Profile
Dr. George Korenko is an expert witness in cases involving antitrust, commercial damages, tax, intellectual property, labor and employment, executive compensation, medical malpractice, and international trade. He has testified in Federal District Court, in deposition, and before an international arbitration panel, and has submitted numerous expert reports in these areas. Dr. Korenko specializes in applying economics, finance, and econometrics to litigation and complex business matters.
In antitrust, Dr. Korenko has evaluated the economics of class certification, assessed the merits of antitrust allegations, estimated antitrust damages, and written reports in dozens of matters. He has been recognized as a top competition economist by clients and peers. He has also written reports and conducted economic analyses on financial damages, intellectual property disputes, valuation matters, public policy issues, and multinational taxation matters. Dr. Korenko has provided economic consulting and expert testimony in many industries, including automobile, truck, automobile and truck parts, financial products, railroads, asphalt, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, electronic components, software, and consumer products. He has published research and presented on these issues to a variety of audiences, including before Congressional staff and at international conferences.
Before joining Edgeworth, Dr. Korenko was a Senior Economist at the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), and held teaching positions at the University of North Carolina and Meredith College, where he was voted Outstanding Teacher in Business and Economics by his students. He taught classes in micro and macroeconomics, finance, investments, labor economics, international trade, and international monetary economics. At the FHFA, he performed economic, financial, and econometric analyses related to various safety and soundness issues, including executive compensation and risk-based capital.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Economic Association
- Professional Risk Managers International Association
- Passed the Level I Chartered Financial Analyst examination
- Member, Licensing Economics Society (2001-2006)
- Referee for Quantitative Finance and The Energy Journal
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
- Senior Economist, Federal Housing Finance Agency (Washington, DC)
- Senior Consultant, NERA Economic Consulting (Washington, DC)
- Assistant Professor of Business and Economics, Meredith College (Raleigh, NC)
- Lecturer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC)
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Project Experience
Project Experience
ANTITRUST AND COMPETITION
- Served as a consulting expert on end-payer class certification and damages issues for a pharmaceutical product relating to allegations of pay-for-delay, monopolization, and restrained competition
- Assisted counsel in the discovery issues related to production of defendants' and third parties’ documents and data across multiple systems related to the direct and indirect purchaser classes involving allegations of price fixing, bid rigging, and customer and market allocation of multiple prescription drugs
- Consultant to counsel in developing an econometric model of settlements involving a pain management product
- Served as a consulting expert on direct and indirect purchaser class certification, merits, and damages issues involving price fixing, supply restriction, and customer allocation allegations in the chemical industry
- Served as a consulting expert on antitrust litigation involving attempted monopolization claims in the software industry
- Served as a consulting expert on class certification issues involving price fixing and bid rigging in the automobile industry
- Assisted counsel with data discovery and preparation, developed econometric models, and drafted reports in a matter involving price fixing and bid rigging in the automobile parts industry
- Served as a consulting expert on class certification, merits, and damages issues involving price fixing in the railroad industry
- Served as a consulting expert on class certification issues involving price fixing of a financial market index
- Served as a consulting expert on direct and indirect purchaser class certification issues involving price fixing of an electronic component
- Consultant to counsel on merits issues involving allegations of supply restriction on agricultural products for opt-out plaintiff
TAX AND TRANSFER PRICING
- Prepared numerous tax and transfer pricing studies under US, O.E.C.D., and foreign transfer pricing guidelines involving valuing intangible and tangible property and services. The associated industries include pharmaceuticals, automobiles, specialty chemicals, consulting services, recreational water projects, and assisted living.
- Served as a consulting expert on transfer pricing litigation involving electronic components.
Pharma Experience
Pharma Experience
- Served as a consulting expert on end-payer class certification and damages issues for a pharmaceutical product relating to allegations of pay-for-delay, monopolization, and restrained competition
- Assisted counsel in the discovery issues related to production of defendants' and third parties’ documents and data across multiple systems related to the direct and indirect purchaser classes involving allegations of price fixing, bid rigging, and customer and market allocation of multiple prescription drugs
- Consultant to counsel in developing an econometric model of settlements involving a pain management product
- Prepared numerous tax and transfer pricing studies under US, O.E.C.D., and foreign transfer pricing guidelines involving valuing intangible and tangible property and services. The associated industries include pharmaceuticals
Practice Areas
Education
Dr. Korenko received his PhD in economics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his MA and BS in economics from Virginia Tech.