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Dr. Thornton is a Director and has been with ERS Group since 1986. She specializes in analyzing credit and employment decisions and has testified as an expert witness in federal court and administrative hearings. She has prepared economic and statistical analyses involving allegations of gender, race, ethnicity, and age discrimination in a variety of employment practices including selection, termination, and compensation, as well as Fair Labor Standards Act compliance. Dr. Thornton has prepared analyses for employers both pro-actively and in response to litigation and OFCCP audits. Her expertise in the analysis of lending practices has led her to design monitoring software and she is also responsible for the acquisition of Census and alternative source data, including data on interest rates and other mortgage lending information. Dr. Thornton has been an adjunct professor of quantitative methods and statistics at Florida State University. She has also published in the Journal of Legal Economics and in the Journal of Forensic Economics and is a frequent presenter at ERS Group seminars. | 