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Executive Compensation Expert Witnesses

There are a number of elements that impact executives' pay including salary, shares, options, stocks, and benefits. Tax laws and government regulations also play a role in determining this number. Executive compensation experts are typically retained to consult on compliance issues and the financial abuse in this area. Our executive compensation experts have worked as corporate executives, employment consultants, marketing professionals, business development consultants, accountants, finance executives, professors, and more. These experts specialize in:

  • Equity compensation
  • Variable pay
  • Compensation management
  • Best practice in governance and plan design
  • Federal securities laws
  • Compensation committees
  • Initial public stock offering (IPO)
  • Pensions
  • Fiduciary compliance
  • Employee benefits
  • Executive lost income claims
  • Change of control agreements
  • Accounting
  • Long-term incentive valuation
  • Incentive plan design
  • Job market valuation
  • Lost earnings
With hundreds of years of experience, our executive compensation experts have successfully testified for both plaintiffs and defense in a variety of cases, and are prolific international authors and lecturers. Their published works span topics that include wage and salary administration, disability management, effective compensation committee practices, stock option valuation methods, say-on-pay, performance metrics, earnings capacity, leadership, product development, section 409A regulations and stock options, and partnership allocations.

Here are a few of our favorite Executive Compensation Expert Witnesses:

I have 20 years of experience and specialize in the field of executive compensation with specific knowledge in the areas of long-term incentive valuation, incentive plan design and job market valuation. I have published on such topics as executive compensation, stock option valuation methods, say-on-pay and performance metrics. I have testified on appropriate executive compensation, value of long-term incentives and incentive plan design.

 

I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of executive employment with specific knowledge in the areas of executive compensation, lost earnings and employability. I have published on such topics as executive compensation. I have testified 30 times on topics such as employment, executive compensation and earnings capacity.

 

I have 25 years of experience, and specialize in the field of marketing and management with specific knowledge in the areas of the food business and restaurant industry, executive compensation and marketing. I have published on such topics as business, economics, leadership and product development. I have testified on compensation and food born illness. I spent nearly 20 years as a television news anchor, simultaneous to holding a position as a tenured, associate professor of marketing at a state university. Subsequently founded a restaurant company that grew to annual sales exceeding $100 million. Served as chairman and CEO for 22…

 

I have 18 years of experience in the field of executive compensation with specific knowledge in the areas of accounting, taxation and regulatory issues. I have published on such topics as accounting for stock options, taxation and compensation, and compensation and its effect on turnover. I have testified on the impact of Section 162m of the Internal Revenue Code on executive compensation.

 

I have 28 years of experience and specialize in the field of federal income taxation, with specific knowledge of partnerships, executive compensation and tax accounting. I have published on such topics as partnership allocations, section 409A regulations and stock options. I am also a certified public accountant.

 

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I have 15 years of experience in the field of accounting, finance and economics, with specific knowledge of executive compensation and incentives, insider trading and corporate governance. I have published on such topics as executive compensation, incentives, insider trading, corporate governance and valuation. I have testified 7 times on topics such as executive compensation, incentives, insider trading, corporate governance and valuation.

 

I have 20 years of experience and specialize in the field of compensation with specific knowledge in the areas of executive compensation, board compensation and sales compensation. I have published on such topics as intermediate sanctions, incentive compensation and deferred compensation.

 

I have 30 years of experience in the field of executive compensation with specific knowledge of reasonable compensation, change of control agreements and executive lost income claims. I have testified on reasonable compensation.

 

I have 25 years of experience and specialize in the field of executive compensation and employee benefits with specific knowledge in the areas of executive compensation, pensions and fiduciary compliance. I have testified on interpretation of an executive employment agreement.

 

I have 35 years of experience and specialize in the field of executive compensation with specific knowledge of initial public stock offering (IPO), bankruptcy, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), financial services and compensation committees. I have published on such topics as board of directors pay, stock ownership and turnarounds. I have testified on bankruptcy compensation and valuation of equity awards.

 

I have 27 years of experience, and specialize in the field of executive compensation and employee benefits with specific knowledge in the areas of federal tax law impact, federal securities law impact and best practice in governance and plan design. I have published on such topics as compensation committee procedures, deductibility of compensation and drafting compensation plans and agreements. I have testified on negotiating and drafting employment agreements, negotiating and drafting separation agreements. Adjunct Professor of Law at two Law Schools.

 

I have 20 years of experience and specialize in the field of compensation management with specific knowledge of executive compensation, equity compensation and variable pay. I have published on such topics as effective compensation committee practices. I have testified on wage and salary administration, and disability management.

 

I have 30 years of experience and specialize in the field of compensation and benefits with specific knowledge in the areas of executive compensation, employee benefits and retirement plans. I have published on such topics as compensation, retirement plans, executive compensation and collective bargaining. I have testified on insurance, retirement plans and bankruptcy.

 

I have 35 years of experience and specialize in the field of compensation with specific knowledge in the areas of executive compensation, international compensation and compensation losses. I have published on such topics as compensation and international compensation.

 

I have 19 years of experience and specialize in the field of compensation with specific knowledge in the areas of equity compensation, executive compensation and pay for performance. I have published on such topics as equity compensation, Relative Total Shareholder Return (R-TSR) and employee stock purchase plans.

 

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