Expert Witness No. 156

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.

Specialized Fields

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

Expert Witness Testimony and Consultation

Consulted in approximately five hundred cases. Testified on seventy-three occasions. Clients include State Farm Insurance, Bank of New York, Allied Electric Motor, General
American Investments, California Attorney General, and attorneys in San Francisco and surrounding area, Los Angeles, Sacramento and surrounding area, Las Vegas, Fresno, Iowa, Hawaii, New York City, British Columbia, and Montana.

Cases include: personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, employment discrimination, housing discrimination, breach of contracts, business valuations, loss of profits, financial analysis, settlement issues, divorce, and public finance issues.

Education

Ph.D.1989 University of California, Riverside
B.S.1980 University of California, Riverside

Major:    Economics

Recent Publications/Technical Reports

Available Upon Request

Work In Progress

Ethics and the Effective Use of Economic Analysis in Litigation, article for Minimum Continuing
Legal Education, State Bar of California.

Financial and Economic Analysis in Business Litigation, article for Minimum Continuing Legal
Education, State Bar of California.

Professional Experience

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

2004-Present
Adjunct Faculty
University
Sacramento, CA
Teaching international economics, managerial economics, public finance, 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, business finance, business ethics, portfolio management, and United States economy. Advise students.
Supervise research assistants and independent studies.

1991-Present
Consultant
Expert 156 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
Litigation 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 approximately 475 cases. Testified on 71 occasions.

1999-2007
Adjunct Faculty
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton, CA
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.

Publications

Available Upon Request

Reviews of My Book

Available Upon Request

(My work on the Greek economy has been cited numerous times.)

Earlier Technical Reports and Studies

Economic Impact Study of the Crescent City Harbor, report prepared for the Department of
Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

The Economic Impact on the California Economy of the State's Boating Facility Development
Program, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California,
1992.

Economic Impact Study of the Long Beach Downtown Marina, report prepared for the
Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Economic Impact Study of the Delta Boat Storage Facility, report prepared for the Department of Boating, State of California, 1992.
 
Economic Impact Study of the Pittsburgh Marina, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Economic Impact Study of the Sacramento Boat Harbor, report prepared for the Department of
Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Economic Impact Study of the Cabrillo Beach Marina, report prepared for the Department of
Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Economic Impact Study of the Richmond Marina, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Economic Impact Study of the South Bay Boat Yard Marina Construction, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Economic Impact Study of the Pillar Point Boat Launching Facility Construction, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, 1992.

Comparative Analysis of State-Operated and Locally-Operated Boat Launching Facilities, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways and Resources Agency, State of California, 1992.

Income and Expenditure Analysis of State-Operated and Locally-Operated Boat Launching Facilities, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, offers an extensive operations analysis and policy prescription, submitted to members of the State Legislature, lobbyists, and Commission members, March 1993.

Economic Analysis of the Construction Sector of the San Francisco Bay Area Counties, report prepared for Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert, Oakland, California, October 1994.

Operational Evaluation of State Recreation Area Reservoirs, research prepared for the
Department of Boating and Waterways, State of California, November 1995.

Economic Analysis of Medical Professions, research, consultation and trial testimony for Patrick
McGrath, Esq., Napa, California, May 1997.

Performance Measurement and Strategic Planning of the Department of Boating and Waterways, report prepared for the Department of Boating and Waterways, Department of Finance, and the Governor's Office, State of California, June 1997.

Economic Analysis of Nursing Care Facilities and Analysis of Hedonic Loss, for personal injury litigation, prepared for Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California, August 1997.
 
Multimedia Economics Course Lectures,  and consultation on course content, Harcourt-Brace
Publishers, Boston, November 1997.

Macroeconomics, Central Bank Monetary and Development Policies and Reforms Seminar Outlines, prepared for a technical assistance agency for Tanzania, funded by the World Bank, June 1999.



Papers Presented, Public Lectures and Seminars

Available Upon Request

Research Centers

Summer 1985, graduate research fellow, Centre of Planning and Economic Research, Athens, Greece.

Winter 1995, visiting research fellow, Institute for Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

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 Economics

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.

Special Skills and Languages

Working knowledge of and experience with computer statistical software, word processing and the internet.

Fluent conversational Greek

World Travel

2004    Greece and Holland
2003    Greece and England
2002    Greece and Holland
2001    Greece
1999    Greece and Germany
1996    Greece
1995    England & Wales
1994    Greece, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland & England
1985    Greece & West Germany
1983    Baja California & Mexico
 
References

Available Upon Request

 

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