Erisa Expert Witnesses
Erisa expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on erisa. The erisa expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Accounting, Actuarial, Employment, Fraud, HMO, Insurance, Legal, Life Care Planning, Medical Billing, Neuropsychology, Psychology, Securities & Investments, Statistics, Telecommunications, and Trusts & Estates.
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DeAndrea Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment, ERISA, Wage
Land of Goods Vocational Consulting
Employment, Vocational Rehabilitation
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vocational rehabilitation, employment, FMLA, earning capacity, life care planning, Mitigation Analysis, Employability Analysis, Vocational Rebuttal, disability evaluation, Short Term Disability, ADA, Labor Market, martial dissolution, impute, Long Term Disability, Rehabilitation Counseling, ERISA, family law, divorce, Insurance
DeAndrea T. Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP, is a nationally recognized expert in vocational evaluation, earning capacity analysis, rehabilitation counseling, and life care planning. She brings more than a decade of specialized experience in assessing the vocational impact of physical, psychological, cognitive, and developmental conditions across disability, employment law, civil litigation, ERISA, workers’ compensation, and personal injury matters. As the President and CEO of Land of Goods Vocational Consulting, Ms. Williams leads a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive vocational evaluations, labor market research, transferable skills assessments, employability determinations, medical and psychological record reviews, and expert witness testimony for cases nationwide. She maintains offices in Florida and Colorado and provides forensic services throughout the United States.
Ms. Williams holds a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Kentucky an...
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Arthur B Kagan, FSA, EA
A | K Actuarial & Pension Services
Woodland Hills, California
Actuarial, Statistics
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Actuary, Pension Plans, retirement plans, 401k plans, ERISA, IRS compliance, audits, pension consulting, life expectancy calculations, marital dissolution, employee benefits, personal injury, wrongful death, disability, loss of income, life estate values, insurance, annuities, executive plans
In the past 4 years I have completed about 50 expert witness cases, including personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, economic damages, family law, life estates, ERISA. public pension plan participant values, insurance, annuities, disability, deferred compensation plans, and general litigation. My experience is that by providing attorneys with an expert witness report by a certified actuary, they can win larger claims for their client. I am listed on many of the expert witness directories, as well as on Google. My CV is attached.
Professional affiliations include F.S.A, Fellow Society of Actuaries (highest education for an actuary), E. A. Enrolled Actuary, M. A. A. A Member American Academy of Actuaries, ASPPA American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, NIPA National Institute of Pension Administrators, and past affiliation as F. C. A. Fellow of Conference of Consulting Actuaries.
Prior Board Member for Conference of Consulting Actuaries and N...
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David Martinez
Medical Billing & UCR Reimbursement Expert Witness
Accurate Billing Investigators, Inc.
California
Medical Billing, Insurance
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Managed Care, HMO, PPO, Medicare, Medicaid, Reasonable Value, Audit, Hospital, ERISA, Usual and Customary, Reimbursement Disputes, Claims Denials, Athena Billing, Out-of-Network, Balance Billing, Fee Schedule Analysis, Expert Testimony, Medical Necessity, Multi-State, Healthcare Reimbursement
I have over 35 years of experience in medical billing, reimbursement, and managed care systems, with expertise spanning provider operations, payer methodologies, and claims adjudication practices. My work focuses on evaluating medical billing accuracy, reimbursement methodologies, usual and customary charges, and payer denial practices.
Practice includes multi-state reimbursement analysis, with extensive experience in California managed care systems, including HMO, IPA, and risk-based reimbursement structures, as well as Medicare Advantage and national payer methodologies. I have served in multiple roles, including claims examiner, billing manager, revenue cycle executive, and founder of a national medical billing and audit firm. This multidisciplinary experience allows me to analyze disputes from both the provider and payer perspectives. Experience includes analyzing billing system workflows and claims processing issues across platforms such as Athenahealth.
My expert work includ...
