Expert Testimony

Expert Testimony By Our Principals

Our Senior Managing Directors, Gil Matthews and Bob Muh have been retained by numerous defendants’ and plaintiffs’ counsel, and have testified in Federal District, Tax, and Bankruptcy Courts, in Delaware Court of Chancery, in other state courts, in arbitrations, before regulatory agencies, and before a committee of the U.S. Senate. We have testified in more than 20 states.

In addition to testifying with respect to fairness opinions and valuations, we have testified with respect to statutory appraisal, damages, appropriate fees, conduct of investment bankers, investment banking practices, the effects of contract provisions, ESOPs, estate freezes, and other issues.

Sutter’s Approach To Litigation Support

Our practice is to work closely with counsel: reviewing work of other experts in a case, attending depositions, providing rebuttal testimony, and assisting counsel as requested. In providing litigation support, our objective is to play a proactive role as part of a team, in order to provide optimum assistance to counsel and to counsel’s client.

At Sutter, the Senior Managing Director responsible for a case is personally involved in all phases of the assignment. We recognize that expert testimony is provided by an individual rather than by a firm. The responsible Senior Managing Director, however, has available to him the strength and experience of Sutter’s other Senior Managing Directors in preparing reports and in exchanging ideas.

No assignment will be accepted unless we anticipate having sufficient time to provide the quality of service consistent with our professional responsibilities. We undertake litigation support on either a time or fixed fee basis, at the client’s choice.