Genomics Expert Witnesses

Genomics now underpins drug discovery, diagnostics, agricultural biotechnology, and personalized medicine, and the commercial value of sequence data, assays, and genetic technologies has made the field a frequent source of complex disputes. Diagnostics companies and their laboratory partners litigate whether sequencing and genetic testing services met agreed accuracy and turnaround standards, sponsors pursue contract research organizations and bioinformatics vendors over flawed analyses, and licensors and licensees contest the scope of rights to genomic databases, sequencing technologies, and gene editing tools. Patent and trade secret disputes arise over diagnostic methods, transgenic organisms, and analytical pipelines, while acquirers challenge representations about the validity of a target's genomic data assets. The central question is whether genomic data, methods, and conclusions were generated and used in a scientifically sound and contractually authorized way.

A genomics expert evaluates that question by examining raw sequence data, laboratory protocols, quality metrics, bioinformatics pipelines, and statistical methods, and where necessary by re-running analyses with the original data. That work can show whether variant calls, expression results, or association findings were reliable, whether quality control and validation met accepted standards, and whether errors originated in sample handling, sequencing, or analysis. In intellectual property and licensing matters, the expert explains how an accused method, organism, or database relates to the protected technology and whether use fell within licensed fields. Those findings support breach, warranty, and infringement claims, frame damages tied to repeated studies, delayed programs, or royalties, and give counsel a rigorous basis for rebutting an opposing expert's interpretation of genomic evidence.

Genomics spans molecular genetics, bioinformatics, statistical genetics, clinical genetics, and plant and animal genomics, so the right expert is one whose research matches the data, technology, and application in dispute. The scientists we present include a molecular geneticist with four decades of experience in genetic engineering and gene therapy who has testified on the regulation and environmental consequences of transgenic animals, a biostatistician specializing in statistical genetics and measurement error in genomics studies, and a bioinformatics specialist who has published on disease gene discovery technologies and sequencing databases. Our network also includes a technology lawyer who has published on genomic patents and international technology transfer, a reproductive and clinical geneticist who has testified on molecular diagnosis, and a plant pathologist whose genomics research has appeared in Science and Nature. With more than 75,000 expert searches for litigators completed, Round Table Group can help you find the genomics expert your matter requires, and you can start that search by calling us at (202) 908-4500.