturing, Textile Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Patent Law, Foreign Patent Opposition, Ethylene Copolymers, Packaging
Master of Science in Textile and Polymer Science, with a Minor in Organic Chemistry from Clemson University - Focused on Organic synthesis and thermal analysis.
Bachelor of Science in Textile Chemistry, with a minor in Organic Chemistry from Auburn University - Focus on Carbohydrate Chemistry and Non-benzenoid aromatic compounds.
Career practice included Analytical laboratory management, competitive analysis, product development, metallocene catalyzed olefin chemistry,and global intellectual technology protection at global R&D headquarters, reaching the title of Science Fellow.
Manager of Industry Solutions for South Carolina Research Authority, advancing industrial and small business relationships until retiring in 2021.
Presently serving as president of ChemAu LLC, guiding start-up companies and prosecuting patents for inventors.
Serves on the Board of Directors for InnoVision Technology Awards, Western Carolinas American Chemical Society Executive Committee, American Chemical...
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Eric S Heinz, MBA, MEM
MedTech Expert - 23 Years of Experience
Heinz Ventures, LLC
Memphis, Tennessee
Medical Devices, Marketing
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M&A, Product Liability, Intellectual Property, Commercial Disputes, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Robotic Surgery, Spine, MedTech, Branding, Trademarks, Biomedical Engineering, Trade Secrets, da Vinci Surgery, Securities, Shareholder Litigation, Governance
With 23+ years of broad and deep functional experience in the MedTech/medical device industry, Eric Heinz provides litigation consulting and expert witness testimony related to commercial disputes, marketing, mergers & acquisitions, product liability, and intellectual property.
Over his career, he has become a expert in the development and commercialization of surgical robotics, most notably through his past position as product manager for the da Vinci Surgical System at Intuitive Surgical.
He is a registered patent agent, and is named as an inventor on 19 Issued US patents.
His knowledge across product development engineering, marketing and M&A provide a unique perspective when understanding complex situations in this highly regulated industry. His extensive network in the industry (Top 1% LinkedIn Social Selling Index) facilitates warm introductions between engaged counsel and hard to source subject matter experts. He is known for his expertise in translating complex techn...
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Monty G Myers, PE
Eureka Software Solutions, Inc.
Austin, Texas
Software Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Software Industry, Source Code, Software Patents, Software Trade Marks, Software Antitrust, Software Trade Secrets, Source Code Review, Source Code Comparison, Source Code Misappropriation, Open Source Licensing, Computer Forensics
Monty G. Myers is the founder and CEO of Eureka Software Solutions, Inc. Mr. Myers, with the support of his team at Eureka, has served as a testifying and consulting software expert witness in over 135 software trade secret, patent, and other technology related cases in both state and federal court.
After over 35 years in business, Eureka is a leading project-oriented, custom software development company based in Austin, Texas. Eureka has built software products and business solutions for an impressive client list which includes members of the Global 1000, Fortune 500, notable private companies, and numerous high-profile start-up organizations. Eureka has a highly successful track record providing state-of-the-art software solutions on a variety of technology platforms. Eureka has enjoyed great business success and has received multiple achievement awards.
As the leader of Eureka, Mr. Myers is truly a practicing industry expert. He excels at many expert roles including software...
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Rhonda Harper, MBA
Testifying Consumer Survey and Marketing Expert
Harper Litigation Consulting and Research
Dallas, Texas
Intellectual Property, Marketing
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Trademark Survey, Advertising Survey, Consumer Survey, Secondary Meaning, Genericness, Fame, Dilution, Advertising, Class Action, Intellectual Property, Consumer Behavior, Licensing, Deceptive Trade Practices, Fraudulent Business Practices, Rebuttal, Likelihood of Confusion, Trademark Infringment, Standards and Practices, Marketing
Ms. Harper is a nationally recognized marketing and consumer perception expert retained by hundreds of law firms in high-stakes matters involving trademark infringement, false and misleading advertising, licensing disputes, branding conflicts, and complex marketing issues.
