Personal Injury Damages Expert Witnesses

Arthur B. Kagan, FSA, EA , is one of the most qualified Actuaries and Pension Plan consultants in the country. In his over 40 year career, he has helped thousands of plan sponsors with the management of their company’s retirement plans, as well as hundreds of thousands of plan participants with their pension benefits.

 Litigation Support - Since selling his firm, Mr. Kagan has been involved in approximately 10 expert witness cases for attorneys in various specialty areas, including class actions. He specializes in qualified and non-qualified retirement plans under ERISA law.  With an FSA, the highest educational designation for actuaries, and an EA, an enrolled actuary which allows certification of pension plan valuations, he can serve as an expert witness in the following areas:

Marital Dissolution Life Estate Calculations Pension Plan Disputes Audits Loss of Income Injury Disability

IRS / DOL / PBGC Complaince Pension Profit Sharing Plans 401K Retirement Plans ERISA Injury / Death Insurance and Annuities

 
Degrees / Certifications - FSA, Fellow Society of Actuaries, EA Enrolled Actuary, FCA Fellow Conference of Actuaries in Public Practice, Members of ASPPA, NIPA, and Western Pension and Benefits Conference, FINRA securities license, and life / health insurance agent license with State of California.

Dr. Adhia is triple-Board-Certified in Psychiatry, Brain Injury Medicine and Forensic Psychiatry. In addition to forensic/expert witness practice, Dr. Adhia has provided patient care in the Houston area. His forensic practice focuses on the psychiatric impact of personal injury, medical-malpractice, drug and alcohol abuse, sexual abuse, competency, violence, and complicating mental illness, as well as psychiatric disability. Dr. Adhia is among one of the few Forensic Psychiatrists who is also Board-Certified in Brain Injury Medicine. Often, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can be a major factor in litigation as it can result in psychiatric or neurocognitive impairments. He has expertise in psychopharmacology, the medicine of medication. In addition, Dr. Adhia works with Physicians for Human Rights to assess victims of kidnapping and false imprisonment, human trafficking, undue influence, physical and sexual abuse, rape, and fear of imminent death. In all populations, he assesses PTSD, Anxiety, Depressive Disorders, risk of suicide, and malingering. He is experienced in treatment and impact of drug and alcohol abuse on decision-making. Dr. Adhia has also treated severe psychosis (Schizophrenia, hallucinations) and psychopathology. Prior to his work at PACE, Dr. Adhia was formerly treating patients at a Maximum Security Prison and and prison psychiatric hospital.  

Dr. Adhia’s findings consider complicating factors, such as emotional distress worsened by other active physcial and mental conditions. Other factors are pre-existing mental and physical illness, competency and capacity (e.g. dementia, Intellectual Disability.) As a physician, Dr. Adhia is uniquely qualified to review medical records and doctor reports. Institutional medicine, medical malpractice, and standard of care apply to both public and private facilities, including government regulated correctional institutions and psychiatric hospitals. Dr. Adhia is skilled in these med-legal issues. Dr. Adhia conducts Independent Medical Examinations, review of records, and reports his med-legal findings and opinions. He is available to testify in civil, criminal, probate, Federal, Immigration and administrative jurisdictions.

Violence Sexual abuse Malpractice and Standard of Care Alcohol and Drug Abuse Anxiety and Depression Psychopharmacology Competency

PTSD Suicide Psychiatric Injury Wrongful Death Correctional Fitness for Duty Brain Injury

Analysis & Inference, Inc. is a team of statisticians and data scientists whose expertise in Statistical Theory and Application has been honed over the course of more than 700 projects. Senior statisticians, Dr. William (Will) Fairley and Dr. William (Bill) Huber direct A+I statistical consulting and research for corporations, government, non-profit agencies, and law firms, providing in-depth perspective and highly effective analysis.

