Barb Frederiksen
Johnson-Laird, Inc., Portland

Barb Frederiksen is the Senior Managing Consultant for Johnson- Laird, Inc., in Portland, Oregon. Barb is a forensic software analyst specializing in the analysis of computer-based evidence for copyright, patent, and trade secret litigation. She is also an expert in computer software design and development, the recovery, preservation, and analysis of computer-based evidence, and computer systems’ capacity issues.

Barb began her career as a computer programmer in 1974. She first began working as a forensic software analyst in 1987. She received her training in software forensics while working as an independent consultant to Johnson- Laird, Inc.

Barb was appointed as Court Data System Advisor to the Honorable Marvin J. Garbis, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in December 2000, and has provided forensic analysis services in cases such as eBay v. Bidder’s Edge, Symantec v. McAfee, Rentrak v. Hollywood Entertainment, Telecomm Technical Services Inc., et al., v. Rolm Company, Compuware Corporation v. International Business Machines Corp., VMware, Inc. v. Connectix Corporation and Microsoft Corporation.

She has assisted with data preservation and discovery in cases such as the Vioxx Product Liability Litigation, Propulsid Product Liability Litigation, Rezulin Product Liability Litigation, and Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc., ATX, ATX II, and Wilderness Tires, Products Liability Litigation.