Since 2005, she has been retained by more than 300 law firms to conduct or rebut nearly 300 litigation-focused consumer surveys and reports, author over 100 expert marketing reports, and testify more than 150 times. Her work is grounded in rigorous methodology, real-world marketplace experience, and a deep understanding of how consumers perceive brands, messaging, and competitive claims.
With over 35 years of senior executive corporate leadership, Ms. Harper previously served as a Fortune 500 Chief Marketing Officer for two companies and as Senior Vice President and General Manager at a global communications agency. She has also served as an adjunct professor of marketing and is a successful serial entrepreneur....
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Joseph Grekoski
IP Damages | Reputational Harm | Defamation
Acclimation Group
Austin, Texas
Intellectual Property, Defamation
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Economic Damages, Reputational Harm, Trademark Infringement, Copyright Infringement, Trade Secret, Trade Dress, NIL, Licensing, Reasonable Royalty, IP Damages, Lost Profits, Disgorgement, Corrective Advertising, Business Valuation, IP Valuation, Business Damages, Breach of Contract, Litigation Consulting, Actual Damages
Joseph Grekoski is the founding principal of Acclimation Group. Mr. Grekoski specializes in economic damages calculations for litigation involving defamation, breach of contract, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, and trade dress infringement. He is adept at leveraging advanced social media analytics to quantify lost profits, disgorgement, and reputational harm, with experience calculating reputational harm for high-profile individuals.
His experience includes holding the position of Director at an IP valuation firm, working on Bank of America’s #1 ranked equity research team (power and utilities), and advising financially distressed businesses in investment banking.
Mr. Grekoski graduated Magna Cum Laude from Binghamton University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance. He is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), a designation conferred by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). Gi...
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B. Michael Aucoin, D.Engr., P.E.
Experienced & Award-Winning Electrical Engineer
Electrical Expert, Inc.
College Station, Texas
Electrical Engineering, Electricity
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Electric power, electrical contact injuries, electrocution, fallen power lines, arc flash injuries, fires of electrical origin, wildfires, electric vehicle, EV charger, E-bike fires, patents, intellectual property, equipment and device operation, impact of outages, electric utility taxes
Recipient of awards as individual and member of team. Electrical engineer and highly experienced expert witness. Gonzaga University faculty member and former member of faculty at Texas A&M University and University of Maryland. Member of NASA-Johnson Space Center Mishap Investigation Board. Investigator on research projects for NASA, NSF, US Navy, Electric Power Research Institute. Author. Five U.S. patents. Unique experience in improving safety with fallen power lines. Reviewed 200+ cases, many with eight figures at risk, over 30+ years. Testified in dozens of depositions and trials.
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Emmanuel Coffy, Esq.
Patent Infringement Expert Witness
COFFYLAW LLC
Texas
Intellectual Property, Electrical Engineering
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solid state, computer networks, digital engineering, copyright infringement, trademark infringement, patent infringement, dispute resolution, artificial intelligence
Emmanuel Coffy is a registered Patent Attorney and former Patent Examiner. Mr. Coffy is an inventor and had a long career as a Digital Design Engineer. Mr. Coffy is an author and has published two (2) books namely, (1) "The Value of Your Ideas" published by Trafford and (2) "The App Developers Guide to Protecting Your Intellectual Property." During his career as an Engineer, he held positions such as Lead Design Engineer. He supervised the U.S. Air Force’s largest network (Cape Canaveral – NASA) capable of supporting two (2) simultaneous launches. His practice emphasizes patent application preparation, prosecution, and enforcement in the electronic arts, including Business Methods Patents and Design Patents. Mr. Coffy has extensive experience in digital technologies, computer networks, and information technologies as well as device physics, which includes semiconductor applications. Mr. Coffy co-invented a device called the “Low Friction Apparatus” issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,585,0...
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Randy L Phares
Dr. Box Consulting, Inc.
