Freeman
& Mills, Inc. consultants to counsel and management
Freeman & Mills is one of the most respected and experienced litigation consulting firms in the U.S. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has assisted attorneys in developing case strategy, assessing issues of causation and liability, formulating the measurement of damages, and providing expert testimony.
Energy
F&M provides the energy industries with strategic advice and analysis to support sound decisions in business strategy, litigation and regulatory matters.
F&M Capabilities
- Experienced Big Four CPAs with petroleum company auditing backgrounds
- Experienced expert witnesses
- Evaluation of business strategies, infrastructure development, operating issues and public policy issues
- Analysis of short and long-term economic conditions within the petroleum industry
- Assessment of crude oil exploration, production, transportation, refining and marketing issues
- Expert consulting and trial testimony in all phases of commercial litigation, arbitration, mediation and regulatory dispute resolution
- Evaluation of damages, competitive assessments, research management and settlement negotiations
F&M Case Histories
- F&M provided expert analysis and testimony on behalf of major oil companies in several matters brought by gasoline wholesalers and retailers alleging anti-competitive behavior.
- F&M, for a period of over ten years, determined and verified amounts paid to governmental agencies for petroleum production from onshore and offshore leases under various transfer pricing mechanisms.
- F&M assisted a number of oil companies in litigation or other disputes with their service station dealers over a variety of franchise issues.
- F&M determined compliance with gasoline pricing policies in oil company divorcement proceedings involving company-operated retail service stations.
- F&M provided analyses and testimony on the historical and prospective financial results of operations for one of the world's largest solar generating facilities.
- F&M testified on behalf of the operators of one of the world's largest geothermal fields regarding our analysis of steam supply contracts and measured performance against benchmarks over several multi-year periods.
- F&M supported trial positions in a number of cases involving wind power generations with financial and business analysis of the industry, of particular generation fields and of performance under varying conditions.
- F&M analyzed franchise and royalty payments due municipal governments from electrical generators and transmission/distribution companies arising from the use of public lands and facilities.
- F&M analyzed the financial effects of various interpretations of long-term coal supply contracts on behalf of a power generator.
