Expert economist that has more than 45 years of professional experience in economics with specialized expertise in the intersection of economics and law. Their work focuses on industrial organization and antitrust economics, transaction cost economics, regulation and cost–benefit analysis, microeconomics, public choice, economics of advertising and safety, and the economics of privacy. The expert’s work also includes economic analysis of business practices, consumer protection issues, deceptive advertising standards, market competition, regulatory policy, and the economic implications of legal and policy frameworks. The expert has held senior academic and government positions involving economic research, policy analysis, and regulatory evaluation. Academic appointments include service as a professor of economics and professor of economics and law, as well as leadership responsibilities as acting chair of an economics department.

In government service, the expert held positions as chief economist at a federal consumer product safety regulatory agency, director of advertising economics at a federal consumer protection and competition enforcement agency, and served as a senior economist with a federal executive advisory body providing economic analysis to the President. These roles involved economic analysis of regulatory policy, consumer protection law, advertising regulation, product safety policy, and competition issues. The expert’s research and scholarship address a wide range of topics within law and economics, including antitrust analysis, regulatory policy, privacy and information regulation, consumer protection law, tort reform, and the economic effects of legal rules on markets and business behavior. Their academic work has contributed to the fields of industrial organization, public policy, and regulatory economics. The expert has authored and edited multiple books and has published extensively in peer-reviewed economics and law journals addressing the economic analysis of legal institutions, regulation, and market behavior.

In addition to academic and policy work, the expert has more than 25 years of experience providing expert witness services in litigation and regulatory matters. This work has included litigation consultation, preparation of economic analyses and affidavits, deposition testimony, and courtroom testimony in matters involving antitrust, advertising practices, product liability, regulatory economics, and economic issues related to market competition and consumer protection. The expert has received professional recognition for contributions to the field of economics and law, including leadership roles in professional organizations and editorial responsibilities in academic publishing. This includes service as president of a major regional economic association and editor-in-chief of a peer-reviewed economics journal, as well as fellowship in a professional society focused on public choice economics. Educational credentials include a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in economics.