Real estate cases can involve millions of dollars, multiple stakeholders, and highly technical issues. Expert testimony helps courts:
- Understand Industry Standards
Real estate professionals operate under well-defined norms—brokers, managers, developers, and appraisers all follow specific legal and professional guidelines. Experts explain these standards and identify where conduct fell below a reasonable level of care.
- Evaluate Causation
Properties can be affected by numerous variables: market forces, management decisions, construction quality, tenant actions, and financing structure. Experts help courts trace damages to specific acts or omissions.
- Quantify Damages
Experts build defensible financial analyses, including:
- Market-rent studies
- Fair-market-value estimates
- Cost-to-cure models
- Lost-profit calculations
- CAM and operating-expense reconciliations
- Provide Clarity on Complex Transactions
Transactions involving syndications, 1031 exchanges, EB-5 structures, complex financing, or layered ownership often exceed the knowledge of non-specialists. Expert witnesses break down these structures in understandable terms.
Experienced experts—such as Jeffrey S. Rothbart, who has worked across acquisitions, management, tax structuring, and litigation analysis—bring an integrated view that judges find persuasive and reliable.
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