Intellectual Property Archives

Elizabeth Buchanan

Elizabeth Buchanan is a Chartered Accountant with over 10 years of experience. She has assisted the named expert on numerous occasions.

Elizabeth has been involved in commercial litigation matters in Australia with disputed loss and damage values of up to AUS$ 500 million and high-net-worth family law litigation matters in the United States with disputed values of up to US$ 75 million. She has assisted with expert reports submitted in courts in Australia and the United States.

Elizabeth has experience in commercial disputes and financial investigations across a range of industries including, but not limited to, financial services, mining, white goods, healthcare, and personal care products. She also has experience in high-net-worth individual tax and family law litigation support in the United States.

Elizabeth specialises in commercial and intellectual property disputes, valuations, and complex financial investigations. She has expertise in preparing valuations of assets (including goodwill and intellectual property), small to medium-sized businesses, shares for commercial litigation and tax purposes, quantifying loss and damage, and performing asset tracking and funds flow analysis.

Elizabeth is a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ), and accredited as a Business Valuation Specialist by CAANZ. She holds a degree and graduate diploma in accountancy.

Ashley Gonzalez

Ashley Gonzalez is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) with over 15 years of experience. She has been appointed as a damages expert and assisted the named expert on more than 100 occasions.

Ashley has testified at deposition and has provided analysis of financial, economic, and damage issues in litigation and other business dispute matters. She is involved in all stages of the litigation process, from assisting with discovery and managing the team to drafting expert reports and preparing the named damages expert for deposition and trial.

Ashley has served clients ranging from small, privately owned businesses to Fortune 500 corporations. She has consulted with companies across a wide variety of industries, including telecommunications, medical and pharmaceutical, consumer products, sporting equipment, internet and software, oil and gas, financial services, entertainment, and technology.

Ashley has experience for both plaintiffs and defendants on matters involving patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, trademark infringement, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and valuations, among others. She has performed damage calculations, including lost profits, reasonable royalties, and price erosion.

Ashley holds a degree in finance and is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts.

Armando Chavez

Armando Chavez has more than 25 years of experience in financial, economic, and litigation consulting. He has been retained as a testifying expert on damages in nine matters and has provided damages and valuation expertise in over 100 consulting engagements.

Armando has testified in litigation at federal and state court proceedings regarding patents and other complex business disputes. In matters where he served as a testifying expert, he analysed complex financial records, quantified damages, and prepared expert reports in disputes involving damages claims with values up to the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Armando has consulted in matters involving Fortune 500 corporations, multinational enterprises, and small to mid-sized businesses. His experience spans a broad range of industries, including consumer electronics, telecommunications, retail products, oil and gas, medical and pharmaceutical, sporting equipment, internet and software, healthcare, automotive, computer storage and networking, construction, financial services, chemical, advertising and entertainment, packaging, and semiconductors.

Armando’s expertise includes lost profits, reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, cost of development, royalty payment reviews, business valuation, and technology valuation. He is frequently engaged in matters involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, breach of contract, and the licensing and sale of intellectual property assets.

Armando is a certified valuation analyst (CVA) and master analyst in financial forensics (MAFF), both credentials awarded by the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA). He also holds a certificate of educational achievement in commercial damages and lost profits from NACVA. Armando is a member of NACVA and the Licensing Executives Society (LES).

Scott Cragun

Scott Cragun has over 25 years of experience in financial and litigation consulting. He has been appointed as a damages expert on numerous occasions.

Scott has testified in litigation at federal court regarding intellectual property infringement disputes, including patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright issues, as well as false advertising and unfair competition issues. He has provided financial analysis and expert reports for a variety of disputes and non-litigation consulting engagements.

Scott has been significantly involved with company and law firm personnel in identifying relevant market, financial, and economic information and developing damages scenarios. His industry experience includes the agriculture, automotive, computer, consumer products, electronics, healthcare, semiconductor, software, sports and entertainment, and telecommunications sectors. 

Scott specializes in intellectual property damages analysis and calculations, including lost profit calculations, reasonable royalty determinations, and other intellectual property quantitative analysis such as valuations. He has assisted in license negotiations and conducted royalty compliance reviews.

Scott is a certified licensing professional and a member of the Licensing Executives Society. He has taught at universities, bar associations, and law seminars regarding intellectual property valuation and damages.

