When a property claim becomes a case, the estimate stops being a settlement tool and becomes evidence. We document the damage independently, write the opinion, and defend it on the record.
We tell you what the evidence supports, including when it does not support your position. An expert who agrees with everything is worth nothing on the stand, and opposing counsel knows it.
Most disputes over property damage are not really disputes about law. They are disputes about scope — what work the loss actually requires — and scope arguments are won by whoever can explain the building.
That is the difference between testifying that drywall replacement is warranted and explaining, specifically, why the assembly cannot be spot-repaired, what the code requires, and what the sequence of trades actually costs. Juries follow the witness who can explain the work.
Eight years and over 2,500 property claims as an independent adjuster, appraiser and umpire. Licensed in Florida, Indiana, North Carolina and Texas; working in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. A current CV is available to counsel on request.
Reviews the claim file and the physical evidence, forms an independent opinion on scope, cause and cost of repair, documents it in a written report, and defends that opinion in deposition and at trial. The value is not the number alone — it is a number that survives cross-examination.
Earlier than most do. An independent scope and estimate built before positions harden gives you a realistic case value, exposes weaknesses in the opposing estimate while there is still time to address them, and avoids the problem of retaining an expert who then disagrees with the theory already pled.
Both. We are retained by policyholder counsel and by carrier and defense counsel. The opinion does not change based on who is paying — which is precisely what makes it useful on the stand.
Yes. Rebuttal work — auditing an opposing expert’s scope and pricing line by line and documenting where and why it departs from the evidence or from standard estimating practice — is a substantial part of what we do.
Send the claim file and the opposing estimate. We’ll give you a candid read on what the evidence supports before you retain anyone.