Angela M. Rockwell, PhD

Angela Rockwell chairs the Life Sciences Practice. She is an expert in data analysis and statistics with more than a decade of experience with sampling and extrapolation, survey/experimental design and analysis, causation and liability analysis, and damages estimation. She has submitted expert opinions and provided deposition testimony. Dr. Rockwell also has extensive experience analyzing and drawing economic and statistical insights from large databases, with her work primarily focusing on matters in the insurance and life sciences sectors.

PhD, Cognitive Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Statistics concentration)

MS, Cognitive Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst

BA, Psychology, Elmira College (summa cum laude), Phi Beta Kappa

SPOTLIGHT

In this short-form video, learn about her role as an expert and how she contributes insightful analyses in litigation matters.

EXPERT Q&A SERIES

Dr. Rockwell discusses how her diverse background proceeded naturally into economic consulting.

• Retained as a testifying expert on behalf of an insurer in a class action involving Basic Economic Loss and First Party Benefits coverage.
• Retained as a testifying expert on behalf of an insurer in a class action involving the application of labor depreciation in determining the actual cash value of property insurance claims.
• Submitted an expert report and provided deposition testimony on behalf of multiple insurance carriers in an arbitration involving insurance coverage related to an environmental event.
• Submitted three expert affidavits assessing the opposing experts’ damages methodologies in an energy reinsurance arbitration on behalf of a large international insurance company.
• Submitted an expert affidavit rebutting a proposed statistical sampling plan in a matter involving usual, customary, and reasonable rates for out-of-network emergency services on behalf of a national health insurer.
• Submitted an expert affidavit regarding a statistical sampling protocol in an arbitration involving contractual disputes between a large healthcare provider and a large insurer. Arbitration panel adopted the approach outlined in the affidavit.
• Submitted two expert declarations assessing extrapolated damages and interest calculations based on a sample of construction defect claims in a reinsurance arbitration on behalf of a large international insurance company. Arbitration panel adopted the approaches outlined in the declarations.
• Provided consulting expertise on the design of a consumer survey in a matter involving allegations of fraudulently opened consumer financial products.
• Provided consulting expertise on the design and analysis of multiple consumer surveys assessing market definition in a technology monopolization case.
• Provided consulting expertise and designed statistical sampling plans across multiple matters involving pharmaceutical pricing and fraud, including evaluating alternative sampling plans and providing strategic guidance on sampling and discovery approaches.
• Provided consulting expertise for a chain of healthcare providers facing a government investigation related to the alleged upcoding of claims submitted for Medicare reimbursement. Assessed the Department of Justice’s sampling and extrapolation methodology and evaluated liability and damages using transactional claims data.
• In Sadie Bennett and Melissa Mannino, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Louisiana Health Service & Indemnity Company (d/b/a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana), supported testifying expert on industry, data analytics, and economic issues associated with class certification on behalf of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana.
• In In re Teva Securities Litigation, supported testifying expert and provided consulting expertise on antitrust issues associated with alleged misrepresentations regarding the sources of Teva’s profits and the competitiveness of markets for generic drugs.
• In In re Generic Pharmaceuticals Pricing Antitrust Litigation and in related government investigations, provided consulting expertise on behalf of a large generic pharmaceutical manufacturer in connection with allegations that it conspired to fix prices or allocate markets.