Dr. Gaughan is a leading authority in the field of valuation and measurement of damages in commercial litigation. In addition, Dr. Gaughan has done extensive analysis of the economics of punitive damages. He is a former vice-president and member of the board of directors of the National Association of Forensic Economists and is a graduate level, full professor of economics and finance at the College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University.

   Dr. Gaughan is the author of Mergers, Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings, 3rd Edition (John Wiley & Sons, 2002), which was awarded Book of the Year in accounting by The Association of American Publishers, Measuring Commercial Damages, (John Wiley & Sons, 2000), Economic Expert Testimony: A Guide for Judges and Lawyers, (Lawyers & Judges Publishing Co. Inc., 1998), Litigation Economics, (JAI Press, 1994), Mergers & Acquisitions, (Harper Collins, 1991), and Readings In Mergers and Acquisitions, (Basil Blackwell, 1993). He has published numerous scholarly journal articles in publications such as the International Review of Law and Economics, Journal of Forensic Economics, Journal of Legal Economics, Litigation Economics Review, and The Journal of Accounting and Corporate Finance. Dr. Gaughan is a referee for these peer reviewed journals and is the Co-Editor of Litigation Economics Review . Dr. Gaughan is regularly called upon to speak and chair numerous seminars and conferences throughout the United States.

Prof. Henry Fuentes, C.P.A., M.B.A.
Executive Vice President
Fields: Corporate and Forensic Accounting, Financial Analysis

   Professor Fuentes is a professor of accounting at the College of Business, Fairleigh Dickinson University. He is the former Associate Dean of the College of Business and the former chairman of the accounting department. He has published scholarly articles on the applications of finance and accounting to litigated matters. Professor Fuentes has been voted by the New Jersey Society of CPA's as the leading accounting educator in the State of New Jersey. He is regularly called upon to teach in-house seminars at accounting firms and continuing legal and accounting education seminars. Professor Fuentes is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Laura Bonanomi, Ph.D.
Vice President
Fields: Valuation Analysis and Forensic and Litigation Economics

Dr. Bonanomi has worked in the field of litigation economics for over ten years. Dr. Bonanomi has conducted numerous studies in the field of regional economics. She is a former economics and statistics professor at Rutgers University. She has served as the former Assistant Director of the New York/New Jersey Economic Research Center. Dr. Bonanomi has worked extensively in the field of valuation analysis and damage estimation.

Robert Trout, Ph.D.
CFA Senior Associate
Fields: Forensic Economics, Business Valuation, Finance, Investments and Statistics

   Dr. Trout is a leading authority in the field of business valuations and the applications of finance and economics to matters of litigation. He specializes in the application of finance and economics to litigated matters including commercial and securities lawsuits, along with tax cases and the regulations of businesses. He has authored numerous refereed, scholarly journal articles in publications such as the Journal of Forensic Economics, Journal of Legal Economics and Litigation Economics Review. He is the former managing editor of Litigation Economics Review. He has published extensively in the fields of commercial damages and business valuation. Dr Trout is a former vice-president and member of the board of directors of the National Association of Forensic Economists. He is also a former professor of finance at the University of California.

Norman Swanson, Ph.D.
Senior Associate
Fields: Econometrics and Statistics

Dr. Swanson is full professor of econometrics at Rutgers University. His research focuses on forecasting, time series methodology, financial econometrics, and macroeconometrics. He is an associate editor for several scholarly journals and has published numerous peer reviewed articles in a variety of the top economics and statistics journals including Econometrica, Journal of Econometrics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Monetary Economics, and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

International Economics Group

John Bonin, Ph.D.
Senior Associate

   Dr. Bonin is a professor of economics at Wesleyan University. He is an expert in international economics. He has published extensively on the economics of Eastern Europe. He is an editor of the Journal of Comparative Economics.

Jozef Brada, Ph.D.
Senior Associate

   Dr. Brada is a professor of economics at Arizona State University. He is an expert in international economics and specializes in the study of the Soviet and Eastern European economy. He has published numerous books and articles in this area.

Frank Gunter, Ph.D.
Senior Associate

   Dr. Gunter is a professor of economics at Lehigh University. He is an expert on the economies of South America. He has numerous publications on the economics of this region.

Steve Pomerantz, Ph.D.
Senior Associate

Dr. Pomerantz holds a doctorate in Mathematics from the University of California at Berkeley and specializes in valuation and investment suitability. He has worked in the investment management community since 1986 and has held positions in research and management for Fixed Income, Equity and Alternatives at several distinguished Wall Street firms. In addition to industry experience, he has taught courses in Statistics, Probability, Operations Research and Finance at the University and Graduate level.

N. Michael Helvacian, Ph.D.
Senior Associate

Dr. Helvacian holds a doctorate in Economics from the City University of New York and specializes in Applied Econometrics and Statitistics. He is a leading authority in the field of workers' compensation insurance and has published extensively in all aspects of the workers' compensation system, including claim costs and frequencies, and regional variation in the treatment and costs of injuries.