Forensic Economics Expert Witness

Forensic economics experts quantify lost wages and fringe benefits, household services, business lost profits, and present-value adjustments using defensible assumptions tied to Bureau of Labor Statistics data, tax treatment, work-life expectancy, and regional labor markets. They explain discount rates, growth paths, and mitigation in language that connects spreadsheet outputs to the facts of hire, promotion history, and documented earnings.

These experts appear in wrongful death and catastrophic injury matters, employment and commercial disputes, medical malpractice with long-term disability, and product liability with business interruption. Courts expect transparent methodology; a qualified expert documents each input and tests sensitivity to alternative assumptions opposing counsel will inevitably propose.

Subspecialties include vocational rehabilitation interface, earnings capacity for minors and non-wage earners, franchise and professional practice valuation, and forensic accounting overlap in fraud or shareholder cases. Selecting an economist who routinely testifies in your jurisdiction’s federal or state courts helps align opinions with evidentiary norms and Daubert expectations.