Texas
Products Liability, Transportation
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packaging, freight, load securement, pallets, boxes, packaging machines, cargo transportation, industrial injury, industrial safety, packaging design, packaging testing, corrugated, intellectual property, business ethics
Randy Phares is an expert in packaging, distribution, transportation and manufacturing, especially corrugated and folding carton packaging. He is also an expert on pallets, crating, warehousing and transporting products by semi-truck. He does forensic analysis of packaging failures that caused damage or injury. He has bought, sold operated, supervised, removed and installed packaging machinery. He has managed many warehouses and a fleet of trucks. He has run a packaging testing lab and held almost every job in a packaging operation over his 30+ year career. He has completed Expert Reports on packaging failure, load securement, freight transportation, intellectual property, crating, packaging design, Lean Manufacturing, intellectual property and pallets. He has given Depositions, testified at Trial and consulted with attorneys in a variety of cases. He is an esteemed consultant in the packaging field and has done consulting projects all over the world. He was a Regional Safety Champi...
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Jahan Rasty, PhD, PE, MBA
Real-World Forensic Engineering, LLC
Lubbock, Texas
Engineering, Metallurgy
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Failure Analysis, Accident Reconstruction, Slip trip & fall, Trip & Fall, Products Liability, Human Factors, Intellectual Property, Forensic Science, Fire, Equipment & Machinery, Electricity, Biomechanics, Premises Liability
Jahan Rasty, PhD, PE, MBA is a tenured full professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University (since 1988) where he also serves as the Director of newly established post-graduate Forensic Engineering Certificate Program, as well as the director of Materials Performance Characterization and Failure Analysis Laboratory. Dr. Rasty is also the founding president of Real-World Forensic Engineering, LLC, which is a boutique-style engineering consulting firm. He is an experienced engineering expert and has successfully testified in more than 250 cases and has conducted over 1,000 engineering investigations in the areas of consumer products and industrial machinery failures involving design, manufacturing and marketing defect issues. Professor Rasty is a licensed professional engineer in the state of Texas, and holds various forensic certifications in the fields of fire and explosion investigation (CFEI, CFII), as well as vehicle Crash Data Retrieval (CDR). He received his BS,...
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Thomas M Roney
Thomas Roney LLC Economic Consulting
Dallas, Texas
Economics, Intellectual Property
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Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting
I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters.
I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...
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Jacob Morrise, MEng
Expert Forensic Mechanical Engineer Product Design
Morrise Products LLC
Lehi, Utah
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Mechanical Engineer, Consumer Product, Lock, Safety, Electromechanical, Smart Device, Gun Safe, Baby, Home, Patent, Patent Infringement, Personal Injury, Engineer, Product Design
Jacob Morrise is a Consumer Product Design Expert with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering and over 15 years of experience designing products in all categories of the consumer product space including, locking devices, child safety gun safety, kitchen, home, landscape, personal care, textiles, audio/visual, cleaning, pet, tracking, smart devices, and others. He has designed hundreds of consumer and other products, which have sold on Amazon, in retail stores and online. He is listed on numerous issues and in process patents, and has worked closely with patent attorneys to get these pattens realized.
Jacob has a bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering from BYU-Idaho, graduating Magna Cum Laude and a Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering from Brigham Young University. He is skilled in among other things, the Microsoft Office Suite, SolidWorks CAD design, with over 10,000 hours of design work, as acted multiple years as a design coach for University Students working on their Capst...
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Nathan Macdonald, PE, CSP
Patents, Mobile Equipment, slip and fall, products
Alpine Engineering & Design, Inc.
Alpine, Utah
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Amusement Rides and Devices, Fitness Equipment, Patents, Intellectual Property, Forklift, Roller Coaster, Zipline, Trampoline Park, Slip and Fall, Consumer Products, Fitness Cables and Carabiners, Automation, Scissor Lift, Telehandler, Design Patents, Trade Secrets, Standards Compliance, aerial lift
Mechanical engineer, licensed Professional Engineer, and Certified Safety Professional with extensive experience in forensic engineering, product design, and expert witness services. Retained as an expert in matters involving product liability, premises liability, intellectual property, and catastrophic injury and fatality. Specialized expertise includes hydraulic access equipment (scissor lifts, boom lifts, MEWPs, telehandlers), walkway safety including slips trips and falls, warnings and instructions, and patent litigation involving both utility and design patents.
