Employment Expert Witnesses in California
The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of employment expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on employment and related issues. Employment expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these employment expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Employment, Human Resources, Personal Injury, Workplace Investigations, Breach Of Contract, Employment Discrimination, Hiring, Leaves Of Absence, Negligent Hiring, and Wage And Hour.
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Ramona Powell, SPHR
Human Resources Expert Witness - C-Suite Executive
exPRt HR LLC
Employment, Human Resources
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Human Resources, Discrimination, ADA Accommodation, Disability Discrimination, Talent Acquisition, Retaliation, FEHA protections, Constructive Termination, Wrongful termination, Worker's Compensation, Wage and Hour, Employment discrimination, Leave protection and discrimination, Whistleblower
With years of successful experience working as an HR Expert Witness, exPRt HR provides authoritative analysis and testimony in cases involving employment practices, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, workplace harassment and more. At exPRt HR, we’re passionate about offering accurate, unbiased testimonies. Legal professionals appreciate our proven ability to provide clear and concise opinions in cases covering a wide variety of topics.
We don’t just provide analysis and reports, we also help unravel the complexities of HR practices within a case, whether for the Plaintiff or the Defense.
Thorough case analysis by a highly skilled HR professional, Expert guidance in the nuances of HR practices, exceptional, compelling, unbiased HR testimonies. We provide case analysis, discovery review, expert witness reports, depositions, and trial testimony.
exPRt HR thoroughly reviews all discovery, including deposition transcripts and related exhibits to provide compelling repo...
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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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Jeffrey R. Ketchum, CRA
Executive Recruiting & Compensation Expert
Lordstone Corporation
Employment, Human Resources
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executive recruiter, executive compensation, recruiter, recruitment, recruiting, executive search consulting, headhunter, compensation, earning capacity, wage loss, employability, employment, job search analysis, executive assessment, vocational, placement, earnings, Human Resources, Defamation, lost income
Jeffrey Ketchum is an executive recruiting and compensation expert witness with 30 years of executive level (C-level, VP, Director, Manager & Staff) experience with small businesses, middle market and Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Ketchum has personally completed over 220 engagements focused on executive recruiting, executive compensation, executive marketability, management appraisal and candidate assessment. He is the President of several strategic HR, executive search & compensation consulting firms, including Lordstone Corporation and Dieck Executive Search, Inc.
Mr. Ketchum is a graduate of Cornell University's Advanced Program for Executive Search & Leadership Consulting and Wharton's Executive Compensation: Strategies & Frameworks program. He is an AESC Certified Researcher/Associate (CRA) through the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants, the official representative of the industry to the US Government and European Commission. Mr. Ketchum has global ex...
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Nicole Liska, M.A. (Economics)
Economic damages expert witness
Fulcrum Financial Inquiry LLP
Los Angeles , California
Economics, Employment
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economic damages, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, discrimination, medical malpractice, product liability, lost earnings, loss of income, life care plan present value, present value medical care costs, pension Loss, wage and hour, unpaid overtime, meal breaks, false advertising, breach of contract, class action
Ms. Liska specializes in applied economic and statistical modeling, with over 25 years of experience on a diversity of cases across industries. She has extensive experience addressing economic damages, most often in the areas of (i) personal injury/wrongful death, (ii) employment-related cases (e.g., wrongful termination, discrimination) (iii) analyses to address class action claims (e.g., wage and hour, false advertising, statistical sampling), and (iv) commercial claims (e.g., breach of contract). She has provided economic and financial analyses on these matters by combining sophisticated economic and statistical techniques.
Ms. Liska has testified as an expert witness in federal and state courts, arbitration, and deposition.
She also regularly collaborates with others at her firm, Fulcrum Financial Inquiry, in complex cases where expertise across different areas is required to address needs for forensic accounting, fraud investigation and business valuation. When appropri...
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James W. Potts, JD
Human Resources/Employment Law
Potts & Associates, Inc.
