Economics Expert Witnesses in California

Economics, Intellectual Property - Personal Injury Damages, Economic Damages, Business Damages, Life-care Plan Present Value Assessments, Wrongful Death, Wrongful Termination, Employment, Patents, Trademark, Copyright, Jones Act, FELA, Intellectual Property, Commercial Damages, Lost Profits, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting

I have more than 35 years experience preparing, researching and analyzing financial and economic data and providing economic damages calculations, consulting services and expert reports in support of litigation. Expert testimony provided in hundreds of depositions, Federal and State court trials, arbitration, and before the Special Master in Victims Compensation matters. I prepared quantitative and qualitative analyses, memos and expert reports on tort cases involving personal injury, care costs and life-care plans, wrongful-death, wrongful termination, Jones Act, FELA, intellectual property, and commercial damages. Developed financial models for firms in a variety of markets, including the telecommunications, retail, casino gambling, insurance, manufacturing, tire wholesaler, oil services, residential real estate, merchant service provider, fire suppression, financial services, courier services, trade schools and hotel industries. Vice-President of the National Association of Fore...

Fresno, California

Economics, Financial - economist, forensic economist, economic damages, personal injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination, loss of earnings, discrimination, expert witness, loss of household services, life care plan valuation, loss of earning capacity, economic losses, tax neutralization, medical malpractice

Dr. Avalos is a Professor of Economics at California State University, Fresno, where he has served as a faculty member since 2003. Dr. Avalos’ research and publication record relevant to forensic economics includes the following: • Avalos, Antonio, R. Sean Alley, and Philip T. Ganderton, “Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of New Mexico”, Journal of Forensic Economics, 28(1-2):211-226, 2019. • Avalos, Antonio, “General Guidelines for the Conversion of Damages Calculated in Foreign Currency: Tort Claims”, Journal of Forensic Economics 28(1):1-14, 2019. • Avalos, Antonio and Sean Alley, “Use and Limitations of Purchasing Power Parity for the Conversion of Damages Calculated in Foreign Currency: An Updated Look”, Journal of Legal Economics 21(2): 1-25, 2015. • Avalos, Antonio and Sean Alley, “Are Mexican Net Discount Rates Stationary? An Application for Lost Earnings Damages Involving Undocumented Workers”, Journal of Forensi...

Economics, Statistics - Lost wages, Antitrust, Class action, Lost profits, Breach of contract, Damages, Liability, Survey design, Conjoint analysis, Big data, Machine learning, Privileged consulting, Discrimination, Wrongful termination, Wrongful death, Industrial espionage, Fraud detection, Employment discrimination

Dr. Cross has over 20 years of experience as an economist and statistician in academia, government, and consulting. His consulting experience includes testifying as an expert in class-action litigations, antitrust matters, lost profits matters, and employment discrimination matters. Dr. Cross holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. He previously taught in the Economics Department at Georgetown University, and has held visiting positions at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Melbourne. Dr. Cross’s experience includes: Being retained as an economic and statistical expert in litigation matters in both U.S. District courts and state courts. He has opined in antitrust, class action, employment discrimination, breach of contract and regulatory matters. Working on litigation matters involving antitrust issues, class certification, statistical sampling, survey design, conjoint analysis, health-care reimbursement, wage and hour cases, product liability, economic dama...

California

Economics - Income Loss Calculations, Life Care Valuations, Wrongful Termination, Wrongful Death Claims, Opposing Expert Analysis, Economic Analysis, National Association of Forensic Economics, Forensic Economist, Testimony, Adverse Tax calculation, product liability, employment law litigation

Brandt Forensic Economics delivers expert economic analysis tailored to the unique aspects of your case. We focus on claims for personal injury, wrongful death, medical negligence, product liability, wrongful termination, and employment law litigation, with adverse tax calculations upon request. Life care plan valuations are presented in a ground-breaking format. Bill provides testimony and trial exhibits that are clear and concise, as proven through more than 100 trial testimonies. Please call Bill for a no-cost discussion of your case and the role he would play in presenting your case to the Jury.

