Michael L. Brookshire, Ph.D. is a Professor of Economics at the Marshall University Graduate College in Charleston, West Virginia. Since 1975, he has testified in cases involving the calculation of economic damages. His 1987 book, Economic Damages: The Handbook for Plaintiff and Defense Attorneys, led the way to two more books and more than thirty-five book chapters and national, refereed articles on the calculation of economic damages. Most recently, he tri-edited a 2007 book published by the Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company; it is entitled The Plaintiff and Defense Attorneys Guide to Understanding Economic Damages.

Dr. Brookshire graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 1971, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics. He then went on to earn a Ph.D. in Economics in 1975 from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Dr. Brookshire holds active membership in the National Association of Forensic Economics (NAFE), the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts (AAEFE), the American Economic Association (AEA), the Southern Economic Association (SEA), and the Western Economic Association International (WEAI).

Dr. Brookshire is a charter member and Past President (1993-1994) of the National Association of Forensic Economics, and he was the second Executive Director of the Association from 1999-2001; this association publishes the Journal of Forensic Economics. Dr. Brookshire received the NAFE "Outstanding Service" award in 1999, and he was the national co-chair of the 20th anniversary celebration of the Association in 2006.

Dr. Brookshire and his staff have worked in notable cases over the past two decades, for both the plaintiff and defense sides, such as the Louisville sewer explosion case, the Arrow Air (Newfoundland) crash case, Lockerbie (Scotland) crash case, the 2006 ComAir crash case, the West Virginia "Mountain Top Removal" coal mining cases, the E. I. du Pont C8 case, the Spelter medical monitoring case, and such class action cases as the Bendectin, Fen-Phen, and Tobacco cases. At the January 2002 meetings of the American Economic Association, Dr. Brookshire was one of four invited panelists discussing the proposed rules of the 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund. In 2008, he was a speaker for the International Academy of Mediators, and he often speaks to associations and groups of trial attorneys. Information explaining how Dr. Brookshire's expertise can be of assistance to you can be found on this site.