Summary
Angela Rockwell is an expert in statistical analysis, survey and experimental design, and damages estimation. For more than a decade, she has blended rigorous analytics with case strategy to solve complex problems in insurance coverage, contract disputes, class action, and consumer deception cases. Working with clients ranging from insurance and healthcare companies to government agencies, she has submitted compelling expert opinions and provided deposition and hearing testimony. Dr. Rockwell also chairs the Life Sciences Practice, helping guide the growth and development of the practice and collaborating with firm leadership on various cross-practice initiatives.
Dr. Rockwell has designed and assessed sample projections in matters related to insurance and false advertising. She has also been retained as a damages expert in multiple class actions and as a consumer survey expert in matters involving consumer deception and fraud. She has extensive experience analyzing and drawing economic and statistical insights from large data sets, including healthcare and insurance claims data.
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Education
PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Statistics concentration)
MS, Cognitive Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
BA, Psychology, Elmira College (summa cum laude), Phi Beta Kappa
Selected Work
Selected Experience
Testifying experience and retentions
- Submitted an expert report and provided deposition and hearing testimony on behalf of multiple insurance carriers in an arbitration involving an environmental event. Applied a statistical model to estimate the start of the event to determine insurance coverage.
- Submitted an expert affidavit rebutting a proposed statistical sampling plan in a matter involving usual, customary, and reasonable rates for out-of-network emergency services on behalf of a national health insurer.
- Submitted an expert affidavit regarding a statistical sampling protocol in an arbitration involving contractual disputes between a healthcare provider and an insurer. Arbitration panel adopted the approach outlined in the affidavit.
- Submitted multiple expert affidavits in energy and construction reinsurance arbitrations assessing the opposing experts’ damages extrapolation methodologies and interest calculations based on samples of claims.
- Retained as a testifying expert in multiple class actions, including matters involving automobile insurance coverage, property insurance claims, and state-administered low-income benefits.
- Retained as a consumer survey expert to assess allegations of deceptive marketing and sales of consumer financial products.
Selected consulting expert experience
- Provided consulting expertise in an arbitration involving a payor-provider contract dispute. Evaluated a neutral statistician’s extrapolation of damages, penalties, and interest based on a healthcare claims audit.
- Provided consulting expertise on the design of a consumer survey in a matter involving allegations of fraudulently opened consumer financial products.
- Provided consulting expertise on the design and analysis of multiple consumer surveys assessing market definition in a technology monopolization case.
- Provided consulting expertise and designed statistical sampling plans across multiple matters involving pharmaceutical pricing and fraud, including evaluating alternative sampling plans and providing strategic guidance on sampling and discovery approaches.
- Provided consulting expertise for a chain of healthcare providers facing a government investigation related to the alleged upcoding of claims submitted for Medicare reimbursement. Assessed the Department of Justice’s sampling and extrapolation methodology and evaluated liability and damages using transactional claims data.