About Brent
For more than 25 years, Brent Bersin’s practice has focused on providing financial and economic consulting, damages quantification, valuation, and expert witness services to clients in the context of intellectual property and commercial disputes. He has significant intellectual property experience, which includes market assessments, valuation, licensing, and the calculation of reasonable royalty, lost profits, unjust enrichment and price erosion damages in matters involving unauthorized use of trade secrets, trademarks, trade dress, patents, and copyrights.
Brent has also assisted attorneys, investors, management and other stakeholders in assessing the value of early- and latter-stage technologies, patents, and intellectual property portfolios for various purposes including taxable transfers, sales transactions, licensing, intercompany transfers and collateral for financing transactions.
Brent also possesses substantial experience providing economic analysis and expert testimony in complex commercial disputes, which have included issues of lost profits, breach of contract, valuation, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, lost business value, tortious interference, fraud, alter ego, post-acquisition and purchase price disputes, “ability to pay” disputes, and business interruption.
Brent has been designated and testified as an expert witness in Federal Court, State Court, Bankruptcy Court, and arbitration matters. He has also presented and been published frequently on the topics of economic damages, and valuation, financial, and forensic accounting issues.
Select Industry Experience:
- Energy/Oilfield Services/Chemicals
- Consumer Products
- Internet/E-Commerce
- Telecommunications/Networking
- Software/Hardware/Electronics
- Financial Institutions/Banking
- Manufacturing/Retail/Franchising
- Healthcare/Life Sciences/Pharmaceuticals
Certifications
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Texas
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Certified Licensing Professional (CLP)
Associations
American Bar Association (ABA)
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Forensic and Valuation Services Section
American IP Law Association (AIPLA)
Institute for Energy Law (IEL)
Licensing Executive Society (LES)
The Sedona Conference, Trade Secrets Working Group 12
Education
B.B.A., Accounting, Bauer School of Business, University of Houston
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Contact
T: +1 713 353 5426
brent.bersin@fticonsulting.com -
Office
1301 McKinney Street
Suite 3500
Houston, TX 77010
United States
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Expertise
Commercial Damages Analysis
Disputes
Expert Testimony
Intellectual Property
Valuation