Pasadena, California
Human Resources, Employment
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Human Resources, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Orientation, Discrimination, Violence in the Workplace, Age, Wage & Hour, Active Shooter Training, Hiring & Firing, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, Discipline, Automobile Dealerships, Harassment, Disability Discrimination, EEOC, Negligent Hiring, Negligent Supervision, Negligent Retention
I have been an expert witness over the past 22 years. The issues have included, but were not limited to, sexual harassment, harassment in violation of Title VII, the Fair Employment & Housing Act, and sexual orientation, negligence, negligent hiring, negligent supervision, negligent retention, background investigations & verification of employment, human resources responsibilities, and documentation and the working environment of automobile dealers,
Representation before the:
California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
The Department of Labor Standards Enforcement
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
The California Civil Rights Department
Jim holds 2 degrees, a B.A. and a J.D. Jim was a Master Teacher at the University of Phoenix for 13 years. He taught several subjects on the graduate and undergraduate levels, including Employment Law, Legal Aspects of Supervision, Ethics, Business Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, and Criminal Procedure. Jim is also a Certified...
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Maureen A. Clark, M. Ed, SPHR-CA
Human Resources, Employment Investigations
Three Sixty HR, Inc.
Menlo Park, California
Employment, Management
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HR, human resources, employment, investigation, policies, hiring, negligent, termination, wrongful, discrimination, harassment, retaliation
I have been consulting with organizations of all sizes and types for more than three decades. My deep understanding of employment issues and track record of developing practical, workable HR solutions makes me invaluable to our clients and a rich resource for counsel.
Each aspect of my work informs and continually improves the others. As a consultant, I created HR infrastructure and provided day-to-day guidance to keep our clients running smoothly. When called to investigate a workplace dispute, I also assess what could have avoided the problem or resolved it at a much lower level. What I learn informs my consulting. Expert case consultation and testimony offer the most in-depth analysis of when and how a situation went wrong, as well as missed opportunities for setting it right.
I am active in professional associations and have numerous HR certifications, and I investigate under a CA private investigator's license. I have been retained many times to evaluate the adequacy o...
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Allison West, Esq., SHRM-SCP, AWI-CH
Employment Practices Specialists
Pacifica, California
Employment
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Workplace Investigations, Employment Discrimination, Harassment, ADA/FMLA, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Employers Policies/Practices, Hiring/Termination
Allison specializes in delivering customized in-house employment law and human resources training programs to companies of all sizes serving a variety of industries. She conducts workplace investigations in the areas of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, whistleblower claims, theft and other misconduct. Her expertise also includes delivering one-on-one sensitivity training to executives, managers and employees concerning harassment, discrimination, and disciplinary and/or behavioral issues, providing expert witness assistance, assessing the adequacy of workplace investigations, evaluating policies and procedures, conflict resolution. Allison is a nationally recognized and sought after speaker around the country on workplace investigations, employment law and human resources related topics.
Allison West is a member of the State Bar of California and holds a SHRM-SCP certification (HR) and an AWI-CH certificate (AWI is the Association of Workplace Investigators, CH is a cer...
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Kymberly LeGolvan
Workplace Investigator
LeGolvan Law, Inc.
San Diego, California
Investigation, Employment
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workplace investigations, employment law, retaliation, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, employment investigation, human resources investigation, internal investigation, external investigation
My name is Kym LeGolvan, and I’m the founding attorney of LeGolvan Law, where I exclusively focus on conducting independent workplace investigations for California employers. I have been a licensed attorney since 2013 and have always focused my practice on labor and employment law and workplace investigations.
Prior to founding LeGolvan Law, I was a litigator in the Labor and Employment practice groups of two top Am Law 100 law firms – Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Gordon & Rees. I have represented employers in both state and federal court, as well as before administrative agencies. I’ve also provided advice and counsel to employers to ensure they are in compliance with all applicable labor and employment laws. This has included developing employment policies and procedures, conducting workplace trainings, and coaching management personnel and staff.
