Christopher Gerardi

Chris has more than 25 years of experience providing economic, financial, and accounting advisory services to companies, legal counsel, regulatory authorities and tribunals involved in transactions, investigations and disputes. Prior to joining CRA, Chris was a Senior Managing Director at FTI Consulting where he was the co-leader of FTI’s Intellectual Property Practice and later the co-leader of FTI’s Dispute Advisory Services Practice.  Prior to FTI, he was a Partner in KPMG’s Forensic Services practice and began his professional career at Coopers & Lybrand.

An internationally recognized advisor and economic damages expert, Chris has expertise matters relating to intellectual property, ITC investigations and a wide array of commercial litigation matters including, breach of contract, business interruption, tortious interference, merger termination, failed systems implementation, and price discrimination.

Chris also has experience in evaluating state and municipal level appropriations, economic damages and abatement costs in discriminatory mortgage foreclosure and opioid-related matters.

He has a deep understanding of damages case law and is skilled at constructing and evaluating damages claims in light of the current guidance of diverse courts and he is a member of the Sedona Conference’s Trade Secrets Working Group and serves on the drafting committee for monetary relief in trade secrets litigation.

Chris has provided oral and written expert evidence in matters before multiple US federal and state courts, the US International Trade Commission, and multiple international arbitration forums.