Qualifications
Education, Professional Involvement and Leadership, Research and Publications.


Mr. Gaskins has over thirty years experience as an expert witness and consultant on economic damages, proof of damages and valuation in litigation and alternative dispute resolution.

He is an active participant in and contributor to his specialty professional associations through meetings, presentations, office/board service, listserve participation and independent research and publication.  These organizations include the Institute of Business Appraisers (IBA), the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts (AAEFE), for which he was elected to the board of directors at the 2001 annual meeting, and again to the board of directors at the 2006 annual meeting, and the National Association of Forensic Economics (NAFE), for which he served as a vice-president from 2002 to 2005.  In 2006 he was appointed to the board of editors of the Journal of Legal Economics.  In 2008 he was a founding member of the Collegium of Pecuniary Damages Experts (CPDE), and elected Past-President (pro tem).

Prior to forming Gaskins Associates he was senior Management Advisory Services Partner with a regional certified public accounting (CPA) firm.  Earlier he was a senior consultant with the health care consulting division of a national CPA firm.  His experience also includes management positions in banking and higher education.
He is a past adjunct instructor at the Georgetown University School of Business Administration where he taught financial and managerial accounting theory.  He also serves as an instructor for continuing professional education seminars on forensic economics, forensic accounting, business damages, and business, pension and other financial assets valuation.

He augments his consulting capabilities with computer programming skills in high-level languages and database management systems. He is experienced in the use of on-line database research tools, computer modeling and statistical analysis tools.  In addition, he has special training in computer controls evaluation and computer auditing.

He has training and experience in multi-disciplinary collaborative law and a genuine interest in contributing to the advancement of alternative dispute resolution models.

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