• Estimated damages in patent infringements in pharmaceutical, chemical & pager manufacturing industries.
  
• Assessed lost profits & diminished business value in business disruption cases due to fire, construction defects, contract breach, & franchise agreement modification.
  
• Evaluated the present value of future medical costs in tort cases such as medical malpractice, products liability, premises liability & related cases.
  
• Developed forecasting models of economic activity (demand, market & industry analyses) to derive educational needs for Indonesia enabling $41m Asia Development Bank loan.
  
• Provided insurance industry competitor & market analysis, information technology, strategic planning, & economic assessment of key technologies.
  
• Created economic models to assess waste water management costs for major processor of sugar beets. Analysis formed foundation of client’s environmental accounting system.
  
• Estimated damages in misappropriation of trade secrets involving employees. In one case, lists of customers & vendors were used to start a competitor mail order firm. In another, employees gave integrated circuit design & development plans to a competitor semiconductor firm who hired them.

Past Positions

From 1996 to 2003, Dr. Stephenson was Regional Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, San Francisco Region. In this capacity, he led a large staff of professional economists in collecting, analyzing & distributing economic information on wages, employment & inflation in an eight state area.

From 1994-1995, Dr. Stephenson was Managing Director. Management & Strategy Analysis. Inc. in New York City He directed professional staff on economic consulting projects, developed strategic planning practice & provided expert witness services to law clients.

Previously, from 1986 to 1993, Dr. Stephenson held several management positions with Aetna Life & Casualty. Inc. including Assistant Vice-President, Aetna International, Inc. His responsibilities included strategic planning & business development, business performance measurement & management support systems.

From 1984 to 1986, Dr. Stephenson taught MBA courses in economics, statistics & human resource management as Associate Professor of Economics & Business Administration at the University of Hartford.

From 1976 to 1984, Dr. Stephenson was at The Pennsylvania State University, from 1982-1984 as Director, Center for Human Resource Research & Associate Professor of Business Administration, & from 1976-1982 as Associate Professor of Economics. In these positions, he directed economic studies & taught courses in labor economics, managerial economics, statistics, & human resource management.