Services Include:

• Risk Analysis - Statistical, probability, and related financial analyses for risk, accidents, and health
• Audits, Surveys, Theft, and Fraud - Determination through statistical sampling and modeling of amounts of monies recoverable in audit disallowances, large-scale thefts, and fraud, etc.
• Discrimination - Analysis of data, questions of statistical significance and validity, and development of models relevant to a wide range of discrimination claims in employment or in municipal services, housing, and other areas by age, sex, race, etc.
• Liability and Damages - Statistical analysis and related economic aspects to address alleged harm or specific damages
• Finance, Regulation, and Insurance - Statistical analysis and related aspects of finance theory and economics in issues such as price discrimination, royalties, real property valuation, investment risk and return, regulated rates of return, and risk classification in property-liability insurance
• Public Policy - Examples are school funding mechanisms, hazardous materials management, economic regulation, and discrimination

William B. Fairley, PhD, President, Co-Founder, and Senior Statistician is nationally recognized for contributions to law and public policy and widely published in leading statistical and economics journals. He has contributed to successful outcomes in more than 400 professional engagements. He has published over 45 professional articles, and been accepted as an expert by over 30 courts, boards, arbitrators, or mediators.

An expert with respect to the Medicaid reimbursement system, Dr. Fairley was the first to identify and quantify an unfair bias in the way the system assigned payments to the states. By introducing the concept of a “Penalty Bias,” he helped return millions of dollars in penalties to a coalition of states.

Dr. Fairley has been recognized as an expert statistician in numerous federal and state courts, as well as in settlement negotiations, arbitrations, and mediations.

William A. Huber, PhD, Statistician, Mathematician, and Data Analyst is an Accredited Professional Statistician (American Statistical Association) with a PhD in mathematics from Columbia University.

When New Jersey implemented new regulations to control groundwater pollution, Dr. Huber predicted that prominent manufacturing plants would face unexpected and unfair financial penalties. Using statewide data obtained through the FOIA, he created and analyzed a database of monitoring records to determine which facilities would be affected. Working closely with industry, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the public, Dr. Huber recommended changes to the regulations which were quickly adopted, leading to a fairer, more effective program that remains in use today.

Dr. Huber mines data to uncover valuable insights that improve critical business decisions to boost company and product performance. His expertise is in developing models which describe patterns and explain the relationships among variables that can reveal previously unseen facts of high business value. As President and Founder of Quantitative Decisions, a statistical consulting and software development firm, Dr. Huber completed over 300 projects, illuminating ideas that accelerate growth, innovation, and competitiveness. Many of his projects have focused on environmental statistics and decision analysis.

Dr. Huber has testified in federal courts and supported litigation as a consulting expert in many states and Mexico.

Peter J. Bondy FSA, MAAA, has more than 45 years of experience as an Actuary and a Financial Services Professional. He has served as a corporate executive, as a corporate director, and as a consultant domestically and internationally. Mr. Bondy has extensive experience with insurance company and reinsurer matters and practices ranging from basic business practices to matters involving financial projections and valuations as well as sales practices. He has served on corporate boards and brings a broad understanding of the issues involved. A published author, Mr. Bondy has delivered lectures and spoken frequently around the country. He is fluent in English and Spanish, his first language. Litigation Support - Having had experience with many complex projects throughout his career, Mr. Bondy is able to serve as an expert consultant or as an expert witness for complex matters and issues regarding annuities, insurance, reinsurance, emerging mortality, experience issues, and corporate matters. He provides a broad range of litigation support services to attorneys representing both plaintiff and defendant. Areas of Expertise

• Actuary / Actuarial
• Reinsurance
• Economic Loss
• Joint Marital Property
• Valuation of Streams of Contingent Future Payments
• Usufruct Arrangements
• Private Annuities
• Insurance : Life / Health / Annuities / Disability
• Life Settlements / Structured Settlement Annuities
• Appraisal and Performance Evaluation of: Life Insurance / Life Settlement Transactions / Annuity Benefits / Retirement Benefits

The Center for Forensic Economic Studies is a leading provider of economic and statistical analysis relating to litigation. Our staff includes economists, statisticians and valuation experts.

We assist with discovery, critique opposing claims and produce clear, credible reports and expert testimony. Since 1980, attorneys and their clients have relied on our expertise in thousands of cases in jurisdictions across the country.

Our areas of Concentration Include:

Personal Injury / Wrongful Death Economic Damages

Commercial Damages / Business Interruption Claims

Economic Damages in Employment Matters

Employment Discrimination - Statistical Analysis

Business Valuations / Appraisal

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Christopoulos Economics Consulting Group is a full-service expert witness firm, providing highly capable and professional analyses, reports, tables, charts, and credible testimony on Economic Damages and related issues for attorneys throughout California.

