Catharine M. Lawton, a director at LECG, has 20 years of experience assisting clients and counsel involved in business problems, disputes and litigation. Her experience includes participation in a broad range of commercial, government and regulated industry consulting engagements involving business problems and disputes, litigation and arbitration in a wide range of industries. She has assisted clients in negotiations and settlement discussions, and provided deposition and trial testimony.
Ms. Lawton's experience includes consultation with counsel and management on a wide variety of financial and economic issues. These include lost profits and damage analysis, the financial analysis of companies, divisions and product lines, and has involved incremental cost analysis, profitability studies, pricing studies, financial forecasting, damage exposure analysis, fraud investigations, specialized accounting issues, technology valuation, and more. These issues have arisen in matters involving antitrust actions, breach of contract claims, construction claims, dealer/distributor termination actions, fraud investigations, intellectual property disputes, lender liability actions, and workout situations, among others. Ms. Lawton has particularly extensive experience in patent infringement disputes and litigation. |