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Keywords

Automotive Dealer Management, Operation of Automotive Dealer Dealerships, Termination or Non renewal Manufacturer Automotive Dealer Relations, Automotive Dealer Valuation, Automotive Dealer Bankruptcy, Automotive Dealer Fraud, Automotive Dealer Supply, Changes in Automotive Dealer Territory, Protests of Automotive Dealer New Appointments, Automotive Dealer Automobile Manufacturer, Automobile Dealers, Automotive Dealer Automobile Consumers, Automotive Dealer Light Truck Manufacturer, Automotive Dealer Light Truck Dealers, Automotive Dealer Light Truck Consumers, Automotive Dealer Heavy and Medium Truck Manufacturers, Automotive Dealer Heavy and Medium Truck Dealers, Automotive Dealer Recreational Vehicles, Automotive Dealer Manufactured Homes, Automotive Dealer Construction Machinery, Automotive Dealer Finance, Automotive Dealer Wholesale Floor Planning, Automotive Dealer Retail Floor Planning, Automotive Dealer Insurance, Automotive Dealer Diminution of Value Issues, Automotive Dealer Allocation Policies, Automotive Dealer Patent Infringement Claims, Automotive Dealer Reasonable Royalty, Automotive Dealer Value of Assets, Automotive Dealer Class Action Claims, Automotive Dealer Customer Insurance Claims, Automotive Dealer Customer Satisfaction, Automotive Dealer Customer Complaints, Automotive Dealer Bankruptcy Issues, Automotive Dealer Facilities Issues, Automotive Dealer Financial Performance, Automotive Dealer Inventory, Automotive Dealer Market Penetration, Assigned Automotive Dealer Area, Automotive Dealer Territory Protests, Automotive Dealer Departmental Operations, Automotive Dealer Franchise Terminations, Automotive Dealer Constructive Terminations, Manufacturer Goals for Automotive Dealer, Automotive Dealer Market Penetration, Automotive Dealer New Dealer Application Issues, Automotive Dealer TILA, Automotive Dealer Truth in Lending Act, Automotive Dealer Valuation of Dealerships, Automotive Dealer Working Capital

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Expert Witness No. 62

Education

  • A.B. Harvard, 1958, cum laude
  • M.B.A. Columbia, 1964, marketing. Graduated in top third of class.
Professional Experience
  • Harbridge House, Inc., management consultants, 1964-1970
  • Organized Neville Associates Inc, management consultants, in 1971.
  • Began serving as a consulting and testifying expert in lawsuits in 1981.
Industries
  • Automobiles and light trucks: manufacturers, dealers, and consumers
  • Heavy and medium trucks: manufacturers and dealers
  • Recreational vehicles, manufactured homes
  • Motorcycles and ATVs
  • Construction machinery
  • Automotive finance and floor planning sources (wholesale and retail)
  • Automotive insurance (diminution of value issues)
Areas of Expertise
  • Allocation: supply, turn and earn, rate of travel
  • Automotive patent infringement claims, reasonable royalty
  • Class action claims in automotive industry
  • Customer complaints of improper or unfair treatment—new and used vehicle sales, leasing, financing, service, warranty, vehicle service contracts
  • Dealer bankruptcy issues
  • Dealer facilities issues
  • Dealer financial performance
  • Dealer inventory: new, used, parts—proper levels, turnover, value
  • Dealer market penetration: measurement, adequacy
  • Dealer add-point or move-point protests
  • Departmental operations: new vehicle, used vehicle, service, parts, F&I
  • Diminution of value insurance claims
  • Economic damages: presentation or rebuttal
  • Employee compensation claims
  • Floor planning issues: audits, credit limits, SOT, SAU, lenders’ security interests
  • Franchise terminations and constructive terminations (liability and damages)
  • Manufacturer goals for dealer: fairness, measurement
  • New dealer application issues
  • Sale of dealership issues
  • Working capital: measurement, adequacy
Publications Authored
  • Expert Witness Topics In Dealer Litigation (attorney newsletter)
  • Successful Dealer (former contributing editor to truck industry magazine)
Professional and Civic Certifications
  • Certified Management Consultant, 1980-2000
  • Guardian Ad Litem, State of Florida, 1990-
  • Commissioner, South Trail Fire District, Lee County, Florida, 1999-; Secretary-Treasurer, 2000-2006; Chairman 2006-
  • Director, Harvard Club of Lee County, 1995-2009; President, 2000-2002
  • Director, BMW Vintage/Classic Register USA (and predecessor), 1975-2004
Non-Litigation Experience In Automotive and Related Industries, 1964-1999

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