Economist Expert Witnesses in West Virginia

This highly qualified banking supervisory expert is a former officer at the Federal Reserve Board, where he was responsible for regulatory policies and supervisory standards surrounding credit, market, liquidity and operational risk management at regulated institutions. The expert first joined the Federal Reserve in 1991 as a Supervisory Financial Analyst and became a Deputy Associate Director for the Board of Governors in 2004. He oversaw market and liquidity risk, as well as capital markets, and also handled operational risk policy in his last year with the Federal Reserve. Over the course of a 20-year career with the regulatory body, he established and managed regulatory and supervisory programs on the capital requirements and risk management of banking organizations' capital markets, trading and derivatives activities; treasury functions; interest rate, market risk, and liquidity exposures; and investment portfolio and asset/liability management practices. After leaving the Federal Reserve, the expert joined Ernst & Young LLP as an Executive Director of the Financial Services Risk Management Advisory Practice. He earned his Bachelor of Arts & Sciences in Economics & International Relations from American University, his Masters of Arts & Sciences in Economics from Boston College, his Masters of Business Administration from George Washington University, and his Chartered Financial Analyst credential from CFA Institute.

This expert is an extensively published economic damages and Intellectual property consultant. He has completed complex consulting assignments involving the valuation and pricing of patents, trademarks, copyrights and other intangible assets. His opinions are used to accomplish licensing transactions, acquisitions, transfer pricing, litigation support, collateral-based financing, and joint ventures. His work has also notably been relied upon with regards to IP infringement damages. This expert also publishes three royalty rate resource books, which have been sold all over the world. These books are dedicated to reporting detailed information about the economic aspects of intellectual property transactions including licensing and joint ventures.

This expert has been providing forensic accounting, economic damages and business valuation services to attorneys and their clients for over 20 years. He earned a B.A. in Economics from the University of Pittsburgh, where he also completed an M.B.A. in Accounting and Finance. Accredited in Business Valuation and Certified in Financial Forensics and Fraud Examination, he is an active member of both the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the former of which he serves on the Economic Damages Task Force. He has provided accounting and consulting services to businesses ranging from start-up entities to Fortune 100 companies, specializing in forensic accounting. Currently, this expert is a Partner at a major accounting firm and practices in the firm's forensic, litigation, and valuation services group. He is a frequent speaker on topics related to economic damages and fraud, and his written work on topics relevant to economic damage analysis, fraud investigations, and business valuation has appeared in publications such as "FVS Consulting Digest" and "CPA Insider".

This expert earned his Ph.D. in Statistics from Harvard University and is a member of the American Statistical Association, the American Economic Association, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has extensive publication and speaking experience on the topic of statistical analysis in the fields of insurance, product liability, public policy, damages, and probability, among others. Statistical expertise includes: regression analysis, sampling and research design, reliability and validity, statistical significance, modeling and estimation, risk analysis, data mining and analysis, quality control, and forecasting and time series.