Litigation Support and Financial Expertise
We provide clear, defensible financial analysis for attorneys, contractors, and business owners involved in disputes, investigations, or complex transactions.
How We Support Legal and Financial Matters
Our team offers experienced, unbiased analysis to help resolve financial disputes and support legal strategies involving construction-related matters.
Forensic Accounting
We investigate financial activity to uncover fraud, mismanagement, or irregularities.
Business Valuation
We provide formal valuations for ownership disputes, buyouts, and estate matters.
Expert Testimony
Our CPAs deliver clear, professional testimony in court and arbitration settings.
Financial Consulting in Disputes
We assist legal teams with document analysis, damage calculations, and expert review.
Why Financial Clarity Matters in Legal Disputes
Accurate financial analysis can influence outcomes in litigation, settlements, and negotiations—especially in high-value or technical cases.
WORTH OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
Have used dispute review boards to avoid formal disputes and litigation.
AVERAGE VALUE
of construction disputes worldwide in 2021.
MONTHS
Average time it takes to resolve a construction dispute in North America.
Litigation Support FAQs
Here’s what clients and attorneys often ask about our litigation support services.
An audit of a nonpublic company is performed in accordance with the AICPA Statements on Auditing Standards, also referred to as generally accepted auditing standards, aka GAAS. Those standards are applied to historical financial statements to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from material misstatement. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance under GAAS. The nature, timing, and extent of procedures performed are based on the auditor’s judgment. Such procedures may include confirmations of balances and other information with outside sources, attorney representations regarding litigation and unasserted claims, an inspection of documents, inquiries with the Company’s personnel, recalculations, analytics, and written representations from the Company’s management documenting specific responses made to the auditor during the engagement. Reasonable assurance is the highest level of assurance that a CPA can provide. Under reasonable assurance, however, the auditor does not guarantee that the financial statements are 100% correct. Instead, the auditor opines that the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s financial position, results of operations, and cash flows. Audited financial statements give the end-users, such as banks, sureties, and parties involved in business acquisitions, high assurance that the financial statements used to make decisions are fairly presented.
An attorney letter is a letter of inquiry from the Company’s management to the Company’s external legal counsel. The letter requests that the attorney reply directly to the auditor regarding litigation and unasserted claims. The letter is mailed (or emailed) by the auditor. The attorney generally bills the Company for responding to this letter. Under auditing standards, the auditor must obtain an attorney letter (assuming an attorney has been consulted) if there is evidence that the Company has actual or potential litigation, claims, or assessments that may give rise to a risk of material misstatement. Additionally, many auditors find it prudent to send an attorney letter to the Company’s general counsel, even if there is no evidence of litigation.
Several situations that may require a business valuation, including:
• Sale or purchase of a business
• Debt financing support
• Mergers and acquisitions
• ESOPs
• Estate and gift taxes
• Liquidations
• Buy-sell agreements
• Property settlements in divorce
• Stockholder or partner buyouts
• Goodwill impairment
• Litigation related to bankruptcy, contractual
• disputes, and a variety of other issues