California

Economics, Statistics - Damages, Antitrust, Statistical Sampling, Class Certification, Healthcare, Health Insurance, Medicare Fraud, Intellectual Property, Patent, Insurance Coverage, Securities Fraud, Environmental Disputes

David is a versatile economist who has worked in private consulting for 20+ years. He has been an Economics professor at several Southern California colleges, where he taught economic theory, econometrics, statistics, and finance. For several years he led an Antitrust Seminar in the joint Law School/Business School program at Pepperdine. David's research is well-cited; his article on Productivity Dynamics has over 1400 citations on Google Scholar. David has been retained as an economic and statistical expert in litigation matters in both U.S. District courts and state courts. He has opined in antitrust, medicare fraud, and intellectual property matters. In addition to his expert witness testimony, David has consulted for a wide variety of corporate and government clients. Last year, he served as chief statistician for the first-ever audit of the US Navy.

Costa Mesa, California

Economics, Business Damages - Damages, Present Value Loss, Lost Profits, Lost Earnings, Lost Income, Lost Wages, Pension Loss, Present Value Medical Care Costs, Lost Earning Capacity

I am well versed in the calculation of past and present value future economic damages for all matters such as employment litigation, business litigation, wrongful death, and personal injury, including the calculation of future medical care costs. I provide credible testimony and produce clear summary reports of relevant conclusions.

Los Angeles, California

Accounting, Business Damages - Fraud Investigations, Tracing of Funds, Economic Damages, Alter Ego, Fraudulent Transfers, Business Appraisal & Valuation, Economics, Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Construction Litigation, Real Estate Litigation, Employment Litigation, Business Interruption

Engel & Engel, LLP is a Los Angeles CPA firm engaged in the practice of forensic accounting for over 25 years. Mr. Engel has served as an expert witness in over 500 forensic accounting cases including expert testimony in connection with a jury award of $2.3 billion. Mr. Engel has authored 20 research publications on the subjects of economic damages, fraudulent transfers, intellectual property, alter ego, business valuation, and employment damages. Mr. Engel's professional credentials include those of Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), Master Analyst in Financial Forensics (MAFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV). Mr. Engel has been engaged in the practice of forensic accounting and expert testimony for forty years including forensic experience at two of the Big 4 accounting firms. Mr. Engel has testified in federal courts, bankruptcy courts, state ...

Los Angeles, California

Economics, Financial - Economic Damages, Economic Loss, Business Interruption, Employment Laws, Class Action Damage Models, Business Valuation, Wrongful Death, Wage and Hour Analysis, Construction Defect, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Net Worth Calculations

Professional valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: wrongful termination, class action, wage and hour, wrongful death, business interruption, construction defect, marital dissolution, stock options. Experienced testimony in state and federal courts. Mediation preparation. Clear and concise work product for deposition and trial presentation. Case intake across the country.

Los Angeles, California

Economics, Business Damages - Damages, Lost Profit, Reasonable Royalty, False Advertising, Consumer Fraud, Class Certification, Class Action, Market Power, Market Definition, Patent, Survey, Valuation

Dr. Eric Forister is an expert economist with testifying experience on market definition, market power, and damages. His expertise includes applying advanced statistical techniques to datasets, synthesizing information from documents, and designing and evaluating surveys. He focuses on relevant questions to tackle complex issues with an efficient and effective style of communication. Dr. Forister also has extensive experience consulting on issues including royalty rates, irreparable harm, sampling, survey design, common impact, and materiality. He is a Senior Economist at Econ One and can be reached for more information upon request. Learn more at www.econone.com/staff-member/eric-forister.

