may & Company forensic decisioneering when to call triggers

Call us when:

• You need to decide whether a claim or defense is economically viable before filing.
• Opposing counsel’s demand or exposure narrative feels inflated but untested. 
• You want early leverage without locking into positions that may not hold.
• The client asks, “What does the data really say?”
• You need to pressure-test damages before theories harden.
   

Risk if Delayed:
Early narratives become difficult and expensive to unwind.

Call us when:

• Legal theories require quantitative support to be credible.
• You want pleadings aligned with defensible damages logic, not placeholders.
• There are multiple plausible damages approaches and only one will survive scrutiny.
• You want to avoid re-engineering damages later in the case.
   

Risk if Delayed:
Misaligned pleadings create downstream expert and credibility problems.

Call us when:

• Data volume is large, messy, or structurally inconsistent.
• You need to know which data actually matters before discovery costs escalate.
• Source data quality could become a cross-examination vulnerability.
• You want discovery decisions informed by analytical relevance, not volume.
   

Risk if Delayed:
Discovery costs rise while analytical clarity falls.

Call us when:

• An expert needs court-defensible models, not just conclusions.
• You want to ensure methodologies will survive Daubert challenges.
• Assumptions need to be stress-tested before opposing experts do it for you.
• You want analytical consistency between expert reports and prior case positions.
   

Risk if Delayed:
Methodological weaknesses surface when it’s hardest to fix them.

Call us when:

• Settlement discussions hinge on credible damages ranges, not gut instinct 
• Mediation requires scenario-based exposure clarity.
• You need to understand how damages shift under alternative legal outcomes.
• The client asks, “What’s our real downside if this doesn’t settle?”
   

Risk if Delayed:
Negotiations proceed without a defensible economic anchor.

Call us when:

• Expert testimony must remain clear under cross-examination pressure.
• Opposing experts introduce last-minute analytical shifts.
• You want trial exhibits grounded in explainable financial logic, not complexity.
• You need rapid analytical support as facts evolve during proceedings.
   

Risk if Delayed:
Analytical surprises emerge when the record is already set.

Call us when:

• Damages need refinement following verdict or ruling.
• Appellate posture depends on analytical consistency and documentation.
• Enforcement or compliance exposure must be quantified defensibly.
• You want to preserve expert credibility across proceedings.
   

Partner Risk if Delayed:
Inconsistent analytics weaken appellate and enforcement positions.

May & Company Forensic Decisioneering integrates seamlessly across the litigation lifecycle not as generalized consultants, but as legal-only analytical partners focused on defensibility, clarity, and outcomes.