“Curtis handled an unusually difficult marital-asset appraisal involving eight poultry houses, inherited and newly constructed improvements, passive appreciation, and an overbuilt residence. His approaches were logical, well supported, and adopted by the court.”
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Selected client experiences involving complex agricultural property, forensic appraisal, and expert support.
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“AgValue’s agricultural business experience gave us invaluable support in a winery dispute. The team identified issues in the opposing expert’s analysis, prepared productive avenues of inquiry, and helped the matter reach a settlement at one-fifth of the claimed damages.”
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Poultry farm appraisal and expert testimony in a Mississippi divorce case
“Curtis was referred to me by a local appraiser here in Mississippi as an expert witness in poultry farms and agriculture properties. The case was a divorce with issues of marital assets which involved property value of eight chicken houses. My client inherited four of the poultry houses from her father and later built four more houses after being married to the defendant. I needed an appraiser who could testify in court as to the value of poultry houses who could appraise the original four houses my client had prior to date of marriage and the value of new houses after marriage. Curtis did an excellent job of appraising the original four houses on date of marriage and valuing the newly built four houses after marriage. Curtis also gave us an appraisal which deducted passive values of the properties owned prior to marriage which excluded increases in value due to inflation and not efforts of the parties. Also, a residence was built on the property after marriage near the poultry houses and Curtis did an excellent job of valuing the residence as ‘overbuilt’ and valued it accordingly. The appraisal was very difficult with many different approaches and Curtis did an excellent job with all of the issues in valuing marital assets. Curtis had opinions to back up all of his approaches which were very logical and the court adopted all of his reasons. I highly recommend Curtis for forensic appraisals in agriculture and especially involving poultry houses.”
William R. Ruffin, Bay Springs, MS
Lost-profits litigation for a Georgia winery
“Curtis Bearden and AgValue Consulting has unique and valuable experience in dealing with lawsuits involving property used in whole or part for agricultural purposes. With an emphasis on the business of agriculture, we were able to get invaluable assistance in a lawsuit asserting claims for a winery that was denied the local license to be able to operate under the Georgia statute. Curtis’s contacts and relationships within and around the industry were invaluable in all but eliminating the lost profits claimed by the unsuccessful venture. He provided prompt, accurate, and unique critiques of opposing experts and offered avenues of inquiry for preparation for deposition that should not have been anticipated by counsel or their opinion witness. With his help, we negotiated a settlement for 1/5 of the claimed damages number posited by opposing experts.”
Chris Batch, Batch Law Group
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