In recent years, I’ve leveraged my litigation background into working as an independent workplace investigator. I conduct ...
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Regina W. Romeo
HR & Employment Law Expert (National)
Regina Romeo Consulting
Sacramento, California
Human Resources, Employment
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Title VII Claims, ADA/ADAAA, FLSA, FMLA/CFRA, DFEH, FEHA, Wrongful Termination, Workplace Investigations, PDL, Compliance, Workplace Policy Audits, Reasonable Accommodations, Negligent Hiring, Discrimination, Harassment, Leaves of Absence, Performance Management, Employment Contracts, Benefits
I am a dedicated and accomplished Human Resources (HR) professional and consultant with over 30 years of real-world experience in HR. I am a former Chief Human Resources Officer, author, trainer and keynote speaker. I specialize in employment law including wrongful termination, Title VII, FMLA, CFRA and FLSA compliance in California and across the United States. I have a comprehensive and thorough understanding of HR processes, systems, and compliance requirements. I have a Master's degree in Public Administration and Human Resources Management and I am currently completing my doctorate degree in business administration.
For the past 15 years, I have served as a trusted expert witness, leveraging my vast expertise to provide authoritative testimony and consultation in complex legal cases in both state and federal courts throughout the nation. I am regularly engaged to evaluate HR practices and policies, provide post-action assessments and provide litigation support. I am ad...
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Artemas Kit Darby, III
Professional Pilot Career Value Expert Witness
KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting, LLC
California
Aviation & Aerospace, Employment
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pilot, airline pilot, military pilot, corporate pilot, pilot divorce, pilot career, pilot selection, pilot training, pilot pay, pilot benefits, pilot retirement, pilot job, airline pilot career value, pilot career earnings, pilot wrongful termination, pilot injury, pilot death, pilot career delay
Worldwide, Mr. Darby is recognized as an expert in US pilot hiring, pilot selection, pilot supply and demand forecasting, and interview preparation including: testing, simulator evaluations, medical exams and personnel interviews. He is regularly quoted in the national media - newspapers, magazines, and on television, including The Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal & Constitution, New York Times, Flying Magazine, AOPA Pilot, Airline Pilot Magazine, Time Magazine, Business Week, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and many more.
He is the president of KitDarby.com Aviation Consulting, LLC in Peachtree City, GA. KitDarby.com provides pilot career consulting to individual pilots, flight schools, government agencies, investment firms, and both domestic and international airlines. The company also provides litigation support for pilots that are delayed, injured, or have been involved in a fatal accident to determine potential lost career values and earnings capacity.
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ATP: S&MEL Land (B-717/27...
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Andrea Kelly Smethurst, Esq., AWI-CH
Workplace Investigations - Attorney Investigator
Andrea Kelly Smethurst Law P.C.
Walnut Creek, California
Employment, Investigation
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Workplace Investigation, Independent Investigation, School Investigation, Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation, Bullying, Employment Policies/Practices, EEO, HR, Human Resources, Impartial Investigation, Title VII, Adequacy of Investigation, Sufficiency of Investigation
25 years conducting independent workplace investigations for public and private employers involving complex and varied allegations of harassment, discrimination, retaliation, bullying, and other alleged wrongdoing. Andrea has been retained by plaintiffs and defendants as an expert witness on the adequacy of the workplace investigation, employer harassment and discrimination policies, and response to complaints. Andrea has served as an Equal Employment Opportunity Monitor for employers required to implement a monitoring program. As a monitor, Andrea has overseen employer compliance with harassment and discrimination training requirements, developed complaint procedure policies, and overseen employer response and investigation of employee complaints. Prior to forming her own firm, Andrea was an employment attorney with Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and Dillingham & Murphy. Andrea holds the Association of Workplace Investigator's Certificate, and received a certificate from AtIXa...
