Litigation Support Services

Commercial litigation often involves establishing the economic damages suffered by the plaintiff due to the defendant’s actions. The plaintiff may claim lost profits or damages to their business arising from a contract dispute, intellectual property dispute, or shareholder disagreement. In cases where the defendant’s actions caused significant economic damages to the business, AVGI usually employs a lost profits method to quantify the damage and support the client in seeking restitution. However, in cases where the defendant’s actions caused the total destruction of or permanent damage to the business, AVGI will calculate the lost business value, including the lost potential of the business. 

You can rely on AVGI’s litigation support professionals to quantify your client’s lost profits using innovative appraisal methods and present those findings to the court logically, and effectively as compelling business damages expert witnesses. Hundreds of AVGI’s satisfied clients have prevailed in court, where AVGI’s expert testimony was crucial to the favorable verdict. Read some of our biggest litigation support success stories here.

Business partnerships and shareholder structures often become complicated legal messes when disputes arise. AVGI’s expert appraisals can help shareholders request adequate compensation as they seek justice for shareholder oppression or to fairly divide company value, shares, or assets in dissolving a partnership. 

Litigation can quickly become a lengthy and expensive process, so clients increasingly opt for an out-of-court settlement using an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) such as arbitration or mediation. Two significant advantages of alternative dispute resolutions include quicker settlement timelines and lower legal costs. Mediation allows the disputing parties to discuss and debate the issue in a private meeting with the help of a mediator. Arbitration more closely resembles litigation, where both parties present their cases, witnesses, and evidence to the arbitrator. However, the arbitrator is not a judge, and there is no jury, making the arbitration process less formal than traditional litigation. AVGI can assist clients in both mediation and arbitration by performing business damage calculations, defining the scope of damages, providing business valuation consulting as relevant to the case, and providing expert witness testimony. AVGI’s business valuation expertise can be particularly beneficial in arbitration, as no legalities proscribe calling on expert testimony. Whatever form of dispute resolution your client chooses to pursue, AVGI has the professional knowledge, skills, and experience to help them prevail both in and out of court.

When a construction project goes awry, it can often result in business damages to the client, investors, or other involved parties. The AVGI team has particular experience in quantifying and proving business damages related to construction defects. Jay Abrams has also served numerous times as a damages from construction expert witness. If your client is involved in a construction damages litigation, AVGI should be your obvious choice for litigation support. 

Marital dissolution can unfortunately become a complex legal battle as the couple seeks to divide their assets and part ways, particularly in the case where the spouses are high-value or high-profile individuals. Whether the spouses are seeking divorce litigation or divorce mediation, a quality divorce appraisal can help objectively establish the value of assets for division and effectively speed up the legal divorce process. Objectivity is paramount in reaching marriage dissolution agreements peacefully, and AVGI is experienced in helping couples divide their assets fairly with expert divorce business valuations.