Dr. David Tabak

Biography

At NERA, Dr. Tabak is a member of the Securities and Finance Practice. In the area of securities class actions, Dr. Tabak has testified on topics including class certification, liability, materiality, affected trading volume, and damage calculations in cases with allegations such as improper valuations, accounting irregularities, and merger disputes. He has also testified on valuations of equity, financial derivatives, fixed-income instruments, businesses, and litigation settlements. Dr Tabak was commended in Who’s Who Legal Arbitration Expert Witness Guide 2016 for his testifying experience as an expert witness. Dr. Tabak has been retained as an expert to address issues including allegations of valuations, contract disputes, commercial damages, and disputes between brokers and customers. Dr. Tabak has appeared as an expert in state, federal, and bankruptcy court, and before arbitration panels, including the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the American Arbitration Association, the International Dispute Resolution Centre, and the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration. His non-litigation work has included developing a risk-scoring model for a reinsurance company, assisting financial institutions in new product development, analysis of potential insider trading for a financial institution, and interpretation of statistical analyses of treatment effectiveness for a program for at-risk youth.

Research Interest

Economics from Harvard University.