Cara L. Brown, M.A.
Principal
Office: Calgary
Ext. 201
Education
| Graduate Econometrics course (audit) | University of Calgary, 1996 | |
| Graduate Labour Economics course | University of Calgary, 1995 | |
| M.A. Economics (Economics & Law) | University of Calgary, 1988 | |
| B.A. Economics (Honours) | University of Calgary, 1986 |
After graduating with a Master of Arts degree in economics and law in 1988, Ms. Brown established Brown Economic Consulting Inc. in 1991. Having worked in the legal community for more than 17 years, Ms. Brown has prepared more than 8,000 reports quantifying economic assessments and damages in civil litigation covering a comprehensive range of cases. She has testified on more than 110 occasions in a number of different courthouses across Canada, including Courts of Queen's Bench in the Yukon, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, the Supreme Court of British Columbia and Newfoundland, Alberta, Saskatchewan, plus District Courts in Texas & North Dakota, U.S.A. Cases have included both defense and plaintiff work. Testimony in complex civil litigation claims include: sexual assault, wrongful imprisonment, wrongful sterilization, personal injury, wrongful death, tax gross-up, economic trade disruption, wrongful dismissal, loss of housekeeping capacity, pension valuations, and spousal/child support. Her expert witness experience has expanded to cover collective bargaining arbitrations and mediation settlements, with a number of notable cases completed by BEC Inc. in this area for the City of Calgary and other employment groups. In very few cases did the court not find her evidence to be useful for its purpose. (See a highlight of various cases in Ms. Brown's curriculum vitae and "BEC court testimony".) In 2001, Canada Law Book published Damages: Estimating Pecuniary Loss. With leading-edge methodologies in economic assessments and as a practical guide for new or experienced lawyers, Damages was written in loose-leaf format especially designed to accommodate annual updates. Between 2001 and 2003, Ms. Brown developed and wrote the Brown Economic Damages NetLetterTM, an Internet on-line newsletter published monthly by Lexis-Nexis. The NetLetter highlighted case facts that routinely affect determinations of damage awards, complete with analysis of quantum and developing legal economic principles. From 1996-1999, Ms. Brown initiated, developed and taught Women, Work & the Economy for the general studies department at the University of Calgary. She has also been a sessional instructor and guest lecturer at the University of Calgary for other undergraduate economics and law courses. Ms. Brown has published more than 20 articles in various publications. She has lectured and presented at more more than 50 conferences and seminars throughout Canada and the United States for professional organizations and groups such as the provincial branches of the Canadian Bar Association, provincial Trial Lawyers' associations, Lexpert, Canadian Institute, Infonex, the U.S. based National Association of Forensic Economics (NAFE), and at the annual Western Economic Association International (WEAI) conferences to name a few. Among Ms. Brown's many memberships and affiliations, she belongs to the Canadian Association of Business Economists (CABE), the National Association of Forensic Economists (NAFE), and the Society of Labor Economists associated with the Journal of Labor Economics. Ms. Brown is also the western representative for NAFE's committee on continuing education. In December 2003, upon invitation, Ms. Brown elected to participate in exchanging email postings with a specialized group of forensic economists, vocational experts, and life care planning experts from the United States to discuss forensic economic topics of interest. This is an ongoing exchange. As Principal of BEC with an awareness of the need for community advancement, Cara has supported many local and national organizations through corporate sponsorships and donations. Click here to view BEC's community involvement page. Throughout her academic and professional career, Cara was an outstanding world-class athlete in the Canadian sport of Ringette. She is listed in the 2000 edition of Who's Who of Canadian Sport, and was inducted into Ringette Canada's Hall of Fame in 2002.