Areas of Expertise:
Dr. Jules Kamin is an expert on economic damages and economic/financial aspects of liability.  He brings to the practice of forensic economics a unique combination of educational background, practical business and teaching experience, and a proven record of expert retention and testimony in over five hundred cases since 1987.  He conducts economic and financial analyses and testifies in a broad range of litigation categories, including lost profits of businesses; lost earnings of individuals related to wrongful termination, personal injury and wrongful death; valuation of business interests; intellectual property; securities and antitrust.  He has been retained by numerous leading law firms, major corporations and government agencies on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants.  He has testified in hundreds of depositions and over sixty-five trials and arbitrations.

Dr. Kamin holds academic degrees in business, economics and engineering.  He earned an M.B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.  His areas of concentration were Business Economics, Finance and Management Science.  Dr. Kamins doctoral research advanced the theory of optimal management of investment portfolios, advancing the work of three Nobel Laureates in economics, Harry Markowitz, Paul Samuelson and William Sharpe.  Dr. Kamin also earned a B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics (electrical option) and an M.A. in economics from the University of Toronto.

Dr. Kamin has taught graduate finance courses at UCLA and USC.  Dr. Kamin previously held corporate positions in management of financial and economic analysis. Among these was vice president and manager of industry economics for First Interstate Bank, where he consulted on portfolio allocation decisions for the $30 billion commercial loan portfolio.  He managed research of credit risks and opportunities in the following industries: aerospace, agriculture, communications, energy, financial institutions, health care, high technology, insurance, real estate, transportation and utilities.

Credentials:
University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business: M.B.A. and Ph.D. in Business Economics, Finance and Management Science
University of Toronto: B.A.Sc. in Engineering Physics and M.A. in Economics

Summary of Experience:
Expert testimony in business and personal litigation: evaluations of lost profits, goodwill, business value, earnings; antitrust and securities issues; intellectual property; forensic accounting; econometric and statistical analysis.  Corporate financial advisory services and business valuation.  Over 500 cases and 65 trials and arbitrations.