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Matthew Byford

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Highlights

Chartered Financial Analyst and Certified Fraud Examiner.
Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
Specializes in complex damages analysis.
Extensive experience with disputes involving patents, trade secrets, trade dress, and trademarks.

Services

Economic Damages | Forensic Accounting | Intellectual Property | Investigations | Commercial Litigation

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Expertise

Matthew Byford (Matt) is a Chartered Financial Analyst with over 15 years of experience. He has been appointed as an economic damages expert or assisted the named expert in over 100 cases.

Matt has testified at deposition and trial. He has supported legal counsel and corporate clients on economic damages and other business matters.

Matt specializes in intellectual property damages in complex matters for clients. His expertise includes trade secret misappropriation, patent infringement, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, false advertising, breach of contract, and commercial damages, among other things. He is well-versed in issues concerning the economic prong of domestic industry, remedy, and bonding as part of Section 337 ITC investigations.

Background

Matt has extensive experience determining lost profits, unjust enrichment (head start, avoided costs, and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains), and reasonable royalties in many contexts. He has worked across a diverse range of industries including semiconductors, LEDs, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, oil and gas, and retail and consumer products.

Matt is a Certified Fraud Examiner and an Accredited Senior Appraiser. He is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, the Chartered Financial Analyst Society (Nevada), the American Society of Appraisers, and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.