Economic Consulting Litigation Expert Witness

Keywords

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Expert Witness No.2056

California, Connecticut and Florida

Summary

Expert 2056’s experience includes business valuations, economic and quantitative analysis, and market assessments. Expert witness services are provided to defense counsel and plaintiff attorneys. Expert 2056’s experience includes economic damages assessment and expert testimony in complex tort and commercial litigation. The economics of various industries including high-tech manufacturing, software development, agricultural product processing, auto accessories, hotel, real estate, eating & drinking places, pharmaceutical, chemical, hospital, insurance, transportation, professional sports, retail, petroleum and cosmetics; international agencies and federal government. Approximately 275 cases including products liability, breach of contract, business valuation, construction defects, business disruption, intellectual property, employment disputes, lost profits, medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful birth and wrongful death.
Specifically, Expert 2056 has:
Estimated damages in patent infringements in pharmaceutical,chemical and pager manufacturing industries.
Assessed lost profits and diminished business value in business disruption cases due to fire, construction defects, contract breach, and franchise agreement modification.
Evaluated the present value of future medical costs in tort cases such as medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability and related cases.
Developed forecasting models of economic activity (demand, market and industry analyses) to derive educational needs for Indonesia.
Provided insurance industry competitor and market analysis, information technology, strategic planning, and economic assessment of key technologies.
Created economic models to assess waste water management costs for major processor of sugar beets. Analysis formed foundation of client’s environmental accounting system.
Estimated damages in mis-appropriation of trade secrets involving employees. In one case, lists of customers and vendors were used to start a competitor mail order firm. In another, employees gave integrated circuit design and development plans to a competitor semi-conductor firm who hired them.

Education

Ph.D. (Economics), 1973, Indiana University. Major Fields: Labor, Economic Development and Planning
B.A. (Economics), 1965, Ball State University
Brookings Economic Policy Fellow, 1975-76

Professional Experience

1996 to 2003 - Expert 2056 was Regional Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, San Francisco Region. In this capacity, he led a large staff of professional economists in collecting, analyzing and distributing economic information on wages, employment and inflation in an eight state area.

1994 – 1995 - Expert 2056 was Managing Director, Management & Strategy Analysis, Inc. in New York City. He directed professional staff on economic consulting projects, and provided expert witness services to law clients and strategy consulting services to corporate clients.

1986 – 1993 - Expert 2056 held several management positions with Aetna Life & Casualty, Inc., including Assistant Vice-President, Aetna International, Inc. His responsibilities included strategic planning and business development, business performance measurement and management support systems.

1984 – 1986 – Expert 2056 taught MBA courses in economics, statistics, and human resource management as Associate Professor of Economics and Business Administration at the University of Hartford.

1976 - 1984, Expert 2056 was at The Pennsylvania State University, from 1982-1984 as Director, Center for Human Resource Research and Associate Professor of Business Administration, and from 1976-1982 as Associate Professor of Economics. In these positions, he directed economic studies and taught courses in labor economics, managerial economics, statistics, and human resource management.

Volunteer Activities

American Peace Corps Volunteer, India, 1965-1967

Memberships

National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
National Association of Forensic Economists
The Bar Association of San Francisco-Litigation Section

Presentations and Publications

Available upon Request