Areas of Practice

Economic Damages

 

We offer litigation support and non-litigious economic analysis. Damage calculations are prepared with reasonable certainty based upon defensible assumptions. Our firm analyzes and quantifies economic damages in a broad range of areas including:

  • Personal injury

  • Business interruption and lost profits

  • Wrongful death

  • Medical malpractice

  • Employment disputes

  • Insurance coverage and claim matters

  • Construction and manufacturer defects

  • Costing life care plans

  • Shareholder and partnership disputes

  • Commercial matters

  • Property loss and replacement costs

Contact us for an initial consultation or records review. We can often provide realistic projections of earning capacity or expected profits presently upon receiving relevant data. Upon retention of our services, we will prepare a request for additional information if necessary. Relevant information will be analyzed, and a preliminary estimate of damages can be discussed. A compelling detailed report is then produced summarizing our opinions, and supporting our damage calculations, methodologies, and assumptions. Ashleigh Lansing provides expert economic witness testimony should the matter proceed to trial.

Expert Witness Testimony

 

Ashleigh Lansing, CPA, MAcc offers expertise in economic damages analysis and calculation of pecuniary damages in personal and commercial litigation matters. She has testified as an economic expert witness in court.

Ms. Lansing’s knowledge of explaining the complexities of damages, use of demonstrative evidence, and application of defensible assumptions delivers persuasive testimony. The mathematical models she has implemented for forecasting future losses and present valuing damages enables her to clearly convey her economic opinions to all individuals involved in the matter.

Litigated Business Valuations

 

Our valuation reports provide a comprehensive analysis of value that benefits our clients in litigation.

Valuation techniques vary widely between business, industries, and evaluators. We have a breath of experience selecting the appropriate techniques and approaches that produce an accurate determination of value considering all relevant case circumstances.

Our firm adheres to the AICPA’s statements on standards for business valuations. Our valuation procedures are held to a high standard, thereby distinguishing us from other valuators. Our reports conform to parameters established by Federal and State judicial systems, including rules of civic procedure and Revenue Ruling 59-60. Sound Econ provides valuation analysis in the following areas:

  • Dispute resolution

  • Marital dissolution

  • Complex family law analyses

  • Asset valuation

Ms. Lansing can serve as an economic expert witness should the matter proceed to trial.

Litigation Support

 

From help with discovery services such as drafting deposition questions to assisting with case strategy, Sound Econ provides expertise across all economic aspects of litigation.

Retain Sound Econ as an economic consultant to analyze and opine on economic demands prior to the initial court filing. Our extensive economic knowledge assists in analysis of pre-trial insurance claim demands and throughout the litigation process.

We provide an objective opinion of opposing experts’ reports. A cogent rebuttal report can be issued detailing any inaccuracies or miscalculations and include alternative calculations of damages utilizing appropriate methodologies and assumptions. We discuss the complexities of economic damage calculations, including the impact of underlying assumptions, data inputs, and methods, with our clients to explain the effect on the resulting damages.