Robert Trout is a financial economist with over 25 years of experience in providing economic, financial and statistical consulting services to clients. Dr. Trout has testified in federal and state courts and before federal and state regulatory commissions. His prior testimony has included analysis for antitrust, intellectual property, discrimination, environmental damages, and business interruption cases. Dr. Trout has also testified concerning financial valuations for condemnations, estate tax cases, mergers, and in many business litigation cases.
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: MBA and PhD in financial economics from UCLA
Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
A: Chartered Financial Analyst
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: University of California at Irvine. Taught corporate finance, investments and capital market theory. National University in San Diego. Taught finance and statistics.
Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)
A: No
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Over 2,000.
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Economics, finance, statistics, valuation and regulatory economics
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: About 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: About 50%
Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
A: Over 300 times.
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: September 2003
Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
A: Over 80 times.
Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
A: About 20
Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
A: 25
Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
A: Consulting, reports, testimony, assistance in case analysis and preparing and cross examining expert witnesses
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Expenses are billed to the client as incurred.
