Litigation Support
Overview:
Compensation often faces the scrutiny of the judicial system, for a variety of reasons. Compensation Resources, Inc. (CRI) provides professional Litigation Support services and expert testimony covering the broad areas of Compensation & related Human Resource Issues. CRI has been successfully involved in the following compensation related litigation areas:
- Unreasonable and Excessive Compensation
- Career and Lifetime Earnings Potential
- Spousal Distribution of Assets
- Employment and Change-of-Control Agreements
- Alien Employment Certification
- Job Availability and Competitive Market Value of Positions
- Discriminatory Hiring and Compensation Practices
- Minority Shareholder Complaints
- Compensation Violation of FAR by Government Contractor
- Intermediate Sanctions
CRI is often called in to provide research, reports, and testimony relative to the findings of the compensation analysis. The
CRI team is led by
Paul R. Dorf, Ph.D., APD, with over thirty years of Human Resource and Compensation related experience as both a corporate executive and head of major compensation consulting practices. Paul and CRI have been involved in numerous successful cases covering a wide variety of investigatory and litigation issues.
Review our Litigation Support Services for a complete list of CRI's consulting expertise, as well as representative Litigation Support Case Studies and Litigation Support Examples for an overview of activities in which CRI has been involved.
Services
Case Studies
Case Study #1: Unreasonable Compensation IRS vs. Fabricated Metals Company
Issues:
- Compensation of the top two officers/owners was questioned by the IRS.
Solutions:
Case Study #2: Equitable Distribution of Executive Compensation in Divorce Proceeding Jane Doe vs. John Doe
Issues:
- Equitable distribution of deferred compensation as well as other long and short-term components.
Solutions:
- Reviewed compensation components submitted by the husband.
- Identified several additional compensation components which would be subject to equitable distribution.
- Reviewed all plan documents relating to short and long-term compensation components.
- Provided relevant compensation information to CPA for purposes of valuation of compensation.
Case Study #3: Lost Opportunity Jane Doe vs. Owner of a Cosmetics Company
Issues:
Owner of Cosmetics Company allegedly excluded Jane Doe from ownership in the company.
Jane Doe contends that they had an oral agreement to be partners and that only after she helped get the Company started did the owner of the Cosmetics Company decide not to include her as a partner.
Solutions:
