Brian McClelland, MBA

Brian McClelland works directly with clients on complex litigation and settlement negotiation matters. Mr. McClelland has managed multiple project teams to provide economic analysis, data mining, database development and management, discovery support, and research for numerous client engagements.

Mr. McClelland directs teams responsible for discovery support, data and damage analyses, and settlement and mediation support for opt-out plaintiff groups. He also works with clients on defense matters to resolve civil exposure for both class and opt-out litigation in direct and indirect matters, devise settlement strategies, and assist with responding to government investigations.

Selected Experience

• Supporting testifying expert in ongoing litigation involving extensive accounting and financial fraud by executives at a large telecommunications company. Evaluating claims that certain financial institutions aided and abetted breach of fiduciary responsibility and accounting fraud committed by company insiders. Assessing and measuring potential damages related to the aiding and abetting claims and apportioning damages among various types of wrong-doing.

• Supporting consulting expert in a chemical industry price-fixing matter in Europe. Working with attorneys to determine case and settlement strategy. Working jointly with ESMT Competition Analysis in Berlin to analyze purchase data, conduct industry research, provide discovery support, estimate damages, and support settlement discussions.

• Worked with lead consulting expert for defendants in In re Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (EPDM) Antitrust Litigation and in In re Polychloroprene (PCP) Antitrust Litigation. Managed data, financial, and damage analyses, provided settlement and mediation support, and worked closely with attorneys to respond to U.S. Department of Justice requests.

• Supported testifying expert for two coalitions of direct-action plaintiffs in In re Rubber Chemicals Antitrust Litigation. Interviewed industry experts and conducted research on capacity, market share, size, and structure to support evidence of price-fixing. Additional responsibilities included discovery support, damage analyses, settlement and mediation support, and client presentations.

• Supported the testifying experts on damage and liability issues for a large plaintiff opt-out group in In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation. Served as the data expert for the litigation team responsible for reconciling and maintaining information from more than 100,000 documents and 14 different databases as part of the discovery process.

• Provided consulting services to large purchasers potentially impacted by a price-fixing investigation in the pulp and paper industry. Directed extensive industry research, conducted data analysis, and researched the cartel mechanism to help clients understand and assess the value of pursuing litigation.

• Worked in Johannesburg with a South African pharmaceutical company to build a merger model and identify business development opportunities throughout Africa.