Areas of Expertise

Brooks Hilliard’s expert engagements have including both testifying and consulting expert assignments, related to the following types of matters:

Allegations of software and system defects in Enterprise Requirements Planning (ERP), Supply Chain management (SCM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and other business applications.
Allegations of implementation failures with business software including ERP, SCM, CRM and other business software applications.
Intellectual property (including patent, trade secret and copyright issues related to software and hardware).
Software licensing and systems contracting relating to software and equipment acquisition as well as support and maintenance services.
Electronic discovery, including recovery of deleted data and detection of data tampering (i.e., computer forensics).
Valuation of computer hardware, software and services.
Prosecution of accused perpetrators of computer crime.
Regulatory, Procurement and Tax matters relating to computer products or services.

Business Automation also provides information technology and management consulting services to business, government and not-for-profit enterprises.

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Certification

Fewer than 15 consultants in the world have been awarded both the Certified Management Consultant™ (CMC®) and the Certified Computing Professional (CCP) designations.

Expert experience

Brooks Hilliard has been a consulting and/or testifying expert in more than 90 computer and software-related cases in more than 30 states. He has been qualified to testify in both state and federal jurisdictions.

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Law firm clients

Business Automation has been engaged by several of the country's largest law firms, as well as local firms throughout the United States.

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Unbiased

Business Automation has been engaged in more than 50 suits between computer and software vendors and their customers, including engagements by both vendors' and customers' law firms.