Jan Jindra

Dr. Jindra is a financial economist specializing in complex securities litigation and regulatory investigations.

A former Assistant Director at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Dr. Jindra has 20 years of experience providing economic analyses, litigation support, and expert testimony in both civil and criminal proceedings. His consulting work and expert testimony have focused on complex economic and financial issues that arise in the context of securities litigation, regulatory investigations, and white collar criminal prosecutions. His clients have included private counsel and staff attorneys at the SEC, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), and the Federal Trade Commission.

Dr. Jindra has provided expert analyses on a wide range of economics and finance topics, including the impact of information on securities prices, materiality, loss causation, Rule 10-b5 and other disclosure violations, calculation of investor harm and corporate benefit from securities law violations, insider trading, investment advisor fraud, market manipulation, hedge fund performance, initial public offering (IPO) allocations, and the valuation of complex securities. In addition to serving as a testifying expert on behalf of the SEC and DOJ, he has extensive experience in preparing expert reports, leading teams, and preparing expert witnesses for depositions and trials.

Dr. Jindra has also authored numerous peer-reviewed articles in highly reputable finance academic journals, including the Journal of Corporate Finance, Quarterly Journal of Finance, and Journal of Financial and Quantitative Finance. He has further designed and taught college‑level courses in corporate finance, investments, and advanced valuation at The Ohio State University and Menlo College.