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Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: Wade C. Roberts, Ph.D., is a Senior Forensic Economist and founder of Roberts Forensics LLC. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Utah. Dr. Roberts is a member of the National Association of Forensic Economics, the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts, the American Economic Association, the National Association for Business Economics, the Cambodian Economic Association, and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining. He has nearly two decardes of university-level teaching experience and has served as Professor of Economics at Western Governors University, the University of Utah, Westminster University, and Weber State University. He was named Professor of the Year at Western Governors University in 2013 and received the Changemaker Award from the University of Utah in 2023.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: Dr. Wade C. Roberts is affiliated with several professional and industry organizations related to economics, forensic analysis, business valuation, and international economic research. His memberships include the National Association of Forensic Economics, the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts, the American Economic Association, the National Association for Business Economics, the Cambodian Economic Association, and the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining. His professional involvement reflects a multidisciplinary background spanning forensic economics, econometric analysis, labor and commercial damages, international development economics, and applied economic research.

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Dr. Wade C. Roberts has more than a decade of university-level teaching experience in economics, statistics, econometrics, and quantitative research methods. He previously served as Professor of Economics at Western Governors University (2012–2022), Adjunct Assistant Professor at University of Utah (2006–2019), Adjunct Professor at Westminster University (2010–2012), and Adjunct Professor at Weber State University (2009–2010). His teaching experience includes undergraduate and graduate coursework in Applied Econometrics, Statistics, Labor Economics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Development Economics, Public Economics, Health Economics, Behavioral Economics, Research Methodologies, Mathematics for Economists, Probability and Statistical Inference, International Trade and Policy, Money and Banking, Global Business and Economics, and U.S. Industrial Economic Development.

In addition to classroom instruction, Dr. Roberts has extensive experience explaining complex economic concepts in litigation settings through expert reports, depositions, arbitration proceedings, and trial testimony in state and federal courts nationwide. He has delivered testimony and economic analysis in matters involving class-wide damages, consumer fraud, wage loss, business interruption, wrongful death, and commercial disputes. His work frequently involves presenting complex statistical, econometric, and valuation methodologies in a manner understandable to attorneys, judges, juries, and mediators.

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: 200+

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Dr. Wade C. Roberts has been retained as an expert in a wide range of forensic economic and damages-related matters, including class action and class-wide damages modeling, consumer fraud and false advertising, price premium and benefit-of-the-bargain analysis, wage loss and loss of earning capacity, wrongful death damages, business interruption and lost profits, employment litigation, commercial damages, insurance-related economic loss, healthcare and labor-market economics, and econometric and statistical analysis.

His retained work has included matters involving product misrepresentation, commercial disputes, labor exploitation and human trafficking, environmental contamination, antitrust and unfair competition claims, IT platform and operational disruption losses, personal injury damages, and large-scale economic impact modeling. Dr. Roberts has also been retained to develop and defend certification-stage damages methodologies, including survey-based and econometric approaches designed to satisfy Rule 23 class certification and Daubert admissibility standards.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: 65%

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: 35%

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: 10+

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: 2025

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: 10+

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: 10+

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: 13

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Dr. Wade C. Roberts provides forensic economic consulting and litigation support services for attorneys, businesses, and governmental entities involved in complex litigation and damages analysis. His services include economic damages evaluations, expert reports, rebuttal reports, deposition testimony, trial testimony, class-wide damages modeling, econometric and statistical analysis, price premium and overpayment analysis, lost profits analysis, wage loss and earning capacity evaluations, wrongful death economic assessments, business interruption modeling, present value calculations, and commercial damages analysis.

Additional services include litigation consulting, mediation support, damages methodology development for Rule 23 class certification, survey-based valuation analysis, labor-market and employment analysis, data analysis and forecasting, rebuttal and critique of opposing expert methodologies, case strategy support, and review of financial, employment, and economic records. Dr. Roberts also assists counsel with Daubert-related issues involving reliability, methodology, and admissibility of economic opinions.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: $385

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: $385

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: $485

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: $485

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: Retainer fees generally range from $5,000 to $50,000, depending on the complexity, scope, and anticipated demands of the matter. Travel-related expenses are billed separately and reimbursed as incurred.

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