COUNSELORS-AT-APPRAISAL®
EDS’ internationally accredited appraisal review experts and appraiser-attorneys provide independent appraisal analysis, appraisal review expert witness testimony, appraisal litigation support, and appraisal mediation and arbitration and umpire services throughout the world.
Our appraisal review expert witness and litigation support services have helped our clients prevail in Billions-of-Dollars of claims.
We specialize in handling:
Appraisal Regulatory Compliance and Appraiser Standards & Practices: Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), International Valuation Standards (IVS), U.S. Regulatory 75 FR 77450 (new 2011) Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines (Federal Reserve/FDIC/OCC/OTS/NCUA/FRB/Dodd-Frank), Treasury/IRS Circular 230 Guidelines, Pension Protection Act ‘Qualified’ Appraiser/Appraisal Guidelines, and International Basel III Compliance
Takings, Right-of-Way, Zoning, Condemnation and Eminent Domain Valuation Matters
U.S. National Security and Federally Related Transaction Valuation Matters Requiring TS Clearance
Appraisal Mediation / Arbitration / Umpire Services
Retrospective and Forensic Appraisals
Valuation / Appraisal Fairness Opinions and Analyses
Complex and Multi-Disciplinary Valuations Involving Multiple Components of Business Valuation / Real Property / Machinery and Technical Services / Personal Property
Appraiser Misconduct / Malpractice and Fraud Investigations
Appraiser Expert Witness Daubert / Rule 702 / USPAP Competency Challenges
Appraisal Review and Analyses of Superfund Sites and Environmentally Sensitive and Impaired Real Property
BP Oil Spill Claims Documentation, Valuation, and Handling: Interim Reappraisals and Reassessment of Real Property Values (Fl. Executive Order 10-169), and Business Interruption, Economic Damages, Loss-of-Income and other BP Oil Spill related claim matters at our New Orleans and Lafayette, Louisiana and Florida offices)
Our appraisal review experts conduct in-depth analyses and provide objective opinions and advice that help resolve complex appraisal and valuation issues. We advise client counsel in the preparation of appraisal related discovery, appraisal expert Daubert / Rule 702 / USPAP competency challenges, and appraisal and appraiser regulatory compliance with U.S. state and federal regulations, the Uniform Standards for Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), International Valuation Standards (IVS), and Basel III compliance.
The newly enacted Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines and Pension Protection Act of 2006 rewrite federal appraisal regulations and the ‘qualified appraiser‘ and ‘qualified appraisal‘ requirements. With this, revisions to federal law redefining an ‘expert witness‘ place new challenges in advising and handling appraisal related expert witness matters in litigation. EDS’s internationally accredited appraisal review experts meet or exceed these new stringent regulations and provide our clients an unparalleled level of valuation and appraisal expertise.
