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Uncovering significant economic damages when your plaintiff is still working.
Returning to work doesn't always erase lost earnings. This CLE covers scenarios like reduced hours, diminished productivity, loss of benefits, career disruption, and shows how to uncover economic damages often overlooked.
The course examines the economic analysis of lost earnings in personal injury litigation, specifically focusing on cases where the plaintiff has returned to work or remains employed. It addresses the distinction between chronological earnings and economic earning capacity, highlighting how to identify losses in fringe benefits, career advancement opportunities, and retirement plans.
The material covers the evaluation of various employment types, including union, government, and self-employed workers, as well as the specific considerations for undocumented workers. It provides guidance on the documentation required to substantiate these claims and the role of expert testimony in establishing damages.
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Principal of SobelCo. and Chief Economist of the Sobel Tinari Economics Group
Kristin Kucsma, M.A., is a Principal of SobelCo. and Chief Economist of the Sobel Tinari Economics Group. Ms. Kucsma oversees the group’s award-winning economists and experienced analysts. Ms. Kucsma joined the Tinari Economics Group in January 2008 and, since then, has worked extensively on cases involving personal injury, wrongful death, employment law, wrongful incarceration, mass torts, punitive damages, and lost profits. Her ability to clearly explain complicated economic analysis makes Ms. Kucsma an effective expert witness. She works regularly with both plaintiff and defense attorneys and lectures frequently on valuing economic damages. Ms. Kucsma has testified in over 850 depositions, trials, mediations, and arbitrations, and has offered economic expert testimony in various state and federal district courts throughout the country. Prior to joining the Sobel Tinari Economics Group, Ms. Kucsma spent over 13 years teaching economics at the undergraduate and graduate level at Saint Peter’s College, Rutgers, Seton Hall, and Drew Universities. Her areas of expertise include American Economic History, Applied Micro Economic Theory, banking and financial markets, and corporate finance. Ms. Kucsma is an active member of the National Association of Forensic Economics and the Eastern Economics Association, a member of the American Economics Association, and a former member of the District Ethics Committee, Office of Attorney Ethics of the Supreme Court of New Jersey. She earned a B.A., summa cum laude, in Economics from Seton Hall University, an M.A. from Rutgers University, and is currently ABD at Rutgers University.
Partner at Farber Balsam Papain Ferrari LLP
Thomas is a Partner at Farber Balsam Papain Ferrari LLP where he primarily focuses on civil litigation matters with a focus on plaintiff’s personal injury law. He has handled high value cases and has won numerous settlements for clients either killed or seriously injured by negligently operated vehicles, unsafe premises, and unsafe construction sites. Thomas graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 2012, where he wrote and had published legal papers concerning international affairs. He also currently sits on the Academy’s Associate Board of Directors!