 Litigation
Consulting
The legal profession is often confronted with complex financial and accounting
issues that fall outside its scope of expertise. GHP Horwath, P.C..’s
Financial Advisory and Dispute Resolution (FADR) Group analyzes complex financial
information, quantifies damages or risks, and interprets this information for lawyers and
the courts.
With both in-depth industry experience and strong technical capabilities, our
FADR group has an excellent reputation for working with both plaintiffs and defendants to
develop innovative, winning solutions that withstand exacting scrutiny. To support the
practical considerations of reducing time and money involved in dispute resolution, as
well as to improve access to information, the FADR Group is well equipped to serve as a
joint expert for both parties.
The FADR Group provides support in legal disputes involving:
- Commercial damages
- Marital dissolutions
- Personal injury and wrongful death
- Securities litigation
- Professional liability
- Antitrust
- Class actions
We assist attorneys from pre-trial through settlements, with:
- Research, retrieval and evaluation of financial information
- Quantification of disputed amounts
- Preparation of expert reports
- Critical analysis of reports prepared by others
- Development and evaluation of settlement offers
- Preparation of trial exhibits
- Expert testimony
Insurance Claims Consulting
Increasing complexity and volume of suspect or fraudulent claims forces
insurance carriers, as well as claimants, to seek independent, fair and economical
determination of losses. Educated and experienced in a variety of insurance claims issues,
coverage issues, and loss values, the FADR Group calculates losses related to:
- Business income and business interruption
- Personal injury and wrongful death
- Contract surety
- Fidelity
Business Valuation Services
A sound, defensible valuation is often an important requirement for litigation
proceedings, such as marital dissolution and economic damage matters, as well as for
commercial transactions and tax planning purposes. GHP Horwath, P.C.’s
Financial Advisory and Dispute Resolution (FADR) Group specializes in valuing small to
medium sized closely-held businesses and professional practices using the latest and most
widely accepted valuation techniques.
Circumstances which most often necessitate our valuation services include:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Sale or purchase of a minority interest
- Financing proposals
- Employee stock ownership plans
- Entity formation or dissolution
- Estate, income, and gift tax matters, including valuation of family limited
partnerships
- Premarital planning and divorce proceedings
- Economic damage matters
Meet our FADR Management Group
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