Dr. Rodriguez specializes in domestic and international antitrust and competition policy. Dr. Rodriguez has provided professional assessments of the competitive impact of mergers and other antitrust allegations on competition. He has conducted economic, financial, and statistical analysis in support of litigation and has served as an economic expert witness in various proceedings. Antitrust cases include the analysis of allegations involving price fixing, vertical restraints, foreclosure, tying, exclusive dealing, and price discrimination. Other cases included dealer termination cases, tortuous interference, tax litigation, intellectual property litigation and the estimation of commercial damages.

Dr. Rodriguez is an Associate Professor at the University of New Haven. Dr. Rodriguez is a former senior manager with KPMG's, Economic Consulting Services and PricewaterhouseCooper's Financial Advisory Services. Responsibilities included litigation support, international competition, valuation of tangible and intangible property and transfer pricing economics.

Dr Rodriguez is also a former US Federal Trade Commission economist. FTC responsibilities entailed planning and conducting antitrust investigations in conjunction with FTC staff attorneys. Assignments involved merger reviews, horizontal restraints, and vertical restraints (tying, resale price maintenance and exclusive dealing) and covered a wide variety of industries (e.g., high technology, chemical, energy, publishing, retailing, and professional associations).

Dr. Rodriguez has taught at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, The Monterey Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA, and at the University of Texas at Austin. He has taught courses in applied economics, competition policy, and microeconomics. Dr. Rodriguez has published numerous articles in refereed journals, law reviews and periodicals and has lectured widely on competition policy and international trade.