Dr. Leary is an economist with over a decade of experience specializing in damages analysis, valuation, corporate finance, financial economics, financial markets, international finance, cryptocurrency, alternative investments, accounting, and econometrics.

He was previously an expert at The Brattle Group, with experience spanning international arbitrations (ICSID, ICDR), U.S. securities litigation, FINRA arbitrations, and consulting engagements. Prior to joining The Brattle Group, Dr. Leary held positions at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors and the Congressional Budget Office, where he developed models predicting capital shortfalls in the U.S. banking system and the economic impact of financial market stress. Dr. Leary also taught courses on economics and economic statistics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Dr. Leary's consulting services have included the estimation of damages caused by breach of contract in international arbitrations, fraud in UK and U.S. litigation, and breach of bilateral treaties in investor-state arbitrations. He has also conducted valuations of companies, thinly traded securities, and other assets; causation analyses of cryptocurrency trades; market structure analyses of various securities and digital assets; and event studies of various securities with non-standard considerations. Dr. Leary has led teams of up to twenty or more consultants across every stage of litigation, arbitration, mediation, and regulatory investigations. His work has covered a variety of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, technology, digital assets, and oil and gas.

Dr. Leary conducts ongoing research in finance and international economics using statistical techniques such as regression analysis and event studies to determine how contractual features, market infrastructure, institutional arrangements, and market risks are reflected in asset prices, investor behavior, and economic activity. His work has been published in leading outlets, including the National Bureau of Economic Research, the International Monetary Fund Economic Review, the Journal of Alternative Investments, the National Tax Journal, and the Oxford University Press.