Expert Witness Services
When Choosing an Expert, Experience Matters
Jan Duffy has been retained as a management practices expert witness by both plaintiffs and defendants in more than 600 employment, compliance, business conduct, intellectual property, and tort lawsuits, arbitrations, and mediations. She has testified on more than 40 occasions in state and federal court in California and elsewhere in the US. Described as a “pioneer” in workplace privacy as well as internal investigations, and prevention and correction of compliance violations, Jan has engaged in archival scholarly research both as an academic and a professional, having authored more than 50 articles, reports, book chapters, and videotapes.
As a management consultant, she has worked with clients in technology, health care, legal and financial services, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, mining, retail, telecommunications, hospitality, entertainment, transportation, education and law enforcement among other industries. Jan has presented hundreds of seminars and training programs on harassment, discrimination, and retaliation prevention and correction, internal investigations, privacy, business conduct, and compliance and ethics. She has been active in professional organizations in the fields of law, human resources, and compliance and ethics both nationally and internationally.
All of these experiences over a 30+ year career have made Jan one of the nation’s foremost management practices experts and testifying witnesses.
Management Practices Areas of Expertise
Jan has testified in state and federal courts on many issues, including:
- The adequacy and reasonableness of workplace investigations
- The appropriateness and effectiveness of an employer's discrimination, harassment, and retaliation prevention and correction programs, policies, and procedures
- Compliance with policies, procedures, and codes of conduct
- Reasonable and effective compliance and ethics programs
- Appropriate handling of business misconduct
- The appropriateness of performance management programs, disciplinary action and related managerial decision-making
- The appropriateness and effectiveness of intellectual property protection programs, wage and hour law, whistleblowing and retaliation claims, terminations, and reductions-in-force
Litigation Consulting Services
Our pre-retention litigation consulting services provide counsel an early opportunity for clients to obtain expert assistance in identifying employment or management practices deficiencies and strengths, analyzing collateral claims relating to privacy, defamation, business misconduct, and making and responding to law and motion matters.
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