Christopher C. Pflaum, Ph.D.

Christopher C. Pflaum, Ph.D.
President
Spectrum Economics, Inc.

GENERAL

Dr. Pflaum is the President of Spectrum Economics, Inc. He specializes in financial and regulatory policy analysis and the implications of those policies for firms operating in markets undergoing fundamental structural change. Dr. Pflaum also consults and testifies in civil litigation in the areas of antitrust, fraud, breach of contract, trade secrets disputes, business interference, business valuation, and lost earnings and profits.

WORK HISTORY

Principal, Spectrum Economics, Inc.

Director of Financial Research, Lubow McKay Stevens & Lewis

Acting Director and Senior Financial Economist, Illinois Commerce Commission

Faculty, Finance Department, Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Faculty, Finance Department, East Tennessee State University

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Finance and Operations Management, University of South Carolina

MBA with concentration in Finance, University of Miami

BA in English, St. John's University

ARTICLES AND PAPERS

"Discounting the Cost of Future Care for Persons With Disabilities," with David J. Strauss, Robert M. Shavelle and Christopher Bruce. Journal of Forensic Economics. Winter 2001. Volume XIV, Number 1.

"Fog and Folly: The Net Discount Rate "Controversy"," Chapter with Steve Duncan. Gerald D. Martin editor. Determining Economic Damages. 2000.

"Applying Daubert in Antitrust Litigation," with Ed Mansfield. Trade Regulation Section Newsletter, published by the Trade Regulation Section of The Iowa State Bar Association. Winter, 1998.

"Historical Averages and The "Real Rate" of Interest," with Eric C. Frye and Steven S. Duncan. Litigation Economics Digest. Summer 1997. Volume II, Number 2.

Local Gas Distribution Companies and Pipeline Market Power: Workable Competition or Unregulated Monopolization, with R. Lemon. American Public Gas Association, 1991.

"The Effects of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 On Energy Investment," Chapter in 1988 Energy Development Report, for the California Energy Commission.

"Regulatory Implications For Asset Valuation in Leveraged Buy Outs and Spin-Offs," with R. Trout and K. Zumwalt Proceedings: Biannual Regulatory Information Conference, National Regulatory Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1986.

Electric Rate Shock: Origins, Prospects and Remedies, with Charles River Associates, for the U.S. Department of Energy, June, 1986.

"Depreciation Policy, Competitive Forces and The Cost of Capital," Proceedings: Iowa State Regulatory Conference, Ames, Iowa, 1986.

"Risk of Large Loss and Utility Capital Budgeting," with K. Zumwalt, Proceedings: Biannual Regulatory Information Conference, National Regulatory Research Institute, Columbus, Ohio, 1984.

"Restructuring the Troubled Electric Utility Industry: A Discussion of Three Approaches," with M. Collins, J. Gilan, et al., Illinois Commerce Commission Monograph, September, 1984.

"The Louisa Phase-In", with M. Collins, Illinois Commerce Commission Monograph, June, 1984.

"Regulatory Aspects of Bond Refunding," with M. Gombola, Eastern Finance Association, 1982.

"The Cost of Capital to a Public Utility," Illinois Commerce Commission, 1981 (contract research, also title of Ph.D. thesis partially supported by this grant)

"Leverage, Taxes and the Cost of Capital to a Public Utility," with L. Brooks, Financial Management Association, 1981.

"A Capital Asset Pricing Theoretic Model of Alternative Views of Regulation," Eastern Finance Association, 1979.

"Further Evidence on the Stationarity of Beta Coefficients," with R. Roenfeldt and G. Griepentrog. Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, March, 1978.

"An Examination of the Effects of the Rambouillet Accord on Exchange Rate Stability," Southern Finance Association, 1977.

SEMINARS AND SPEECHES

"High Gas Prices: Do They Matter to Midwest Electric Consumers? Will They Last?" presented at the Fourth Annual Midwest Energy Conference sponsored by the Energy Bar Association, Kansas City, MO, February 8, 2001.

"Using a Defense Damages Expert" presented at the National Association of Railroad Counsel Meeting, Park City, UT, February 1, 2001.

"Using a Defense Damages Expert" International Association of Defense Counsel Trial College, Boulder, CO, July 25, 2000.

"Using Inflation Indexed Securities to Cool Damages," presented at the National Association of Railroad Counsel Meeting, Breckenridge, CO, February 2000.

"Evaluating Economic Damages in Personal Injury" for the Nebraska Association of Defense Counsel, Omaha, NE, May 7, 1998.

"The Role of the Economist in Litigation" and "Business Damages an Analytical Framework" CLE for The Williams Companies, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, October, 1997.

"Primer on Statistics for Attorneys" CLE for Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Kansas City, Missouri, March, 1997.

