General Approach. Each litigation, claim, or other formal case is unique. So is each expert witness engagement. However, certain general steps are common among most of these projects. First and foremost, we work with the procuring entity (e.g., a state agency, department, or division) to determine the nature of the allegations, the work performed by others, the project timeline, and the potential difficulties anticipated during the engagement. Where possible, we work directly with counsel to preserve privilege to the extent possible and provide for xxxxx discussions between our experts and those charged with pursuing the State’s legal strategy. Our expert witness services are led by some of our most senior personnel – for example, the leader of our forensic accounting services group is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), is Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), is Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV), and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). We have an attorney who is a member of the Florida Bar on our team and assign personnel to each project based on the facts and circumstances of the allegations. Where our firm has relevant experience related to the underlying facts at issue in the dispute, for example when the dispute relates to a grant program with which we have experience, we assign personnel to the project who have that specific experience related to the underlying facts. By integrating our subject matter experts with our experts in forensic accounting, we ensure our expert witness testimony is as thorough and easy-to-understand as possible. We maintain detailed working papers, documenting chain of custody, each specific procedure performed, and every conclusion reached. Once our analysis of the underlying issues is complete, we compile our findings and prepare for either a written report or oral testimony, or both. Working in close consultation with the procuring entity and its counsel, we provide honest, unbiased, and substantiated conclusions to the trier of fact as we advocate for our opinions and attempt to provide clarity and guidance in complicated areas. Our analyses are based on reliable methodologies and are intended to meet the standards set forth in Xxxxxxx and other related court cases.
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Samples: State Term, State Term
General Approach. Each litigationThe mission of the State business program and initiative being analyzed drives our approach. We understand the unique nature of each project and recognize that our ability to develop solutions from our broad experience is what qualifies us to serve the State under this proposed contract. By approaching each project as an opportunity to collaborate with the Agency/Department, claimwe ensure stakeholder voices are heard and use the experience of State personnel to build our specific approach. Our CPAs and other consultants each have their own industry specializations and expertise, or other formal case and our exceptional results begin by assembling the best team to meet your specific needs. By combining our skilled project managers and visionaries with our subject matter experts, we ensure technical expertise is uniqueembedded at every step of the project. So While we can, and do, subcontract with third parties when specific technical expertise outside of our employee base is each expert witness engagementneeded, we are much more than a firm of project managers. However13 The project is planned in consultation with client personnel, certain general steps and specific milestones and deliverables are common among most established. We assign our personnel and work through the agreed-upon milestones, providing regular updates to the client based on the desires of these projectsthe contracting party. First and foremostWhen obstacles are encountered, we work around them where possible or consult promptly with the procuring entity client to find the best path forward. Our studies, analyses, scenarios, and reports relating to mission-oriented business programs and initiatives include THF gaining a detailed understanding of the regulatory (e.g.and/or statutory) environment within which the program operates, a state agencyas well as doing our own research into the potential obstacles facing the program or initiative. Our emphasis on quality benefits our State clients greatly. Where called for, departmentwritten reports by THF are subjected to an internal independent quality control review. Having an experienced, senior professional who is otherwise unaffiliated with the project review the report helps ensure our approach was sound, our findings and recommendations are clear, and all reporting requirements have been met. Where the client’s timeline allows, we also build in enough time for thorough client review of our “draft” findings and recommendations. Under this approach State clients are better able to take ownership of the final study, analysis, scenario, or division) to determine the nature of the allegations, the work performed by others, the project timeline, and the potential difficulties anticipated during the engagement. Where possible, we work directly with counsel to preserve privilege to the extent possible and provide for xxxxx discussions between our experts and those charged with pursuing the State’s legal strategy. Our expert witness services are led by some of our most senior personnel – for example, the leader of our forensic accounting services group is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), is Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF), is Accredited in Business Valuations (ABV), and is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)reported results. We have an attorney who is a member find this increases the buy-in of the Florida Bar on our team client personnel and assign personnel to each project based on the facts and circumstances of the allegations. Where our firm has relevant experience related to the underlying facts at issue stakeholders not otherwise involved in the disputeproject, for example when the dispute relates to a grant program with which we have experience, we assign personnel bringing value to the project who have that specific experience related to the underlying facts. By integrating even after our subject matter experts with our experts role in forensic accounting, we ensure our expert witness testimony is as thorough and easy-to-understand as possible. We maintain detailed working papers, documenting chain of custody, each specific procedure performed, and every conclusion reached. Once our analysis of the underlying issues is complete, we compile our findings and prepare for either a written report or oral testimony, or both. Working in close consultation with the procuring entity and its counsel, we provide honest, unbiased, and substantiated conclusions to the trier of fact as we advocate for our opinions and attempt to provide clarity and guidance in complicated areas. Our analyses are based on reliable methodologies and are intended to meet the standards set forth in Xxxxxxx and other related court casesit ends.
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Samples: State Term, State Term