Litigation Services
The Dickie Group Expert Witness and Business Valuation team has over 100 years of combined experience in analyzing and interpreting financial statements, valuing companies, and providing convincing written and verbal presentations both in and out of the courtroom.
Expert Witness
Retained by both plaintiffs and defendants, members of the team have been qualified as experts in Federal Distribt Courts, state courts and U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
In one case, our expert witness supported the defendant in a shareholder class action alleging a securities law violation. The plaintiffs, who claimed damages in the high eight figures, settled for $25,000 days after deposing our team member.
Business Valuation
Over the past 30 years, the team has valued companies in a variety of situations including:
Estate and Gift TaxationDivestiture and BuyoutIncome Taxation Commercial LitigationMerger and Acqusition ReorganizationControl PremiumsTestifying as to the appropriate metholology for valuing the shortfall and reduced value of a company acquired by an industrial equipment maker, the arbitrator accepted our methodology and awarded our client $14,800,000 or 16% of the purchase price.
Measurement of Damages
Team members analyzes a company's financials, operations, management, market and industry to determine the economic consequences of a particular tort, breach of contract, or securities law violation.
One company sponsoring hi-tech conventions was sued for $40,000,000. They hired our team who determined that the plaintiff's expert's methodology was not consistent with accepted valuation practice. The jury awarded the plaintiff zero.
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Litigation and Expert Witness Help When It Counts
The Dickie Group
Experienced in:
- Business Valuation
- Investment
- Management Consulting
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation/Expert Witness
- Bankruptcy
- CLE Presentations
Resolved cases include:
- Breach of Contract
- Stockholder Disputes
- Alleged Securities Law Violations
- Shareholder Derivative Actions
- Estate and Gift Taxation
- Measurement of Damages
Services include:
- Preliminary Review and Analysis
- Drafting Claims and Answers
- Pre-trial Discovery Consulting
- Calculation of Financial Loss
- Affidavit and Report Preparation
- Trial Exhibits Presentation
- Expert Witness: Deposition & Trial
- Cross-examination Preparation
- Critique Opposing Expert Reports
