Elizabeth Dean is a Vice President and founding member of TM Financial Forensics, LLC.  She was recently a Director at Navigant Consulting and was previously a Vice President at Tucker Alan Inc.   Ms. Dean has consulted to companies and outside counsel on forensic accounting, economic damages, business valuation and licensing issues for more than 20 years.

Ms. Dean has extensive experience in complex commercial matters with particular focus on intellectual property damages and valuation issues.  She has prepared and critiqued hundreds of claims related to lost profits, unjust enrichment, reasonable royalty, price erosion, increased costs and diminution of value.  Ms. Dean has directed matters in a variety of industries including semiconductors, internet/e-commerce, computer technology and services, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, financial services, telecommunications and consumer goods.

Ms. Dean has testified as an expert in accounting and damages-related issues in intellectual property and other commercial disputes in federal and state courts as well as arbitrations.  She has presented on these topics to universities, companies, outside counsel and industry groups such as the National Association of Women Lawyers, the University of California Hastings College of the Law, and the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association.