David Paris

David Paris is an economist with over 35 years of experience. He has been appointed as a damages expert on over 50 occasions.

David has testified at arbitrations and commercial litigation in the US District Court and before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and the US International Trade Commission (ITC) regarding damages, valuation, and competition matters. He has also addressed economic issues related to remedial orders in section 337 investigations before the ITC.

David has conducted economic research and analyzed business strategies and performance of individuals and groups of firms in a wide range of industries, including high technology, franchises, industrial and agricultural machinery, financial services, consumer products, and automotive parts. He also has experience in cost–benefit analysis to evaluate the likely effects on competition and market outcomes from proposed changes in existing and draft government regulations.

David specialises in disputes involving patent, trademark, and copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, fraud, employment, and antitrust violations. He has supported clients on disputes involving lost profits, unjust enrichment, benefit of the bargain, and reasonable royalty damages, as well as on economic issues relevant to granting an injunction, including irreparable harm, secondary considerations of non-obviousness, and the calculation of actual and intended loss under the federal sentencing guidelines.

David holds a master’s degree in economics. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society, the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association, the National Association for Business Economics, an associate member of the American Bar Association, and an auxiliary member of the National Bar Association.

Barry Bell

Barry Bell has more than 30 years of experience consulting on the analysis and quantification of damages in commercial litigation matters. He has been appointed as an expert on more than 100 matters and has provided critical damages and economic analysis on more than 400 matters.

Barry has testified in arbitration and litigation before state and federal courts regarding damages and economic issues in intellectual property and other commercial disputes. He has produced more than 100 expert reports on disputes with values of up to $1.4 billion.

Barry specializes in matters involving allegations of breach of contract and fiduciary duty, fraud, trade secret misappropriation, and copyright, patent, and trademark infringement. He has analyzed and presented claims for restitution and for damages under reliance, expectancy (lost profits), reasonable royalty, unjust enrichment, and statutory damages constructs.

Barry has also led engagements in analyzing damages related to business interruption, dealer termination, product liability, fraudulent conveyances, and professional liability. His experience covers the media, financial services, medical devices and pharmaceuticals, chemicals, mining, mobile devices and applications, energy, oil and gas, entertainment, real estate, retail, healthcare, high technology and internet, software, insurance, telecommunications, manufacturing, and waste disposal industries.

Barry is a Certified Licensing Professional, a Certified Patent Valuation Analyst, and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Licensing Executives Society, and the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and an associate member of the American Bar Association.

Lance Gunderson

Lance Gunderson has over 30 years of experience in financial and litigation consulting. He has been appointed as an expert on multiple occasions.

Lance has testified numerous times in disputes regarding patent infringement, trademark, copyright, false advertising, and breach of contract in state and federal court. He has issued findings on matters under mediation and arbitration and documented analyses and conclusions for a variety of disputes and non-litigation consulting engagements.

Lance has significant experience with company and law firm personnel in the identification of relevant markets, financial and economic information, and the development of damages scenarios. His industry experience includes the automotive, airline, chemical, computer, consumer products, electronics, healthcare, retail, software, semiconductor, and telecommunications sectors.

Lance specialises in intellectual property damages analysis and calculations, including lost profit calculations, reasonable royalty determinations, and other intellectual property quantitative analysis such as valuations. He has been involved with license negotiations and technology transfer for a variety of clients.

Lance is a member of the Licensing Executives Society. He has taught at universities, bar associations and law seminars and has written articles on intellectual property, damages and valuation-related topics.

David Tenenbaum

David Tenenbaum has over 25 years of experience in economic and financial assessment of intellectual property and other intangible assets. He has supported testifying experts and client legal teams on numerous high-stakes disputes.

David has led litigation engagements involving patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. He has formulated and built complex damage quantification models, drafted expert reports and rebuttals of opposing expert reports, and supported expert witnesses for deposition and trial testimony.

David has completed over 200 client assignments in litigation, transactional, tax, and insurance-backed lending settings. In tax planning and controversy contexts, David has conducted numerous valuation studies and authored reports to support clients’ compliance for related-party transactions involving IP rights, marketing intangibles, and professional services. He held a senior position at a leading insurance broker in connection with an IP-backed lending offering, overseeing a team that analyzed the risk profile and economic value of borrowers’ proposed IP collateral to assist carriers in their underwriting.