Experienced in applying industry standards, conducting failure analysis and accident reconstruction, designing and executing custom testing, and providing deposition and trial testimony in state and federal courts.
Personally retained as an expert witness in over 55 matters involving product liability, premises liability, intellectual property, and catastrophic injury and fatality Offered testimony by deposition on 11...
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Jordan S Colohan, CPA/ABV, CFE
Business Valuation and Damages Expert Witness
Marshall & Stevens
Salt Lake City, Utah
Business Valuation, Accounting
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Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Economic Damages, Lost Profits, Investigation, Personal Injury, Divorce Accounting, Alimony, Fraud Investigations, Contract Dispute, Trademark Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intellectual Property, Litigation Support, Wrongful Termination, Medical Malpractice, Partnership Disputes
Jordan Colohan is a Director with a decade of experience in forensic accounting and litigation support services. He joined Marshall & Stevens in 2023, with the acquisition of Rocky Mountain Advisory. He primarily works in litigation support, business valuation, economic damages, and other investigations.
Mr. Colohan has extensive experience in preparing economic damage calculations, business valuations, fraud investigations, and investigative accounting in various types of disputes. He has provided expert witness testimony and has prepared expert analysis and reports in numerous litigation matters involving lost profits, unjust enrichment, and other measures of economic damages. His experience also includes personal injury matters and wrongful termination cases. He has extensive experience preparing rebuttal reports and analysis and serving as a rebuttal expert witness as well.
Mr. Colohan also has experience in a variety of cases involving patent, copyright, and trademark infring...
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Ryan D. Cook, MS, PE
Licensed Engineer: Firearm Design, Analysis & IP
Genesis Design Engineering LLC
Morgan, Utah
Mechanical Engineering, Firearms & Ballistics
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Failure Analysis, Intellectual Property, Ammunition Reloading, Manufacturing, Product Liability, Unintentional Discharge, Shooting Reconstruction, Drop Testing, Trigger Pull Testing, Root Causes, Shooting Accident, Inspection, Ballistics, Forensic Analysis, Stress Calculation, Material Properties, Tolerance Analysis, GD&T, Kinematics
Ryan D. Cook has been licensed for over 20 years as a Professional Engineer (PE) in mechanical engineering, with more than 25 years of design and analysis experience. He has designed over 1500 parts, including 5 firearm product families and has been issued 10 patents. He earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in mechanical engineering at Brigham Young University.
Mr. Cook has been designing Browning and Winchester rifles, shotguns, and handguns since 1999, including the Winchester Model 9410 – winner of the Shooting Industry Academy of Excellence 2001 Shotgun of the Year award. This work includes concept generation, computer models, stress analyses, material specifications, and manufacturing process selections, which may include plastic or metal injection molding (MIM), machining, stamping, spring winding, additive manufacturing, casting, and powdered metal. His experience also comes from hands-on assembly, testing, diagnosis, and debugging. He analyzes failu...
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David Smith, MS, MBA, PE, CSP
Product and Equipment Safety, IP and Patent Expert
Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc.
Alpine, Utah
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Patents, intellectual property, aerial lift, boom lift, scissor lift, manufacturing equipment, agricultural equipment, oil and gas equipment, refuse equipment, garbage trucks, trailers, conveyors, exercise equipment, safety, consumer products, chairs, seating, Forklift, thrill ride, zip line
Experienced mechanical engineer (MS, PE) and certified safety professional (CSP) with seven issued patents. Award winning inventor. President of Alpine Engineering and Design, Inc., a mechanical engineering consulting company with clients around the United States ranging from individual inventors to Fortune 500 companies. Consulted on multiple products including: forklifts, conveyors, aerial lifts, garbage trucks, trailers, exercise equipment, seating and manufacturing equipment.
Graduated Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. Completed a master's of science degree in mechanical engineering and an MBA with an emphasis in product development. Licensed professional engineer (PE) and a certified safety professional in comprehensive practice (CSP). Certified operator and trainer for forklifts, powered industrial trucks, boom lifts, scissor lifts, MEWPS, rough terrain forklifts. Approaching 20 years experience in product development, patents, safe equipment desi...
