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Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: MBA - UCLA; Certified Equity Compensation Professional (CECP); Certified Compensation Professional (CCP); Certified Equity Professional (CEP); BA - Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: WorldatWork (formerly the American Compensation Association); Global Equity Organization; National Association of Stock Plan Professionals; Certified Equity Professionals Institute

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Adjunct Professor, Seattle Pacific University (current); Guest Lecturer, University of California, Irvine (current); Faculty Member, WorldatWork, 1996-2008, courses in Executive Compensation, Advanced Executive Compensation, Accounting and Finance for HR Professionals; Lecturer for UCLA Anderson School of Management, MBA program and Management Development for Entrepreneurs program; instructor for UCLA Extension in Financial Aspects of Human Resources Management. Delivered more than 250 conference presentations, webinars, seminars, and courses.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: Approximately 50

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Executive compensation, equity-based compensation, loss of earnings, employment agreements, employment contracts, reasonableness of compensation

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: 55%

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: 45%

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: Approximately 10

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: 2023

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: Approximately 10

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: 12

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: 35

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Consulting, research, analysis, document review, data review and analysis, competitive market review, evaluation of case theories and themes, literature search, evaluation of strengths and weaknesses of case

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: $725; support rates range from $375 to $525

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: $725

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: $725; do not charge for travel time

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: $725; do not charge for travel time

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: Any out of pocket expenses as a direct result of the assignment. Lower hourly rates for lower-level tasks and staff.

Victoria McLaughlin
Strading (Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth)
Newport Beach, CA
VMcLaughlin@stradlinglaw.com

Tucker Atkins
Strading (Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth)
Newport Beach, CA
tatkins@stradlinglaw.com
949-725-4081

Theodore A. Kittila
Managing Partner
Halloran Farkas + Kittlia
Wilmington, DE
tk@hfk.law
302-257-2025

Chris Mason
Jeff Smyth
Smyth & Mason, PLLC
710 Fifth Avenue, Suite 7100
Seattle, WA 98104
cmason@smythlaw.com
206-621-7100