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I lead quantitative economic research and analysis into issues arising in litigation, insurance claims, environmental regulation and enforcement, natural resource management and business decisions affected by contingent liabilities. I hold B.S. and M.S. degrees in applied economics fields. Over the past 19 years I have contributed to, managed and led numerous economic consulting studies.I regularly provide privileged consulting and expert testimony for attorneys involved with commercial, environmental and toxic tort litigation. My expertise is applying microeconomics, econometrics, valuation methods and statistics to evaluate liability and causation, quantify impact and determine appropriate compensatory damages. My experience encompasses a wide variety of issues; • Diminution of property values, • Business torts (breach of contract, trade secrets, fraud, unfair competition, product defect), • Commercial property damage (business disruption, competitive disadvantage, cargo losses),• Natural resource damages (NRD), • Environmental enforcement, • Property rights, • Bodily injury/wrongful death, • Class certification issues, • Antitrust and competition, and• Discriminatory practices. My expert opinions have been offered on behalf of both defendant and plaintiff parties through written, deposition and trial testimony. I have extensive experience supporting parties responsible for NRD recoverable under the OPA, the CERCLA and state laws. My expertise comprises assessment study design and management, and application of econometric modeling and non-market valuation methods to quantify injury and determine appropriate compensation for natural resource benefits lost or impaired by hazardous substances. Outside the NRDA process, I support loss control and transaction valuation by quantifying environmental liabilities contingent on regulation or legal action.Since joining Roux, I began directly supporting insurance claims valuation, including assessing the reasonableness of underlying legal settlements as well as the underwriting process through risk exposure estimation and forecasting.I support the regulated community evaluate the costs and benefits associated with proposed regulations governing air quality, water quality, land use, and habitat and species conservation. Additionally, I help stakeholders in the natural resource permitting, planning, operations and management decision process by quantifying economic values and impacts of alternative designs and outcomes.

Listed skills include Stata, Data Analysis, Microeconomics, Econometric Modeling, and 10 others.