Jack Goldberg is the President of Metrionix, Inc., a contract engineering and consulting business with expertise in medical devices, electronic instrumentation and components, measurement systems, radio frequency systems, audio and acoustics, signal processing, hearing, and manufacturing technology. Mr. Goldberg has over thirty years of experience in product development and manufacturing, both as an individual contributor and at Director level, with extensive expertise in the design of embedded software and circuits, as well as experience in medical product manufacturing and FDA-related matters. Seven patents to date.
Mr. Goldberg has served as an expert in product liability, trade secret and intellectual property matters, in cases involving medical instruments, audio measurement and processing, and RF systems. Mr. Goldberg has 30 years of engineering experience and has served as an expert in patent litigation, trade secrets, acoustic analysis, failure analysis, and product liability, many cases involving medical instruments. Detailed knowledge includes circuits and system design, measurement and control, embedded software, signal processing, vital signs, infusion pumps and hearing. Experience includes trial testimony for plaintiffs and defendants in medical instrument patent cases and trial testimony related to criminal earwitness.
Education: BSEE, MIT; MSEE, MIT
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: BS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS Electrical Engineering and Computer Science,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Management of Technology and Innovation,
California Institute of Technology
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers:
Senior Member,
Medicine and Biology Society,
Signal Processing Society
Acoustical Society of America
American Auditory Society.
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Mock trial expert:
"Masters In Trial" presented by
American Board of Trial Advocates, Orange County
Presenter, Acoustical Society conference:
Sound level measurement,
Occlusion effect measurement
Presenter, American Auditory Society conference:
Noise dosimeter
Presenter, Northeast Symposium on Health Care:
Infrared thermometry
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: 19
(45% Intellectual Property / Trade Secrets,
50% Product Liability)
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Medical instruments (software and hardware design, vital signs equipment, infusion pumps, pulse oximetry)
Patents - analysis / infringement (medical, scientific instruments)
device / instrument design, development, manufacturing and related FDA issues
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: 63% (plaintiff or counter-claimant)
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: 37% (defendant or counter-defendant)
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: 5
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: November 2006
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: 12
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: 3
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 9 years
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: consultation, reports, patent analysis, product testing / evaluation, preparation of trial exhibits and demonstrative graphics, acoustic measurements
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: 300
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: 300
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: 300
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: 300
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Travel-related expenses, overseas telephone, shipping, equipment rental / purchase
References
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:1.
Joseph Re
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear
2040 Main Street
Fourteenth Floor
Irvine, CA 92614-3641
949.760.0404
jre@kmob.com
2.
Gary Clark
Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
333 South Hope Street
48th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
213.617.4197
gclark@sheppardmullin.com
3.
David Beckwith
McDermott Will & Emory
4370 La Jolla Village Drive
San Diego, CA 92122
858.535.9001
dbeckwith@mwe.com
4. David McDonald
National Expert Witness Network, LLC
15309 Northlake Road
Magalia, CA 95954-9052
866.873.7890 x201
dmcdonald@newnexperts.com
PRODUCT LIABILITY:
1.
Martin Roy Robles and Associates
2120 Huntington Dr
South Pasadena, CA 91030-4925
626.441.0951
attyrobles@aol.com
2.
Law Offices of Robert M. Goldberg (no relation)
160 W. Crossville Rd.
Roswell, Ga. 30075
770.552.9138
RobertEsq@BellSouth.net
3.
Law Offices of Thomas Massey
4037 Sleeping Indian Road
Fallbrook, CA 92028
760.451.0643
Tommassey716@cs.com
