Cornerstone Research

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Cornerstone Research
Type Private
Founded 1989
Headquarters Menlo Park, California
6 offices in the U.S.
Key people Cindy Zollinger, President and CEO
Jim Malernee, Chairman
Industry Legal services
Products Expert services
Revenue $100 million (2006)[1]
Employees approx. 400[1]
Website www.cornerstone.com

Cornerstone Research is a commercial litigation firm based in the United States.[2] It provides expert testimony and economic and financial analysis to attorneys, corporations and government agencies involved in business litigation.[3]

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[edit] Practice areas

Cornerstone utilizes both internal and external expert witnesses to provide testimony, including faculty and industry experts.

According to its website, the company's practice areas include: Securities, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Energy, Antitrust, Financial Institutions, Valuation, Auction Strategy/Game Theory, and General Business Litigation.[4]

[edit] Publications

The firm produces an annual publication called the "Securities Class Action Clearinghouse" in conjunction with the Stanford University Law School.[5] According to a University website, the clearinghouse provides summary information regarding federal class action securities litigation in the United States.[6]

[edit] Office locations

Menlo Park, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York, Boston

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal article at sanjose.bizjournals.com; last accessed January 16, 2007.
  2. ^ Vault.com main page summary of Cornerstone Research, "ranking recap" at Vault.com; last accessed January 16, 2007.
  3. ^ Cornerstone.com description of services at Cornerstone.com; last accessed January 16, 2007.
  4. ^ Cornerstone.com description of practice areas at Cornerstone.com; last accessed January 16, 2007.
  5. ^ Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal article discussing Clearinghouse at smallbusiness.yahoo.com; last accessed January 16, 2007.
  6. ^ Stanford Law School description of Clearinghouse at Securities.Stanford.edu; last accessed January 16, 2007.