By specializing in litigation economics, Christopoulos Economics Consulting Group provides Forensic Analysis and Auditing, Economic Damage Analyses, Statistical Research, and Economic Loss Reports. They have the experience necessary to provide testimonies and produce reports which summarize and present opinions and conclusions in a manner that is clear and easily understood. They are consistently retained by both plaintiff and defense attorneys and are well versed in the calculation of present value past and future economic damages, including the calculation of future medical care costs.

James Christopoulos, JD, MA, the founder of Christopoulos Economics Consulting Group, is an Economist and a Lawyer. His comprehension of complex legal issues combined with his many years of experience as an economist provides his clients with a unique set of abilities when calculating economic losses and communicating those opinions to both judge and jury.

Mr. Christopoulos has testified as an expert witness economist in state and federal courts along with arbitrations, mediations, and depositions and has prepared and presented economic loss calculations for well over 1,000 cases.

Areas of Litigation Expertise:

Personal Injury Wrongful Death Medical Malpractice Product Liability Tort Actions FELA Cases Minor, Multiple Plaintiffs Breach of Contract Unjust Enrichment Interference Interruption Breach of Fiduciary Duty Forensic Analysis and Audit

Employment Discrimination Wrongful Termination Failure to Promote Wage & Hour Pay Equity Class Actions Income Loss Health Benefits Loss Pension, Retirement Benefits Loss Wage Loss Differential Forensic Analysis Statistical Analysis of Data, Trends Present Value Calculations

David B. Spiegler, CCM has more than 45 years of proven experience in providing expertise across a broad spectrum of activities involving Meteorology, Climatology, and the Environment. Since the 1980s, he has provided expert analysis for more than 50 law firms and insurance companies on weather related legal and/or insurance claims. Mr. Spiegler has worked on cases in a number of states and has testified in district and superior courts, at arbitration hearings, and at environmental regulatory hearings. He has always been found to be qualified by the court. 

Mr. Spiegler's cases range from slip and fall accidents, to motor vehicle, aircraft, and boating accidents, wrongful death and homicide, as well as cases for which damage to – or loss of – property from wind , snow, heavy rain, flooding, and ocean waves occurred. For many cases, he visited the site of the event and evaluated the physical and terrain factors. For all cases, he acquired, analyzed, and interpreted the weather data, reconstructed the weather at the time and location of the event/incident and/or damage or loss, and provided expert opinion and rationale for the opinion. 

Services Offered:

• Forensic Meteorology - build legal and insurance cases
• Weather Industry Consulting - increases market share and profits
• Weather and Climate Analysis - yields informed business decisions due to the impact of weather and climate

David Gouiran, MBA, JD, is the Principal Economist at Delta Economics. A graduate of New York University-Stern School of Business, Columbia University Business School, and New York Law School, with concentrations in finance and economics, he has over 17 years of relevant experience in the global investment, banking, and financial services arena.

Background - From 2004-2013, Mr. Gouiran served as the Managing Member for Delta Capital Management's investment advisory company. His duties included real estate management consulting services, including lease negotiation, tenant management and collections, and tax and estate planning services.

Prior to Delta Capital, Mr. Gouiran acted as counsel to Deutsche Bank’s foreign exchange (“FX”) sales and trading desk, particularly FX Prime Brokerage.

Mr. Gouiran is a member of the Member of the National Association of Forensic Economics, Collegium of Pecuniary Damages Experts, American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts, and New York and New Jersey Bar Associations.

Litigation Support - Mr. Gouiran offers high quality, comprehensible, prompt, and reasonably priced calculation of Economic Losses for New Jersey and New York litigators. Retained for his expertise over 35 times, his services are available to counsel representing both Plaintiff and Defendant.

Areas of Expertise - David Gouiran delivers expert analysis and calculation of losses, reports, present value calculations, and testimony for the following cases:

Personal Injury Wrongful Death Wrongful Termination Commercial Litigation

Life Care Plans Lost Past and Future Earnings Benefits and Pensions Household Services and Companionship

Donald M. May PhD, CPA, Managing Partner at DMA Economics, LLC, possesses over 30 years of Valuation and Economic Damages experience. He implements a broad range of damage analyses and valuations for clients, including billion-dollar investment funds under SEC investigation as well multi-national firms involved in intellectual property disputes, consumers in product mislabeling cases, and small to mid-sized businesses involved in complex commercial litigation.

Background Experience - Prior to founding DMA Economics LLC, Dr. May was Managing Director at Berkley Research Group and the Principal in charge of valuation and litigation support services for a regional accounting firm, a Managing Director for PricewaterhouseCoopers, and a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Sloan School of Management. He has performed over 200 valuations of closely held businesses across numerous industries for financial reporting and estate planning.

