Mae Lon Ding, President of Personnel Systems Associates, provides expert witness and consulting services in the areas of lost wages and benefits, employability analysis, mitigation of lost wages and benefits, employee and executive compensation, performance appraisal, evaluation of personnel policies, practices and procedures, and labor market analysis.
She also provides assistance with FLSA and California overtime exemption issues, cases involving sales rep bonus and commission plan disputes, management bonus and stock option disputes, employment discrimination on the basis of gender, race, age, national origin, religion, wrongful termination, IRS unreasonable compensation disputes, and reasonableness of executive owner compensation in minority shareholder litigation and divorce proceedings.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: MBA from the University of Southern California, BA in industrial psychology from UCLA. Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) from WorldatWork (formerly American Compensation Association)
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Past President and current member of the Association of Professional Consultants. Past board director and current member of the Forensic Expert Witness Association. Member Forensic Consultants Association. Member of WorldatWork (formerly American Compensation Association). Member of the Forum for Corporate Directors. Member Vistage.
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: Instructor WorldatWork (formerly American Compensation Association)professional certification program in employee compensation and legal issues related to employment discrimination and overtime wage laws.
Instructor in Employee Compensation for Chapman University Masters of Human Resources program.
Instructor University of California at Irvine Human Resources Management certificate program on the topic of employee compensation.
Instructor California State University Long Beach and California State University Pomona Human Resources Management certificate programs on the topic of employee compensation.
Speaker at national and regional professional and industry conferences including: American Banker's Association, American Electronics Association, Chain Restaurant Association, Professionals in Human Resources, American Compensation Association, Forum for Corporate Directors, Association of Professional Consultants, and many other organizations.
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: I have been retained as an expert in over 60 cases.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Employment discrimination, wrongful termination, lost wages and benefits, exemption from overtime, unreasonable compensation, executive compensation, sales compensation, labor market analysis, mitigation of lost wages, employment contract disputes.
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: Approximately 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: Apporximately 50%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Deposed over 20 times.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: Within the last 12 months. Call for current information.
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: see below
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: Testified 16 times as of Jan 2007.
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: Expert witness since 1989 (over 12 years).
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, reports, labor market research, investigation, expert testimony
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: Call for current information
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: Call for current information
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: Call for current information
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: Call for current information
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: All out of pocket expenses are in addition to professional fees