"Economics: Just Because It's Dismal Doesn't Mean it has to be Junk" presented at the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Meeting, Park City, Utah, February, 1997.

"Evaluating Economic Damages in Personal Injury" Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1996.

"Applying the Daubert Standard to Economic Testimony" presented at the National Association Railroad Trial Counsel Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1996.

"But is It Economics?: Handling Economic "Junk" Science" presented at the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, Counsel Winter Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, February, 1996.

"The Role of the Economist in Litigation" presentation sponsored by Lorman Education Services, Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri, February, 1996.

"What's Wrong With This Report?: Handling Economic "Junk" Science" presentation to Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers (MODL), Tenth Annual Meeting, St Louis, Missouri. May, 1995.

"Damages in FELA Litigation," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri, November, 1994.

"Damages For Loss of Benefits in Railroad FELA Cases," National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel Winter Meeting, Palm Beach Florida, February, 1994.

"Business Damages, an Analytical Framework," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Kansas City, Missouri, December, 1993.

"Evaluating Economic Damages in Personal Injury," presentation to the Annual Meeting of the American Board of Vocational Experts, Cancun, Mexico, March, 1993.

"Damages Estimates in Railroad FELA Cases," Continuing Legal Education Seminar Sponsored by Shook, Hardy & Bacon and Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, Missouri, October, 1992.

"Economic Proof of Liability and Damage in Business Tort Cases," with J. Ward and F. Finch, Continuing Legal Education Seminar sponsored by the University of Missouri-Kansas City Law School and Kansas City Metropolitan Bar, Kansas City, Missouri, 1989.

"Financing Cogeneration," seminar for the Mid America Chapter of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Overland Park, Kansas, 1986.

"FASB As Phlogiston: An Economists Reflections on SFAS 71," Iowa State Regulatory Conference, Ames Iowa, 1985.

"Choosing Consultants for Prudence Audits," Subcommittees on Finance and Economics of the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC), Clearwater, Florida, 1985.

"Measuring Utility Investment Risk Using Option Pricing and Time State Preference Models," NARUC Subcommittee on Finance, Clearwater, Florida, 1984.

"Developing a Comparable Sample for Cost of Capital Using Cluster Analysis," NARUC Subcommittee on Finance, San Diego, California, 1984.

"Regulation and Disinflation," NARUC Subcommittee on Finance, San Diego, California, 1984.

"The Search for Optimal Capital Structure," National Society of Rate of Return Analysts, Washington, D.C., 1984.

"Phase-ins: The Neglected Dimension," Mid America Regulatory Conference, Chicago, IL,1984.

"Reconciling Value Estimates of Public Utility Property," Midwest Association of Utility Property Appraisers, Springfield, Illinois, 1983.

"Using an Economist for the Defense" International Association of Defense Counsel Trial College, Boulder, CO, 2000

ASSOCIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS

Kansas City Council on Business Economics, President - 1991-1993

Chairman, NARUC Subcommittee on Finance, 1983-1984

Faculty, NARUC Advanced and Regulatory Studies Program, 1983-1984

American Economic Association

American Finance Association

Financial Management Association

National Association of Business Economists

SELECTED PUBLIC UTILITY AND ENERGY ECONOMICS PROJECTS

On behalf of the City of Topeka, Kansas, before the Kansas Corporation Commission, Western Resources, Inc. vs. Kansas Gas and Electric Company, Inc. No. 01-WRSE-436-RTS, June 2001. Testimony regarding the rate treatment of new generating plants and revenues from power trading activities. John C. Frieden, Frieden, Haynes, & Forbes (Topeka, KS).

On behalf of the City of Topeka, Kansas, before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, City of Wichita, KS v. Western Resources, Inc., Docket # EL 99-90-000, October 2000. Presented testimony regarding system cost and rate parity. John C. Frieden, Frieden, Haynes, & Forbes (Topeka, KS).

Memphis Light Gas & Water Division - Supply Options 2000. Because the transition to competition in the electric industry presented new challenges and opportunities, MLGW commissioned Spectrum Economics to forecast the structure of the industry in the future and formulate strategies for MLGW to economically provide power. As part of our efforts we used financial, production costing and market clearing price models to forecast the future rates of TVA, the market clearing price of power in the area around Memphis and the relative economics of various construction and market purchasing strategies for meeting the demand for electricity. We also evaluated the technological, fuel supply and regulatory considerations influencing MLGW’s decision. Client contract: Dana Jeanes.

