Consulting
I specialize in using technology to analyze data and calculate damages in litigation.
Selected consulting experience
Labor and Employment
General wage and hour
Assess meal and rest break, regular rate of pay, overtime, off-the-clock, waiting time, wage statement, PAGA, timecard rounding, and other wage and hour claims across retail, healthcare, hospitality, logistics, staffing, manufacturing, and food service industries.
Employee misclassification
Defended employer of putative class of delivery drivers in reclassification suit, structuring ~18,000 pages of driver logs to illustrate prevalence of early delivery arrivals, undermining primary allegations (contingent on late deliveries), resulting in $13.5m settlement before trial (16% of max exposure).
Class certification
Defended employer of putative class of parcel-handling agents in California, New York, and Florida, leveraging seven data sources to demonstrate individual inquiry and payment of meal periods for alleged unpaid breaks, limiting class certification and dropping claims to obtain $595k settlement (original demand: $16m).
False testimony
Defended employer of putative class of IT professionals, analyzing computer logins and cell phone call logs to assess allegations of off-the-clock work and unpaid overtime. Successfully countered Plaintiffs’ testimony of frequent OTC and overtime work, leading to favorable settlement.
Healthcare
Defended direct healthcare startup, analyzing driver logs for over 21,000 specimen drop-offs to quantify miles driven and time spent driving, leading to settlement ($135k) less than previous offer to Plaintiffs.
Defended California hospital in single-plaintiff suit, preparing employee shift staffing simulation to demonstrate employees available to work each open shift, after accounting for restrictions under collective bargaining agreements and California regulations; rely on the same to show undue hardship to employer in leave-of-absence dispute.
Defended California hospital against class of on-call shift workers, valuing potential underpayment and shift violations from on-call and callback time and analyzing pay practices for the same.
RIF
Prepared statistical analyses to support reduction-in-force and adverse impact disclosures and compliance.
Energy and Environment
Clean energy policy
Analyzed the economic impact of clean energy stimulus funding, electric vehicle stimulus funding, and the implementation of a clean energy standard. Prepared reports to support policy decisions at the federal level. Advised a municipal light department on updating sustainable energy policy.
ISO/RTO rate setting
Conducted a review of costs, revenues, and rates to ensure adequate capital and stakeholder alignment. Analyzed rate types and prepared suggestions for updates to the rate structure. Assisted with submission to regulating committees and FERC.
Expert testimony
Prepared expert testimony in matters such as post-pandemic utility rate setting, generator siting, and transmission line reliability.
Antitrust and Competition
Competition in foreign exchange markets
Evaluated potential anticompetitive actions in foreign exchange markets against the DOJ and OCC.
Mergers and acquisitions
Performed financial valuation of REITs to evaluate the disparate impact of COVID-19 in a failed merger. Managed responses to regulators (including the FTC) for merger-related competition inquiries.
Libor transition
Evaluated Libor alternatives and implications for mortgage-backed securities in preparation for the expected discontinuation of the Libor interest rate.
Intellectual Property
Measured damages in connection with alleged patent infringement for decentralized data sharing methods under lost profits and reasonable royalty approaches.