Litigation Support Guide 2026 : USA - Nationwide
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J.S. Held's team of accountants and financial forensic specialists support law firms, insurers and government agencies on litigation and investigation matters. The team provides investigative and expert witness services in relation to matters including fraud, cryptocurrency related disputes and bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings.
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J.S. Held provided accounting expert testimony on behalf of 46 individual employees in the matter of AIG Financial Products Corp. v. Lee Arthurs et al concerning AIG's financial activity before and after its bailout in 2008.
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They are tenacious and have strong communication skills that allow them to communicate with our client in clear and persuasive terms.
The quality of the analysis that J.S. Held provided was excellent. Our primary contact was very responsive and helpful throughout the matter.
The breadth of the services that J.S. Held provide and their manifest expertise make them a go-to for expert witness work.
J.S. Held handled extremely complex and sophisticated matters very well, doing professional work under major time pressure, while also doing a broader range of review and analysis than is typical for matters of this kind.
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Michelle Avery is a senior managing director and expert at J.S. Held. She has vast experience working on complex forensic accounting matters and she often acts as an expert witness and provides testimony on large litigation matters.
Michelle Avery is a gifted leader who, in addition to providing exceptional analysis, also does a remarkable job identifying the talent needed to complete a project and marshals that talent to produce first-class results.
Michelle Avery was really a super star. She can be quite persuasive; the judges really listened to her. I can't say enough great things about her.
Michelle Avery is the reason I use J.S. Held. She is a superior supporting and testifying expert.
Michelle Avery has done superb work at a very high level of professionalism as a forensic accountant and consulting expert. She is a pleasure to work with, a skillful deposition witness, and extremely responsive.
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