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Eric Cole, DPS
Cybersecurity, Networking, Computer, and IT Expert
Secure Anchor Consulting
Ashburn, Virginia
Cybersecurity, Computers
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Data Breach, Operating Systems, Computer Security, Cyber Breach, Intellectual Property, Loss Prevention, Network Security, Security Management, Security Negligence, Trade Secrets, Security Standards, Data Privacy, Cloud Security, Patents, Apportionment, Infringement, Damages, Meta Data, Patent Validity, Industry Standards
Dr. Eric Cole is a computer and cybersecurity expert who has built a solid reputation in the information technology industry over the last three decades. His educational experience includes a master’s degree in computer science from the New York Institute of Technology, and a doctorate in Professional Studies from Pace University.
Dr. Cole’s expert involvement in the cybersecurity industry is demonstrated by being appointed as the commissioner on cybersecurity for the 44th president, holding a position as a senior fellow at SANS, and being elected to the Purdue University Executive Advisory Board. His extensive real-world experience includes being the former Chief Technology Officer for McAfee, former Chief Scientist at Lockheed Martin, and former Program Manager at the Central Intelligence Agency. Currently, he is the CEO and Founder of Secure Anchor Consulting. His consulting clients include Fortune 500 companies, Fortune 50 companies, international organizations, and the feder...
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Glenn D Prestwich, PhD
Life science IP Expert - Caltech/Stanford
Clear Solutions Biomedical
Port Townsend, Washington
Chemistry & Chemicals, Pharmaceutical Research
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drug discovery, natural products chemistry, termite control, organic synthesis, lipid metabolism, sterol metabolism, fatty acid, phospholipid, anti-cancer drug, cholesterol, hyaluronic acid, polymers, insect pheromone, hormone biochemistry, biomaterials, regenerative medicine, intellectual property
Expert witness and consultant for intellectual property cases in the chemical and life sciences.
Expert in organic synthesis, natural products chemistry, mechanistic enzymology, pest control agents, termite biology, insect and mammalian pheromone biochemistry, insect hormone biochemistry, mammalian and insect steroid metabolism, and photoaffinity labeling and intracellular visualization. Chemical biology of phosphoinositide and lysophosphatidic acid signaling; the chemistry of hyaluronic acid and development of hyaluronic acid derived biomaterials for wound repair, cell culture, tissue engineering. Discovery of anti-cancer, cholesterol-lowering, and anti-inflammatory drugs.
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Khalid Sorensen, PhD
Robotics & Automation Technology Founder
Finity Engineering LLC.
College Place, Washington
Mechanical Engineering, Intellectual Property
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Automation, Robotics, Machine, Design, Mechatronics, Dynamics, Motion Control, Vibration, Segway, Product Liability, Machine Vision, Sensors, Traction, Tire Mechanics, Cranes, Warnings, ASRS, Aviation, Palletizing, Depalletizing
Twenty years of experience developing and implementing mechatronic, motion control, and automation technologies. Founder of a motion-control technology company where the industry-recognized motion-control technologies were key drivers in the acquisition of his company 5 years after inception by a global leader in automation.
Served as CTO at a world-class supplier of large-scale automation, control, advanced manufacturing, and nuclear handling solutions. Responsibilities include providing technical oversight of critical projects; identifying and mitigating areas of high technical risk; leading in the creation of cutting-edge control, automation, and robotic technologies; directing R&D efforts; managing the business’ technology portfolio; and disseminating and facilitating the use of best-practice engineering methodologies.
Adjunct Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology where he lectures on various engineering topics. These include: Dynamics, Advanced Controls, Vibration...
