Expert Witness
Corporate governance expert witness, fiduciary duty expert witness and independent reports for litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings on corporate law, corporate governance, and AI governance and liability.
Law firms, businesses, and policy-makers retain me for questions involving corporate and fiduciary liability, corporate governance standards, and responsible AI governance that require independent scholarly grounding. My research on Canadian, US, and EU law has informed litigation, judicial decisions, and regulatory work.
Corporate governance expert witness, fiduciary duty expert witness and independent reports for litigation, arbitration, and regulatory proceedings on corporate law, corporate governance, and AI governance and liability.
Analytical and advisory support for legal counsel including research memoranda, case strategy input, and expert opinion on corporate law doctrine, governance standards, and liability frameworks.
Board governance reviews, advice on corporate AI governance best practices and policies, and professional consulting for law firms, GC, policy-makers, and organizations facing novel legal challenges.
Available to consider selected corporate and advisory board positions where expertise in governance, directors duties, AI oversight, technology risk, and regulatory strategy adds value.
Retained as expert adviser to an overseas legislature on a corporate law reform package, providing comparative analysis of governance standards and reforms.
Engaged as expert by a Big Four professional services firm to contribute to a report on AI governance standards and corporate liability for AI systems.
Worked with a Magic Circle law firm to provide pre-litigation expert opinion on corporate obligations in the context of a complex cross-border corporate dispute.
Existing corporate and external laws were not designed for autonomous or agencti AI systems that make or materially influence corporate decisions and actions that may affect shareholders and third parties. The legal frameworks are still being developed, meaning litigation and regulatory proceedings operate at the same frontier as the research. I have been working on these questions since before most legal guidance existed, engaging with a broad range of issues in my research and publications.
Litigation and transaction counsel
Regulatory and government bodies
Law firms and private parties
Corporations and boards
S.J.D., UCLA School of Law
Ph.D. (magna cum laude), University of St. Gallen
LL.M. (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar), Columbia Law School
New York Bar & Swiss Bar (both non-practicing)
NFP Board Governance Certificate (ICD & Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Canada)
Works cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery and others. “Assessing Delaware’s Oversight Jurisprudence” (2011) was cited by Vice Chancellor Laster in In Re McDonald’s Corp. Stockholder Derivative Litigation (Del. Ch. 2023). Other works were cited by the Iowa Supreme Court, the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the UK Parliament, the Swiss Supreme Court, and are referenced in trial documents.
Services provided are academic, advisory, and analytical in nature and do not constitute legal advice or create a solicitor-client relationship. Martin Petrin is not a practicing attorney.