Expert Witness No. 2761Education
- 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, 1964-1999List Available Upon Request
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