Cases Worked

Representative Cases Include:
  • Akin Gump: Brett Rogers vs. Del Mar Asset Management
    Report and valuation of a hedge fund, testimony in Supreme Court in the State of New York.
  • Jones Day: Guy Saffra v Swiss Bank Corporation Bank
    Strategy and research in complex derivatives case.
  • Weil, Gotshal & Menges: Orange County v Merrill Lynch
    Expert report on fixed income investing by Orange County and comparable investors in landmark case.
  • Goodwin Procter LLP: US v Martignoni
    Litigation support and expert witness (testified in US District Court) against an ABN Amro currency options trader who lost $70,000,000.
  • Morgan Lewis: Hayim v. United Capital Asset Mgt.
    FINRA arbitration testimony and expert report re: hedge fund redemption rights in distressed asset fund.
  • Vetter, Price & Kaufman: Anchor Hocking vs. Monetti
    Research report and deposition on damages arising from currency trade contracts.
  • Doar, Devorkin & Rieck: US v Menachem Pri-Har
    Expert report on commodities futures for criminal appeal in fraud case.
  • Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green: Zavaleta v Bayerische Vereinsbank
    Expert report in wrongful dismissal case.
  • Walter, Conston, Alexander & Green: CFTC v Standard Forex
    Expert report on violations involving futures trading.
  • Coniston Partners: Leema Enterprises v Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
    Expert report and testimony in tax fraud case involving options trading.
  • Milberg Weiss Class Action v Pittsburgh National Bank
    Expert report and deposition in stockholders’ loss with interest rate derivatives.
  • Hoguet Newman & Regal, LLP: Bernd Fink v Merrill Lynch
    Testified in NASD investment suitability arbitration involving Merrill Lynch.
  • Boise & Schiller
    Worked with Ernst & Young and on liquidation of III hedge fund.
  • Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Enforcement Division (2001-Present)
    Expert reports in several cases on forward and futures contracts as part of the CFTC’s effort to regulate renegade Forex firms.
  • Bruce Ashmore v. Goodbody Stockbrokers and Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority (Dublin, Ireland)
    Prepared expert report on valuation of hedge fund for subsidiary of Allied Irish Bank.
  • Canada Customs and Revenue Agency
    Expert report, deposition and trial testimony in case involving Refco managed futures fund and tax issues.
  • Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal, 2006, Living Water Fund L.P., Abba Funds, LP and RJ Trading, LLC v. Refco Capital Markets, Ltd., Fimat Alternative Strategies, Inc. and Fimat USA, Inc.
    Prepared expert report, deposed and testified in Bankruptcy Court on prime brokerage transactions.
  • Caldwell, Leslie, Proctor, Pettit, LLC:Gonzales et al. v. Lloyds TSB Bank, et. al.
    Prepared expert report and deposition in case involving foreign currency fraud and prime brokerage due diligence procedures.
  • Stradley Ronon Stevens, Young, LLP, C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., Receiver v. Man Financial Inc.
    Prepared expert report and deposition in case involving fund of hedge fund investments.
  • Cooley Godward Kronish LLP: Allied Irish Bank v. Bank of America and Citibank.
    Litigation support services in case involving $700 million in trading losses.