Elizabeth Eccher

A specialist in accounting, financial analysis, and valuation, Dr. Eccher has served as an expert in commercial disputes involving the proper application of accounting principles. Her consulting experience includes interpretation and application of financial accounting standards and terminology, damages estimation for lost sales, cost analyses, business valuations, and financial analyses for transfer pricing. Dr. Eccher's work has spanned such industries as computer software, biotechnology, automotive, financial services, agriculture, retail, and utilities. Examples of her consulting work include calculating lost profits in breach of contract and unfair competition cases in the high-speed rail, software, and pharmaceuticals industries; analyzing complex transactions in tax litigation; and evaluating the materiality of financial statement disclosures in the financial services industry. Before joining Analysis Group, Dr. Eccher taught financial and managerial accounting at the Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research has been published in leading academic accounting journals.

Practices

• Accounting
• Antitrust & Competition
• Commercial Disputes
• Damages
• International Arbitration
• Securities, Financial Products & Institutions
• Tax
• Valuation

Education

• PhD Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management
• MSIA Purdue University Krannert School of Management
• BA Dominican University (1974 — 1978)
• West Aurora High School (1971 — 1974)
• Holy Angels Grade School

Selected Publications

• “Chapter 11: Analysis of Cost Behavior,” with Jeffrey H. Kinrich and James Rosberg, Lost Profits Damages: Principles, Methods, and Applications (2017) .

• “Fair value disclosures by bank holding companies,” with K. Ramesh and S. Ramu Thiagarajan, Journal of Accounting and Economics 22 (1996).