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Wendy Walsh, Ph.D
Psych Prof: Sexual Harassment & Online Harm
California State University Channel Islands
Santa Monica, California
Employment, Sexual Health
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Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse, Social Media Addiction, Social Media Injury, Sex Discrimination, Psychological Harm, Digital Media Health Effects, Cyberbullying, Cyberharassment, Institutional Betrayal, Workplace Harassment, Gender Discrimination, Workplace Trauma, Trauma Informed Interviewing, Workplace Psychological Injury
Dr. Wendy Walsh is a Professor of Health and Developmental Psychology with expertise in human behavior, psychological injury, workplace misconduct, trauma response, attachment theory, and the behavioral health effects of social media exposure. She was named a 2017 TIME Magazine Person of the Year after speaking publicly about sexual harassment at Fox News and later testified before UK regulators at Ofcom regarding systemic workplace misconduct.
Dr. Walsh’s qualifications are based on education, university-level teaching, professional speaking, and decades of experience communicating psychological concepts and human behavioral science to broad public audiences. Her areas of knowledge include relationship science, attachment theory, interpersonal behavior, workplace sexual harassment, sexual abuse, trauma-related behavioral responses, coercive power dynamics, and the psychological effects of stress and emotional injury on human functioning. She also has applied knowledge of social m...
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Shirin Forootan, Esq.
Human Resources/Workplace Investigations Attorney
Forootan Law Corp.
Newport Beach, California
Human Resources, Employment
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Workplace Investigations, Disability Accommodations, Workplace Policies, Wage and Hour, Harassment, Retaliation, Discrimination, Leaves of Absence, Wrongful Termination, Pregnancy Accommodation
Shirin Forootan is the Managing Attorney at Forootan Law Corp., where she provides a wide variety of services related to employment law, including litigation (both sides), workplace investigations, advice & counsel, workforce training, and expert witness testimony. She brings to the table over seventeen years of experience practicing law in Orange County, where she has had the privilege of litigating cases at large, medium, and small law firms, on both the defense and plaintiff’s side.
Ms. Forootan is well-versed in California employment laws, particularly claims for harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage disputes.
Ms. Forootan commenced her career at Latham & Watkins LLP after earning her law degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law. She earned her Bachelor degrees in both Communications and Law & Society from the University of California, San Diego, where she graduated Phi Beta Kappa and cum laude.
Ms. Forootan routi...
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Heliana Ramirez, PhD, LISW
Workplace Trauma Expert, Researcher, & Therapist
Workplace Trauma Recovery, LLC
Santa Clara, California
Employment, Mental Health
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Workplace Trauma, Racial Trauma, LGBT Discrimination, Racial Discrimination, Racelighting, Gaslighting, Institutional Betrayal, Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, Whistleblower Retaliation, Sexual Trauma, Scapegoat Abuse, Psychological Safety, Trauma-Informed Workplaces, Sexism, Ageism, Ableism, Neurodiversity, Intersectionality, Bias
Workplace Trauma Expert Witness, Researcher, and Therapist who uses neuroscience, traumatology, and biology of trauma (Apigian, 2025) to document physical, psychological, social, and financial impacts of workplace bias and abuse related to race, gender, LGBT identity, disability, age, pregnancy and lactation, immigration, and neurodiversity.
Dr. Ramirez uses standardized measures to assess and document symptoms associated with depression, anxiety, and trauma including the Racebased Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale Short Form (RBTSSS- SF; Carter & Pieterse, 2020); Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5); Global Anxiety Disorder 7 (GAD7) Rating Scale (Spitzer, et al., 2006); and Beck Depression Inventory (Weathers at al., 2013). Dr. Ramirez's expert reports are especially known for her critical review of medical records and visual representation of biological markers associated with chronic stress hormone flooding common to workplace psychosocial hazard exposure.
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Keith Rohman, AWI-CH
Sufficiency of Investigations - Workplace & Campus
Public Interest Investigations, Inc.
