Fiduciary Duty Expert Witnesses

What is a fiduciary duty expert witness?

Fiduciary duty expert witness candidates typically have a background in accounting, law, and/or economic damages. Fiduciary duty is the highest standard of care in equity or law. A fiduciary is expected to act in good faith, and not to profit from their fiduciary position. Experts in fiduciary duty have advanced degrees (JD, MBA, PhD) and specialize in areas of expertise as financial advisors, brokers, or retirement plan administrators.

What types of cases require a fiduciary duty expert witness?

Fiduciary duty expert witnesses may provide litigation support for cases involving business management, financial disputes, commercial matters, business interruption, and/or breach of contract. Cases may be civil, criminal, or class-action and require not only expertise but the ability to communicate findings for ease of understanding.

Fiduciary duty expert witness case examples

On behalf of a plaintiff or defendant, Cahn Litigation Services has completed numerous searches for expert witnesses to support breach of fiduciary duty matters, providing candidates for each case to the specifications provided by the attorney in charge. Breach of fiduciary duty cases supported by Cahn Litigation Services experts have encompassed:

• bankruptcy,
• legal malpractice claims,
• professional fiduciary relationships,
• fiduciary duty of loyalty,
• corporate governance,
• New York real estate,
• confidential information,
• partnership disputes,
• financial adviser breach of fiduciary duty claim,
• solicitors’ conflict of interest,
• due diligence, and
• financial fraud audit, among many others.

What litigation support work might a fiduciary duty expert witness be expected to perform?

Expert witness services could include contract and documentation review, deposition testimony, economic damages calculations, research and authoring expert reports, providing expert opinions, arbitration proceedings, and/or testimony in trial court. In addition, clients may seek a fiduciary duty subject matter expert for pre-litigation consulting work. It is essential that a fiduciary duty expert witness possess the ability to provide expert testimony in such a manner that a jury can understand the expert evidence. In a high-profile case, or litigation involving a significant financial stake, legal counsel may request an expert with prior expert witness testimony experience.

Cahn Litigation Services has the experience required to turn a search for a fiduciary duty expert witness around quickly, providing the right balance of expertise and testimony experience.

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Fiduciary Duty Expert Witness - Representative Bios

Please Note: All Cahn Litigation expert witness searches are customized to attorneys' precise specifications and preferences. Attorneys are encouraged to discuss search parameters with a Cahn search specialist.

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The below expert witness bios represent a small fraction of those Fiduciary Duty experts known by Cahn Litigation Services. These bios are provided to give lawyers a sense of the Fiduciary Duty landscape.

• Expert Witness #253370

  This expert is the Practice Leader for the firm's Investigative Services Group and brings to the table many years of experience performing forensic work. This expert has assisted clients in a range of litigation assignments and assisted counsel in discovery matters by providing damage-related document requests, interrogatories, affidavits and potential deposition questions. This expert has testified at trial regarding economic damage calculations and forensic accounting findings. Litigation areas served include Excess Wage Loss, Business Income Loss, Fraud and Forensic Accounting Matters, and Business of Fiduciary Duty.

  
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• Expert Witness #232441

  This expert holds an MBA and is currently the Managing Partner of highly successful consultancy specializing in intellectual property issues involving patents, trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, trade secrets and know how. This expert has extensive business and consulting experience across a broad range of industries including Health Care and Life Sciences, Medical Devices, Pharmaceuticals, and other Biotechnologies. This expert has been involved in a variety of litigation matters involving patent, trademark, copyright infringement, theft of trade secrets, breach of contract, tax disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, energy, and antitrust matters. With respect to intellectual property, this expert has performed valuations, conducted licensing negotiations and strategic management studies for corporate clients including multinational and international joint ventures, start-up and development stage companies. This expert has also performed research and analysis regarding industry dynamics and IP management practices, portfolio optimization, evaluation of corporate IP strategies, and effects of technology investment, innovation, adoption and transfer on competition. An experienced expert witness, this expert has testified in federal and state court, ITC, AAA, IAA and ICC matters involving a broad range of IP topics including industry structure, licensing and practices, as well as damages related issues including lost profits, reasonable royalties, price erosion, competition and related topics. This expert has also served as a court appointed expert.  

  
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