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“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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.