Small Business Expert Witnesses
Small business 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 small business. The small business expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Employment and Legal.
Colette Holt
National Expert Supplier Diversity Programs
Colette Holt & Associates
San Antonio, Texas
Employment, Legal
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minority business, disadvantaged business, small business, women business, supplier diversity, business diversity, government contracts, public contracts, civil rights, discrimination
Colette Holt is the country's foremost expert on disadvantaged, minority, women and small business programs. She has over 30 years of experience in designing business and supplier diversity initiatives. Her clients have included law firms; federal, state and local governments; national companies; universities; and minority or woman-owned businesses. She has been retained as an expert in numerous cases involving issues related to the constitutionality of race- and gender-conscious programs, as well as how such programs should be developed and implemented. She is a frequent lecturer and author on these issues, including to other attorneys. She has served for over 20 years as General Counsel to the American Contract Compliance Association, the national organization that trains professionals in this field. She is also a former Adjunct Professor at the Loyola University School of Law and the John Marshall Law School. Ms. Holt founded her firm after serving in senior government positi...