Townsend Capital Summit Technology Center - The Summit Technology Center is a one million square foot industrial complex situated on 300 acres in Lee’s Summit, Missouri. Dr. Pflaum served as the project coordinator for a team that solicited bids for energy supply including cogeneration and trigeneration. His team evaluated those bids and assisted the client in negotiating a more favorable rate from the electric utility on the basis of the avoided cost of self-generation. Dr. Pflaum also solicited bids for gas supply to the plant and assisted the owners in selecting a new gas supplier and in negotiating with the local gas utility for carriage from the city gate. Client contact: George Loelkes. This project is ongoing.

On behalf of the City of Topeka, Kansas, before the Kansas Corporation Commission Docket # 97-WSRE-676-MER, March, 1999. Presented testimony regarding why the proposed merger between KCP&L and WRI was in the public interest and why the requested acquisition adjustment should not be permitted. John C. Frieden, Frieden, Haynes, & Forbes (Topeka, KS).

On behalf of the Association of Directory Publishers before the Public Utilities Commission of the State of California, San Francisco, CA, RE: The Matter of the Joint Application of Pacific Telesis Group ("Telesis") and SBC Communications, Inc. ("SBC") for SBC to Control Pacific Bell. Application No. 96-04-038, November, 1996. Presented testimony on how the SWB/Pactel merger would impact Yellow Pages. Peter Casciato, Law Offices of Peter Casciato (San Francisco, CA).

On behalf of the Association of Directory Publishers before the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, RE: Application for Consent to the Transfer of Control of Licenses and Pending Authorizations from Pacific Telesis Group to SBC Communications, Inc., Report No. LB-96-32, October, 1996. Presented testimony on how the SWB/Pactel merger would impact Yellow Pages. Theodore Whitehouse, Wilke Farr & Gallagher (Washington, DC).

On behalf of the Association of Directory Publishers before the Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC Re: Implementation of the Telecommunications Act of 1996: Telecommunications Carriers' Use of Customer Proprietary Network Information and Other Customer Information, CC Docket No. 96-115, June, 1996. Competitive issues relating to subscriber listing information. Theodore Whitehouse, Wilke Farr & Gallagher (Washington, DC).

On behalf of Williams Natural Gas Company before the Missouri Public Service Commission, GR-94-101 and GR94-228. January, 1996. Testimony on competitiveness of commodity and transportation markets. Gary Boyle, Williams Companies Legal Department.

On behalf of Williams Natural Gas Company Re: Kansas Pipeline Partnership before the Kansas Corporation Commission for Approval and to Make Effective Certain Gas Purchase Contracts between Kansas Pipeline Partnership and Western Resources, Inc. et al, Dockets No. 192,506-U, 192,391-U, and 192,507-U - October, 1995. Reasonableness of prices and terms of a proposed pipeline. John Frieden; Frieden, Haynes, Forbes, (Topeka, Kansas) and Gary Boyle; Williams Natural Gas Company, (Tulsa, Oklahoma).

Re: Application of Kansas Pipeline Partnership et al., Docket No. 190,362-U, October, 1994. Presented testimony regarding the regulatory and business climate of the natural gas industry from 1970 through 1994 and how changes in the industry affected the competitive environment faced by the joint applicants. John Frieden; Frieden, Haynes, Forbes, (Topeka, Kansas) and William J. Sears; Williams Natural Gas Company, (Tulsa, Oklahoma).

Agricultural Energy Consumers Association. Presented testimony in Pacific Gas and Electric 1991 ECAC proceeding and 1992 General Rate Case regarding marginal cost, value of service and revenue allocation to the agricultural class.

American Public Gas Association. With J. Rodney Lemon, prepared white paper entitled Local Gas Distribution Companies and Pipeline Market Power: Workable Competition or Unregulated Monopolization for presentation by the APGA to Congress, the FERC and other interested parties. Included in study are survey of municipal LDCs, quantifying the extent of cost shifting and development of alternative regulatory policies. May - September 1991.

Memphis Light Gas & Water Division. Gas Supply Options Study. Evaluated options for gas supply through 2000. Projected future gas costs, pipeline rates and demand by customer segment. Built an optimization model to estimate the optimal level of firm demand for future years given historical weather patterns. Evaluated economics of expanding LNG facility. Performed a strategic analysis of various gas supply and transport portfolios. February 1991 - July 1991.

Memphis Light Gas & Water Division. Electric Supply Options Study. Evaluated alternatives for securing electric supply through 2010. Included projecting future TVA rates by building a large-scale integrated financial and production cost model of the TVA, forecasting demand for TVA power and forecasting future capacity needs of Memphis. November 1989 - February 1990.

City of Long Beach. Evaluated four possible gas supply strategies including pipeline purchase and operation. January 1990 - April 1990.

South Coast Air Quality Management District. Assessed the need for and costs and benefits of additional pipeline capacity into Southern California. November 1988 - July 1989.

