Better Control of Costs. More Predictable Outcomes.
AEC Forensics Group is not a traditional expert witness firm. We act as your dedicated, non-testifying technical hub. We replace the unbillable burden of managing expert logistics with a forensic infrastructure designed to diagnose exposure early and ensure your testifying team operates with absolute clinical precision.
The Structural Failures of Traditional Expert Engagement
In multi-party litigation, the breakdown rarely happens because of a lack of technical knowledge. It happens because of a lack of strategic management. Through our founders’ combined work on over 2,500 files, we have identified three specific points of friction that consistently undermine California legal strategies.
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The Budget Disconnect (The “Black Box”)
You hire an expert for a preliminary review. You expect a quick assessment. You receive a massive invoice for “document review” that yielded no usable strategy. This disconnect between expected value and billed hours makes it impossible to forecast litigation budgets accurately.
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The Operational Gap (The Unbillable Hour)
Niche technical experts are often brilliant engineers but poor project managers. They lack the support staff to organize terabytes of discovery or manage complex timelines. This forces you to step in and manage the files yourself, turning your high-value strategic time into logistical overhead.
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The Privilege Trap (“Poisoning the Well”)
You need to know the technical weaknesses of your case early. However, you are reluctant to engage a testifying expert to find them, fearing their work will become discoverable. You fly blind to avoid creating evidence that could be used against you.
Our Solution:
The Strategic Engine for Your Complex Case
We built AEC Forensics Group to solve these exact structural failures. We elevate the management of your case by separating the strategic investigation from the testimony. We leverage decades of objective, field-proven experience on high-stakes claims involving every aspect of the built environment.
Budget Predictability
We replace the chaos of unmanaged experts with a disciplined technical framework. We define the scope of work in phased blocks with clear deliverables, providing the absolute transparency you need to control your budget.
Operational Command
We act as the technical quarterback for your team. We ingest the “Universe of Documents” and feed your testifying experts exactly what they need to form their opinions. We ensure they walk into deposition organized and fully prepared.
Strategic Safety
We operate primarily as non-testifying consulting experts. This provides a privileged “Safe Harbor” to stress-test your theories and identify vulnerabilities early without the risk of immediate discovery.
Strategic Forensics in Action
AEC Forensics Group acts as a highly specialized extension of your litigation team. We apply our framework through three primary service engagements to ensure efficiency, objectivity, and strategic safety.
Preliminary Case Evaluation (PCE)
Before you retain a full roster of experts, get the ground truth. We audit the available record to deliver a clear assessment of technical exposure and a strict budget forecast. This fixed-fee diagnostic serves as your strategic roadmap before a major commitment is made.
Explore Case EvaluationExpert Support & Coordination
In multi-party litigation, a lack of coordination compromises the entire case. We serve as your central Forensic Project Management Office (FPMO). We police the scope of work, manage logistics, and ensure every expert works from a unified, strategically sound timeline.
Explore Expert CoordinationLitigation Support & Data Control
We act as the operational command center for your expert team. We ingest the data, perform sensitive research under absolute privilege, and synthesize the file for highly targeted, effective discovery.
Explore Litigation SupportElevate Your Strategic Focus.
Let us build the operational infrastructure so you can dedicate your highest value time entirely to the legal arguments.
Clear Conflicts & Discuss StrategyWhy choose us
Our Leadership
Brian L. Hill
CEO & Director of Forensics
Brian represents the firm’s expansive breadth, having managed over 2,000 cases as a protected, non-designated consultant. His experience entails supporting nearly every type of expert across almost every aspect of the building and development lifecycle. He builds the operational framework, coordinates the expert teams, and ensures the technical investigation stays flawlessly aligned with your legal strategy.
Steve Hill
Senior Consultant & Testifying Expert
With over 50 years of experience in construction, Steve brings profound depth to the firm. He holds over 450 designations specifically as an expert on general contractor standard of care, repair methodologies, and cost estimating. Steve is highly versatile. He serves as a testifying expert, a non-testifying consultant, and a mentor to other experts, identifying the objective technical facts that allow the trier of fact to reach the right conclusion.
The Weight of Experience
2,500+
Cases, Disputes & Claims Managed.
55+
Combined Years of Construction Forensic Experience.
0%
Markup on Expert Fees & Rates.
Match the Resource to the Risk.
Bring decades of objective forensic management to your next complex file. Secure the operational infrastructure required to control your timeline and protect your budget.