We are often retained in civil litigation disputes between business entities or individuals in either of two roles:
- As consultants, we are retained strictly to advise counsel about the facts and issues of the case and will not be called to testify about our work or opinions. This status generally provides a work product privilege, which protects all work performed for counsel from being disclosed to the opposing side.
- As expert witnesses, we are retained to render an expert opinion at trial.
The types of commercial matters in which we provide services include:
- Acquisitions
- Alter Ego
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy
- Breach of Contract
- Construction Claims
- Fiduciary Duty
- Franchise/PMPA
- Fraud
- Healthcare
- Insurance Claims
- Intellectual Property
- Inverse Condemnation
- Product Liability
- Securities
The types of services we provide in litigation and dispute resolution matters include:
Damages
- Extra Cost
- Lost cash flow
- Lost earnings
- Lost profits
- Lost revenue
- Lost value
- Mitigation
- Price Erosion
- Reasonable royalty
Antitrust Analyses
- Anti-competition actions
- Dumping and other price discrimination
- Market share, market definition
- Price below cost
- Price-fixing
Valuation
- Business and professional practices
- Intangibles and intellectual property
- Pensions
- Property
Accounting Analyses
- Bankruptcy and reorganization
- Contract cost and claims
- Cost allocations
- Frauds, civil and criminal
- Historical analyses
- Regulated industries
- Tax bases
- Tax treatment of special transactions
- Tracing
General Consulting
- Arbitration / Mediation
- Computer consulting
- Document management
- Industry practices
- Market analyses
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Projections
- Statistical Analyses
For more information about our Litigation Consulting Services, please contact Mike Prost, CPA/ABV/CFF, CVA, ASA at 314.862.2070. Or, e-mail mprost@muellerprost.com.