Robert Mills

Robert Mills is a managing director who has more than twenty-five years of experience quantifying economic damages in connection with commercial litigation. He has served as an expert witness and consultant across a range of matters, including patent, trademark, and copyright infringement; theft of trade secrets; breach of contract; fraud; and labor disputes. Mr. Mills has testified as an economic expert in federal district court, state courts in multiple jurisdictions, the US International Trade Commission (ITC), and arbitration in forums including FINRA, the American Arbitration Association, JAMS, and the International Chamber of Commerce. He has appeared at mediation venues and before the US Department of Justice.

Mr. Mills has significant experience dating to the late 1990s assessing fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory (FRAND) royalties in the field of standards-essential patent licensing, including standards promulgated by the IEEE, ITU, JEDEC, and ETSI. He has been recognized as an expert by courts in the areas of patent damages and economic analysis related to royalty calculations and FRAND licensing; and by the ITC on patent valuation in the FRAND context. In addition, he has served as an expert on FRAND issues in international arbitrations and has been instructed as an expert on F/RAND issues in matters pending before the High Court of Justice Business and Property Courts of England and Wales and the Unified Patent Court.

Mr. Mills also has significant experience conducting economic analyses and damages assessments in the life insurance industry. He has served as an expert in life insurance disputes where he has analyzed cost of insurance rates, cost of insurance charges, mortality rates, administrative expenses, rider charges, credited interest, death benefits, and policy lapses, among other issues. He has analyzed more than one million policies spanning hundreds of life insurance products during his career.

Mr. Mills also engages in economic research and consulting activities outside the dispute context. He has assessed the anticipated competitive effects of mergers and joint ventures on behalf of government regulatory agencies and merging parties; developed forecasts and strategic recommendations for government agencies, financial institutions, and clients involved with real estate development; assisted clients with the valuation of intangible assets; and provided support in licensing negotiations.