Donald L. Martin, PhD, is an internationally recognized economist that clients have retained as an economic consultant and testifying expert in both antitrust and intellectual property disputes and for presentations of his analyses before regulatory agencies in both the United States and Europe. Prior to his work as a consultant, he was a tenured member of the economics faculties at the University of Virginia and the University of Miami’s Law & Economics Center.
Dr. Martin’s extensive experience includes court testimony on antitrust liability and damages, on commercial damages, and on damages arising from infringement of patent and other intellectual property rights. He has been retained in disputes before federal and state courts, the Court of International trade, the U.S. Court of Claims, the International Trade Commission and in arbitration proceedings. He has represented clients in presentations to the Staff at the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice and before the European Commission. He has testified before the U.S. Congress on antitrust and labor policy matters and has been an advisor to the Federal Trade Commission. Dr. Martin has been recognized as a “leading competition economist” by Global Competition Review in The International Who’s Who of Competition Lawyers and Economists 2009.
Dr. Martin’s consulting expertise extends across a wide variety of industries including but not limited to:
· Dynamic random access memory chips (DRAM)
· Mobile communications technologies
· Wholesale and retail distribution of ready-to-eat foods
· Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages and their distribution
· Pesticides and herbicides and genetically modified seeds
· Residential real estate services and title insurance
· Chemicals, elastomers and roofing products
· Specialty steels and graphite electrodes
· Professional Sports
· Broadcast, cable and outdoor advertising services
· Automobile parts distribution
Dr. Martin has authored numerous books and articles on antitrust, telecommunications, intellectual property, and labor economics. He was awarded a PhD in Economics from UCLA in 1969, an MBA from The City University of New York in 1964 and a B.S. from Boston University in 1961.