David’s expertise includes damages-related discovery planning and execution, accounting and financial analyses for assessing liability and damages issues, and evaluation of settlement positions and offers. He has supported clients in the valuation of IP and other intangible assets in a variety of transactions, including licensing, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, bankruptcy and reorganization.

David holds a degree in industrial engineering and a master’s of management with concentrations in finance and marketing. He is a longstanding contributor to the International Trademark Association, where he has served on several key committees and spoken at major conferences. David served as an advisory council member of the Master of IP Management and Markets program at the IIT Chicago Kent College of Law. He has also published thought leadership articles and presented to professional groups on IP valuation, financial reporting and tax aspects of IP-rich transactions, and economic damages in IP litigation.

Mohamad Hussein

Mohamad Hussein is a Chartered Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner with over a decade of experience. He has been appointed as an expert and has assisted the named expert over 50 times with total claim values exceeding $8 billion.

Mohamad has testified in international arbitration, led complex investigations, and provided expert reports in high-value commercial disputes before the DIFC, ICC, LCIA, ICSID, Capital Market Authority and Canadian Courts. He has been involved in investigations with values in excess of $3 billion and delivers reports in both English and Arabic.

Mohamad has extensive dispute resolution expertise in a range of matters involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, investment treaty disputes, shareholder disputes, joint venture disputes and intellectual property infringement. He has also been engaged to provide strategic insight into high-profile investigations involving corporate misconduct, regulatory breaches in banking and capital markets, auditor negligence and financial fraud.

Mohamad specialises in economic loss quantification, fraud investigations, asset tracing, and financial analysis across sectors such as oil & gas, banking, pharmaceuticals, construction, real estate, and government. He has led investigations into multi-million-dollar frauds involving inventory overstatements, related party transactions, and whistle-blower allegations.

Mohamad is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, Canada and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He regularly delivers accredited training to legal professionals on financial statement analysis, auditing standards, and business valuation.

Michael J. Lasinski

Michael J. Lasinski has over 30 years of experience consulting on the financial aspects of intellectual property and commercial disputes. He has been appointed as an expert on hundreds of engagements regarding intellectual property matters, SEP and FRAND licensing, large corporate transactions and joint ventures, bankruptcy matters, tax issues, corporate valuations, and economic damages analyses among others.

Michael has testified in various prestigious courts, including the US District Court, the International Trade Commission, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, the Chancery Division, State Courts, and arbitration proceedings. He has performed standard essential patent licensing, willing licensor and licensee analysis, and FRAND economic analyses. Michael has served as a financial advisor to creditor committees, private equity companies, venture capitalists, and Fortune 500 companies on numerous occasions.

Prior to joining HKA, he was head of analysis at Hilco Intellectual Property Merchant Banking and senior managing director and head of the intellectual property practice at Ankura Consulting Group. He was also a founding member of 284 Partners, LLC, a professional services firm focused on IP valuation, litigation consulting, IP strategy, and transactional services.  Michael’s consulting experience spans various industries, including advertising, automotive, chemicals, computer hardware and software, consumer products, e-commerce, food and beverage, internet, IOT, healthcare, life sciences, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, streaming, telecommunications, and wireless communications among many others.

Michael has assisted clients in strategically managing their intellectual property by creating global corporate organizations designed to maximize their current and future value. He has performed licensing and FRAND analysis for cellular, WIFI, video & audio codecs, streaming, as well as many other standards.  Michael has been both a licensing advisor and named expert on dozens of matters concerning standards and FRAND licensing practice and FRAND determination. He has conducted economic analyses for patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret, data privacy, breach of contract, bankruptcy, tax and many other commercial damages matters. Michael played a key role in advising creditors and other interested parties on intellectual property and financial issues related to the sale of Nortel’s patent portfolio for more than $4.5 billion.

Michael is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Chartered Public Accountants, and a Certified Licensing Professional established by the Licensing Executives Society. Most recently, he served as the president of the Licensing Executives Society International. Michael is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Illinois Chartered Public Accountant Society. He has lectured on intellectual property valuation for university business schools, law schools, the USPTO, and other regulatory agencies.

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