LOS ANGELES, California
Investigation, Employment
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Sufficiency of Investigation, Discrimination, Sexual Harassment, Title VI, Human Rights, Title IX, EEO, Title VII, Religious Discrimination, Death Penalty, Mitigation, Whistleblower, Retaliation, Higher Education, Health Care, Corrections, Police & Fire, Faculty, Law Enforcement
Bio for Expert Witness:
Keith Rohman, AWI-CH, is a nationally recognized expert in civil, criminal, workplace, and Title IX investigations. Since founding Public Interest Investigations, Inc. in 1984, he has led hundreds of high-profile investigations involving board members, executives, staff, contractors, and other stakeholders facing allegations such as embezzlement, conflicts of interest, wage and hour violations, discrimination, wrongful termination, and other serious misconduct across public agencies and private sector organizations.
Rohman has conducted and overseen Title IX investigations involving sexual assault and misconduct allegations at dozens of colleges, universities, and K–12 districts throughout the Western United States. He also served as principal investigator for U.S. attorneys representing victims tortured at Abu Ghraib prison in litigation against military contractors. His investigative work includes involvement in the Rodney King case, the El Monte Thai gar...
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Devrim Ikizler, PhD
Economic Damages Expert for Complex Litigation
IAMECON
California
Economics, Business Damages
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Antitrust, Patent Infringement, Breach of Contract, Trade Secrets, Employment, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Loss of Earnings Capacity, ITC, Domestic Industry, Regulatory Impact, Lost Wages, Lost Profits, Market Share, Medical Negligence
In 2011 I have received my PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin. From 2011 to 2018, I worked as the Senior Economist to Professor Stephen Magee (White House Advisor to 4 different Presidents). Since 2015, I have been a part-time lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin (taught at the Economics Department, 12 classes, 800+ students).
Since 2018, I am the founder and principal at IAMECON. I manage a multi-disciplinary team (6 full time staff: 2 PhD, 2 MAs, BS, BA) economists, statisticians, programmers, data scientists, and mathematicians, we handle all aspects of our work in-house. My team is agile, experienced, reliable and thorough. I write my own reports (no exceptions), always deliver excellence in live testimony - see my references and testimonials.
Throughout my career as an economist, I published several economic articles in peer-reviewed journals, and my research has been awarded 4 federal research grants (totaling ~ $1.5 million between NSF and SBA)...
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Michael Trousdale, PhD
Economic Damages Expert Witness
Econ One Research
Los Angeles, California
Economics, Business Damages
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Damages, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Employment, Antitrust, Market Power, Market Definition, Class Action, Class Certification, Economic Analysis, Econometric Analysis, Economic Consulting
Dr. Michael Trousdale is a managing director at Econ One Research with over 15 years of experience conducting and managing complex economic research. As an economic expert, Dr. Trousdale applies economic and statistical analysis to liability and damages estimation for litigation matters. He has consulted on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants across a wide array of industries and products, including professional sports, commercial real estate, steel products manufacturing, air & surface transportation, oil & gas, electricity, pharmaceuticals, radio equipment, and a variety of others.
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Christy A Full, SPHR
Human Resources Expert Witness - Cases Nationwide
FULL Service Consulting
Los Angeles, California
Human Resources, Employment
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Negligent hiring, Wrongful termination, Disability accommodation, Discrimination, Harassment, Workplace violence, Background checks, Policies and compliance, Investigations, Job classification, Compensation, Company vehicle use, Negligent supervision, Sexual harassment, Leaves of absence, Workers compensation, Personal injury
Christy Full has nearly 40 years of hands-on experience working with companies ranging in size from 5 to 3000 employees in a variety of industries that include financial services, retail property management, advertising, hospitality, high tech and non-profit. Relying on her deep knowledge of all HR disciplines such as policies and compliance, talent acquisition and retention, compensation, benefits, safety, performance management and training she has been successful in building both an ongoing consulting and expert witness practice for businesses and attorneys.
Her degrees in Psychology and Computer Applications from the University of Notre Dame offer the crucial foundation of Human Resources - combining an understanding of behavior with the ability to analyze data and patterns to design, implement, communicate and refine workplace policies, programs and practices that represent best practices and remain compliant in the ever-changing landscape of employment law. She has attained ...
