| Dr. Bierhanzl is a Principal in ERS Group’s Labor and Employment practice. He joined ERS Group as a Research Economist in the Washington, D.C. office in 2005. His work at ERS Group has focused on wage and hour and employment discrimination litigation, including compensation and employment selection monitoring, and analysis related to OFCCP and EEOC investigations. Dr. Bierhanzl has also prepared analyses for firms involved in labor contract negotiations, and for cases involving taxation, government expenditures, and public finance. In the area of wage and hour Dr. Bierhanzl has provided analysis and consultation related to meal and break issues, overtime calculations, timekeeping and scheduling systems, allegations of off-the-clock work, and employee classification issues.
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| | Prior to working for ERS Group, he was a tenured Associate Professor of Economics at Florida A & M University where he taught for eleven years. Dr. Bierhanzl has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of Labor Research, the Journal of Private Enterprise, and the Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, and he has presented his research at conferences of the Southern Economic Association, the Association of Private Enterprise Education, and internationally. His areas of interest include economic policy and institutions, local public finance/public choice, and labor market policy. He received his doctorate from Florida State University.
He can be reached at (202) 328-1515, Ext. 531 or ebierhanzle@ersgroup.com.
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| Dubravka Tosic is an Economist and Principal at ERS Group, a national leader in economic and statistical consulting. She rejoined ERS Group in early 2010, after 12 years as a Director in the Dispute Analysis practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in New York. Dr. Tosic has a wealth of experience in leading and managing projects for private and public sector clients, and their in-house and outside counsel, involving economic and statistical analyses and damage calculations in a wide variety of complex disputes, litigation and arbitration matters, and pro-active risk management and compliance reviews.
Dr. Tosic’s primary areas of expertise are labor and employment (wage and hour, employment discrimination issues involving various employer actions such as hiring, promotion, termination, compensation studies, and reductions-in-force analyses) and complex commercial litigation and disputes. She has provided assistance as consulting expert or testifying expert to address issues of class certification, liability, and estimated damages. Additionally, Dr. Tosic has performed pro-active risk management and compliance reviews and audits, and management consulting projects involving process reviews and data analytics. |
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Dr. Tosic received her Master’s degree and Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University and her Bachelor’s degree from University of Maryland, and previously worked at ERS Group from 1991-1996.
She can be reached at (646) 823-3542 or dtosic@ersgoup.com.
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| Gregory Jacob is a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office whose practice focuses on labor and employment law. Prior to joining Winston & Strawn, Mr. Jacob served in several high-profile positions in the federal government, including the White House, Department of Justice and Department of Labor. Most recently, Mr. Jacob served as Solicitor of Labor, the third-ranking official in the Department of Labor. Through his government experience, Mr. Jacob has acquired extensive knowledge on labor and employment issues, including FLSA, ERISA, FMLA, OFCCP, OSHA, and whistleblower law. He has filed numerous amicus and other appellate briefs on such matters in courts throughout the United States, including the U.S. Supreme Court. Before joining the Department of Labor, Mr. Jacob served as Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Labor; as Deputy Solicitor of Labor; as an Attorney Advisor in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel; and as Special Assistant to President George W. Bush, with responsibility for formulating policy on immigration, justice, disability, tort reform, and other legal issues. |