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California. Determined the financial consequences of conservation programs on water utilities and developed rate offsets to make up revenue shortfalls resulting from conservation. June, 1989.

U.S. Department of Energy. Participated in a regulatory options study for the Office of Policy and Planning, 1989.

Meade County v. Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company. Testified before the Tax Review Board of the Kansas Department of Revenue on the valuation of gas storage facilities, Summer 1989.

Commonwealth Edison Company, Docket 90-0169, Illinois Commerce Commission, Topics: Deferred plant accounting, cost of coal, and off-systems sales.

Commonwealth Edison Company, Docket 87-0427, Illinois Commerce Commission, Jan. 1988. Topics: Price competitiveness; relative cost of coal, and suggestions for changes in system operations.

Board of Public Utilities, Kansas City, Kansas. Developed a structural framework for analyzing the benefits of selling this municipal utility to private investors.

Gulf States Utilities, Docket 6755, Public Utility Commission of Texas, August 1987. Topic: The prudence of the corporate planning process of Gulf States Utilities. Retained by the Commission to evaluate the testimonies of the various parties to this case.

Quapaw Water Company, Public Service Commission of Arkansas, March 1987. Topic: General Waterworks acquired Quapaw at a price below book value. Commission staff and interveners sought to have rate base adjusted to reflect an acquisition adjustment. Presented testimony on behalf of the Company rebutting staff and intervenor positions.

U.S. Department of Energy, as a subcontractor to Charles River Associates. Topic: Study of Rate Shock. Developed a revenue requirement and pricing model to evaluate the impacts of relative project size, cost per kilowatt of capacity, demand growth and rate moderation strategies on rate shock.

United Telephone Company of Missouri, Public Service Commission of the State of Missouri, Topic: cost of equity capital (included preparation in anticipation of cost on issue of the impact of different regulatory treatments of working capital and impact of cost of capital calculation).

Public Service of Indiana, Public Service Commission of Indiana, August, 1985. Topics: financial condition of PSI, financial forecasts, financial and regulatory policies to restore financial health.

Utility Diversification in the State of Wisconsin, Public Service Commission of the State of Wisconsin, July 1985. Topics: cost of capital, pricing of transactions and asset transfers between affiliated interests, capital structure, regulatory policy.

Kansas City Power and Light Company, Kansas Corporation Commission, June, 1985. Topics: phase-in of Wolf Creek revenue requirement, regulatory policy, pricing in competitive markets.

Arizona Public Service Company, Arizona Corporation Commission, October, 1984. Topics: phase-in of Palo Verde revenue requirement, cost/benefit of CWIP in rate base, cost of capital affects of incentive plans, financial condition of APS and likely bond ratings, financial forecast.

Central Illinois Public Service Company, Illinois Commerce Commission, April, 1984. Topics: optimal capital structure, preferred stock defeasance.

Illinois Power Company, Illinois Commerce Commission, June, 1983. Topics: CWIP/AFUDC cost/benefit analysis.

Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company, Illinois Commerce Commission, May, 1983. Topics: phase-in of Louisa Generating Station including tax and accounting implications, financial condition of IIG&E.

American Bell, Inc., Illinois Commerce Commission, January, 1983. Topics: valuation of detariffed assets, compensation for investment in employee training.

SELECTED LITIGATION PROJECTS

U.S. v. Zeitlin, No. C 87-20084, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Analysis of damages to purchaser from bid splitting. Attorney - James L. Eisenbrandt; Morris & Larson.

Great Western Directories v. Southwestern Bell, et al., No. CA2-88-218, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Amarillo Division. Analyzed the structure of the directory advertising market; the conduct of Southwestern Bell in pricing of White Pages listing information; and, the results of that conduct on competition in the market and damages to the plaintiff. Attorney - Robert E. Garner, Nancy J. Stone; Garner, Stone and Lovell. (Amarillo, TX)

Starcom, Inc. v. U.S. Telecom, Inc., et al., No. 87-2540-5, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Analysis of the economic and financial viability and value of a long-distance reseller. Attorney - R. Frederick Walters; Linde Thomson, et al.

