* Over thirty years of experience in research, teaching, and analysis of financial and statistical matters involved in complex litigation.* Former professor of managerial economics and quantitative methods to M.B.A. students.* Qualified expert witness in economic and statistical matters in various jurisdictions.* Extensive experience in damage valuation, review matters, and rebuttal opinion formulation.* Has served as a testifying damages expert numerous times in court, in addition to extensive deposition experience (including videotaped depositions), Daubert qualified.* Has analyzed hundreds of litigation matters over her career.* Served as a testifying damages expert in a case with approximately one billion dollars of alleged damages for a patent licensing breach of contract dispute.* Has served as a testifying economist in numerous cases involving damages in excess of one million dollars.* Has served as an expert witness in litigation disputes involving Sarbanes-Oxley matters.* Author of numerous expert witness reports related to litigation disputes.* Author of numerous publications in top professional journals.* Extensive experience in public speaking, with presentations to both professional and general audiences, including topics involving the economist's role in the litigation process.* Chera is interested in consulting opportunities in the litigation support field.Specialties: * Chera has extensive experience in providing consulting services to clients involved in litigation related to business interruptions, commercial damages, intellectual property, employment disputes, insurance related matters, securities related matters, medical malpractice, product liability, and various other injury related matters.* Application of economic theory to real world situations, modeling, econometric and statistical applications, event studies.