• Dr. Steven J. Shapiro, Ph.D., Managing Partner, Analytic Resources, LLC.
  Dr. Shapiro is Chair of the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of New Haven.  He teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in economics, finance, public policy, and econometrics.  His previous professional experience includes New York Telephone and the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.  While employed with various consulting organizations, Dr. Shapiro provided support to clients in the public and private sectors.  He received his B.A. in Economics from the University of Virginia and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics from Georgetown University.
  
  Dr. Shapiro has appeared 25 times in arbitrations and other alternative dispute resolution settings, as well as state and federal court.  He has given deposition testimony over 50 times.  Within the litigation setting, he has calculated damages in personal injury, wrongful death, employment, antitrust, intellectual property and divorce cases.  On several consulting assignments, Dr. Shapiro has valued employee stock options.  Dr. Shapiro was the Project Director on a technical audit of methodologies used by a local telephone company to forecast revenues and demand.  He has also developed statistical analyses that were designed to detect patterns of discrimination.
  
  Dr. Shapiro is co-author of a sports finance textbook that is currently in press.  He has also published in referred journals and regularly makes presentations at professional association meetings.  Dr. Shapiro is co-editor of Litigation Economics Review, which is published by the National Association of Forensic Economics.
  
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• Gil Fried, M.A., J.D., D.A.B.F.E., President, Gil Fried and Associates.
  Professor Fried is an Associate Professor at the University of New Haven and coordinates the graduate programs in Management of Sports Industries.  He is also Of Counsel with a major Connecticut law firm and actively represents his clients, which include various sport associations, facilities, and insurance providers.  Professor Fried received his B.S. in Business Administration from California State University, Sacramento and his Masters in Sport Management and Juris Doctors degrees were both received from the Ohio State University.
  
  Professor Fried teaches sports law, business law, facility management, and sports finance.  He has an international reputation in sports law and finance with three text books, almost 20 peer review journal articles, and over 130 articles in such publications as: Athletic Business, Facility Manager, From the Gym to the Jury, Media Sports Business, Athletic Administration, and other publications.  He has also made over 40 presentations at professional conferences and 20 academic presentations.
  
  Professor Fried has been an expert witness since 1992.  He has been involved in mediations, arbitrations, and trials.  He has also been involved in numerous depositions, including phone and video taped depositions for cases in other states.  His work has not just been on the expert side, but has provided a wide range of litigation consultation including preparing discovery plans and settlement plans.  He has provided insight in both liability analysis and economic/financial analysis for sport cases.  He has also provided consulting services in such areas as economic analysis, marketing surveys, and database analysis of income and other variables.  He is Board Certified Forensic Examiner and holds appointment in numerous other industry organizations and committees.  His testimony has been highlighted in the media, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Houston Chronicle, Texas Lawyer, The Plain Dealer, The Sun-Sentinel, The Dallas Morning News, AP Wire Service, CBS National Radio News, and the National Law Journal.

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