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DeAndrea Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment, ERISA, Wage
Land of Goods Vocational Consulting
Aurora, Colorado
Employment, Vocational Rehabilitation
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vocational rehabilitation, employment, FMLA, earning capacity, life care planning, Mitigation Analysis, Employability Analysis, Vocational Rebuttal, disability evaluation, Short Term Disability, ADA, Labor Market, martial dissolution, impute, Long Term Disability, Rehabilitation Counseling, ERISA, family law, divorce, Insurance
DeAndrea T. Williams, CRC, CVE, CLCP, is a nationally recognized expert in vocational evaluation, earning capacity analysis, rehabilitation counseling, and life care planning. She brings more than a decade of specialized experience in assessing the vocational impact of physical, psychological, cognitive, and developmental conditions across disability, employment law, civil litigation, ERISA, workers’ compensation, and personal injury matters. As the President and CEO of Land of Goods Vocational Consulting, Ms. Williams leads a multidisciplinary team that provides comprehensive vocational evaluations, labor market research, transferable skills assessments, employability determinations, medical and psychological record reviews, and expert witness testimony for cases nationwide. She maintains offices in Florida and Colorado and provides forensic services throughout the United States.
Ms. Williams holds a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling from the University of Kentucky an...
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William Fender, CPA, J.D., MBA, AIFA, RF
Fiduciary Duty Expert
Innovest Portfolio Solutions LLC
Denver, Colorado
Securities & Investments, Trusts & Estates
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Fiduciary duties, trusts and estates, Uniform Prudent Investor Act, trustees, trust beneficiaries, suitability, modern portfolio theory, prudent investment practices, ERISA, damage calculations, investment advisers, diversification
Professional certifications and credentials - Certified Public Accountant, attorney (inactive), Accredited Investment Fiduciary Analyst, Registered Fiduciary
• Principal and Senior Investment Consultant with Innovest Portfolio Solutions LLC, an SEC registered investment adviser firm that provides investment consulting services on a fee-only basis to over $21 billion of individual, retirement plan and foundation investment portfolios pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (1996 to present)
• Expert witness focus - Fiduciary duties and responsibilities associated with the management of investment portfolios in trusts and estates, retirement plans, individual investor portfolios and foundations
• Experience includes expert reports, damage calculations and testimony with respect to trustees of private trusts (including bank trust departments), beneficiaries of private trusts, retirement plan participants, retirement plan fiduciaries, investment advisers and individual investor...
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Maria T. Santi
Health Insurance Expert
Health and Medicine Law Firm
Miami, Florida
Legal, HMO
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Health Insurance, Health Maintenance Organization, Affordable Care Act, Preferred Provider Network, Medical Insurance, ERISA
Maria T. Santi, Esq, is a Legal advocate for Patients and Physician Directed Healthcare in Florida. She is a native Miamian and the founder of the Health and Medicine Law Firm. She obtained her JD with a certification in Health Law from Nova Southeastern University—Shepard Broad College of Law. Maria is actively involved with the Florida Bar serving on the Government Advocacy Committee, and as a member of the Health Law section. She is admitted to practice in Florida, Washington DC and the US Supreme Court. Her legal practice is focused on healthcare law, including legal disputes against Health Insurance Companies, Health Insurance Litigation for denied treatment and prescriptions, Medicaid and Medicare representation for appeals and administrative hearings for medical treatment denials, medical bill disputes and negotiations, and health insurance appeals. She also handles legal action under the Employment Retirement and Security Act ("ERISA"). She is also a Certified Human Rights C...
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George S. Georgiev
Corporate & Securities Law Expert Witness
Law Professor
Miami, Florida
Legal, Securities & Investments
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corporate governance, executive compensation, SEC accounting reporting disclosure, internal controls, fiduciary duty litigation, duty of oversight, clawbacks, earn-out disputes, mergers & acquisitions, standard of care, legal malpractice, ERISA, corporate veil piercing, materiality, LLC governance, Rule 10b 5, disclosure process
Award-winning law professor specializing in corporate and securities law with extensive academic and practice experience. Author of numerous articles and frequently featured as a legal expert in prominent media outlets such as the New York Times, Financial Times, and Bloomberg. Has testified before Congress and government agencies. As a former practicing lawyer at top law firms, has a keen understanding of corporate deal making, corporate compliance, and business dynamics. Has served as an expert witness in high-profile cases in various jurisdictions. Expertise in securities litigation, fiduciary duty litigation, legal malpractice (business law), mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, and related areas.
