Kevin Hogan
“Jay and his team at Cogence provided support to a client of mine in a high profile federal court case in Oregon related to misappropriation of trade secrets, breaches of contracts, confidentiality provisions, and other claims. They delivered world-class results.
Jay and his team have the experience to understand highly sophisticated situations. They took the time to doggedly uncover facts to support the financial claims, pressure tested positions, and provided top-notch and objectively determinable results. They did all of this with an impressive level of client attention and interaction, and were always ready for the inevitable surprises of litigation. Importantly, Jay defended those conclusions with precision, care, and authenticity in an open courtroom. He was an invaluable asset in our litigation.
You won't find a better financial expert. In Portland or elsewhere.”
- Colin Savoy, Inside GC Services, LLC
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Colin Savoy
“Jay and his team at Cogence provided support to a client of mine in a high profile federal court case in Oregon related to misappropriation of trade secrets, breaches of contracts, confidentiality provisions, and other claims. They delivered world-class results.
Jay and his team have the experience to understand highly sophisticated situations. They took the time to doggedly uncover facts to support the financial claims, pressure tested positions, and provided top-notch and objectively determinable results. They did all of this with an impressive level of client attention and interaction, and were always ready for the inevitable surprises of litigation. Importantly, Jay defended those conclusions with precision, care, and authenticity in an open courtroom. He was an invaluable asset in our litigation.
You won't find a better financial expert. In Portland or elsewhere.”
- Colin Savoy, Inside GC Services, LLC
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Joan P. Snyder
“Jay and Taylor were instrumental in the favorable settlement of an extremely complex insurance coverage action. They analyzed, evaluated, and presented complex costs in a thorough, credible, and air-tight manner for the litigation, and then continued to update their cost analysis for the several years until the case was settled. By the end, all parties accepted the cost analysis. “
— Joan P. Snyder, Stoel Rives LLP
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Joel Parker
“We could depend on timely deliveries without fire drills. And the product delivered was exceptional. Jay and his team understand that complex litigation is full of moving parts, and they were never in a position to slow the machine. ”
— Joel Parker, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
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Ken and Sheryl
“Jay Sickler was instrumental in helping us sell our electrical contracting business… If we were to do the whole deal over again or sell another business, Jay would be the first call we would make to guide us.”
— Ken and Sheryl DeKorte, DeKorte Electric
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Kaye Youngren
“When we started the process of looking for a business evaluation our CPA gave us the name of three companies. After interviewing the Cogence Group, we knew they were the right company to do the job.”
— Kaye Youngren, Community Management, Inc, AAMC
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Steven Olson
“Jay Sickler and his team helped obtain a favorable outcome by building a conservative damages model supporting a $25M damages award. Jay carefully and effectively explained the model in writing and in deposition, and persuasively responded to criticism from our opponents' team of experts. In short, Jay's work is top notch, and he is a pleasure to work with. “
— Steven Olson, Tonkon Torp LLP
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S. Ward Greene
“Jay and his team were instrumental in helping us prepare to cross-examine the other side's expert. He not only pointed out the flaws in their report, but helped us craft questions that would show those weaknesses… We ended up getting the prayer, plus $3.5 million of punitive damages. I want Jay on my team whenever a case involves difficult valuation or economic issues. “
— S. Ward Greene, Greene & Markley, P.C.
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Daniel Reynolds
“Our arbitration involved the late addition of a counterclaim for lost profits. On short notice, Cogence helped us review financial records and develop deposition questions and topics. With minimal time to prepare, Jay Sickler then attended the hearing to assist with cross-examination and offer rebuttal testimony. The arbitration panel soundly rejected the counterclaim, in large part because of the work of Jay and his team. We owe our success to Cogence, and wouldn’t hesitate to work with them again.”
— Daniel S. Reynolds, Saalfeld Griggs PC
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Allison C. Bizzano
“I really enjoyed working with Eli Neal on a business valuation for a closely held company. He was always professional while dealing with very contentious litigation. Eli was particularly helpful in responding to unique requests by counsel in order to make the process fair to all parties. His report was detailed and thorough, which was noted by one of my client’s members, who is a licensed CPA. I would not hesitate to work with Eli again and have already recommended him to other attorneys.”
— Allison C. Bizzano, Lotus Law Group
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Sanford R. Landress
“I enthusiastically recommend Jay and the Cogence Group, and hope that they are always on our side!”
— Sanford R. Landress, Esq., Greene & Markley, P.C.
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Tom K. Stern
“Cogence Group reports have ALWAYS been completed within the timeline promised. After working with them numerous times, they are efficient, accurate, and very knowledgeable.”
— Tom K. Stern, Pacific NW Properties
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Roger Spring
“Jay served as a catalyst and ‘difference maker’ in taking our ownership transition ideas and designing a workable plan that led to success using his extensive experience and analysis. We were impressed with his professionalism, timeliness and results.”
— Roger Spring, CEO, Evergreen Consulting Group
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Tim Grabe
“The people at Cogence dig deep for facts to support financial claims, they are available to discuss strategy, and their analysis and opinions carry the day in an adversary proceeding”
— Tim Grabe, Attorney, Portland Oregon
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N. Kampars
“Jay’s trial presentation was top notch, and it led the judge to adopt in her opinion Jay’s methodology and nearly every conclusion he reached”
— Nicholas Kampars, Davis Wright Tremaine
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Dave Lowry
“Cogence did an outstanding job of forensic analysis in our case which was very complex with discovery material that was challenging”
— Dave Lowry, Business Owner
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Matt Levin
“As an expert witness, Jay Sickler has a rare ability to both understand difficult concepts and to be able to teach them to lay people in plain English”
— Matt Levin, Markowitz Herbold PC
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Trung D. Tu
“Jay was extremely prepared and was a great witness. He was able to keep the jury engaged and interested about a topic that most people find boring and too complex to understand”
— Trung D. Tu, McEwen Gisvold llp, Est. 1886
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Nicholas Kampars
“Simply, Jay and his team were the most valuable resource we had throughout the course of our case, including through trial. From working with the client to develop our strategy, to digesting the other expert’s report, to presenting a compelling narrative at trial, the Cogence team was with us every step of the way. Jay’s trial presentation was top notch, and it led the judge to adopt in her opinion Jay’s methodology and nearly every conclusion he reached. We were lucky to have Cogence on our side.”
— Nicholas Kampars, Davis Wright Tremaine
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