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J. McMorris is a Partner at White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky,
Luna, Wolf & Hunt, LLP. She is an economist
with over twenty years of litigation consulting experience
providing damages analyses for medical malpractice, personal
injury, wrongful death, wrongful termination and other
litigation. Ms. McMorris has testified as an expert witness
in trial, arbitration and deposition.
Prior to joining White, Zuckerman, Warsavsky, Luna, Wolf & Hunt,
LLP, Ms. McMorris was a Litigation Services Manager at
Coopers & Lybrand, concentrating primarily in analyzing
damages in civil litigation matters. She also has over
five years of experience as an economist for one of Southern
California's medical malpractice trusts, where she was
responsible for working with claims managers and defense
counsel in quantifying economic damages. Ms. McMorris has
provided critiques of opposing economists' analyses, and
assisted counsel during trial and deposition testimony
of economic experts. Ms. McMorris' experience includes
working as an economic consultant and providing expertise
on structured settlements and on the economic aspects of
the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act.
Ms. McMorris has served as an expert witness panelist
for the National Institute for Trial Advocacy, and as an
Advanced Litigation panelist at a Continuing Education
for the Bar seminar. She has lectured at seminars for various
law firms and provided training for attorneys for Minimum
Continuing Legal Education. Ms. McMorris co‑authored
a chapter in the 1996 Wiley Expert Witness Update regarding
the use of accountants and economists in personal injury
cases.
Ms. McMorris has over twelve years experience teaching
economics to college students. Ms. McMorris was a full
time tenured instructor of economics at Pasadena City College,
where she taught macroeconomics and microeconomics. Ms.
McMorris has been a part time economics instructor at Glendale
Community College for the past ten years. She has co‑taught
a seminar on forensic economics to the graduate accounting
department faculty at California State University, Los
Angeles, and she has co‑taught a similar course to
students there.
Ms. McMorris received a Bachelor of Arts degree from
San Diego State University and a Master of Arts degree
in economics from California State University, Fullerton.
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