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Luke Fischer, CPA, MBA
Veritas Forensic Accounting & Economics
Sammamish, Washington
Accounting, Fraud
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Economic Damages, Wage Loss, Loss of Income, Wrongful Death, Fraud Examination, Breach of Contract, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Business Interruption, Class Actions, Construction Defect, Builder’s Risk, Employee Dishonesty, Receivership, Bankruptcy, Property Damage, Intellectual Property
Mr. Fischer has been with the Veritas team since June 2012. Mr. Fischer has amassed thousands of hours of experience in investigative accounting, financial analysis, and economic research. He has worked on economic loss, valuation, and investigative engagements in Alaska, across North America, in Mexico, and throughout the Gulf. He is also an accomplished leader and academic scholar. Additionally, Mr. Fischer is a guest speaker and lecturer on investigative accounting, internal control, and review practices.
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Mark R Webster, PE, MSME, MBA
Webster Engineering, LLC
Hubertus, Wisconsin
Mechanical Engineering, Equipment & Machinery
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Conveyors, Elevators, Material Lifts, Industrial Controls, Dynamic Analysis, Animations, Forensic Engineering, Intellectual Property, Freight Lifts, ASME Safety Standards, Failure Analysis, Hydraulics, Manufacturing, Products Liability, Lifting Systems, Material Handling, Machinery, Patents
Licensed Professional Engineer with more than 35 years of experience with conveyors, and a wide range of industrial machinery and control systems. conveyor systems, material handling systems, elevators, material lifts, vertical conveyors, shopping cart conveyors (adjacent to escalators), automated car parking systems, custom engineered machinery and systems. Board Certified Forensic Engineer. Chair of ASME B20.1 Safety Standards for Conveyors and Related Equipment, Member of ASME Board on Safety Codes and Standards, member of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. Engineering specialties include machine design, dynamic system analysis and animation (multi-body physics, motion analysis), hydraulic lifts and systems, heavy mechanical drives for lifting and other material handling applications, finite element analysis. Very active in ASME safety codes and standards.
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Eugene Lipov, MD
Wisconsin
Pain Management - Medicine, Medical Devices
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PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, RSD, Stellate Ganglion Block, SGB, Ketamine, Nerve Injury, Injections, Chronic Pain, Opioids, Addiction, Fraud, IME, Independent Medical examinations, hot flashes, patents, intellectual property
Pain Medicine thought-leader. Founding member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians.
Developer of multiple innovative pain treatments. Developed hybrid stimulator that combined convention dorsal column stimulator and sub-q stimulator. Evaluated needle design that lead to improvement of Sprotte needle. Pioneered the use of Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hot flashes. Developed the Dual Sympathetic Reset (DSR) protocol to treat PTSD.
Work has been written about in the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune, and featured on ABC, NBC and WGN.
Experienced expert witness – has given over 1,000 depositions.
Significant medical device experience.
Active clinical practice. Board Certified in both pain medicine and anesthesiology.
University of Illinois faculty.
Performs the entire range of pain procedures including: dorsal column stimulators (DCS), radio frequency ablati...
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Paul A Rodrigues
Forensic Accountant, fraud investigator, Damages
Trace Forensic Experts LLC
North Lake, Wisconsin
Accounting, Intellectual Property
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Economic, Intellectual Property & Commercial Damages, Infringement, Lost Profits, Royalty, Forensic Accounting, Breach of Contract, Fiduciary Duty, Fraud Investigations, Embezzlement, Construction, Bankruptcy, Malpractice, Analytics, ediscovery, special master, Ponzi schemes, Theft of Trade Secrets
Paul Rodrigues is a Managing Member of Trace Forensic Experts LLC. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant with a Master's Degree in Taxation and is Certified in Financial Forensics. Paul has more than 31 years of experience in the accounting profession. He began his practice with a big four public accounting firm and has served as an expert witness or consultant in numerous forensic, fraud, and litigation engagements with damage claims ranging from $1 million to $250 million. He has testified in Federal and State courts, arbitrations and mediations. Paul has been involved with civil and criminal litigation (on behalf of plaintiffs and defendants) including but not limited to: accounting & auditing standards; improper accounting entries, the determination of lost profits, income, assets, or damages; internal investigations and fraud investigations, securities, civil RICO; bribery and other litigation claims requiring ac...
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