How to Find a Trauma Surgeon Expert Witness

Trauma surgery expert witnesses can play an integral role in litigation involving injuries and medical malpractice. But finding the right expert witness for such litigation and making the most out of their testimony can be challenging. Here are some tips for working with trauma surgery expert witnesses. What Is a Trauma Surgeon? A trauma surgeon […]

Interview | Scott Steinberg: The Pace of Technology vs. Regulation

Scott Steinberg is hailed as a top technology futurist by leading media outlets, including NPR, Newsweek, Time, Businessweek, and The Wall Street Journal. His study of current and emerging tech trends allows him to peer more clearly into the future, anticipating what might lie ahead. As an advisor for top companies, Scott helps his clients […]

What Is an Expert Witness?

When it comes to lawsuits, every step is crucial in determining the outcome of a case, from the filing to the actual trial. A vital part of litigation can include finding an expert witness. An attorney hires an expert witness to provide specific information and testimony in their areas of expertise that can help sway […]

How to Select an Expert Witness in a Saturated Market

Given the importance of selecting the right expert witnesses, it can and should be one of the most time-consuming aspects of any litigation. While in some cases finding the perfect expert is like finding a needle in a haystack, other cases present the opposite problem — having to select among a panoply of qualified experts. […]

Are You Qualified to Be an Expert Witness?

Being an expert witness is a serious undertaking. Anyone who takes the witness stand should have impeccable credentials and extensive experience in their field, as well as be objective and able to communicate effectively to judge and jury. David Katz, founder and chief executive officer of Global Security Group, was a special agent with the […]

eBook | How to Succeed as an Expert Witness: Best Practices

As an expert in your field, standing out from the competition and finding success with expert witness work can be as difficult as it is rewarding. GLG has years of experience connecting attorneys to the right expert witnesses for their cases, and we’ve learned from both sides what makes for a winning match. As the […]

How to Get the Most Out of Your Expert Witness

Choosing an expert witness for a litigation is often a daunting task. There are dozens of logistical hurdles: identifying top professionals, reading résumés, negotiating fees, and confirming litigation histories, among others. These tasks can take days to complete. Doing your homework to select the right expert and properly preparing them is key to getting the […]

When Choosing an Expert Witness, Consider the Four Cs

In its simplest definition, an expert witness is anyone with knowledge in a field or discipline that goes beyond what is expected of a layman. But there’s little agreement among litigators on what makes a great expert witness. Ask a dozen lawyers and you’ll get a dozen different answers. Some lawyers disdain academics, fearing an […]

Handling Questioning as an Expert Witness

As a testifying witness, you can expect to receive some confrontational questions from opposing counsel while on the stand. When the time comes, it may feel difficult to answer these questions while keeping your cool. How can you best remain professional while effectively defending your position? We’ve outlined some tips from seasoned expert witnesses below. […]

Setting Up Your Expert Witness Engagement for Success

Whether you are an experienced expert witness or considering taking on your first litigation assignment, every expert witness wants to ensure their engagement runs as smoothly possible.  Because GLG has years of experience helping connect litigators with the right experts, we’ve heard many stories from expert witnesses about what makes for a successful engagement, as […]

Speaker Biographies

Hilary Malone PhD, has over 25 years of experience in global drug development, regulatory &government affairs, manufacturing and commercialization within the biopharma industry. Hilary hassignificant board level and executive committee experience including large scale organizationalrestructuring/transformation/integration, major M&A, biotech start-up, capital raising, investorrelations and pre-IPO.​

Hilary is currently CEO of Stylus Medicine, a private genetic medicine biotech company. Previously sheserved as CEO of a Series-A neuroscience company. Prior to these roles, Hilary served as COO & EVP atValo Health Inc., Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP at Sanofi Inc., and Chief Regulatory Officer & SVP atPfizer and Wyeth. Previous experience also includes senior regulatory and drug development roles atReata Pharmaceuticals Inc., AstraZeneca plc and GlaxoSmithKline plc.​

Hilary also serves on the Board of Directors of Hansa Biopharma and Adthera Bio. Hilary holds a PhD inMolecular Neuropharmacology and a BSc in Physiology.

