Being at the top of your game - excellence. The litigation environment demands it. AMC professionals thrive at this end of the spectrum. Why? Because a true professional knows when he/she is ready to play at this level.

AMC professional are equipped with the most comprehensive databases, search engines, and systems available to render accurate, empirically supported valuation reports. To this we add our market insight based on years of experience in many aspects of real estate beyond pure appraisal (see Thinking). This helps us clearly identify and understand the essence of each property under litigation and how it links to its environment. This includes a complete understanding of which elements of the bundle of rights are being impacted, and how they are being impacted. Then we look at the significant demand drivers impacting the property’s marketplace both today and in the future, and how those reflect on, or impact the bundle of rights.

Litigation attorneys tell us they enjoy the process of working with AMC professionals because of the breadth of knowledge we possess and our ability to make it readily understood by the lay-person. This provides them with the confidence that AMC professionals can transmit, under oath, complex valuation concepts in a humble yet authoritative manor.

Contact The Austin McGuire Company today to discuss how we can assist you with all your litigation valuation needs.

A Class A medical building suffered significant, but hardly noticeable, structural damage due to neighboring construction. The resulting claim was considered a nuisance by the defendant (a large insurance company) because the existing tenant base of high-end plastic surgeons did not notice the damage. Nor was there any significant near term loss in income.


To integrate the work of the damages team comprising of experts in business valuation and engineering, AND, explain the complex issues of value diminution in “plain English” for a jury to understand.


The AMC professionals’ ability to explain to a jury the complex issues of risk management, stigma, and their effects on commercial real estate valuations was sited as key to a decisive victory for the plaintiff. The result was a seven figure claim settlement on the court house steps well in excess of what the plaintiff would have settled for.