Also called: Litigation Economics Consultant
Uses economics and data to help lawyers and companies in lawsuits, mergers and regulation cases.
You analyze millions of sales records to estimate how much a price-fixing scheme cost customers, then help a Stanford professor prepare to testify as an expert witness.
Firms like Cornerstone Research and Analysis Group pay analysts ~$90k+; PhD economists earn $200k+.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in economics or math for analysts; a PhD for the expert roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Economics, Mathematics, Statistics.
Growing about average. Driven by antitrust and litigation activity.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI speeds data cleaning and analysis, cutting junior roles; building sound models and expert testimony stay human.
Classes: AP Microeconomics, AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science Principles.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3011.
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