Crown Building Supplies, Inc. v. Peachtree Doors, Inc., No. 88-2592-0, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas. Analyzed liability and damage claims in breach of contract case. Attorney - John L. Taylor; Vincent, Chorey, et al. (Atlanta, GA)

Federal Sign Company v. Duravision, Inc. et al, No. SA-90-CA-394, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Valuation of a start-up company. Attorney - Sam L. Stein; Garner, Stone and Lovell. (Amarillo, TX)

First National Bank of Utah v. Goldston, et al U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas. Developed analysis of the benefits to a party to a check kiting and fraud conspiracy in RICO action. Attorney - John Harrington; Ray, Quinney & Nebeker. (Salt Lake City, UT)

KMS, Inc. v. Conagra Pet Products, Inc. No. 90-1582-T, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas (Wichita, KS). Analysis of financial condition of plaintiff at time of contract and claim of damages due to contract recission. Attorney - John P. Passarelli; McGrath, North, et al. (Omaha, NE)

Zayler v. Great Western Directories, Inc. No 90-90760-5, U.S. Bankruptcy Court E. District of Texas. Valuation of two telephone directories. Attorney - John Lovell; Garner, Stone & Lovell. (Amarillo, TX)

Beehive Pizza v. Dominos, Case No. 92-C-0613G, U.S. District Court, Utah. Economics of franchisee -franchiser relationship and analysis of franchiser actions in context of good faith and reasonableness. Attorney - Robert Moore; Giaque, Crockett & Bendinger. (Salt Lake City, UT)

Nevada Power Company v. Monsanto Company, et al, Case No. CV-S-89-555, U.S. District Court, Nevada. Analysis of damages to electric utility due to early replacement of transformers. Attorney - Steven R. Kuney; Williams & Connolly. (Washington, D.C.)

Bluebonnet Savings Bank v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Case No. CA3-91-1066-X, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas Dallas Division. Determination of impacts of government actions on value of institution and ability to finance acquisition. Attorney - Jeremy Butler; Lewis and Rocca. (Phoenix, AZ)

Richard B. Cray, et al. v. Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, Case No. 90-C-682-E. U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma. Securities fraud (10b - 5). Effect of financial presentation on the valuation of a savings and loan. Attorney - Daniel Bukovac; Watson, Ess, et al. (Kansas City, MO)

Computer Equipment Useful Life Analysis, Case No. 92-13440-EQ and No. 93-3108-PR, State Board of Tax Appeals. Testimony before property tax review boards in states of Kansas and Missouri on economic lives of various types of computing equipment. Attorney - Ben Neil; Neil and Terrill. (Overland Park, KS)

Security Pacific v. Cape Mobile Home Mart, Case No. CV191-866CC, Union, County, Missouri. Analysis of lender liability claim regarding failure of multi-state mobile home sales company. Valuation of firm prior to liquidation. Attorney - Frank Gundlach; Armstrong, Teasdale et al. (St. Louis, MO)

Eckholt v. ABI, Case No. 93-2440-KHV, United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Analysis of the performance of a public seminar company and valuation of an ownership interest. Attorney - Mark Hinderks; Stinson, Mag, Fizzell. (Overland Park, KS)

National Liberty Corporation v. Walmart/Sedgwick James, Case No. 4:94-CV-1818-FRB, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Eastern Division. Analyze lost profits claims in breach of contract case. Attorney - John S. Sandberg, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard. (St. Louis, MO)

Donnelley v. Sprint Publishing, No. 95 C 5825, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Conduct analysis of Greater Chicago yellow pages directory market. Estimated damages claimed by plaintiff from Sprint's alleged competition with a Sprint/Donnelley partnership and damages alleged in Sprint's counterclaim. Attorney - Jerome T. Wolf, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. (Kansas City, MO)

FoxMeyer Drug Co. v. C.D. Smith Drug Co., No. CV 94 2932 Civil Docket A, Circuit Court of Jackson County, MO at Kansas City. Analyze lost profit claims in business interference case. Attorney - Jan P. Helder, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal. (Kansas City, MO)

Brooks Fiber Communications of Tucson, Inc. v. GST Tucson Lightwave, Inc., Case No. CIV 95-655 TUC-JMR, United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Analyzed the relevant market and conduct and quantified damages incurred by a competitive access provider of telecommunications services in an antitrust action. Attorney - Edward M. Mansfield, Belin, Lamson, McCormick, Zumbach & Flynn. (Des Moines, IA)

Schonfeld v. Hilliard, No. L-95-3052 (MBM), United States District Court, Southern District of New York. Analyzed the economic viability and implied value of a proposed cable news programming venture in a breach of contract case. Attorney - William G. Dittrick and Jill Robb Ackerman, Baird, Holm, McEachen et al. (Omaha, NE)

National Claims Management Corporation v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. Case No. 96-0090 GHK(AJWx), In the United States District Court, Central District of California. Analysis of barriers and gains from anticompetitive behavior in refusal to deal antitrust case. Attorney - Judith Anderson, Stroock, Stroock & Lavan. (Los Angeles, CA)

Bogan Aerotech, Ltd., et al v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Case No. 96-013461. In the District Court of Harris County, Texas. Evaluation and critique of plaintiff’s expert’s study of damages relating to an alleged breach of contract. Attorney - Ernie Figari, Figari & Davenport. (Dallas, TX)

