Expert Resume/CV

Civil Action 10-CV-0442 DMS (WMC) in the US District Court for the Southern District of California in 2012 involving an IP dispute between Carefusion (Plaintiff) and Sigma (Defendant). Engaged by the attorneys as an expert witness for the defendant. Decided for the defendant.

Case number 11-0097-CK in the Circuit Court for Kalamazoo County, Civil Division, between Stryker Corporation and Joseph P. Errico, et al. Acted for Stryker through its attorneys, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott LLP. The assignment was to express opinions regarding whether Stryker acted in a manner consistent with a reasonable commercial business in its efforts to achieve U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval and commercial launch of its artificial disc products. Expert report presented in September 2013. Summary Judgement for Stryker.

Case number 6:09-cv-06041-EAW) in the New York Western District between Bausch and Lomb (Plaintiff) and Dr. Mona Sarfarazi (defendant). Engaged in April 2015 as an expert for the Plaintiff through Plaintiff’s attorneys, Nixon Peabody. Expert assignment to provide opinions in an Expert Report as to the usual, customary and routine practices in the medical device industry and whether B+L acted in a manner consistent with a reasonable commercial business in its efforts to achieve the “development milestones.” Decided for the Plaintiff.

A matter between two medical device companies A and B. A acquired certain assets of B and agreed to use “commercially reasonable efforts” to achieve milestones which would trigger milestone payments to B. The milestones were not met, the payments were not made, and B sued A for failure to use “commercially reasonable efforts.” The assignment was to evaluate whether A acted consistently with their obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to complete the milestones. Appearance before 3 judge panel of the American Arbitration Association in New York in November 2017. Worked with the attorneys for A, Williams and Connolly LLP. Decided for A.

Case number 2:18-cv-08103 in the District Court for the central district of California between the Securities and Exchange Commission (Plaintiff) and Mr. Hani Zeini, the ex-CEO of Sientra, Inc. regarding adequate public disclosure of potentially price sensitive information. Engaged in May 2019 by the defendant’s attorney, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP., and the case settled through mediation not long after.

Case 18-cv-00691-STV, jury trial requested. This is a case between plaintiff Wright Medical, Inc., and Defendant Paragon 28, Inc. Plaintiff alleges misappropriation of intellectual property including trade secrets. Engaged by the attorneys for the plaintiff in June 2019, Duane Morris. The assignment is to opine on what in the medical device industry is considered IP (confidential and/or trade secret information), and how such IP is protected and used. Wrote expert report, and was deposed as a 30b(6) witness. Case is ongoing.

Case 1:19-cv-00325-UNA. An intellectual property dispute between Nevro (plaintiff) and Stimwave. Engaged as a consulting expert by the attorneys for plaintiff, Morrison & Foerster, in 2019. Case settled before trial.

A case in the US Tax Court Docket number 6944-11 between Medtronic Inc (Petitioner)  and the Internal Revenue Service (Respondent). Engaged by the IRS in 2019. Wrote expert report, was deposed, and testified at trial in June 2021.

Case number 0:19-cv-03140-ECT-DTS in the US District court, District of Minnesota between former members of Caisson Interventional LLC (Plaintiff) and LivaNova PLC (Defendant). Engaged as a consulting expert in 2019 by the attorneys for the plaintiff, Fox Rothschild, to provide opinions as to whether defendant met its obligations under an acquisition agreement. Wrote expert report, rebuttal report, and was deposed. Case is ongoing.

Case number 1:20-cv-03214-JPC in the US District Court, Southern District of New York, between  INSPIRX Inc. (Plaintiff) and Lupin Atlantis Holdings SA (defendant). Engaged as a consulting expert by the defendant’s attorneys, Holland and Knight LLP. Case is ongoing (filed April 2020).