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Brian H Kleiner, PhD
Brian H. Kleiner, Ph.D.
FULLERTON, California
Employment, Safety
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ADA, Compensation, Discrimination, FMLA/CFRA, Harassment, Hiring, Human Resources Management, Investigation, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Workplace Violence, Wrongful Termination
Brian H. Kleiner is a Professor (Emeritus) of Human Resource Management at a prestigious California University following his having earned a MBA degree and PhD in Management degree, each from UCLA.
He has over 40 years of human resource management experience and has served as a human resource management expert witness in over 1,000 cases, for both plaintiffs and defendants. Dr. Kleiner was a former human resource manager for Ford Motor Company and has provided consulting services to over 100 business and government clients. He has trained thousands of managers and taught three 36-hour courses on KLCS TV. Dr. Kleiner has over 500 publications and has given trial or arbitration testimony over 80 times. He has been favorably featured in Employment Law Verdicts and Bender’s California Labor & Employment Bulletin. Dr. Kleiner has received many honors, awards, and commendations as a result of his numerous achievements.
Additional employment-related topics for which Dr. Kleiner has provi...
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Laurie Chua
HR and Employment Law Expert Witness | California
California HR Expert Opinion
San Diego, California
Human Resources, Employment
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HR, Employment Practices, California Employment Law, Workplace Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Retaliation, Disability Accommodation, Wage and Hour Compliance, Employee Relations, HR Compliance, Harassment Case
Laurie Chua is an employment practices expert with over 30 years of experience in human resources, specializing in California and Federal employment law. She has held key HR roles at Fortune 25 companies like Dell and Pfizer and has worked extensively with human resources associations like the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and California Employers Association (CEA). As an HR consultant, trainer, and expert witness, Laurie specializes in employment law compliance, employee relations, disability accommodations, and workplace investigations.
Laurie’s career includes serving as HR Director at Websense, where she managed operations across multiple regions and led initiatives on discrimination prevention, accommodation management, and compliance. At SGIS, she guided senior leaders on discrimination claims, accommodations, and performance management. Laurie also served as Regional Director for Southern California at CEA, providing HR consulting to over 100 businesses, focus...
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Paul C Stanford
Forensic Vocational Expert in Personal Injury
Stanford Vocational Consulting
FRESNO, California
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment
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Forensic Vocational Expert, Earning Capacity Analysis, Employability Analysis, Personal Injury Expert Witness, Third-Party Liability Expert Witness, Cases involving Traumatic Brain Injury, Cases involving Orthopedic Impairments, Return-to-Work Analysis, Transferable Skills Analysis
PAUL STANFORD, M.S., ABVE
Forensic Vocational Expert Witness | Loss of Earning Capacity | Employability & Vocational Damages
Paul Stanford, M.S., ABVE, is an ABVE-certified forensic vocational expert and one of only approximately 57 vocational experts nationwide to hold board certification through the American Board of Vocational Experts (ABVE). He specializes in loss of earning capacity evaluations, employability analysis, and vocational damages in personal injury and third-party liability litigation.
Mr. Stanford provides objective, evidence-based vocational expert opinions regarding an individual’s ability to return to work, access competitive employment, and sustain future earnings following injury. He conducts comprehensive forensic vocational assessments in cases involving catastrophic injury, traumatic brain injury (TBI), orthopedic injuries, chronic pain, neurocognitive complaints, and complex functional limitations.
His evaluations integrate detailed medical record revie...
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Erin L Shelby, PHR
CA HR Expert Witness, Federal, State, Priv Sector
Shelby HR Solutions Inc.
