Economic Damages

On October 15, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. (ET), The TASA Group, in conjunction with forensic economists Nora Ostrofe, presented a free, one-hour interactive webinar presentation, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Calculating Economic Damages (But Were Afraid to Ask), for all legal professionals. During this presentation, Ms. Ostrofe discussed: • Calculating Present Value, Growth Rates, and Prejudgment Interest • Determining the Duration of Economic Loss: Work-life, Life, and Healthy Life Expectancies • Determining Wage Loss: Earning History; Earning Capacity; Self-Employed Workers • All About Fringe Benefits • Earnings in Retirement: Pensions, Social Security, Survivor Benefits • Equity Compensation: Restricted Stock Units, Stock Options, Stock Shares, Privately Held or pre-IPO Companies • Incorporating Taxes: After-tax earnings, tax neutralization calculations • Atypical Plaintiffs: Children, Elderly, Unemployed, Self-employed • Practice Pointers About The Presenter: Nora Ostrofe has served as a forensic economist for the past twenty-one (21) years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), an MBA from St. Mary’s College, and a Certificate in Accounting with Distinction from the University of California, Berkeley. She has served as President of the American Rehabilitation Economics Association (AREA) and is a Co-Editor of the journal The Earnings Analyst.