Algorithms Expert Witnesses
Algorithms now set prices, execute trades, underwrite risk, rank search results, triage patients, and route fleets, which means a flawed or misappropriated algorithm can produce losses at scale before anyone notices. Hedge funds sue trading technology providers after execution defects trigger erroneous trades, insurers pursue vendors whose underwriting logic systematically underpriced a book of business, and carriers challenge routing software that never delivered its represented efficiency gains. Algorithms also sit at the center of intellectual property and competition disputes, including patent claims over compression, encryption, and real-time matching methods, trade secret claims over recommendation engines, and antitrust allegations that independently adopted pricing algorithms produced coordinated outcomes. In each, the contested question is what the algorithm actually did and whether that conduct matched the parties' representations, rights, and obligations.
An algorithms expert answers that question by working from source code, configuration files, version histories, and execution logs rather than marketing descriptions or design documents. Code audits can pinpoint the defect behind erroneous trades or mispriced policies, threshold analysis can show how a calibration change altered outcomes, and performance benchmarking can test whether represented gains were achievable under the vendor's own method. In infringement and misappropriation matters, the expert maps the accused algorithm's operation to patent claims or compares structure and logic to distinguish copying from independent design. Those findings establish liability and causation, provide the factual foundation for damages, and allow counsel to challenge an opposing expert who mischaracterizes how a system behaves.
Algorithm disputes demand an expert whose technical depth matches the specific problem domain, whether that is cryptography, machine learning, optimization, or real-time systems. The experts in our network include computer scientists who have published on cryptography, digital rights management, and electronic auctions, applied mathematicians specializing in numerical error and scientific computing, and engineers who have testified on image processing, patent infringement, and software algorithms. Members of this group hold numerous patents and have worked with organizations such as the U.S. Department of Defense, Bell Labs, Intel, and Microsoft, and several have served as experts in major software and intellectual property litigation. With more than 75,000 expert searches for litigators completed, Round Table Group can help you find the algorithms expert your matter requires. Tell us about your case by calling us at (202) 908-4500.