U.S. Surgical Corp. v. Orris, Inc., Case No. 96-2300-GTV. In the United States District Court, District of Kansas. Analysis of market structure, performance and harm to competition for defendant on antitrust counter claim to a patent infringement claim. Attorney - John Power, Husch & Eppenberger. (Kansas City, MO)

Interphase Corporation v. Rockwell International Corporation, Case No. 396-CV0290-P. United States District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Valuation of the network systems division of Rockwell and analysis of damages claimed for breach of contract to sell the division. Attorney - Ernie Figari, Figari & Davenport. (Dallas, TX)

American Red Cross v. Community Blood Center of the Ozarks, Case No. 95-3466-CV-S-4, United States District Court, Western District of Missouri, Southern Division. Analyze lost profit claims in business interference case. Attorney - Stuart H. King, William H. McDonald & Associates. (Springfield, MO)

Felton USA, Inc. v. Wallace, Saunders, Austin et al, Case No. CV97-20205, Division 11, District Court of Jackson County, Missouri, Sitting at Kansas City. Analysis of lost profit claims and critique of plaintiff’s expert’s study of damages relating to an alleged breach of contract. Attorney - J. Nick Badgerow, Spencer, Fane, Britt and Browne. (Overland Park, KS)

Consolidated National Corporation, et al v. Winstead, Sechrest, Minnick, P.C., Civil Case #3-9CV1353-L, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Analyze the value of a poison pill right affecting marketability in a legal malpractice case. Attorney - Steven K. DeWolf, Bellinger and DeWolf. (Dallas, TX)

AT&T Wireless Services of Utah v. M&S Triad Center, LP, et al, Case No. Civil 990908180, Third Judicial District Court In and For Salt Lake County, State of Utah. Analysis of claim of business interference. Attorney - Elizabeth Hruby-Mills, Richards, Brandt, Miller & Nelson (Salt Lake City, UT)

Kay Floyd, et al. v. American Quarter Horse Association; Case No. 87, 589-C, 251^st District Court; Potter County, Texas. Antitrust analysis of the effect of breeding rules on the supply and price of registered Quarter horses. Attorney - Robert E. Garner, Garner and Stein (Amarillo, TX)

Review Directories, Inc. v MCLEODUSA Publishing Company; Case No. 1:99-CV-958, United States District Court, Western District of Michigan, Southern Division. Analyze claim of consumer confusion and damages in trademark infringement matter. Attorney - Ruth E. Zimmerman, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn (Lansing, MI)

Hi-Class Business Systems of America, Inc. and HBS Systems, Inc. v Case Corporation, No. 401-01653-97, District Court, Collin County, Texas, 401^st Judicial District. Analyze lost profit claims and critique plaintiff's experts' studies of relevant market share and damages relating to an alleged breach of contract. Attorney - Paul Cauley, Jr., Strasburger & Price (Dallas, TX)

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated v. Dennis V. Coleman and UBS Painewebber Incorporated. NASD No. 01-01822. National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Analyze lost customer and profit claims for an arbitration hearing in a misappropriation of trade secrets case. Attorney - Michael G. Brown, Figari & Davenport (Dallas, TX)

Nicholas Smith and Amy and Bryce Johnson et al. v. American Family Mutual Insurance Company. Case No. 00CV211554. In the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri at Kansas City. Testified regarding class homogeneity, economic merits of theory of damages and public policy implications of class certification. Attorney - Nicholas Divita, Berkowitz, Feldmiller, Stanton et al (Kansas City, MO)

Novus International, Inc. v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Case No. 5510*JG98. In the District Court of Brazoria County, Texas, 239^th Judicial District. Analysis of damages claim by a chemical manufacturer that disruptions in rail service caused increased costs. Analysis included review of inventory and logistics. Attorney - Taylor Hicks, Hicks, Thomas & Lilienstern (Houston, TX)

Raymond A. McElvain v. Burlington Northern Railroad, No. CV88-31948; Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Personal injury - FELA case. Attorney - Ted Mullen; Deacy & Deacy. (Kansas City, MO)

Roger D. Ramsay v. Burlington Northern Railroad, No. CV89-28915; Circuit Court of Jackson, Missouri. Personal injury - FELA. Attorney - Ted Mullen; Deacy & Deacy. (Kansas City, MO)

Odekirk v. Vegas Valley, No. A283-588; District Court, Clark County Nevada. Evaluation of claim for economic loss and hedonic loss due to personal injury. Attorney - David J. Mortensen; Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Nelson. (Las Vegas, NV)

Rodriguez v. Suzuki Motor, No 902-08691, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Personal injury. Attorney - Kevin Krueger; Sandberg, Phoenix. (St. Louis, MO)

