Economics

About Dr. Thomas F. Lanier, III

Thomas F. Lanier, III, Ph.D. is a Senior Managing Economist and Principal at Litigation Analytics, Inc., based in Irving, Texas, where he has worked since September 2014. In his current role, Dr. Lanier conducts rigorous analyses of economic loss in personal injury and wrongful death cases, with a concentrated emphasis on evaluating earnings, fringe benefits, and future medical costs of infants, as well as identifying pricing errors in life care plans. Dr. Lanier provides testimony at both deposition and trial, applying economic science to evaluate and contrast the methodologies of opposing economists. His analyses encompass earnings, non-wage benefits, non-market services, personal expenditures, household decisions, and future medical costs. Before dedicating himself full-time to litigation economics, Dr. Lanier served as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Texas at Dallas, where he taught Principles of Macroeconomics and Public Sector Economics, and as an Adjunct Professor at Tarrant County College, where he taught Principles of Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. He is a member of the American Economic Association, The Econometric Society, the Society of Labor Economists, and Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society.

Professional Memberships

• Member, American Economic Association
• Member, The Econometric Society
• Member, Society of Labor Economists
• Member, Beta Gamma Sigma Honors Society

Education

• Ph.D., Economics
  University of Texas at Dallas · 2018
• M.S., Economics
  University of Texas at Dallas · 2013
• M.A., Economics
  University of Texas at Arlington · 2010
• B.S., Political Science
  Texas A&M University · 2008

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