Kelly Lear Nordby

Dr. Kelly Lear Nordby specializes in applying economics, econometrics, finance, and statistics to competition policy, commercial damages, and mass tort matters.

With over twenty years of litigation consulting experience, Dr. Lear Nordby provides clients with cogent analyses that examine issues of price fixing, bundling, class certification, two-sided markets, patent infringement, employment discrimination, property value diminution, environmental contamination, tax shelters, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and statistical sampling. She directs analyses of large datasets and is adept at using a variety of econometric modeling techniques, including regression analysis, conjoint analysis, difference-in-differences, and synthetic control methods. Dr. Lear Nordby also has applied her expertise in finance to develop models for discounted cash-flow valuations, investment portfolio returns, lost profits, and prejudgment interest. These matters have spanned a broad range of industries, including agriculture, airlines, automobiles, chemicals, energy, financial services, pharmaceuticals, vaccines, building products, and other consumer products. She conducts research and has published in the field of industrial organization.

Dr. Lear Nordby holds a master’s degree and a PhD in business economics and public policy from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, and a BS in finance from Lehigh University. She held positions previously with other consulting firms, including LECG, LLC. She has taught graduate and undergraduate level economics and statistics courses at Northeastern University, the University of San Francisco’s School of Management, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, and Indiana University Kelley School of Business.