Sacramento, California
Employment, Human Resources
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Human Resources, Workplace Investigation, Disability Leave, Reasonable Accommodation, Wrongful Termination, Medical Leave of Absence, Harassment, Recruitment, Retaliation, Sexual Misconduct, Discrimination, Hiring Practices
Award-winning HR executive and national keynote speaker with 30+ years of experience advising CEOs on culture and organizational transformation. Experienced Human Resources expert witness providing independent analysis, case review, and testimony for both plaintiff and defense matters in state and federal litigation across the United States. Employment litigation matters include workplace investigation, harassment and retaliation, discrimination, sexual misconduct, medical and disability leave, reasonable accommodation, hiring practices, and wrongful termination.
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DT North, MS, CRC, CDMS, ABVE/D
Vocational Expert Providing Expertise Since 2000
Achieve Consulting Team, Inc.
California
Vocational Rehabilitation, Employment
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Earning capacity, wage loss, household services, future medical costs, retraining expenses, independent living, personal injury
Serving Northern California, Oregon, and Washington State
I bring decades of rehabilitation experience as a vocational expert into the litigation setting—delivering objective, well-supported analyses that stands up under scrutiny. I help quantify loss of earning capacity, assess employability and labor market access, and evaluate future wages, benefits, rehabilitation needs, and household services damages.
I work with attorneys throughout the Western United States across a wide range of matters, including personal injury and wrongful death, workers’ compensation, and employment disputes, as well as disability-related claims such as Social Security, Veterans Administration, and ERISA cases. I am a diplomate of the American Board of Vocational Experts. I have been providing vocational expert services since 2010 and vocational rehabilitation since 2000.
I am available for consultation, report development, rebuttal analysis, and vocational expert testimony—providing reliable insight...
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David K Golbahar, CPA, CFF, CGMA
High Stakes Disputes and Investigations
Golbahar Consulting Group
Los Angeles, California
Accounting, Business Damages
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Partnership disputes, Economic Damages, Business interruption claim, Employment, Wrongful termination, Business litigation, Lost profits, Business valuation, Unjust enrichment, Fraud, White collar criminal defense, Intellectual property, Bankruptcy, Forensic accounting, Breach of contract, Disputes, Royalty audit
ECONOMIC DAMAGES | FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS | FORENSIC ACCOUNTING
David Golbahar, CPA/CFF, CGMA, is an award-winning forensic accountant and expert witness based in Los Angeles, California, serving attorneys and clients statewide and nationwide. He is the Managing Director of Golbahar Consulting Group, A.C., a boutique forensic accounting and litigation consulting firm focused on disputes and investigations.
Mr. Golbahar has nearly two decades of experience in financial forensics, economic damages, and fraud investigations. He has been retained in numerous complex matters involving privately held businesses, professional practices, and high-net-worth individuals. He has been engaged in cases involving lost profits, business interruption, partnership and shareholder disputes, marital dissolution, solvency analyses, tracing of misappropriated funds, and allegations of financial misconduct.
His practice emphasizes clear, defensible expert analysis for trial, arbitration, and mediation....
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Dr. Jessica Rowe, PSYD
Accomplished Expert Witness Legal Psychologist
Dr. Jess' Mind Care Center
FOLSOM, California
Psychology, Employment
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Psychlegal Consultant, PTSD, depression, anxiety, retaliation, employment, discrimination, termination, harassment, peer reviewer, medical, workplace, labor, Defense & plaintiffs, abuse, employees, bullying, unlawful, emotional distress, workforce
Dr. Rowe is a licensed psychologist in the state of CA. She received her doctorate at an APA accredited university, the gold standard in the field of psychology. She has been working in this field since 2010.
Dr. Rowe is a litigation consultant, provides expert testimony, and conducts medical-legal/psych-legal evaluations. She works with defense and plaintiff attorneys throughout the country. She has completed thousands of hours of evaluations, interpreting psychological tests, research, and report writing to meet the standard of care. She also evaluates malingering or exaggeration of psychiatric symptoms within litigation.
Dr. Rowe works on cases involving personal injury, employment, and sex abuse. She has a private practice in California called Dr. Jess’ Mind Care Center where most of her practice is working in the psych/med-legal field. Dr. Rowe has been in private practice for the last six years, and she has also worked for hospital(s), government entities, prisons, and she h...