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Silvio S. Reyes, Ph.D
Vocational Expert|Life Care Planner|
MTBM Global Rehabilitation
Conyers, Georgia
Vocational Rehabilitation, Life Care Planning
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Personal Injury, Workers Compensation, Long Term Disability, ERISA, Matrimonial/ Divorce, Veterans Disability, TDIU, Wrongful Death, Product Liability, Premises Liability, Automobile Accidents, Soft Tissue Injuries, Medical Cost Projections, Wrongful Termination, Wrongful Incarceration, Catastrophic Injuries
Dr. Silvio S. Reyes is a nationally retained Vocational Expert, Life Care Planner, and Medical Cost Projection specialist with more than 20 years of professional experience evaluating employability, earning capacity, and future medical and rehabilitation costs in personal injury, employment, disability, and workers’ compensation matters.
Dr. Reyes is the President and Founder of MTBM Global Vocational Experts, Life Care Planners & Adjusters, an ISO 9001 (Quality Management Systems) and ISO 27001 (Information Security Management) certified firm, as well as a HUBZone and Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified organization. Through this practice, Dr. Reyes provides vocational evaluation, life care planning, medical cost projection analysis, and expert testimony services for attorneys, insurers, and government entities throughout the United States.
Dr. Reyes’ expert work focuses on the evaluation of employability, vocational capacity, labor market access, lost earning capacity, ...
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Allepichian B Aldrich, CFE, MAFF
Forensic Accountant & Fraud Expert
Turning Numbers, Inc.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Accounting, Fraud
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Forensic Accounting, Fraud Investigation, Embezzlement, Litigation Support, Internal controls, Asset Misappropriation, Tracing & Reconstruction, Financial Statement Analysis, ERISA, Business Disputes, Divorce, Business Interruption Losses, Bankruptcy, Payroll Fraud, Bank Account Tracing, Financial crimes, Expert Witness, Estates
Alle Aldrich, CFE, MAFF, is a forensic accountant and fraud examiner with 15 years of experience conducting financial investigations, reconstructing records, and providing litigation support in civil and criminal matters. She specializes in fraud investigation, embezzlement, fund tracing, internal‑control failures, economic damages, ERISA fiduciary breaches, shareholder and partnership disputes, nonprofit fraud, divorce‑related financial analysis, and bankruptcy‑related examinations.
Her background includes serving as a Forensic Accountant with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where she supported complex financial‑crime investigations and collaborated with Special Agents and federal prosecutors. She later served as CEO and Forensic Accountant at Fact Finder Forensics, leading investigative engagements and managing firm operations. Prior to that, she founded and operated Calculating Destiny, a GAAP‑based accounting and controller‑services firm that also provided early‑stage fore...
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Maria A. Babinetz, MS, CRC, ABVE/D, CDMS, CCM, IPEC, LPC-PA, LRC-NJ
Board-Certified ABVE/D Forensic Vocational Expert
Signature Rehabilitation Services, LLC
Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment
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Vocational Assessment, Earning Capacity, Disability Evaluation, Divorce, Wrongful Termination, ADA, ERISA, Discrimination, Title IX, Sexual Misconduct, Employment Mitigation, Loss of Earnings, Expert Testimony, Accommodations, Labor Market Surveys, Job Analysis, Wage Data, Transferable Skills, Vocational Testing, Job Search
Maria A. Babinetz, MS, CRC, ABVE/D, CDMS, CCM, IPEC, LPC-PA, LRC-NJ
Vocational Rehabilitation & Employability Expert
Nationwide Forensic Practice
Maria A. Babinetz is a self-employed vocational rehabilitation and employability expert based in suburban Philadelphia, consulting in federal and state jurisdictions across the United States. Over her 36+ year career, she has performed unbiased evaluations and offered courtroom testimony hundreds of times, partnering with both plaintiff and defense counsel and employing a rigorous, multi-factored methodology.
Academic Profile
• Ph.D. Candidate, General Psychology (Industrial/Organizational emphasis), Grand Canyon University
All doctoral coursework was completed; the program was paused with plans to finish at another institution. Three chapters of the dissertation are completed.
• M.S., Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Scranton, 1989
• B.S., Individual & Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, 1987
Licenses & Cre...
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Sharna L Wood, Ph.D.
