Claims Consulting
Consulting expert work for construction and infrastructure counsel. Delivered remotely across the United States, from a Texas base.
Jose serves either as a neutral or as a party-retained consulting expert — never both on the same matter. Every engagement is screened for conflicts before it begins. The analysis is technical: it maps the project record to the contract, the schedule and the cost account. It does not state legal conclusions and it is not legal advice — whether a position is legally sound, and what to do with it, remains with counsel.
How I work
Full candor is the standard, not a courtesy. When the schedule analysis does not support the extension-of-time claim, you hear that before you spend the budget proving it. When a number is verified, it is presented as verified; when it rests on an assumption, the assumption is named; when it cannot be supported, it is left blank rather than guessed. The analysis is sequenced cheap-check first, deeper analysis on the contested elements — not undifferentiated thoroughness billed by the hour. A clear read of a weak position is more useful than a confident one that does not survive scrutiny.
The engagement
Written work product, built for your litigation team.
I work as a non-testifying consulting expert. The deliverable is written analysis — delay, disruption, causation, and quantum — produced for counsel and for the testifying expert who carries the opinion into the proceeding. I do not provide courtroom or deposition testimony; that boundary is fixed, and it lets the consulting work stay candid.
Extension-of-time claims fail at the quantum stage more often than at the causation stage, and the reason is usually the same: the schedule analysis was done after the fact. The advantage of having run the schedule, not just reviewed it, is reading the record the way the project actually behaved.
Scope
What the work covers.
- Delay analysis. Schedule forensic analysis of critical-path impact and the schedule basis for an extension-of-time claim.
- Disruption and loss of productivity. Analysis of productivity impact, with the method chosen to fit the record.
- Causation. Tracing schedule and cost outcomes to the responsible events, separating concurrent causes.
- Quantum. Damages and cost-impact analysis anchored to the project record.
- Closeout and final account. Final-account and closeout disputes bundled with claims analysis.
- Cross-border matters. Spanish-language contracts and Latin American project records read natively.
How the work is scoped
Cheap-check first, deep analysis where it pays.
Engagements are sequenced: a scoping review establishes whether a claim is supportable before deeper forensic work begins, and the detailed analysis concentrates on the contested elements rather than analyzing everything expensively. Findings are labeled for what they are — verified, assumption-dependent, or unsupported — so counsel can weigh the position honestly. Where a position is weaker than hoped, you hear that early, with the reason. The recommendation is named; the decision authority stays with counsel.
The Schedule & Claims Health Check. For counsel who want the cheap-check as a product: a fixed-fee, scope-capped diagnostic — schedule files plus a bounded record set in, one written findings memo and a readout call out — that answers whether the position justifies full forensic work before the budget is committed. The fee is fixed and quoted at the conflicts check; it is credited toward a full-scope engagement that follows.
Engagement is principal-only. The attorney who retains the practice works with the principal, not a junior associate — no substitution.
Discuss a matter
Conflict check first; scope and fee schedule at the conversation that follows.
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