Robinson Experts
Real Estate--Consulting and Expert Witness Services
I provide expert witness, consulting, and speaking services in real estate matters involving valuation, brokerage, investment, capital markets, sustainability, environmental risk, and appraisal standards.
I am a Full Professor and Director of Real Estate at a major university, where I lead the Real Estate Development and Finance Program. I also serve as Chair of the Entrepreneurship Department and hold the Campbell Endowed Professorship. My academic and industry leadership includes roles as President of the American Real Estate Society and Distinguished Fellow with NAIOP, the leading organization for commercial developers.
As an expert witness, I have been engaged in cases involving brokerage disputes, diminution in value, environmental contamination, investment strategy, and valuation methodology. I have provided written reports, deposition testimony, and trial testimony, and maintain Series 65 licensure and a real estate broker license.
My research record includes approximately 40 heavily cited peer-reviewed publications, along with leading industry whitepapers for the Appraisal Institute, Counselors of Real Estate, CREFC, IFMA, NAIOP, and the Urban Land Institute. I have also co-authored standards for ASTM’s Property Resilience Assessment and served as a course designer and instructor for Moody’s ESG and real estate finance curriculum.
I have received research funding from CBRE, the Real Estate Research Institute, and the National Science Foundation, and frequently present to attorneys, industry groups, and institutional investors on topics such as valuation, ESG, climate disclosure, and regulatory risk.
Background
Dr. Spenser Robinson completed his Doctorate of Business Administration in Finance with a focus on Real Estate and now manages an academic Real Estate major/minor in a large university College of Business. The Real Estate Academic Leadership ranks him as a top 50 global researcher for multiple years running. His funded research includes grants from the National Science Foundation, the Real Estate Research Institute, CBRE Inc., and others.
He began his career in strategic and technical consulting in the 1990's after his Bachelors from University of Michigan. His M.B.A. from University Southern California's Marshall IBEAR (International Business Education and Research) program helped him transition to Capital Markets Real Estate Banking where he spent approximately six years working with a major national bank. He completed his doctorate at Cleveland State University where he later served as the inaugural Everson Real Estate Research Fellow.