The Financial Litigation Blog
WADING THROUGH FINANCIAL WATERS INVOLVED IN LITIGATION
When money is central to litigation, the first thing most consumers have difficulty understanding is the cost benefit analysis to their litigation. If you are a defendant you obviously do not want the litigation but there is still a cost benefit analysis between defending and settlement. Without some basic understanding the party to the litigation is ill equipped to navigate through the litigation process. Even those who did not want the litigation, are similarly ill equipped to deal with the lawsuit. That is the purpose of this blog. It provides several resources to help understand the financial process through various types of publications and posts where the consumer can participate by comments and questions that either relate to the articles or posting that changes on a weekly or biweekly basis.
Financial matters are governed by the individual law(s) involved in the controversy. The Blog is broken down by four categories found at the top of each page: (1) Family Law; (2) Estates and Wills; (3) Employment Law; and (4) Breach of Contract. Each of the first three are very specialized which is why a separate section has been created for them. Breach of contracts deals with a wide variety of litigation which is very basic on what damages can be litigated. They apply to torts, personal injury, breach and most other areas of litigation other than the first three.
This is not a clearing house on all litigation, it deals only with the financial aspects of it. It focuses on primarily substantial lawsuits and high end family law cases. While I can assist with many tax issues in wills and estates the blog specializes in financial issues in disputes involved in litigation because the damages therein determine entitlement based on a contract right of value unrelated to IRS provisions unless the statute in your states requires its use and that is seldom required, except when the controversy involves tax.
My experience with all these matters deals both with litigation and negotiated settlement where slightly more than 50% of the time that they involve me they are tried. Each week or so I will introduce a new topic that will include a post and a comments block where people can opine or ask questions. Anyone can suggest topics to be discussed but I will choose what to write about based on the amount of interest consistent with the stated purpose of this blog. There will also be a link to ask me specific questions but it should be used only if you have ongoing litigation and require expertise in your case.
About the Author
He earned Associateship with the Society of Actuaries in 1983. His federal license for the JBEA is EA # 23-3608, also acquired in 1983. The two are distinct, involve different experience required and different sets of examinations be completed. He was listed briefly in the AAML Best Experts in America upon recommendation by a former president of the Illinois State Bar in 1995. Very few received the distinction because the AAML terminated the list in 1996. He was also in Best Experts in America for Employment Law 2006-2012, from a recommendation Jesse Hogg made, a Fort Lauderdale employment attorney who had been in Best Lawyers in America for decades, and also for family law, 2007-2012, based on a recommendation Michael Walsh made, who had been in Best Lawyers in America, an Orlando attorney, who similarly was in Best Lawyers and the AAML for decades.