Jim Timmins, MBA, ASA BV/IA, MAFF, CEP

I have spent more than 35 years working with companies, as an investment banker, a venture capitalist, and a valuation expert.

I have been retained as an expert in connection with more than 60 cases, by both plaintiffs and defendants, in California Superior Court, Delaware Chancery Court, Florida Circuit Court, Massachusetts Superior Court, Rhode Island Superior Court, Texas State Court, Federal District Court (Districts of Delaware, Northern California, Southern California, and Southern New York), Bankruptcy Court, Court of Federal Claims, and Tax Court, plus specialized venues such as the Copyright Royalty Board, FINRA, International Court of Arbitration, and private mediation and arbitration through AAA and JAMS.  I have prepared expert reports and rebuttal reports, been deposed, and given testimony in bench and jury trials and before single and multiple mediators and arbitrators, plus I have consulted on a variety of related subjects.

Clients have included Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Palo Alto Networks, Stitch Fix, Tesla Motors, Tech Mahindra, Tesla Motors, and Waymo/Alphabet, plus the Internal Revenue Service.

I also was appointed Special Discovery Master in Delaware Chancery Court for a complex telecommunications case, In re Cellular Telephone Partnership Litigation, involving a dozen mobile phone partnerships and AT&T.

The subject matter of litigation has included:  business damages, business valuation, management, director, and partner compensation and equity incentives, fairness, fiduciary duty, intellectual property valuation, legal malpractice, lost profits, reasonable royalty, transfer pricing, investment banking practice, venture capital practice, private equity practice, and similar matters.