Los Angeles, California

Business Damages, Economics - intellectual property(patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, licensing, royalties), entertainment, music, business valuations, lost profits, statistics, lost earnings, product marketing

A considerable part of Dr. Goedde’s practice involves intellectual property issues including patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition matters as well as business valuations. His background in engineering and economics combined with his work experience in profit planning, budgeting, product marketing and acquisitions analysis has enabled him to assist clients in a wide range of intellectual property litigation. Dr. Goedde can also draw upon his experience as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His testimony experience in patent infringement matters includes economic analysis of the Panduit factors, applying Georgia Pacific factors to evaluate reasonable royalty; and, developing RAND royalty rates considering such issues as scope of the royalty base, lump sum and running royalties, royalty stacking, license comparability, university licensing agreements, exclusive licensing, and apportionment of profits to non-infringing components. Dr. ...

San Francisco, California

Economics, Financial - Economic Loss, Valuation Of Economic Loss, Valuation Of Wrongful Death, Business Interruption, Marital Dissolution, Pension Valuation, Business Valuation, Employment Laws

Professional, detailed valuation of economic loss in the following practice areas: personal injury / wrongful death (including maritime and medical malpractice); employment law (wrongful termination; discrimination; Equal Pay Act, wage and hour; class action); business interruption; and marital dissolution (including business and pension valuation). Reasonable rates.

San Francisco, California

Real Estate, Economics - RE finance/investment,Causation/liability,Damages,Consulting expert, Valuation/appraisal/analytics,Fiduciary/ ethics, Due process/diligence, Properties/markets, Cycles, Conservation easements,Housing, Financial economics, Development/building,Loans, Securitization/CMBS/RMBS, Proptech, Leases, Strate

Dr. Stephen Roulac’s background includes working as a real estate expert providing professional strategic property analytic, investment management, and advisory services to decision-makers. Stephen Roulac has been retained as a consulting and/or testifying expert for 150+ matters, including many of the most significant real estate litigation assignments of the last several decades. Dr. Roulac and his team provide consulting advice and expert witness services to assist clients in resolving problems, including diagnosis, analysis, development of alternative solutions, and implementation assistance in negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and litigation. Dr. Roulac and his team have assisted attorneys to successfully pursue their cases on behalf of plaintiffs, defendants and the public interest in civil, bankruptcy, and criminal matters in Municipal/Superior/Federal courts and in public hearings and specialized proceedings before government (city, county, state, federal) and legislativ...

Los Osos, California

Economics, Financial - Economic loss in personal injury, life care planning valuations, loss of earnings, loss of earnings capacity, loss of household services, present value of future medical needs, medical malpractice, plaintiff and defense, personal injury, catastrophic injury, non-catastrophic injury

Dr. Scheitrum is a PhD Economist with over fifteen years of experience calculating economic damages for litigation. Testified at deposition, arbitration, and trial for both plaintiff and defense clients. Performs estimates of economic loss in personal injury, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and wrongful termination. Specializes in large data analysis for class actions and antitrust disputes. Worked at various litigation consulting firms providing insight on the calculation of economic damages in hundreds of disputes in the U.S. and internationally. Currently, Dr. Scheitrum is a university professor in California. LCPMD is sought by attorneys for our credible, defensible, physician created life care plans and exceptional expert witness services. Our team further includes vocational and PhD economist experts - making LCPMD the one stop for valid insight into complex personal injury cases.

Los Angeles, California

Economics, Business Damages - Damages, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Medical Malpractice, Discrimination, Employment, Antitrust, Market Power, Market Definition, Class Action, Class Certification, Economic Analysis, Econometric Analysis, Economic Consulting

Dr. Michael Trousdale is a managing director at Econ One Research with over 15 years of experience conducting and managing complex economic research. As an economic expert, Dr. Trousdale applies economic and statistical analysis to liability and damages estimation for litigation matters. He has consulted on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants across a wide array of industries and products, including professional sports, commercial real estate, steel products manufacturing, air & surface transportation, oil & gas, electricity, pharmaceuticals, radio equipment, and a variety of others.