Expert Witness Services
An expert witness, professional witness or judicial expert is a witness, who by virtue of education, training, skill, or experience, is believed to have expertise and specialized knowledge in a particular subject beyond that of the average person, sufficient that others may officially and legally rely upon the witness’s specialized (scientific, technical or other) opinion about an evidence or fact issue within the scope of his expertise, referred to as the expert opinion, as an assistance to the fact-finder. Our expert witness services may also include expert evidence about facts from the domain of their expertise. At times, their testimony may be rebutted with a learned treatise, sometimes to the detriment of their reputations.
We have been involved in different cases conducted in:
- Civil
- Superior
- Criminal
- Arbitration
- Dissolution
Lisa M. Barnes is the successful and innovative founder of a highly respected international appraisal consultancy. Over the past 30+ years, she has appraised both personal property and fine art for private and public collections and government institutions. She has extensive experience in expert witness testimony and mediation.
Furthermore, Ms. Barnes has planned, developed, appraised, and curated art collections for numerous corporate and private collectors.
We would appreciate the opportunity to provide whatever service(s) you may require within our fields of expertise. We want to hear from you! If’ you’re in need of one of our many specialized appraisal services including expert witness testimony in court, rare art valuations or even insurance art identification, Lisa M. Barnes has worked world-wide with offices in Rome Italy and helped many companies people both in the public and government. Fill out our form below and we’ll be in touch to obtain more information about being your expert witness appraiser! Contact us with any questions you might have.
Related Experience
Over the past three years, I have been involved in several different expert witness cases, as outlined below:
- A civil claim against an artist involved in an auto accident. The prosecution was suing for his personal art collection, as well as, his personal art, as he is a contemporary sculpture in Portland, Oregon. This case was settled in favor of my client (2011).
- A criminal case involving stolen art. I was representing the defendants in trying to establish the value of the stolen ivory sculptures. The sculptures were being misrepresented by the prosecution. Based on my testimony, the case was settled in favor of my client (2011).
- A Superior Court of Tucson case where I testified in regards to the value of a historical document. The case was settled in favor of my client (2008).
- A State Farm fire claim in Las Vegas, Nevada. I was hired to establish the value of an extensive contemporary art collection destroyed in the fire. The case was settled in August 2011, in favor of my client.
- Civil case involving an artist whose life works were destroyed in a flood in her home caused by faulty installation of plumbing fixtures. This case was settled in favor of my client. I was brought in on 12/21/2012 and the case was settled based on my appraisal alone on 2/28/2013.
- Federal Case in Albuquerque, NM where client was accused of destroying an artist work. This case was settled out of court based on my appraisal alone without deposition. The opposing appraiser withdrew after reading my appraisal arguments (2012).