Economic Business Valuation Expert Witness

Expert Witness No. 156

California

Summary

Expert 156 has been a professor of economics for over 17 years. He has taught economics, finance, and quantitative analysis at University of California, Davis, University of California, Santa Cruz, California State University, Sacramento, and California State University, Hayward.

He has written and conducted seminars in the fields of the economics of development, political economy, economic history, environmental economics, public policy, operational analysis, and economic modeling and forecasting.

Expert 156 conducted research at the University of Athens and the Centre of Economic Research and Planning in Athens, Greece, where he conferred with many of the nation’s top economists and political officials. The fruits of the research resulted in a seminal book on the development of the Greek economy. His work on the Greek economy has been cited numerous times. He also engaged in research at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex.

Since 1991, he works as a consulting economist providing economic and statistical analysis for the private and public sectors. He has written many economic impact, efficiency, cost, and feasibility studies. He has designed economic models, strategic plans, and performance measures.

He is in demand as an expert witness for cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, housing discrimination, employment discrimination, economic loss, business valuations, public finance, and breach of contracts. He has consulted and given testimony for numerous attorneys in California as well as in New York, Nevada, Iowa, Montana, and Hawaii.
Expert 156 also conducts MCLE seminars.

His selected clients include California Department of Boating and Waterways, California Resources Agency, California Attorney General, California Department of Finance, California Department of Education, California Department of Transportation, California Department of Justice, California Department of Corrections, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research, City of San Francisco, Harcourt Brace, McGraw-Hill Irwin, Delta Dental of California, State Farm Insurance, General American Investments, Individual Rights Foundation, Allied Electric Motor, and Bank of New York.

Expert 156 has advised California State Assembly and Congressional candidates on economic issues and policies. He was asked to review the economic platforms of United States Senate and California gubernatorial candidates.

On several occasions he has provided brief commentaries on economic events and issues for television and radio.

In 2000, he was awarded a Faculty Research Fellows Grant from the Center of California Studies, California State University, Sacramento to analyze land holdings of the state for the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research.

He is a member of the American Economics Association, Association for Evolutionary Economics,  National Association of Forensic Economics, Sacramento County Bar (associate) and Friends of Mount Athos Society.

Education

Ph.D. 1989 University of California, Riverside

B.S. 1980 University of California, Riverside

Major: Economics

Publications/Technical Reports

Available upon request

Professional Experience

2006-Present
Lecturer
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
A university in California
Teaching investments, personal finance and economics of development. Advise students. Supervise independent studies, teaching assistants and readers.

2004-Present

Adjunct Faculty, A university in San Francisco
Teaching international economics, managerial economics, macroeconomic and microeconomic principles.

1999-Present

Lecturer , Department of Economics & College of Business Administration California State University
Teaching introductory macroeconomics and microeconomics, money and banking, financial markets, investments, research methodology, econometrics, macroeconomic theory, the international economy, environmental economics , forecasting methods, business statistics, strategic management, microeconomic theory, and United States
economy. Advise students. Supervise research assistants and independent studies.

1991-Present         

Consultant, A private consulting group, Sacramento, California
Providing consulting services for private and public sectors. Areas covered include: economic impact studies, efficiency studies, benefit/cost analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis, modeling and forecasting, strategic management and planning, environmental economics, international economics, and public policy.

1992-Present         

Legal Consultant and Expert Witness

Providing expert witness and consulting services in lawsuits concerning personal injury, wrongful death, discrimination, wrongful termination, business valuations, economic research, economic loss and damages. Consulted in over 225 cases. Testified on 47 occasions.

1999-Present       

Adjunct Faculty
Taught microeconomic and macroeconomic principles. Advised students.

1995-1997   

Lecturer  - Department of Economics University of California, Santa Cruz
Taught environmental economics, natural resource economics, and econometrics. Advised  students and supervised senior theses, internships, independent studies and field studies. Supervised teaching assistants.

1993-1995  

Lecturer -  Department of Economics University of California, Davis
Taught macroeconomic theory, microeconomic theory, principles, and development. Advised  students, and supervised senior thesis and tutorials. Supervised teaching assistants.

1990-1992   

Lecturer  - Department of Economics California State University, Sacramento
Taught principles, macroeconomic theory, microeconomic theory,
development, and the United States economy. Supervised senior and masters theses.

Papers Presented, Public Lectures And Seminars

Available upon request

Media Commentaries

Available upon request

Specialized Fields

Economics of Development Benefit-Cost Analysis Forensic Economics Econometric Modeling Management & Strategic Planning Public Policy Business Cycle Analysis Input-Output Analysis Money and Banking Environmental Economics Applied Economic

Awards and Honors

1985-1986, Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant University of California, Riverside

1985-1986, Chancellor's Patent Fund Grant University of California, Riverside

1984-1987, Teaching Assistant Fellowship University of California, Riverside

2000, Faculty Research Fellow Grant, Center for California Studies, CSU Sacramento.

1991-2001, $300,000 approx in California State grants and contracts for applied research and analysis (as an individual and team member)

Membership In Professional Associations

Friends of Mount Athos Society

Association for Evolutionary Economics

American Economics Association

National Association of Forensic Economics

Sacramento County Bar (associate)

Related Professional Experience

Advised California State Assembly and Congressional candidates on economic issues and policy. Reviewed economic platforms for United States Senate and California gubernatorial candidates.