PsyPact Neuropsychologist
Assess Texas
Cleburne, Texas
Neuropsychology, Psychology
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Brain injury, organic brain disorders, dementia, MVC, TBI, mTBI, PTSD, disability, rehabilitation, ERISA, psychological assessment, neuropsychological assessment, mass tort, PsyPact
Dr. Sharna Wood is a SEAK-trained consulting neuropsychologist who has independently practiced in Texas since 2009, although she has worked in assessment since 2001. Her training was primarily in the public hospital system in Fort Worth, but she experienced a wide variety of training settings, including neurocognitive rehabilitation, private practice, and rural outreach. Her professional career includes several faculty and director positions in the areas of psychology and neuropsychology.
Dr. Wood has personally conducted thousands of psychological and neuropsychological evaluations for the Texas Workforce Commission vocational rehabilitation program, and the United States Social Security Administration for disability determination, and supervised many more similar evaluations during her years of training graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. She provides consultative services for determining long-term disability status for Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), Ve...
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David Martinez
Medical Billing & UCR Reimbursement Expert Witness
Accurate Billing Investigators, Inc.
McKinney, Texas
Medical Billing, Insurance
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Managed Care, HMO, PPO, Medicare, Medicaid, Reasonable Value, Audit, Hospital, ERISA, Usual and Customary, Reimbursement Disputes, Claims Denials, Athena Billing, Out-of-Network, Balance Billing, Fee Schedule Analysis, Expert Testimony, Medical Necessity, Multi-State, Healthcare Reimbursement
I have over 35 years of experience in medical billing, reimbursement, and managed care systems, with expertise spanning provider operations, payer methodologies, and claims adjudication practices. My work focuses on evaluating medical billing accuracy, reimbursement methodologies, usual and customary charges, and payer denial practices.
Practice includes multi-state reimbursement analysis, with extensive experience in California managed care systems, including HMO, IPA, and risk-based reimbursement structures, as well as Medicare Advantage and national payer methodologies. I have served in multiple roles, including claims examiner, billing manager, revenue cycle executive, and founder of a national medical billing and audit firm. This multidisciplinary experience allows me to analyze disputes from both the provider and payer perspectives. Experience includes analyzing billing system workflows and claims processing issues across platforms such as Athenahealth.
My expert work includ...
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Julian Shields, PhD, CRC
Vocational Expert
Blue Ridge Vocational Associates
Winchester, Virginia
Vocational Rehabilitation, Legal
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Personal Injury, Vocational Assessment, Earning Loss, Earning Capacity, Medical Malpractice, Vocational Evaluations, Maritime Cases, Family Law, Workers Compensation, Job Analysis, ERISA
Blue Ridge Vocational Associates, LLC (BRVA) is a vocational expert practice specializing in loss of earning capacity, employability, and labor market analysis for litigation matters involving personal injury, disability, ERISA, family law, and employment related claims. Our approach combines traditional vocational methodology with real world corporate workforce insight developed through experience within large scale employment systems. We exist to assist Plaintiff and Defense attorneys in connecting functional limitations to measurable vocational damages.
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Anya Verkhovskaya
Expert Witness & Class Action Administrator
Class Experts Group, LLC
Mequon, Wisconsin
Legal, Telecommunications
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TCPA, VPPA, BIPA, CIPA, COPPA, Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Video Privacy Protection Act, Biometric Information Privacy Act, Children's Internet Protection Act, Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, ERISA, Rule 23, Class Action Notice, Administration, Settlement, Adequacy, Numerosity, Ascertainability, Commonality, Typicality
I am a court-tested expert witness and class-action administrator with more than two decades of experience transforming large-scale consumer, telecommunications, streaming, and payment-card data into evidence that satisfies Federal Rule 23 and withstands Daubert scrutiny. My practice spans the full range of consumer-related litigation, with an emphasis on privacy matters—particularly the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA)—as well as ERISA, insurance, and other class-action statutes. As a class-action administrator, I have managed more than 1,700 cases and helped distribute well over USD 5 billion to class members.
I design rigorous protocols to identify and locate putative class members and to perform comprehensive data analyses. I prepare expert opinions and reports, provide deposition and hearing testimony, and present trial evidence on numerosity, ascertainability, class-member identification, adequacy of notice, settlement-admin...