Expert No. 169138 – CA(S)
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Expertise Description: Ph.D. – Consulting expert in the field of Psychology. Licensed psychologist specializing in industrial and organizational psychology. Expertise includes: job analysis and development; validation and review of procedures for recruitment; and selection and promotion of employees. Experienced in issues involved in layoffs and has developed and implemented performance-based layoff procedures. Has experience consulting or testifying in cases involving the following: disparate impact and disparate treatment discrimination cases including statistical analysis of employment data; development and validation of employee hiring and promotion procedures; employment discrimination based on race / ethnicity, sex, or age; job analysis; whistleblower and wrongful termination litigation; personnel policies and procedures; Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE); meal break violations; and statistical / research assistance in pay equity and wage and hour disputes. Has served as a litigation consultant and expert witness in more than fifty cases, including both individual and class action matters in both federal and state courts. Has extensive experience in both class action and individual cases and has provided both deposition and courtroom testimony in federal and state courts, civil service hearings and labor arbitrations. Over 25 years expert witness experience. Consultation, deposition, and courtroom testimony.
Areas of Expertise:
Representative Litigation Experience:
- Employment discrimination on basis of race, sex, age and disability
- Job analysis for purposes of employee selection, promotion, training and performance management
- Validity and job relatedness of employee hiring and promotion procedures
- Workplace harassment
- Wrongful termination
- Wage and hour compliance
- Retaliation
Representative Consulting Services and/or Projects:
- Job analysis of development of employee selection and promotion procedures
- Development of job-related and non-discriminatory employee hiring and promotion procedures
- Development of defensible layoff procedures
- Development of personnel procedures
- Statistical analysis of data for a variety of human resources purposes, including compliance with wage and hour laws
Licenses & Certifications:
| California Licensed Psychologist |
| Senior Professional in Human Resources SPHR |
Education:
| Degree | Subject | Institution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Educational Psychology | University of Southern California |
Professional Appointment/Association Affiliations:
- APA - American Psychological Association
- SIOP - Society for Industrial / Organizational Psychology
- SHRM - Society for Human Resources Management
- IPAC - International Personnel Assessment Council
- PTC-SC - Personnel Testing Council - Southern California
Other Career Highlights:
| Adjunct Faculty, California School of Professional Psychology |
| Various conference presentations for APA, SIOP, IPAC, and PTC-SC |
| Numerous published articles in professional journals |