Dr. May has been published in several distinguished academic and practitioner journals such as The Journal of Finance, The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Hedge Fund Law Review, and is currently an editorial board member of The Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis.

Litigation Support - Dr. May is a world class expert in the Valuation of Damages. Dr. May has prepared expert reports and testified in federal and state courts as well as AAA, JAMS, and FINRA arbitration hearings, and has also effectively communicated as an expert witness testifier and consultant in several multi-million dollar cases.

Recent Litigation Matters:

• Misrepresentations in Leveraged Buyout (“LBO”) Financing Practices
• Theft of Trade Secrets, Trade Dress, and Intellectual Property
• Food Product Mislabeling
• Securities Fraud Under SEC Section 10b-5 and Section 11
• Accounting Misstatements in Public and Private Company Acquisitions
• Lost Profits and Lost Enterprise Value Associated with Product Defects and Breach of Contract

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Vera Dolan is an epidemiologist with over 30 years of experience in the life and health insurance industries. She is one of the leading mortality experts in the life insurance industry. She writes underwriting manuals and policy and procedure manuals for life and health insurance companies.

Vera has testified in both state and federal court, and has been retained in over 150 cases since 2006 for plaintiffs and defense on an equal basis. She is very credible testifying in deposition and on the stand.

* Life expectancies that are personalized and accurate to the standards of the life insurance and life settlement industries. Addresses the cases when life expectancies that are simply taken from a life table or estimated by a doctor, actuary or biostatistician are too long, too short, insufficient or not credible. Addresses the cases when a complete insight into the individual's medical conditions and/or personal history of high-risk behaviors is needed to assist the judge or jury in their decision. This information often decides the case, see article for details.

* Expert in bad faith/wrongful denial of life/health insurance claims.

* Expert in life/health insurance underwriting material misrepresentation.

* Expert in medical risk assessment and underwriting issues.

* Expert in life insurance underwriting policies and procedures.

* Expert in epidemiology. Previous cases include infectious diseases, occupational and environmental exposures, pesticides and tobacco.

* Approved life expectancy expert with the U.S. Department of Justice.

* Active consultant to the life insurance industry conducting cohort mortality studies, and writing underwriting and policy and procedure manuals.

* Over 100 articles published on mortality research and underwriting.

* Friendly, clear, concise, objective and quantitative.

* There is no charge for the initial phone consultation.

* There is no charge for travel time.

Dr. Edmund H. Mantell, Ph.D. is a Consulting Economist and Expert Witness who has been engaged by both Plaintiffs and Defendants. His services are provided rapidly and efficiently.

Services:

Calculations of the loss of earnings and the loss of fringe benefits in personal injury or wrongful death cases

Projections of the costs of future care for seriously disabled persons; therapeutic modalities, pharmaceuticals, custodial care, treatment by physicians

Areas of Expertise:

Case Review Forensic Economics Wrongful Death Personal Injury Lost Earnings Securities Experts Spousal Evaluation Economic Damages Calculation of Loss

Antitrust Financial Damages Intellectual Property Infringement Damages Disability & Loss of Income Cost of Future Care Trial Exhibit Preparation Analysis of Reports Structured Settlements

Malcolm S. Cohen, PhD, President of Employment Research Corporation, has over 30 years of experience in the field of Economics and Employment specializing in Labor Markets and Statistical Analysis.

Dr. Cohen founded the firm in 1997, after retiring as the Director of the Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations at the University of Michigan, which he directed for 13 years. With a PhD in Economics from the MIT in 1967, his research interests include labor market information, labor turnover, employment forecasting and labor shortages. He has directed several major studies to identify national shortage occupations and measure labor turnover using administrative records.

Dr. Cohen's book, Labor Shortages as America Approaches the Twenty-first Century, was published by the University of Michigan Press. His most recent book, Global Skill Shortages, written with Professor Mahmood A. Zaidi, is published by Edward Elgar Publishing. He has had articles published in a large number of journals, including: Journal of Human Resources, Monthly Labor Review, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Statistics, Journal of Economic Theory, and The American Economic Review.

Litigation Support - Dr. Cohen has either testified or been a consultant in over 1,000 audits or cases and has testified over 150 times. He has also served as an expert to the EEOC and U.S. Department of Labor in discrimination cases, and has directed many research projects sponsored by government agencies.

