Jody Bland is an economist with research and professional experience focused on securities analysis, financial markets and institutions, and economic damages.  His specialties include the application of quantitative methods, econometrics, and statistics to a variety of litigation and consulting engagements.  Specifically, Mr. Bland provides expert witness testimony along with financial and economic analyses to senior leadership at law firms, corporations, and government agencies to address their most pressing issues.

Mr. Bland has advised clients in an array of areas, including:

• Provided testimony in criminal jury trial related to alleged cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme;
• Testified as expert witness on damages in dispute over value of cryptocurrency investment products / advisor;
• Provided expert opinions at settlement conference with SEC related to structured financial product valuation and trading on behalf of mutual fund;
• Presented expert analyses at settlement conference with SEC related to cherry picking and unfair trade allocation allegations on behalf of registered investment advisor;
• Provided expert testimony on damages related to compensation of a class of civil immigrant detainees at ICE detention centers;
• Engaged as expert witness on damages in technology industry related to theft of trade secret claims
• Analyzed market dynamics, competition, and trading patterns in multiple securities, commodity, and derivative markets, including among FinTech platforms and electronic exchanges;
• Valued and statistically analyzed numerous complex financial products, including swaps, futures, forwards, options, CLOs, CDOs, and MBS;
• Served as consulting expert on behalf of proposed class in antitrust matter in technology/e-commerce industry
• Constructed event studies, market microstructure models, and complex econometric approaches to evaluate equity, debt, and derivative price movements;
• Evaluated liability and computed damages in commodity market manipulation claims involving crude oil, cotton, metals, and natural gas;
• Evaluated damages associated with failure of various asset-backed securities, structured financial products and other complex assets through use of Monte Carlo methods, roll-modeling, and other sophisticated statistical models;
• Computed damages and evaluated liability across numerous matters alleging monopolization, price fixing, group boycotts, exclusive dealings, and other types of anticompetitive actions;

Mr. Bland received a Master of Science degree in Economics and Philosophy, awarded with Distinction, from the London School of Economics and Political Science.  In addition, he received dual bachelor's degrees in International Business and Business Administration with concentrations in economics and finance, both from the University of Arkansas.  Mr. Bland is also a Chartered Financial Analyst® (CFA) Charterholder, awarded by the CFA Institute.  He is a member of the CFA Society of Dallas-Fort Worth, the American Economic Association, and the American Bar Association.

Prior to joining BVA, Mr. Bland was a Senior Vice President in AlixPartners, LLP’s Financial Advisory Services practice  and a member of the Performance Improvement Advisory team at Ernst & Young.