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Ida Shea is a Managing Director at FTI Consulting. Ida Shea is a member of the Forensic & Litigation Consulting Segment and is based in San Francisco and Denver. Ida specializes in dispute consulting services and is experienced in performing damages analyses and providing litigation support in an array of dispute types. Ida has provided analysis related to accounting, finance, and economic issues in various matters, including intellectual property infringement, trade secret misappropriation, commercial damages investigations, insurance claims, construction disputes, and breach of contract. Ida has assisted in the preparation of expert reports and subsequent expert testimony in federal courts and in arbitration. Her experience spans many industries including computer software and hardware, banking, construction, energy, retail, and manufacturing.

John A. Stone is a partner at the DeCotiis’ New Jersey and New York offices. Mr. Stone’s practice focuses on complex business matters, including trade secret and other intellectual property litigation, unfair competition and tortious interference claims, construction, land use, and intra-company disputes, in State and Federal Court. He has particular expertise in complex litigation and takes pride in getting results for his clients.

Mr. Stone received his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College, his J.D. from the University of Richmond, Virginia, and studied International Law at Cambridge University.

Mr. Stone is a frequent lecturer at seminars and nationwide and international conferences regarding trade secrets, trade dress, and theft of ideas, and has published numerous articles on those and other issues. He is also co-chair of the ABA’s Litigation Section’s Trade Secrets Subcommittee and co-editor of the ABA’s Litigation Section’s Intellectual Property Newsletter.