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LEGAL EXPERT WITNESS

For over 20 years, The Beck Group has been providing expert witness services to both the private and government sectors. Based upon The Beck Group’s expertise and varied experiences in the forest products industry, the cases for which the company has provided litigation support have included:

  • Timber contract related claims and damages

  • Insurance related claims and settlements

  • Cases involving alleged monopolization of log and product markets

  • Damages related to illegal contract termination

  • A claim brought by representatives of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan against a wood products manufacturer

  • Claims by Tribal entities against the U.S. Government alleging failure to uphold trust responsibilities related to natural resources

  • A variety of cases assisting the U.S. Department of Justice for which the U.S. government was either the Plaintiff or Defendant.

  • Cases involving assignment of responsibility and liability for environmental clean-up related costs associated with historic operation of wood products businesses.

 

The Beck Group staff has worked with more than 300 forest products operations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Russia, Central and South America, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. The wide variety of consulting assignments performed by Beck Staff members has allowed the company to gain broad industry experience and expertise. The company also completes many in-depth industry benchmarking studies for most wood products industry segments. This combination of industry experience and up to date actual industry performance information prepare Beck staff members for the completion of the tasks required by complex court cases involving timber and forest products related matters.

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As a result of working on a variety of court cases (in terms of both size and type), BECK staff members have developed the expertise that legal work requires for completing necessary discovery, preparing expert witness reports, calculating damages and/or refuting damage claims prepared by the opposition, helping the legal team understand forest products related issues and terminology, preparing for and assisting in depositions – as well as testifying.

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One of the reasons The Beck Group is frequently considered for expert witness related assistance is the company’s credibility within the industry and within the legal community. In addition, staff members have excellent communication capabilities (both written and oral), with the capacity to help a judge and/or jury understand complex matters through presentation of easy to understand charts, graphs and other visual aids and the use of layman terminology.

 

Cases for which The Beck Group has provided Expert Witness services in recent years include,

Expert Witness on Behalf of:

  • Defendant, Alaska Pulp Corporation v. United States of America, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Testimony at Trial).

  • Defendant, Gerald A. Behling, et al. v. Robert E. Russell, et al., U.S. District Court for the District of Montana.

  • Defendant, Westwood Lumber Company, Inc. et al. v. Weyerhaeuser Company, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

  • Defendant, Washington Alder LLC v. Weyerhaeuser Company, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Testimony at Trial).

  • Defendant, Smith Street Mill, Inc. et al. v. Weyerhaeuser Company, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

  • Plaintiff, Georgia-Pacific LLC v. Officemax Inc., Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, and City of Fort Bragg, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

  • Plaintiff, The Yakama Nation et al. v. Salazar et al., U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

  • Defendant, Morelock Enterprises, Inc. v. Weyerhaeuser Company, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon (Testimony at Trial).

  • Defendant, Ross Simmons. v. Weyerhaeuser Company, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

  • Plaintiff, The Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon v. United States of America, U.S. Court of Federal Claims (Testimony at ADR Proceedings).

  • Defendant, Croman Corporation v. United States of America, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

  • Plaintiff, Northern Cheyenne Tribe v. United States of America, (Testimony at Settlement Discussion Meeting).

  • Plaintiff, Zip-O-Log Mills, Inc. v. United States of America, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

  • Respondent, LYB Mechanical Timber Falling and Harvesting v. USDA Forest Service, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.

  • Respondent, Sam Bickle Logging Inc. v. USDA Forest Service, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.

  • Defendent, Keystone Transportation Solutions, LLC v. NW Hardwoods Inc. and Thomas Mereen, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia.

  • Respondent, Columbia Plywood Corporation v. GTFF Mill Corp., Upper Columbia Mill, LLC and Boardman Tree Farm, LLC, Arbitration Services of Portland.

  • Respondent, Mountain Valley Lumber Inc. v. US Forest Service, US Civilian Board of Contract Appeals.

  • Claimant, United State v. Canada, London Court of International Arbitration (Testimony at Arbitration Hearing).

  • Defendant, Heifetz v. United States, District Court, District of Oregon.

  • Plaintiff, Jicarilla Apache Nation v. The United States, US Court of Federal Claims.

  • Plaintiff, Northern States Power Company v. The City of Ashland, Wisconsin, et al., US District Court Western District of Wisconsin (Testimony at Trial).

  • Plaintiff, San Carlos Apache Tribe v. The United States, United Sstates Court of Federal Claims (Testimony at Settlement Proceedings).

  • Defendant, Freres Lumber Company Inc. v. United States of America, US Court of Federal Claims.

  • Defendant, Wellons, Inc. v. Eagle Valley Clean Energy, LLC et al., US District Court for the District of Colorado.

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