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Marshall L Hennington, Ph.D, Ed.M, MA, BA
Employment Law Expert - Ivy League Graduate
Hennington and Associates
Beverly Hills, California
Employment, Human Resources
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Discrimination, Harassment, Human Resources Policies & Procedures, Wrongful Termination, Constructive Discharge, Retaliation, Hostile Work Environment, Racial-Gender & Age Bias, Work accommodations, Personal & Psychological Injury, Expert Declarations - Expert Reports & Trial Testimony, Workplace Investigations, abuse
Independent Employment Law Expert Witness.
Current President and CEO of Hennington and Associates with Offices in: New York, Miami, Beverly Hills, Sacramento
University of California Berkeley and Columbia University Educated, Ph.D.
Independent Organizational Psychologist - Trains Human Resources Management on best practices for workplace conduct and improving the culture within the workplace.
Independent Employment Law Independent Expert Witness for cases involving Human Resources dynamics.
Ability to demonstrate innovative problem solving approaches for Human Resources Departments.
Highly Skilled Independent Organizational Psychologist that conducts research to identify solutions to problems that improve the well-being and performance of organizations and their employees.
Helped Plaintiff Lawyers and Defense Lawyers prevail at Trial.
Marshall L. Hennington, Ph.D. received his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science from the University of California Berkeley. Received his Educat...
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Dennis Gemberling
Expert in Hotels, Restaurants, Bars, Nightclubs
Perry Group International
San Diego, California
Hotel & Restaurant, Real Estate
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Hospitality Industry, Management, Operations, Maintenance, Upkeep, Safety, Security, Employment, Wages, Harassment, Discrimination, Economic Impact, Business Interruption, Alcohol Service Handling, Food Safety, Construction, Equipment, Standard of Care, Customs and Trade Practices, Human Trafficking
– Over 35 years experience managing, operating and consulting on full-service, limited-service, extended-stay, all-suite, branded and franchised, condo and timeshare hotels and resorts, casual, fine-dining and quick-service restaurants, bars and nightclubs, catering and special event facilities, casinos, and mixed-use real estate. Held prior positions for different owners, operators and chains as Senior Vice President, General Manager, Director of Food & Beverage and Restaurant Unit Manager.
– Retained over 400 projects including brands, franchises and independents across the United States, Mexico and Canada.
- Earned Certificates in Hotel Real Estate Investments and Asset Management from Cornell University and Receiverships Administration, Procedures, and Law from Loyola Law School
– Member of Foodservice Consultants Society International, Forensic Expert Witness Association, and Turnaround Management Association.
- Over 10 years as A.M. Best’s “Recommended Expert Services Prov...
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Ramona Powell, SPHR
Human Resources Expert Witness - C-Suite Executive
exPRt HR LLC
San Marcos, California
Employment, Human Resources
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Human Resources, Discrimination, ADA Accommodation, Disability Discrimination, Talent Acquisition, Retaliation, FEHA protections, Constructive Termination, Wrongful termination, Worker's Compensation, Wage and Hour, Employment discrimination, Leave protection and discrimination, Whistleblower
With years of successful experience working as an HR Expert Witness, exPRt HR provides authoritative analysis and testimony in cases involving employment practices, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, workplace harassment and more. At exPRt HR, we’re passionate about offering accurate, unbiased testimonies. Legal professionals appreciate our proven ability to provide clear and concise opinions in cases covering a wide variety of topics.
We don’t just provide analysis and reports, we also help unravel the complexities of HR practices within a case, whether for the Plaintiff or the Defense.
Thorough case analysis by a highly skilled HR professional, Expert guidance in the nuances of HR practices, exceptional, compelling, unbiased HR testimonies. We provide case analysis, discovery review, expert witness reports, depositions, and trial testimony.
exPRt HR thoroughly reviews all discovery, including deposition transcripts and related exhibits to provide compelling repo...
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