As an expert in biostatistics and epidemiology, Dr. Freeman provides attorneys with litigation support in cases involving product liability, medical malpractice and occupational health. She conducts critical and comprehensive reviews of the medical literature to derive evidence-based conclusions, citing inadequacies in study design and other environmental and patient-related sources of bias. She critiques meta-analyses performed by others, designs outcomes research studies and provides graphics, testimony, and reports that help jurors better understand key aspects of the case. Using epidemiologic and biostatistical principles, Dr. Freeman derives statistical models to estimate risk, accounting for relevant factors.
Dr. Freeman has provided depositions and has appeared in court as an expert witness epidemiologist/biostatistician. She prides herself in being able to communicate complex statistical methods and results clearly, with clear visual aids that both attorneys and jurors readily understand. Dr. Freeman’s expertise as an epidemiologist have been notably successful in securing favorable outcomes in well-publicized cases involving medical interventions for obesity and lead exposure among employees.
In addition, Dr. Freeman has published in the area of intellectual property, focusing on trends in patents and trade secret enforcement.
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