Dr. Thomas Lönngren is Director at his own company PharmaExec Consulting AB. He is the Chairman of the Board of directors at Egetis Therapeutics AB, Sweden. Dr Lönngren also serves as board member at Compass Pathways PLC, London UK and NDA Group, Sweden. He acts as advisor to the following companies and organizations: NDA group, Sweden, Sweden, Artis Venture, San Francisco, US, Fujimoto Japan, Skin2Neuron Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia, US, Special advisor to the Centre for Innovation in Regulatory Science (CIRS), London UK. From 2001 until2011, Mr.Lönngren served as the Executive Director of the European Medical Agency. He was previously Deputy General Director of the Swedish Medical Product Agency until 2000. He has a degree in pharmacy and MSc in Social and Regulatory Pharmacy from Uppsala University. He is also an Honorary Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in Great Britain, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Honorary Doctorate from University of Bath, UK.

Speaker Biographies

Marie-Anne Aymerich

Marie-Anne has built a portfolio of senior advisory and non-executive roles, following a successful international career in the FMCG and Luxury sectors. She is a non-executive director of Haleon, a FTSE100 company listed in 2022 after the demerger from GSK. She is also chairwoman of Haleon Environment and Societal Sustainability committee. She is the executive director of the Pierre Fabre Group where she also sits on the Strategic Committee, and she is a Board Member of The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, one of the world’s most prestigious chamber orchestras. She is also an angel investor and focuses her time and investments on start-ups with the strongest purpose and impact.

Marie-Anne is also a regular lecturer at HEC Paris on purposeful leadership, and she has created a serious game called “Planet Purpose” to upskill people on sustainability and purpose. Throughout her 35year executive career she delivered a strong track-record of business performance and growth in brands and portfolio in both developed and emerging economies.

As a senior leader with Unilever, she led a number of different personal care categories across France, Spain and the USA – including managing the Dove brand worldwide and culminating in leading Unilever’s global Oral Care division. She also worked for LVMH as Brand General Manager of Dior Perfumes and Cosmetics worldwide. Marie-Anne was also Vice-President of Imagine for Margo – Children with Cancer for ten years, a charity she helped found in 2011 with the goal of eradicating children’s cancer. The charity is the #1 charity focused on child cancer in France and has fundraised more than €14m since its creation. Marie-Anne is a graduate from HEC Paris. She is married and has two children aged 29 and 26.

Patrick Jephson

Patrick Jephson is a consultant, journalist, broadcaster and New York Times bestselling author, based in Washington D.C. He is a published authority on corporate and personal branding and crisis communications, addressing conferences worldwide as well as events at the U.S. State Department, the American University and the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.

With more than twenty-five years’ experience in the government, luxury and family office sectors, Patrick’s portfolio has included globally admired brands as well as national agencies and NGOs. He has also worked on reputation and legacy briefs with European, Middle Eastern and Asian families, including royalty. He now writes, presents, and advises on factual and drama TV programs, appearing on every major American and many international networks. He was recently an expert consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown and provided live commentary on the Coronation of King Charles.

Patrick owes much of his practical communications and protocol experience to Princess Diana, who chose him to be her equerry and only private secretary/chief of staff. He served the Princess for eight years, responsible for all aspects of her public life, global humanitarian initiatives, and private organization. Having worked for an internationally high-profile woman (and as the father of two professionally successful daughters) he feels a special affinity for cross-cultural, gender and perception issues.

Patrick was born and raised in Ireland and holds a master’s degree in political science from Cambridge University. As an officer in the British Royal Navy, he served all over the world before being selected for royal duty. He is a citizen of the U.K., U.S.A., Ireland, and Canada.