Experience

MKA specializes in creating platforms and reports that integrate disparate data and provide insights for non-technical collaborators in litigation, not-for-profit, government, and private sectors. The MKA team frequently steps into new industries and sectors, quickly gaining a mastery of the intricacies of the relevant data to deliver thorough, reproducible, and accurate analyses. Through the leadership and vision of its co-founders, Lacey Keller and Meredith McCarron, MKA has established itself as a trusted partner for nationally known non-profit organizations, state attorneys general, local governments, and some of the most well-respected law firms in the country. To date, our opinions have never been limited or excluded by a court.

Litigation

  • Served since 2019 as designated experts in data mining and analytics in the National Prescription Opiate Litigation (MDL 2804) and related casework, in multiple states and jurisdictions, never being limited or excluded by a court. Our co-founder’s testimony has been cited in multiple court decisions, including the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

  • Ingested and analyzed rideshare safety data and served as testifying expert witness in Uber Technologies, INC., Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation (MDL 3084).

  • Processed and analyzed data relating to social media usage by teens for the Social Media Adolescent Addiction/Personal Injury Products Liability Litigation (MDL 3047), providing expert testimony on data reliability and user behavior.

  • Served as an expert witness after wrangling large-scale generative AI training datasets to classify potentially copyrighted works and identify substantive claims of unauthorized use in Google Generative AI Copyright Litigation (Case No. 5:23-cv-03440-EKL).

  • Statistically forecast claim valuation and minimum guaranteed payout utilizing reviewed and approved claims and settlement-specific formulas for hernia mesh product liability litigation.

    • Developed interactive dashboards and maps as part of an expert report regarding contamination of the water systems serving members of the military and civilians living near the Red Hill Bulk Storage Facility in Honolulu, Hawaii (Feindt v. United States of America Case No. 1:22-cv-397-LEK-KJM).

    • Developed interactive maps that showed the fire progression against emergency response, road closures, public safety, telecommunications, and other relevant data over time to better understand the impact of a wildfire on a specific area.

    • Was appointed by the Middle District of Pennsylvania to work on behalf of defendants to assist them in compiling a comprehensive list of potential class members by gathering and integrating disparate datasets, including restored archival database systems, paper files, and spreadsheets (William L. Burrell Jr. et al. v. Lackawanna Recycling Center, Inc., et al. Case No. 3:14-cv-1891).

    • Analyzed publicly accessible reports and data obtained through numerous freedom of information requests to identify discrimination within the Alabama prison system and parole practices that was filed in a declaration (Council et al v. Ivey et al Case No. 2:2023cv00712).

Government and Non-profit

  • Developed real-time software application for law enforcement agencies to detect trends, patterns, outliers, and red flags to combat firearms trafficking, used by the Baltimore Police Department and the Illinois Office of the Attorney General.

  • MKA's founders were instrumental in establishing the Research & Analytics Department at the NYAG, the first department of its kind across the nation. They expanded their engagement from solely working with the executive bureau within the NYAG to establishing trusted partnerships in building cases from inception, fostering enduring relationships that extend beyond their NYAG tenure. The work of the Research & Analytics Department was instrumental in some of the most notable cases brought by the office, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements and several guilty pleas. Prior to founding MK Analytics, the co-founders were instrumental in a number of cases at the NYAG:

    • Served as the data science team behind the settlement with Time Warner Cable, resolving claims of unreliable and subpar internet service provision to customers.

    • Headed the data science efforts against brokers of foreign exchange currency options, leading to settlements and guilty pleas to charges of securities fraud.

    • Co-authored and provided analysis for a report on illegal Airbnb rental activity in New York City, leading to significant media coverage - including front page on the New York Times - as well as reforms by the company.

    • Uncovered hundreds of landowners potentially non-compliant with New York City’s 421-a tax benefit program through data analysis, leading to several settlements with landlords.

    • Contributed significantly to the case against landlord Steven Croman, bringing about improved oversight and management for over 100 Croman properties by using proxy variables found in publicly available data to identify illegal construction intended to harass and intimidate tenants.

    • Was a primary driver of the team that relaunched NYOpengovernment.com, a joint project between the NYAG and New York University. The site offered an unprecedented interface which provided an innovative interface enabling the public to seamlessly navigate and connect data from 12 distinct public datasets, empowering them to access a comprehensive range of information from contact details to campaign contributions available in both bulk and filtered formats to facilitate independent analysis.

  • Developed and consulted on data integration and visualization tools for gun violence and firearm manufacturing for Everytown for Gun Safety, the country’s largest gun violence prevention organization.