Economic Damages Services:  At our South Florida firm, we provide objective and verifiable analysis to determine the economic damages incurred due to financial, business, or personal losses. Peter Gampel brings over 35 years of experience with top accounting firms in litigation support and business valuation holding relevant professional certifications. Furthermore, expert witness testimony service is provided on commercial business damages cases with complex issues that have led to favorable outcomes for our clients through due diligent preparation and thoroughness.

Forensic Damages Services: Specialists within our practice analyze and interpret complex data, undertake data mining, assist counsel with production requests and deposition preparation, author creative and compelling reports including in-dept analysis, and deliver expert witness testimony whenever required, all with client cost awareness. In close collaboration with attorneys, we define the scope of the engagement and therefore identify and filter relevant documentation and information to assess critical issues and areas of damage determination. 

Intellectual Property (IP) Services: Our South Florida team of experienced consultants specializes in Intellectual Property IP litigation support, including patents, trade names, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Additionally, assistance is provided to counsel to determine business damages or to prepare a rebuttal report for lost profit, defendant’s profit or unjust enrichment and could include damages for price erosion and convoyed sales. IP for valuation purposes includes purchase price allocation of intangible assets for a merger or acquisition, technology, and licenses. We provide the critical analysis and relevant expertise required.

Business Valuation Services South Florida: There are a multitude of purposes as to why business valuation professional is needed including a purchase or sale of the business, a buy in or departure of a shareholder, business planning, and financial reporting. A business appraisal is required for litigation purposes when adversarial ownership interests are present. A business appraisal or business interest is determined with the applicable standard of value such as fair market value or fair value. The standard of value can impact the determination of value.  Accepted valuation standards are adhered to for the preparation of all reports.

Bankruptcy Services: Gampel Forensic and Valuation provides bankruptcy consulting services to attorneys. Among the services offered, these include business valuation services, assessment of financial forecasts, solvency, and investigative accounting. Attention is given to considerations for the cramdown provision where a fair and equitable result is required. When it comes to business valuation, complexities occur in assessing the degree of personal goodwill and the impact of a non-competition agreement or lack thereof in determining the indubitable equivalent value in specific circumstances.

Employment Matters Services: Defamation, age discrimination, wrongful termination, and lost employee wages require comprehensive considerations and measurement that may include analyzing stock options, back pay, and front pay. Damage determinations are prepared on matters under the Fair Labor Standards Act “FLSA” for overtime pay in wage disputes. A thorough evaluation is undertaken to determine damages for lost income to plaintiff or an expert rebuttal report is rendered when assisting defendant. Expert testimony is often provided to assist the trier of fact with issues and critical assumptions impacting the analysis.