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JAMES PLUMMER
President, QED Research
Expertise in litigation assistance: Lost profits analysis,
business appraisal, lost earnings analysis, real estate, high
tech and high growth companies, wrongful termination issues
Publications and activities related to litigation
assistance and business appraisal:
- “Key Issues in Measuring Lost Profits,” Journal of
Forensic Economics, 1993
- “Is the Value of a Firm the Upper Limit on Future Lost
Profits in Business Litigation,” published jointly in
Business Valuation Review &Litigation Economics Digest, 1995
- “The Cost of Substitute Consumption Activities,” Journal
of Forensic Economics, 1996
- “Can Hedonic Damages be added to Other Categories of
Damages?” Journal of Forensic Economics 1997
- “Wrongful Termination Damages,” 1996 Employment Law
Section, California State Bar Association
- Taught 6 California State Bar MCLE courses on proof of
damages in litigation, 1991-98
- Member, Institute for Business Appraisal
- Licensed business broker and real estate broker in California,
Nevada and Texas
- Venture Capital Financial Analysis, QED 1987, on high
tech business appraisal
- “Primer on Venture Capital Appraisal,” 1994, text used
for Venture Capital Institute, sponsored by National Venture
Capital Association and the National Association of Small
Business Investment Companies
- “The Ten Most Frequent Errors in Proving Damages in
Business Litigation,” published by the Association of
Business Trial Lawyers, 1996
- “The Price v. Down Payment Curve,” presented to Business
Valuation Roundtable & the International Business Brokers
Association
- Lecturer, University of San Francisco, Golden Gate
University, Hastings School of Law
- Member, City Council, City of Los Altos Hills, 1985-88
Education:
Ph.D., 1969, Cornell University, general economics, planning
methods, labor, public finance
BA 1963, MBA 1964, University of Southern California,
economics, finance
Professional experience before QED Research, Inc.:
- Department Director, Electric Power Research Institute,
1979-81
- Director of Corporate Economics, Occidental Petroleum
Corporation, 1976-79
- U.S. Executive Office of the President, Energy
and Environment, 1974-76
- Chief, Economic Evaluations Branch, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, 1972-74
- Chief, Industry/Capital Markets Branch, U.S.A.I.D.,
Bogota, Colombia, 1970-72
- Captain, Assistant Professor, U.S. Air Force Academy,
Colorado, 1967-70
Other publications:
- Co-editor, principal author, Competition in Electricity,
Public Utilities Reports, 1990
- Co-editor, principal author, Electric Power Strategic
Issues, QED and Public Utilities Reports 1983
- Co-editor, principal author, Strategic Management and
Planning for Electric Utilities, Prentice-Hall, 1984
- Editor, principal author, Energy Vulnerability, 1982,
Ballinger Press
- Ten articles in refereed professional journals
Other present and past professional societies and
journals:
Founder and Past President, International Association for
Energy Economics; Board of Editors, Energy Journal 1977-98;
American Economics Association; Board of Editors, Litigation
Economics Digest 1996-99 |
