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EDUCATION

Ph.D., Economics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1977

M.P.P., Public Policy Studies, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1973

B.Sc., Economics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, 1970

Graduated, W.B. Ray High School, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1966

 

CONSULTING

2005-2006         Port of Corpus Christi Authority (with Emerson Technical Analysis)

1985-pres          General Economic, and Business Consulting,

1986-pres          Litigation Support: Various Defense and Plaintiff's Attorneys; Economic Valuations of Business and Personal Losses

 

EMPLOYMENT

1999-1999         Adjunct Professor of Economics, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi, Texas

1979-1989         Executive Vice President, Oil Field Equipment Co., Corpus Christi, Texas

1977-1979         Assistant Professor of Economics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

1976-1977         Lecturer in Economics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.

1975-1975         Lecturer, School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1974-1975         Teaching Asst., School of Public Health, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1972-1975         Research Asst., Institute of Public Policy Studies, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1971-1971         Teaching Assistant, School of Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

1970-1971         Special Administrative Assistant to the Chairman of the Board, International Business Machines Corporation, IBM Internship Program, Armonk, New York

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

National Association of Forensic Economics, (President 2003-2005, Western Vice-President, 1992 - 1996)

Journal of Forensic Economics, (Board of Editors, 1996-2000)

 

PUBLICATIONS

“Assessing Economic Damages in Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation: The State of Texas,” in Journal of Forensic Economics, 2007, 20(1), 49-71. (published February 2008)

The Valuation of Earning Capacity:  Definition, Measurement and Evidence,” with Frank Slesnick, in Journal of Forensic Economics, 1999, 12(1), 13-32.  Reprinted in Kaufman, James D. Rodgers, and Gerald Martin, Economic Foundations of Injury and Death Damages, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2005.

“Reference Guide for Valuing Economic Loss in Personal Injury, Wrongful Death and Survival Actions,” with Thomas R. Ireland and James D. Rodgers, in Expert Economic Testimony: Reference Guides for Judges and Attorneys, by Thomas R. Ireland, Stephen M. Horner, James D. Rodgers, Patrick A. Gaughan, Robert R. Trout and Michael J. Piette.  Tucson, AZ: Lawyers & Judges Publishing Company, 1998.

Review of Gamboa, Jr., A. M. (1995): The New Worklife Expectancy Tables, in Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling, Volume 27, Number 3, Fall 1996, page 67

 

                                                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                        

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