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Brian A. Hooven

Brian Hooven is an associate in the Litigation Department. He has represented a diverse client base in all phases of litigation, including trial, in both state and federal courts.

Brian also maintains an active pro bono practice, representing individual clients in criminal, family and immigration proceedings.

Prior to law school, Brian worked at the University of Michigan Center for Arrhythmia Research and co-authored Time- and frequency-domain analyses of atrial fibrillation activation rate: The optical mapping reference. (2011) Heart Rhythm.

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Defense Funding: The Next Frontier for Litigation Financing

By Brian A. Hooven on April 18, 2019 Posted in Asset Management, Litigation

Litigation funders are well aware that half of the potential market is largely untapped. Clients would prefer to focus on their business rather than litigation, and offload some or all of their defense costs to a third-party. Law firms want the fee flexibility that defense-side funding could provide. So why is defense funding still the … Continue Reading

The Science Behind Expert Disqualification

By Brian A. Hooven on August 17, 2016 Posted in Experts

Basic Test Why stop at excluding expert testimony when you can exclude the expert? For years, expert witness conflicts doctrine has been developed through the federal common law. Although appellate courts have been relatively silent on the issue, trial courts regularly strike experts that have received confidential information from the opposing party. Courts generally disqualify … Continue Reading