There’s a fundamental understanding—or maybe a misunderstanding—of the role of a financial expert in litigation. Sometimes, an attorney or, more likely, a client will not realize that the role of a financial expert is not the same as that of a lawyer. We are there to advocate only for our position on the numbers. That said, we can help develop courtroom strategies for presenting those figures.
Financial experts are hired to educate the client, their attorney and, ultimately, a judge or jury of the numbers. To the extent that the raw numbers, calculations, and analysis align with the client and the attorney’s arguments, great. But it doesn’t always happen that way.
