Statement on Consulting:
In addition to my academic work at Brown, I have worked as an economics
consultant since around 1975, mostly in forensic economics. I have also
occasionally worked on other special projects, such as economic impact
statements.
Forensic economics is the application of economic analysis to legal cases;
most often forensic economists estimate damages in lawsuits. I have been
engaged as an economics expert in death and disability cases, divorce cases,
business loss cases, and (rarely) criminal cases. I have also testified in
interest arbitrations.
I have testified many times in state and federal courts in the northeast.
I estimate that I work around 60 percent of the time for plaintiffs and
around 40 percent of the time for defendants. When employed by defendant, my
task is usually to analyze and critique the report or expected testimony of
the plaintiff's economist. This is often fascinating because it requires
economic detective work: discovering the sometimes hidden and implausible
assumptions of the economist on the other side, and estimating what would happen
to other economist's estimate of damages if those assumptions were changed.
My work as a forensic economist is related to some of the teaching and
research that I have done. The course I taught on Economics and the Law
benefited greatly from the fact that I have been in courtrooms more than many
lawyers. My research on theories of tort liability rules, and on theories of
the value of life benefited from my having been involved in many cases as an
expert witness. Finally, my experience as an expert witness was often helpful
when I advised students, especially students interested in legal careers.
A partial list of clients or client firms is shown below. For law firms, I
show the city and state. For others (e.g. insurance companies, cities and
towns) I do not. When I list a law firm, it means I have been employed by an
attorney or attorneys at that firm to write reports, or to testify at trials
or depositions, or to advise. When I list an insurance company, it means that
I have been directly engaged by that company on one or more occasions. For
further information including a fee schedule and a list of trials and
depositions, please call or email. For a CV, click here.
Last updated January 2016. Law firm names may be as of date of
service.
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Adler, Cohen, Harvey
, Wakeman &. Guekguezian
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Boston
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MA
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Adler, Pollock & Sheehan
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Providence
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RI
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Allstate Insurance
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Alston & Bird
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Atlanta
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GA
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American Commerce Insurance Co.
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Armstrong, Gibbons & Gnys
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Providence
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RI
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Baluch & Mathieu
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Providence
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RI
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Brady & Callahan
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Springfield
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VT
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Brown University
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Caprio Law Firm
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Providence
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RI
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Carmody & Torrance
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Waterbury
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CT
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City of Providence
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Cochran, Neufeld & Scheck (Now Neufeld Scheck & Brustin)
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New York
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NY
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Coia & Lepore
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Providence
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RI
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Cooney, Scully and Dowling
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Hartford
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CT
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Cosentino Law Associates
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Providence
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RI
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Covington
& Burling
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Washington
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DC
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Danaher Lagnese
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Hartford
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CT
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Day Pitney
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Hartford
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CT
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Decof, Decof & Barry
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Providence
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RI
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DeLuca & Weizenbaum
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Providence
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RI
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Timothy Dodd
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Providence
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RI
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Early, Ludwick, Sweeney & Strauss
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New Haven
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CT
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Edwards Wildman
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Boston
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MA
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Foley Cerilli
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Providence
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RI
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Foley Hoag
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Boston
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MA
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James Green
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West Palm Beach
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FL
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Greenberg Traurig
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Atlanta
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GA
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Gunning & LaFazia
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Warwick
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RI
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Hanify & King (Now Murphy & King)
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Boston
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MA
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Hinshaw & Culbertson
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Boston
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MA
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Risk Management Foundation (CRICO)
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Hinckley , Allen, & Snyder
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Providence
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RI
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Mark Itzkowitz
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Boston
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MA
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Kenneth Kolpan
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Boston
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MA
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Kiernan, Plunkett & Redihan
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Providence
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RI
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Rob Levine & Associates
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Providence
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RI
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.
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Lipman & Katz
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Augusta
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ME
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Litchfield Cavo
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Simsbury
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CT
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Lovett Schefrin Harnett
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Providence
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RI
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Lubin & Meyer
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Boston
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MA
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Martin, Magnuson, McCarthy & Kenney
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Boston
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MA
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Martinous Law Associates
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Providence
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RI
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McGovern, Noel & Benik (Now Holland & Knight)
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Providence
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RI
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Melick & Porter
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Boston
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MA
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Montstream & May
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Glastonbury
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CT
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Morrison Mahoney
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Various cities
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Motley Rice
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Providence
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RI
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Murphy & Riley
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Boston
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MA
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Partridge, Snow & Hahn
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Providence
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RI
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Ronald Resmini
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Providence
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RI
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Reynolds, DeMarco & Boland
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Providence
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RI
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RI Dept. of Attorney General
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Rice, Dolan & Kershaw
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Providence
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RI
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Rodio & Brown
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Cranston
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RI
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Law Offices of Gerald Sack
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West Hartford
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CT
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Sloane and Walsh
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Boston
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MA
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St. Paul Travelers Insurance (Now The Travelers Companies)
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Sulloway & Hollis
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Concord
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NH
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Tarro & Marrotti
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Warwick
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RI
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Tate & Latham
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Providence
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RI
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Vetter & White
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Providence
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RI
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Wadleigh, Starr & Peters
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Manchester
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NH
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Wiggin & Dana
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New Haven
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CT
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