David A. Argue Corporate Vice President | argue.d@ei.com B.A. American University, 1983 M.A. University of Virginia, 1987 Ph.D. University of Virginia, 1990 Washington, DC Office

While at Economists Incorporated, Mr. Argue has analyzed competition and performed damages analyses in various health care markets for government merger reviews and private antitrust litigation. Currently, he is also an adjunct faculty member at Johns Hopkins University teaching MBA-level courses in the economics of health care. Among the health care areas in which Mr. Argue has consulting experience are hospitals, physician practices, ambulatory surgery centers, health insurance and pharmaceuticals. He has also conducted efficiency studies in hospital mergers. Mr. Argue has performed competition and damages analyses in other industries as well, including cement, propane distribution, grocery stores, copper production, funeral homes, pesticides, telecommunications, newspapers, steel and industrial controls. Mr. Argue has also conducted damages analyses in several employment-related matters. In addition, he has expertise in environmental matters including assessment of natural resource damage claims, and class certification in environmental litigation. Mr. Argue previously served as an economist at the Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia. In that position he directed the research and publication of a project profiling the economies of local areas in Virginia and was a researcher on two large economic development initiatives.