Biography of Philip L. Brooks, MBA

Philip L. Brooks’ educational background includes a B.S. in Biology, an M.S. in Pharmacotherapeutics, and an M.S. in Industrial Administration (Carnegie Mellon University’s equivalent of an MBA). Mr. Brooks has over twenty years of experience in providing litigation-related and environmental management consulting services. In addition, on several occasions, he has served in corporate management roles on an interim basis, e.g., as CEO, COO, or CFO of start-up companies and entities undergoing financial crises.

Before becoming an independent consultant, Mr. Brooks was a principal of Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc., where he was employed for eight years, primarily in that firm’s environmental and litigation consulting practices. He later served as a director of KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP’s regional litigation practice in Pittsburgh, PA, and held similar positions with Arthur Andersen & Co. LLP and Coopers & Lybrand LLP. Additionally, while employed by Purdue Frederick Research Center and Revlon Health Care Group, Mr. Brooks worked for four years as an analytical chemist to the pharmaceutical industry.

Mr. Brooks has worked on a wide variety of environmental problems in which he has brought to bear significant quantitative and analytic skills, including the application of decision analysis techniques to settlement negotiations; tort damages estimation; property damage estimation; environmental management reviews; Superfund cost allocation and cost recovery; and estimation of the monetary value of claims for hazardous waste insurance coverage.

Mr. Brooks has also developed many large databases, designed and programmed financial forecasting models, performed cost-benefit analyses, evaluated RCRA financial assurance procedures, and drafted and provided testimony.

Outside of the environmental arena, he also works on commercial damages, patent infringement searches, industry and damage expert witness searches, coordination of experts for multiple expert cases, and on various aspects of bankruptcy cases, including as a financial advisor either to Chapter 11 creditor committees or debtors.