About Us

Courtroom Insight was founded in 2009 by experienced litigation consultants Mark Torchiana and Everett Harry. During the course of their careers in forensic accounting, Mark and Everett were often surprised by the archaic system attorneys used to locate and evaluate expert witnesses. With limited access to reliable data, attorneys were often forced to rely upon potentially unreliable word-of-mouth recommendations or expensive and limited search firms to locate experts. In addition, attorneys’ research on opposing expert witnesses was often limited to general internet searches. Based upon discussions with seasoned litigators, it became clear that attorneys require better information on the many legal professionals who directly impact their cases.

To address this market deficiency, Courtroom Insight created the only online directory that offers both profiles submitted by legal professionals and attorney reviews of those professionals. The site is the premier destination for attorneys seeking information about expert witnesses, litigation consultants, mediators and arbitrators. Additionally, it offers an unparalleled marketing opportunity to service providers who want to share their specific skills and experience with potential clients.


Founders

Courtroom Insight’s management and advisory team has deep industry experience and a strong national network of business relationships. Courtroom Insight’s collective skills and experience translates into a team that recognizes a market opportunity and is capable of developing and successfully selling a market solution.

Mark Torchiana

Mark is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Courtroom Insight. Mark has over twelve years of litigation consulting experience most recently working as a Partner of Harry-Torchiana LLP, a San Francisco forensic accounting practice. He has provided expert witness testimony in depositions as well as California State Court and the Supreme Court of British Columbia. He previously worked for LECG, a multinational litigation consulting firm with several hundred professional consultants. In addition, Mark previously served as Director of Business Development for WebEI, an online entertainment company.

Mark holds an MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management where he was a Dean’s Fellowship recipient. In addition, holds a BA from UC Santa Barbara and is a licensed CPA in California.

Everett Harry

Everett is co-founder and President of Courtroom Insight. Everett has over thirty years experience in public accounting, focusing most of his professional career on complex business litigation and disputes. Prior to his role as Senior Partner of Harry-Torchiana LLP, Everett was a Worldwide Partner in an international accounting practice. He has testified as an expert witness in federal and state courts, arbitrations and other dispute resolution arenas.

During his career, Everett assumed many different leadership and educational roles within the forensic accounting community. He has authored numerous articles for professional publications concerning litigation consulting services, as well as three AICPA practice aids. Based upon his extensive and diverse work experience, Everett holds valuable opinions regarding the efficient use of litigation consultants and the key success factors for expert witnesses.

Everett is a licensed CPA in California, Nevada and Hawaii. He holds an MBA from the University of Southern California and earned his AB in Economics from San Diego State University.

Strategic Advisers

Robert Dunn

Robert Dunn has conducted major commercial litigation for over 35 years. He has acted as an expert witness on legal aspects of commercial damages, a subject in which he is considered one of the country's leading authorities. He is the author of Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits 6th, Recovery of Damages for Fraud 3d, and Winning with Expert Witnesses in Commercial Litigation. Recovery of Damages for Lost Profits is the only text devoted to this difficult topic and is frequently cited by the courts as authority. Mr. Dunn has served as an instructor at the Hastings Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy and in the California Continuing Education of the Bar Program. He also acts regularly as an arbitrator on commercial cases before the American Arbitration Association.

Mr. Dunn was formerly a partner at Cooper, White & Cooper, a San Francisco based law firm. He is a graduate of Cornell University and Harvard Law School (J.D. 1962, magna cum laude) where he was a member of the Board of Editors of the Harvard Law Review. He is a member of the New York and California bars.

Cynthia Pevehouse

Cynthia Pevehouse most recently served as Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel & Secretary for Allianz of America (AZOA), responsible for legal, compliance, and government and regulatory affairs for AZOA Inc., Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, Allianz Income Management Services, Inc. and Allianz Mexico, collectively a $16 Billion insurance organization. She joined Fireman’s Fund in January 2006 as Vice President and Associate General Counsel, responsible for corporate governance, and was promoted to General Counsel in May 2006.