Massey v. Norfolk Southern, No.1:93-CV-254, District Court, Tennessee for the Eastern District at Chattanooga. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - George M. Foster; Hall, Haynes, Lusk and Foster. (Chattanooga, TN)

James Johnson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad, No. 912-07811, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Edward A. Cohen; Thompson & Mitchell. (St. Louis, MO)

Frank P. Vigil v. AT & SF Railroad, No. CV1054 JB/DJS, U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Timothy C. Holm; Modrall, Sperling. (Albuquerque, NM)

Robinson v. Norfolk and Western Railway, No. 922-01372, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Peter J. Krane; Armstrong, Teasdale. (St. Louis, MO)

Allene Lyon v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, No. 94-254 LH/DJS, J. S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Tim Fields; Modrall Sperling. (Albuquerque, NM)

Von Der Ahe v. Group Health Plan, Inc., No. 922-1035, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - John J. Pawloski; Sandberg, Phoenix, et al. (St. Louis, MO)

Air Crash Disaster Near Roselawn, Indiana, No. 95 C 4593, MDL No. 1070, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division. Wrongful death. Estimate of economic loss due to death. Attorney - Thomas F. Tobin, Connelly & Schroeder. (Chicago, IL)

Hamilton v. Union Pacific Railroad, No. 96-WM-592, United States District Court for the District of Colorado. Personal Injury - Wrongful Death. Attorney - David Ellis; Rothgerber, Appel, Powers et al. (Denver, CO)

Bracelin v. Norfolk & Western Railway, No. 96-L-106, Circuit Court, Third Judicial Circuit, Macon County, Illinois. Personal Injury. Attorney - Peter J. Barkofske; Brasher Law Firm. (St. Louis, MO)

Rub v. Conrail, No. 93 L 12091, Circuit Court, Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Law Division. Personal Injury - Wrongful Death. Attorney - Michael J. Scotti; Lord, Bissell & Brook. (Chicago, IL)

William A. Huls v. Tom Fielder, M.D., No. CV 197-221CC, Circuit Court of Jasper County, Missouri at Joplin. Personal Injury. Attorney - Karl W. Blanchard, Jr., Blanchard, Robertson, Mitchell & Carter. (Joplin, MO)

Jeffery Lane v. American Bridge Company, No. 97 L 11760, Circuit Court of Cook County, IL, County Department–Law Division. Personal Injury. Attorney - Christopher M. Kennedy, Christensen & Ehret. (Chicago, IL)

Robin Hanson v. Ribiero, No. A370818, District Court, Clark County, Nevada. Personal Injury - Wrongful Death. Attorney - Steven L. Day, Cohen, Johnson, Day & Clayson. (Las Vegas, NV)

William Repple v Burlington Northern Railroad, No CV196-7594-CC-J2, Circuit Court of the 23^rd Judicial Circuit of Missouri at Hillsboro, Jefferson County, Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - William A. Brasher, the Brasher Law Firm. (St. Louis, MO)

Johnnie W. Lay v. P&G Health Care, Inc. et al, No. CV95-5016, Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - Evan A. Douthit, Douthit, Frets et al and James D. Walker, Law Firm of James D. Walker. (Kansas City, MO)

Richard Cooper v. Brian Pollack, No 98 C 4172, District Court of Johnson County, Kansas. Personal Injury. Attorney - Dana M. Harris, Harris, McCausland & Schmitt. (Kansas City, MO)

Kha Moua Estate v. David K. Schneider, No. LALA762, District Court of Poweshiek County, Iowa. Personal Injury - Wrongful Death. Attorney - Gregory G. Barntsen, Smith Peterson Law Firm. (Council Bluffs, Iowa)

Stephanie Kluba v. Four Rivers Medical Obstetrics, No. 98CC-1273, Division No. 4, Circuit Court of the County of St. Louis, Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - Kenneth W. Bean, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard. (St. Louis,MO)

Lydia Carrillo v. Ford Motor Company, No. 94L16931, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Law Division. Personal Injury. Attorney - Mark H. Boyle, Donohue, Brown, Matthewson & Smyth. (Chicago, IL)

James L. Richardson v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, No. B-159,058, District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, 60^th Judicial District. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Daniel V. Flatten, Jenkens & Gilchrist. (Houston, TX)

Kenneth A. Holley v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, No. E-159,458, 172^nd Judicial District Court of Jefferson County, Texas. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Daniel V. Flatten, Jenkens & Gilchrist. (Houston, TX)

James Richardson and Bonnie Richardson v. Silver State Disposal Service, No A369038, District Court of Clark County, Nevada. Personal Injury. Attorney Gregory A. Miles, Cohen, Johnson & Day. (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Latrina Kennell v. Barnes Hospital, No. 972-9162, Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - Kenneth W. Bean, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard. (St. Louis, MO)

