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Who is your expert actually working for?

If the answer is anything other than the Court, opposing counsel will find it. Here's how we build economic analysis that holds up when somebody is trying hard to break it.

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Independent firm since 2018
Practice areas Business disputes · Employment · Antitrust · Securities · Catastrophic injury
Who works your matter Senior people. No junior handoff.
01 When people call

People call us under three scenarios

That's it. Really. If you're in one of them, we should talk.

  • 01

    A lawyer is reaching out

    There's a case, there's economic damage in it, and it needs somebody who can measure that damage and then defend the number under cross-examination.

  • 02

    An owner needs to know what something is really worth

    A valuation, a sale, a merger, an ownership transition. You need a defensible figure, not a flattering one.

  • 03

    A family is moving assets

    Trust and estate work. Gifting shares to children, structuring a transfer, getting the economics right before the tax question ever comes up.

02 The product

Independence isn't a talking point here. It's the product.

Here's the thing nobody says out loud. When you hire an expert, you're not really buying a report. You're buying whether that report survives the moment somebody smart tries to take it apart.

And the fastest way to lose that moment is an expert who looks like he shaded the opinion toward whoever wrote the check.

We don't shade opinions. If the number doesn't support your position, you're going to hear that from us first, and you're going to hear it early, while you can still do something about it.

That's not us being difficult. That's the whole value, right? An opinion that bends is an opinion that breaks. We'd rather tell you something uncomfortable in week one than watch it come apart in front of a jury.

03 The standard

The standard we train every analyst on

Explain this to the jury like you'd explain it to your mother.

A lot of economists do the opposite. They make it sound hard, and tricky, and weird. And usually that's ego, not rigor.

It also loses cases. A jury that doesn't follow your damages model doesn't award your damages model. So we break it down in plain language, every time, and we don't apologize for that.

04 Credentials

Who you're actually hiring

Dr. Christopher Young founded Red Maple Economics Group in 2018. The credentials matter here because opposing counsel will read them out loud.

PhD economistPlus an MBA
20+ years on Wall StreetBuilt and operated businesses, not just modeled them
Military officerTop Secret security clearance
Published authorTwo books and multiple publications
Award-winning professorAt a top university
TED speakerNational speaker on economics and forensics
05 Fit

Who this is for, and who it isn't

Worth reading before you spend the two minutes. We'd rather you self select than sit through a call that was never going to work.

This is for you if
  • You retain financial experts, or you're about to for the first time
  • There's a number in the matter and it's going to get fought over
  • Ownership is moving and somebody may challenge the figure later
  • You want the weak points found early, while there's still time
This isn't for you if
  • You want a number that supports a position you've already taken
  • You need the opinion to land a particular way
  • You're looking for the cheapest expert on the list
  • The engagement needs to close this week
06 Method

How we work

It's how we take a complicated, high stakes financial dispute and turn it into analysis a court can actually use.

We find the blind spots first

Before we model anything, we look for what's going to get attacked. Better to find it than to have opposing counsel find it.

We build the number on methodology that holds

Forensic precision, documented assumptions, and a method that reads the same way in a deposition as it does on paper.

We make it understandable

The jury and mother standard. If a smart non-economist can't follow it, it isn't finished.

We show up ready

Senior people on your matter. No revolving door of junior analysts, no overseas handoff, no meeting the expert for the first time at the deposition.

07 Next steps

What happens after you apply

1. You answer a few questions

Two minutes. Enough for us to know whether we're the right fit before either of us spends a call finding out.

2. You book a time that works

If it's a fit, you'll go straight to the calendar.

3. We talk through the matter

Straight answer on whether we can help, what it would take, and roughly what it costs. If we're not the right firm for it, we'll tell you that too.

Nothing you submit is shared outside our firm. Please don't include privileged case detail on the form. We'll cover that on the call.

08 Questions

Before you ask

What if the number doesn't help my case?
You'll hear it from us first, and early. That's the whole point of an independent read. You'd rather know in week one than at the deposition.
What happens to what I put on the form?
It stays inside the firm. Keep privileged detail off the form. A sentence or two of context is plenty, and we'll cover the rest on the call.
What does an engagement cost?
It depends on the matter, so we'll give you a straight answer on the call rather than a number that turns out to be wrong. If we're not the right firm for it, we'll say that instead of quoting you.
Who actually does the work?
Senior people, start to finish. No revolving door of junior analysts, and you won't be meeting the expert for the first time at the deposition.
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