With degrees from the world’s finest educational institutions and firsthand experience with a variety of consulting and litigation projects, GEC experts are uniquely positioned to join practical business experience with finance and economic theory to accurately opine on and measure the economic impact of events across the economic spectrum.

Brigham Frandsen

brigham@thegecgroup.com,
312-922-8001 x 106

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PhD, Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BS, Economics & Physics, Brigham Young University

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Brigham Frandsen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Brigham Young University. Dr. Frandsen’s expertise is broad and includes the areas of labor economics, econometrics, health economics, and finance. 
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Dr. Frandsen’s research focuses on causal inference on distributional effects and he applies these methodologies to questions about the impact of labor market institutions and interventions on education and earnings outcomes. Dr. Frandsen was selected as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at Harvard University, where he spent two years in residence, furthering his research in econometrics, labor economics, and health policy.
 
Dr. Frandsen has considerable consulting experience in a variety of industries and involving cases with many complex issues. Dr. Frandsen has presented and lectured at universities and conferences throughout the nation.

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Cornelius Hofman specializes in labor economics, crop valuation, and small business finance. Mr. Hofman is retained regularly by both plaintiff and defense counsel as an expert regarding economic damages, and he has testified more than one hundred times in state and federal litigation across the United States. 
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Mr. Hofman has extensive experience in labor economics and has conducted wage loss analyses for children, students, stay-at-home parents, and workers employed in numerous industries. He has testified as an expert witness regarding economic damages in wage loss cases involving claims associated with aviation disasters, medical malpractice, personal injuries, age and gender discrimination, constructive discharge, retaliatory discharge, and breach of contract.
 
Mr. Hofman is also recognized as a premier expert in crop valuation. He has extensive experience valuing crop loss claims associated with lender liability, chemical drift, product liability, off-label chemical applications, herbicide misapplication, and breach of contract.
 
Mr. Hofman has personally transacted multiple small business public offerings and reverse mergers and acquisitions. Joining finance theory with practical business experience, Mr. Hofman offers the unique ability both to quantify and to explain the actual value of small business transactions.

Cornelius Hofman

cory@thegecgroup.com
312-922-8001 x 102​

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​Education

MBA, Economics & Finance, University of Chicago
MA, Japanese Studies, University of Pennsylvania
BA, Asian Studies, Cornell University

Matthew Murdock

​matt@thegecgroup.com
312-922-8001 x 101​

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​Education

MBA, Economics & Finance, University of Chicago
BS, Actuarial Science, Brigham Young University

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Matthew Murdock is an expert in the areas of labor economics, finance, and actuarial science. 
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Mr. Murdock has presented and lectured at universities throughout the country, including The University of Chicago, DePaul University, and Columbia University.
 
In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Murdock serves as the President of The GEC Group. 
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Credentials

FCAS, Fellow of the Casualty Actuarial Society
MAAA, Member of the American Academy of Actuaries

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"GEC experts are straightforward, honest and take pride in their craft. Juries not only find GEC informative and candid, but they genuinely like them. GEC takes what is often a dry, boring or uninformative topic for a jury and makes it interesting. I have had juries as well as judges compliment GEC regarding how the economist made difficult concepts seem very easy. Juries see GEC as truthful and straightforward. I have never been more pleased with an expert than each time I have hired GEC. You will find no finer forensic economist."

"After the trial, I contacted the jurors who had just delivered a tremendous verdict in our favor. I asked them, "Out of all the witnesses you heard [more than forty], who stands out the most?" To a person, they said "The Economist." I work in trials all over the country, and I can tell you that it is not often that the damages expert is the superstar, but in this case, the jurors were more than impressed, not only by the painstaking detail of the analysis, but even more by the explanation that was human, conversational, memorable, and persuasive. GEC is among the best I've seen at what they do: creating a strong analysis, explaining it clearly, and defending it tenaciously"
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"I have worked with GEC for over 20 years. Their credentials are impeccable, but these pale in comparison to their integrity, commitment to excellence, their meticulous attention to detail and their uncanny ability to present sophisticated economic principles in a plain, friendly, trustworthy and relatable manner. GEC is my go to firm for economic expertise regarding business to business disputes and personal injury cases. I know when I consult with GEC I am always going to get a reliable perspective to help me win my case."