Dr. Hamm specializes in helping courts, legislative bodies, and the public develop a sound understanding of complex economic and public policy issues. During the past twenty years, he has given expert testimony at twenty-four trials and has spent more than eighty-five days on the witness stand. His expert opinions have addressed lost profits, reliance damages, restitution, just compensation for takings, interest-rate risk management, product profitability, predatory lending, prejudgment interest, and economic impact analysis.
Dr. Hamm has a BA from Dartmouth College and a PhD in economics from the University of Michigan. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Wage Determination in Public Utilities.” He is a member of the American Economic Association and the American Law and Economics Association; a fellow of the National Academy for Public Administration; and a director of the Grameen Foundation, an international not-for-profit organization that develops innovative, sustainable solutions to fight global poverty and hunger.
Employment History
LECG, LLC
Managing director
1996 – 2010
Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
Executive vice president, chief operating officer
1992 – 1995
Senior vice president
1991 – 1992
World Savings and Loan Association
Vice president – Loan Service manager
1988 – 1990
Vice president – director of Operations Analysis
1986 – 1988
State of California Legislative Analyst
1977 – 1986
Executive Office of the President – Office of Management and Budget
Deputy associate director – Division chief
1976 – 1977
Assistant division director – Chief of HUD Branch
1972 – 1976
Budget analyst
1969 – 1972
Professional Affiliations
American Economic Association
National Academy of Public Administration
Fellow
Commonwealth Club
American Law and Economics Association
Freedom From Hunger
Trustee
LECG-Europe
Director
Council on Excellence in Government
Founding principal
National Academy of Public Administration Panel for Improving Healthcare and Services to Veterans
Chairman
National Academy of Public Administration Panel for Improving the Small Business Administration’s Effectiveness
National Academy of Public Administration Panel for Improving Management/Operations
Chairman
California Institute for County Government
Director
National Academy of Public Administration Panel for Improving the Financial Stability of the Presidio Trust
Advisory Panel of the California Earthquake Authority
PrimeTech, Inc.
Director
California Citizens Budget Commission
Dean’s Advisory Council, San Francisco State University
Board of Visitors, Institute for Public Policy, Duke University
Dean’s Advisory Council, Graduate School of Management, University of California/Davis
Founding member
Western Legislative Fiscal Officers Association
President
Grameen Foundation
Director