Devrim Ikizler
Austin, TX 78702
Dr. Ikizler got his PhD in economics from the University of Texas at Austin., in 2011, with a specialty in industrial organization. Dr. Ikizler worked with Magee & Magee Consulting (Professor Stephan Magee) 2011 - 2018, as a testifying expert and chief economist, and founded IAMECON (Intelligent Analytics and Modeling) in 2018 for complex litigation matters. Dr. Ikizler testified on behalf of State of Texas, against Walmart in 2016 (won in appeal), and testified against Amazon in 2020 (Sherman, TX) where Jury (after announcing their decision) has picked Dr. Ikizler as the most trustworthy expert. In Sept 2024, Dr. Ikizler won $56 million in Beaumont TX, for his client in a medical negligence case, and the lead lawyer lawyer described his performance as: "You were excellent – very credible, likable, and knowledgeable." (Cody Dishon, contact in CV).
Highlights:
- Received my PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin (2011)
- I have been an adjunct faculty member at University of Texas at Austin (since 2015)
- 14 years of experience as forensic economist
- Testified 5 times in trial and 17 times in depositions (against Walmart in 2016, against Amazon in 2020)
- I have a multi-disciplinary team (6 full time staff) economists, statisticians, programmers, data scientists, and mathematicians,
- Founder and Director of Research at Intelligent Analytics and Modeling (www.iamecon.com)
- Recipient of 4 federal research grants (totaling ~ $1.5 million)
- Antitrust
- Banking
- Business Interruption
- Business Valuation
- Economics
- Employment
- Intellectual Property
- Lost Profits
- Patents
- Personal Injury
- Statistics
- Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:
- A: NAFE - National Association of Forensic Economists
- Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:
- A: NAFE - National Association of Forensic Economists
- Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
- A: University of Texas at Austin, regularly teaching undergraduate students since 2015.
- 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 100
- Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
- A: Patent infringement, Trade Secrets, Antitrust, Employment, Personal Injury, Breach of Contract
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
- A: 55%
- Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
- A: 45%
- Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?
- A: 17 times
- Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
- A: 4 months
- Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?
- A: 5 times
- Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?
- A: 5 times
- Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?
- A: 14 years
- Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)
- A: consulting, expert witness report, damages assessment, testimony in court
- Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
- A: $500
- Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
- A: $500
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
- A: $500
- Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
- A: $500
- Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
- A: none
Cody A. Dishon, The Ferguson Law Firm, L.L.P
[Personal Injury Case, against multiple Hospital Networks, in Sep 2024, in Beaumont, TX - Testified in State Court and Jury awarded $59 million based on my presentation. Lawyer describe my performance as: “You were excellent – very credible, likable, and knowledgeable.”]
Office: 409-832-9700
cdishon@thefergusonlawfirm.com
Jay Berquist, Davidson, Berquist, Jackson & Gowdey LLP
[Patent infringement matter against Amazon, testified in Aug 2020, in trial in Sherman, TX for over 4 hours total. After the Jury announced their decision, our head lawyer asked the jury which experts they found the most reliable, and the Jury picked me as the most trustworthy and authentic expert.
Cell : 703 200 72 65
jberquist@davidsonberquist.com
George Summerfield, https://www.klgates.com/George-C-Summerfield
[ITC Case against Soitec in Dec 2016, testified in trial in DC, over 2 hours - Judge personally thanked me after my testimony. My client won the judgment.]
Cell : 312 375 39 33
George.Summerfield@klgates.com
Scarlett Collings, Locke Lorde, LLC
[Patent infringement matter, testified in Waco for 2.5 hours, on behalf of defendant NCR Corp. Saved my client over $7M]
Cell: 713-208-9208
scarlett.collings@lockelord.com
Ryan Greene, Terrill & Waldrop
[Interstate Commerce Challenge, against Walmart, in June 2016, in Austin TX - Testified in Federal Court for over 3 hours. My client won in Appeal]
Office: 512-474-9100
rgreene@terrillwaldrop.com