Expert Details
Damages in Securities Class Action Litigation, Valuation of Privately Held Companies, Governance
ID: 728456
Colorado, USA
He has published extensively in the leading Finance and Law academic journals such as the Journal of Finance, Journal of Financial Economics, American Law and Economics Review, Columbia Law Review, Journal of Corporation Law.
He has advised U.S. government agencies and Fortune 500 companies on corporate governance and finance issues. His work is regularly cited in the popular and financial media such as The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Economist, New York Times.
He has done expert work on the following topics:
• Statistics: event studies; descriptive and inferential statistics; multivariate methods including regression, econometrics.
• Bankruptcy litigation: fraudulent conveyance and related actions: solvency; damages; valuation; loss causation.
• Employment disputes: damages in a contract dispute; lost earnings.
• Class actions: statistical analysis.
• Breach of duty: loss causation, event studies, mitigation, valuation, damages.
• Insurance and product liability: sampling and statistical analysis of claims data; loss causation and damages in business interruption claim.
• Intellectual property: lost sales and profits, business trends, reasonable royalty.
• Securities and white-collar crime: loss causation; value relevance; market efficiency; damages; event studies.
EXPERTISE
• Valuation of public and private companies; event study: Valuation of tech companies. Economic damages in intellectual property expropriation. Valuation of IPOs and M&A targets. Given depositions and submitted affidavits as an expert in over 10 cases.
• Securities and class-action litigation: Submitted amici curiae briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court
• Corporate ESG policies: Advised the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Department of Treasury, U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Council of Institutional Investors, and National Association of Corporate Directors on corporate finance, executive compensation, and ESG.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 1982 | Degree: Ph.D. | Subject: Finance | Institution: University of washington |
| Year: 1980 | Degree: MBA | Subject: Finance | Institution: University of Rochester |
| Year: | Degree: B. Tech. | Subject: Mechanical Engineering | Institution: Indian Institute of Technology |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 1989 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Provost Professor of Finance | Department: |
Responsibilities:Available upon request. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1993 to 1994 | Employer: Princeton University | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Economics |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1987 to 1989 | Employer: University of Chicago | Title: Visiting Associate Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Finance |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1982 to 1987 | Employer: University of Utah | Title: Associate Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Finance |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1984 | Employer: University of Washington | Title: Visiting Assistant Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Finance |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 1983 to 1983 | Employer: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Title: Economic Fellow | Department: |
Responsibilities:Summer 1983 |
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Government Experience
| Years | Agency | Role | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years: 1983 to 1983 | Agency: U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission | Role: Economist | Description: |
Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| American Finance Association Western Finance Association |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Board Member, Integra Ventures LLP. Founding Board Member, TiE-Rockies, a professional group serving the technology entrepreneurs of Colorado. Executive Board Member, National Association of Corporate Directors – Colorado Chapter. |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| DeBrauw Prize; awarded by the European Corporate Governance Institute “10 Best Corporate and Securities Articles” Award Frascona Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award Best Corporate Finance Paper Award “10 Best Corporate and Securities Articles” Award Graduate Professor of the Year |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Selected Public Presentations to Professional Groups: 44 Publications: 61 in finance and law. *As of mid-2021 Quoted in: Wall Street Journal USA Today New York Times Los Angeles Times Economist CFO BARRON’S Chief Executive Philadelphia Enquirer Bloomberg Financial CNN Business News Denver Post San Jose Mercury News Fort Worth Star-Telegram St. Paul Pioneer Rocky Mountain News Daily Camera |
Additional Experience
| Expert Witness Experience |
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| Served as an expert in 11 cases as of mid-2021. Led Amici Curiae briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court: 2 |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| Hindi |