Previously, Ms. Pevehouse served as General Counsel and Secretary at Polycom, Inc., a global publicly listed telecommunications hardware and software company. Prior to joining Polycom, she was General Counsel and Secretary at Ask Jeeves, Inc., an online search company. She has held senior corporate positions at large and small companies, primarily in the technology industry. Ms. Pevehouse began her legal career as a commercial litigator for a large regional law firm in the Pacific Northwest, where she practiced in Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; and Osaka, Japan. Ms. Pevehouse is licensed to practice law in California, New York, Washington and Oregon.

Regina Stagg

Regina Stagg recently retired as a partner resident in the Los Angeles office of the international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP after 26 years of practice. She served in several leadership positions at Arnold & Porter, including on the firm-wide Litigation Steering Committee and the committee that recommends new partners to the firm. Prior to joining Arnold & Porter in 2000, she was a partner at Blanc Williams Johnston & Kronstadt, one of the firms that pioneered the representation of high technology companies.

Throughout her career, Ms. Stagg specialized in complex business and employment litigation primarily representing technology companies. She has extensive experience working with experts, including computer hardware and software experts, physicists, economists, CPAs, market analysts and valuation experts. In addition to her 26 years of courtroom experience, she has represented clients in numerous mediations and arbitrations in disputes centered in many parts of the United States and abroad. Ms. Stagg received both her law degree and her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley.

Randall Wulff

Randall Wulff has been mediating full time since 1994, and has settled over 1,500 commercial disputes. Some of his accomplishments include the successful mediation of the $2.75 billion agreement between Discover, Mastercard and Visa, and the $1.1 billion class action settlement of the Microsoft antitrust claims in California. In 2004, Mr. Wulff was selected by the Chief Judge in the Southern District of New York to lead the panel that heard and decided the property damage claims for the World Trade Center arising from the tragedy on September 11.

Mr. Wulff is co-editor of two books and has published numerous articles about Alternative Dispute Resolution. He has spoken on mediation at numerous national and international conferences and conventions. He is regularly selected among the "top" mediators in polls done periodically by the legal newspapers, The Recorder and the Daily Journal. He is also regularly included in SuperLawyers and Best Lawyers.

Before becoming a full-time neutral, Mr. Wulff was a trial lawyer with Farella Braun & Martel LLP in San Francisco for 20 years, representing both plaintiffs and defendants. In addition to his active trial practice at Farella, he was also an adjunct professor at Hastings, having taught courses in “Trial Evidence” and “Complex Litigation.” Mr. Wulff received his J.D. from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, in 1974.

Business Consultants

Christopher Gillen

Christopher Gillen has over 20 years experience in software development as well as software and hardware sales. Mr. Gillen is currently a Technical Sales Manager for System x at IBM. His previous experience includes over six years of Java and JSP development in addition to serving as head of development and support for an online gift registry company. Mr. Gillen holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University.

George Millington II

George Millington has more than 10 years of experience in public relations, marketing and communications. He has extensive experience in developing and driving strategic communications programs for a broad range of technology companies from market-leading multinational corporations to emerging technology leaders. His PR background spans the PC, networking, semiconductor, wireless, Internet, digital imaging, enterprise software, e-commerce, telecommunications, and financial services markets. Mr. Millington holds a BA in Mass Communications from the University of California at Berkeley.

Esther Saidman

Esther Saidman is a seasoned marketer with over 20 years experience leading marketing strategy and communications, and developing client-focused services and loyalty programs. She was most recently Director of Marketing for The Focal Point LLC, a trial consulting practice that markets its services to attorneys nationwide. She has previously held marketing leadership positions at Charles Schwab and Working Assets, and has provided consulting services to both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. Ms. Saidman has an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley and a BA in Literature from Claremont McKenna College.

Infinite Computing Systems

Infinite Computing Systems provides IT project consulting, custom software development and staffing services to businesses and government agencies around the world. Founded in 1995, Infinite serves its customers through technology centers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Mumbai, India; Singapore and Thailand. For more information, visit www.infinite-usa.com.