The Unimpeachable Rebuttal (Valuation & Testifying Expert | Winfield & St. Louis) [ Ссылка ] (314) 541-8163

Hi Welcome to ValuationPodcast.com - A podcast and video series about all things related to business and valuation. My name is Melissa Gragg, and I provide online divorce mediation and valuation services in St. Louis Missouri.

Today we will discuss The Unimpeachable Rebuttal with C. Zachary Meyers, a CVA and CPA in Winfield, West Virginia. He has testified and been qualified as an expert in the Forensic Accounting, Taxation, Business Valuation, and Pension Valuation fields specific to Civil, Marital, and/or Criminal Litigation.

Welcome C. Zachary Meyers!!

1. Let’s start with the basics. What is a rebuttal regarding a valuation expert in a litigation setting?
2. What makes a rebuttal unimpeachable?
3. What rebuttal technique do you see as the biggest red flag?
4. Why might a valuation expert use a rebuttal technique that may potentially backfire?
5. What stands out in a neutral valuation report compared to a report created outside of professional standards?
6. When reviewing a valuation report before litigation, how can an expert triple check the neutrality of their work?
7. Why is it important for a valuation expert to remain neutral? Why do some experts not practice neutrality in their work?
8. Is there a way for clients to check the neutrality of their experts work?
9. What does it mean to trust a valuation expert’s professional opinion? Why may one expert’s opinion differ from another?
11. What is your biggest piece of advice for experts who are just starting out in the valuation profession?
12. Tell us more about your practice!



Melissa Gragg
CVA, MAFF, CDFA
Expert testimony for financial and valuation issues
Bridge Valuation Partners, LLC
melissa@bridgevaluation.com
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C. Zachary Meyers
CPA, CVA
Phone: (304) 690-2619
Email: czmcpacva@CZMeyers.com
Website: CZacharyMeyersPLLC.com
LinkedIn: CZacharyMeyersCPACVA
Twitter: @CZacharyMeyers
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Melissa Gragg (00:00:00):
Hi, welcome to valuation podcast.com, a podcast and video series about all things related to business and valuation. My name is Melissa Gragg and I provide online divorce, mediation and valuation services in St. Louis Missouri. Today, we will discuss the unimpeachable rebuttal with C's Zachary Myers, a CVA and CPA in Winfield, West Virginia. He is a testifying expert and has been qualified as an expert in the forensic accounting, taxation, business, valuation and pension valuation fields, specifically in civil marital and criminal litigation. Welcome Zach, how are you?
C. Zachary Meyers (00:00:39):
I am great. Thanks for having me again. Oh,
Melissa Gragg (00:00:42):
Awesome. So the last time you were here, we talked about the unimpeachable regular report and this comes in as a rebuttal report. And we're talking specifically about that, a lot of the same things, but some nuances and what we have to deal with. So I think if we start with some of the basics, so can we start to just describe, like, what is a rebuttal report? Like we know what it is, but what is a rebuttal report specifically when you have a valuation expert or another testifying expert in a litigation setting?
C. Zachary Meyers (00:01:15):
That's a good distinguishing characteristic because today I'm going to be talking about expert witness work in general, you know, about half of my practice is you know, personal injury, commercial damages, things like that. And the other half's consists of evaluation in some way, shape or form. And that's also litigation rebuttal generally speaking, you know, whenever you're in court, you have sometimes two different experts hired by either side on the case. And so depending upon maybe who puts out a report, first is common that the opposing counsel or opposing side will hire their own expert to rebut your work, or you will be hired to rebut someone else's work. And those expert reports, if put on the record generally, and you have to deal with a number of nuances with that when you're talking about either someone else's report or having to deal with what they're saying about your report, which can really, you know, the first time you read an expert report written by someone else about your expert report is shocking.
C. Zachary Meyers (00:02:19):
I think in the article, I write that I'm clutching my pearls because literally some of the stuff that you'll hear from opposing experts, it's not neutral. It's not unimpeachable. It's literally just throwing everything in the kitchen sink at you.

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