Areas of Expertise:

Employment Discrimination Economic Loss Personal Injury Statistical Analysis Wrongful Death Affirmative Action EEOC Compensation FELA FLSA

Labor Economics Mitigation of Damages Wage and Hour Issues Wrongful Termination Earnings Analysis Damage Analysis Reduction in Force RIF OFCCP Class Action

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Erin O’Callaghan BS, MA, JD, CRC, NCC, LPC, CLCP, is a Life Care Planner, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant, and Licensed Attorney with over 15 years of experience as a Rehabilitation Professional. Ms. O’Callaghan has consistently provided the highest standards of professional ethics while staying current with the needs of modern and complex litigation. Her experience and training gives a unique perspective as a forensic rehabilitation evaluator. She has an in depth understanding of the evidentiary requirements of an expert’s evaluation and conclusion, including the importance of following an accepted methodology in the process and preparation of an opinion. Ms. O’Callaghan is a member of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals, International Academy of Life Care Planners, Michigan Rehabilitation Association, and the Michigan Bar Association. She is also a qualified Vocational Expert by the Social Security Administration. Erin O’Callaghan has been providing Litigation Support to counsel for Plaintiff and Defense for 15 years. She has provided over 1,000 cost projections and has testified in both Federal and State cases. Ms. O’Callaghan has specialized knowledge of the Affordable Care Act, Social Security issues and Medicare Set Asides. Her services include case management, earning capacity evaluations, life care planning and lien disputes. Litigation Support Services for:

• Tortious Injury / Negligence
• Medical Malpractice
• Worker's Compensation
• Auto No Fault
• Wrongful Death
• Long Term Disability
• Divorce
• Lien dispute
• Special Education

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EXPERTISE IN:

1. The pathobiology, clinico-pathologic correlation, and histopathologic diagnosis of: diseases of the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, rectum, anus, liver, and pancreas.

2. Human neoplasms (cancer) and preneoplastic conditions.

3. Establishing standard of care, causation and cause of death.

Dr. Torres was instrumental in creating a rather unique model of GI subspecialty-focused laboratory, that during his 12 yrs tenure became one of the largest private national Anatomic Pathology laboratories-Caris/Miraca Life Sciences.

BACKGROUND:

1. Anatomic Pathology Residency: Washington Univ-Barnes Hospital 1991-94.

2. Oncologic Pathology Fellowship: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center 1994-95.

3. Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology Fellowship: Harvard-Brigham & Womens Hospital 1995-96.

4. Instructor at Harvard Medical School: 1996-1998.

5. Assistant Professor and Director of Gastrointestinal Pathology Division at Univ. of Texas Health Science Center-Hermann Hospital, Houston Medical Center: 08/1998 - 12/2000.

6. Staff GI Pathologist and Quality Assurance Director at Caris/Miraca Life Sciences, Dallas TX: 01/2001 - 04/2012.

7. Staff Pathologist, Anatomic Pathology Division of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, Long Island NY: 05/2013 - 05/2015.

8. Staff Pathologist, Anatomic Pathology Division of Alliance Health Sciences, Dallas TX: 01/2016 - present.

9. Sole-Proprietor of "Expert Pathology Consultation Services", Dallas TX: 2001-present.

Highly Qualified Retail Accident Expert. Involved with many High Profile Retail Injury Cases Top 40 Retail Industry Leader ( DDI Magazine ) and Top 50 Retail Design Firm ( VMSD Magazine ) 2016 Slip, Trip, Fall & Safety Expert Witness of the Year - Corporate America Journal Expert for Retail accidents, slip and fall, display defects, construction issues, ADA and local codes. A 35 year veteran in the Retail Industry for all venues of Retail and Product Vendors, Product Showrooms, Display Design and manufacturing able to determine the cause and effect leading to accidents occurring inside and outside of stores. Other areas of expertise include Arena design, Furniture design, Office design, Product showroom design, licensing and branding agreements and product, display design, merchandising and product presentation. Review CV on website including two degrees in Architecture, Industry awards in Store and Display design, contributing editor of trade magazines, featured company at industry trade show "Store of the Future" area, high profile projects and clients. Extremely capable to cut to the chase, find relevant facts about the accident often not thought of by the attorney representing the Plaintiff or the Defendant. Over 30 cases handled in the last three years while maintaining the highly successful Retail Design Business.