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Diana File, principal forensic economist

Founder and principal

Diana File.

M.A., Psychology ยท Coordinator of the firm's forensic economist network

Diana founded ForensicsFile to solve a specific problem: in employment litigation, the difference between a defensible damages report and a credibility risk is the expert who builds it. She leads every engagement, runs the firm's vetted network of forensic economists, and matches each matter to the expert whose past work fits its particular shape.

Diana built ForensicsFile on a thesis: in employment litigation, the right forensic economist for a matter is rarely the most famous one. It is the one whose past work fits the particular shape of the case. Her job is to know the difference. She runs every engagement, leads the team, and pulls the right expert from the firm's network for each matter.

Her work before ForensicsFile gave her the operating discipline for this. Fifteen years building proprietary data science practices for Fortune 500 corporations, startups, government agencies, and non-profit institutions taught her how to assess analytical work, vet the people who do it, and run a team where every assumption is stated and every figure traces back to a source.

Earlier in her career, Diana served as a consultant to the Israel Defense Forces, working on decision architecture in complex hierarchies and leading global research on the resolution of intractable conflicts. The same instincts shape how she structures the firm's engagements: clear scope, named owners, and accountability built in from the first conversation.

"A network of trial-tested experts is built one matter at a time. There are no shortcuts that survive cross-examination."
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Diana teaches and lectures regularly for the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Columbia University School of Professional Studies, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the National Libraries of Medicine, and the HR Leadership Forum.

Speaking and instruction

Regular engagements, across disciplines.

Diana lectures on organizational psychology, workforce analytics, and conflict resolution at academic, research, and industry institutions.

  • Cornell University, School of Industrial and Labor Relations
  • Columbia University, School of Professional Studies
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  • National Libraries of Medicine
  • HR Leadership Forum
Diana File at work

Engagement

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Plaintiff and defense counsel welcome. Conflict check within one business day. Engagement letter follows within one week of conflict clearance.