About
Sameer leads a 250+ member team at Blue Ocean Global Technology and Capital Expert Services, specializing in litigation consulting and expert witness engagements. Given the unique nature of each case, Sameer offers a competitive advantage through an integrated team approach, including legal research, data analytics, private investigations, digital forensics, financial analysis, academic insight, and interviews. His team is strategic with client resources, ensuring that reports are developed collaboratively to achieve a blended rate. Co-experts are added strategically on merit. When engaged directly, all reports and testimony reflect Sameer's independent professional opinions
Sameer has consulted on 400+ cases and regularly delivers CLE programs for State Bar Associations. He is a former investment and private banker, which affords him a framework for calculating damages on a wide range of case mandates. Over the past decade, Sameer's responsibilities at CFA Institute include publishing articles, hosting their talk show, serving as a Senior Grader of CFA Level 3 exams, and speaking to 60+ CFA global societies.
Past testifying experience includes federal, state, civil and arbitration courts. Sameer has testified against META, handled prominent/celebrity cases, and was requested by a former US president. Most of his cases settle before trial.
As an Abraham Lincoln student and scholar, Sameer frequently integrates Mr. Lincoln’s writings, logic, and narratives to illustrate and reinforce key points in expert reports and courtroom testimony. His most recent article on Mr. Lincoln, entitled Abraham Lincoln: A model for ethical leadership, was published by the American Bar Association in February 2025 (pdf available on this profile).
Bio:
Sameer Somal is the CEO of Blue Ocean Global Technology and Co-Founder of Girl Power Talk. He is a CFA Charterholder, a CFP® professional, and a Chartered Alternative Investment AnalystSM. Sameer leads client engagements focused on digital transformation, risk management, and technology development. A testifying subject matter expert witness in economic damages, intellectual property, and internet defamation, he authors CLE programs with the Philadelphia Bar Foundation. Sameer is a frequent speaker at private industry and public sector conferences, including engagements with the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB), Global Digital Marketing Summit, IBM, New York State Bar Association (NYBSA), US Defense Leadership Forum, and US State Department’s Foreign Service Institute. He proudly serves on the Board of Directors of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) and Girl Power USA. Committed to building relationships, Sameer is an active member of the Abraham Lincoln Association (ALA), Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB), American Bar Association (ABA), American Marketing Association (AMA), Business Transition Council, International Trademark Association (INTA), and Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF). A graduate of Georgetown University, he held leadership roles at Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Scotiabank. Sameer is also a CFA Institute 2022 Inspirational Leader Award recipient and was named an Iconic Leader by the Women Economic Forum.
You can view 100+ references on Sameer’s public LinkedIn profile. View a video client testimonial from Mark Scott, senior partner The Buchalter Law Firm in Orange County, CA. Mark shared his feedback on working with Sameer after receipt of his report and subsequent trial testimony on behalf of a prominent business client: https://youtu.be/MchehwV4vM0?si=JhiFFAR0qov7CfrK.
Sameer recently handled 4 cases against the Chicago Public Schools. All four cases settled following Sameer’s reports and testimony.