Kenneth Crisp v. Dr. Robert Uteg, No. 96 L 239, Circuit Court of the 18^th Judicial Circuit, Dupage County, Illinois. Personal Injury. Attorney - William B. Weiler, Swanson, Martin & Bell. (Wheaton, IL)

Eric D. Lange v. Yamaha, No. 95-L-91, Circuit Court of St. Clair County, State of Illinois. Personal Injury. Attorney - Kevin P. Krueger, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard. (St. Louis, MO)

Miriam Beth Smyth as legal heir and representative of the estate of Heather Deanna Park, deceased, and as next friend and legal guardian of Zachery Allen Hendricks v. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railroad, No. 86704-A, 47^th District Court, Potter County. Wrongful Death. Attorney - Andrew R. Evans, Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins. (Amarillo, TX)

Keith D. White v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, No 99CV3276, District Court, City and County of Denver State of Colorado. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - C. Willing Browne, Hall & Evans (Denver, CO)

Billie Jean Hirsch, as Personal Representative for the Estate of Wayne A. Hirsch, v. Union Pacific Railroad Company. No. 99CV1152, City and County of Denver, Colorado. Wrongful Death. Attorney - Mark C. Hansen, Union Pacific Railroad (Denver, CO)

Willard R. Rollins v. City of Dallas. No. 3:99-CV-2249-G. United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Wrongful Termination. Attorney - Steven K. DeWolf, Bellinger & DeWolf (Dallas, TX)

Douglas J. Boe v. ALLIEDSIGNAL, Inc., and ALLIED SIGNAL AVIONICS, Inc. No. 99-CV-2188-GTV. United States District Court, for the District of Kansas. Retaliatory Discharge. Attorney - J. Nick Badgerow, Spencer, Fane, Britt and Browne(Overland Park, KS)

Hernandez v. Midland Ross Corporation, No. CV-S-98-1398-JLQ. United States District Court, District of Nevada. Personal Injury. Attorney - Christopher J. Raleigh, Raleigh, Hunt & McGarry (Las Vegas, NV)

James Belcastro v. David Schorr et al. No. A39067. District Court, Clark County, Nevada. Personal Injury. Attorney - Cory M. Jones, Cohen Johnson, Day & Clayson. (Las Vegas, NV)

David Gehringer v. D & S Masonry, Inc. No. A383052. District Court, Clark County, Nevada. Personal Injury. Attorney - Steven L. Day, Cohen Johnson, Day & Clayson. (Las Vegas, NV)

John Russell Jones v. Union Pacific Railroad. No. CV-S-99-1563 HDM-RLH. District Court, United States District of Nevada. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - Christopher J. Raleigh, Raleigh, Hunt & McGarry (Las Vegas, NV)

Robert Jost v. Steve Foley Cadillac, Inc. No. 00 L 000225, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. Wrongful Termination. Attorney - Joshua Karsh, Gessler, Hughes & Socol, LTD (Chicago, IL)

Antonio Jean Shore v Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company. No. 47, 401B, District Court of Randall County, Texas, 181^st Judicial District. PI - Wrongful Death. Attorney - Andrew R. Evans, Gibson, Ochsner & Adkins (Amarillo, TX)

Bill C. Hammer v Sarah Kang, Curtis Kang, et al. No. A424357, Dept. No. XVII, District Court of Clark County, Nevada. Personal Injury. Attorney - Bruce Kelley, Park & Kelley LLP. (Las Vegas, NV)

Douglas Carter and Shelba Carter v Norfolk Southern Railway Company, et al. No. 2000-68, Superior Court of Cook County, Georgia. Personal Injury - FELA. Attorney - J. Steven Stewart, Hall, Bloch, Garland & Meyer. (Macon, GA)

Norma J. Curby v Solutia, Inc. Case No. 4:00CV01068 CAS, United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, Eastern Division. Wrongful Termination. Attorney - Clifford A. Godiner, Thompson Coburn (St. Louis, MO)

Cheryl Knee and James Knee v G.B. Supply, Inc. et al. No. A364911 District Court for Clark County, Nevada. Personal Injury. Attorney - Steven L. Day, Cohen, Johnson, Day, Jones & Royal (Las Vegas, Nevada)

Colleen Youngs v ITT Industries, Inc. Case No. 00-0463-CV-W-4. United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - Evan A. Douthit, Douthit, Frets, Rouse and Gentile. (Kansas City, Missouri)

Richard E. Kalbfleisch and Barbara Kalbfleisch v Willow Brook Foods, Inc. Case No. CV101-23CC. Circuit Court of Barry County, Missouri. Personal Injury. Attorney - Casey Housley, Armstrong, Teasdale (Kansas City, MO)