KW Economics provides employment damages analysis for cases venued in Des Moines, Iowa. For an employment claim arising in Des Moines, the but-for pay path comes from the employee's own records and the mitigation analysis rests on wage data for the employee's occupation in the Des Moines area, with each element presented separately for the remedy that applies. Civil claims arising in Des Moines are typically heard in the District Court sitting in Polk County. Deposition and trial testimony are available for Des Moines matters, in person or by remote appearance where the forum allows.
Des Moines sits in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan area, and where an analysis calls for local economic data, the figures for that area, rather than a statewide average, are the ones used. Plaintiff and defense.
Back pay, front pay, and lost benefits in discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and wage-and-hour matters. The analysis reconstructs what the employee would have earned in the position, including raises, bonuses, and benefit accruals, measures actual interim earnings, and evaluates mitigation and the period over which front pay is reasonable. In wage-and-hour matters the same records drive an hours and pay reconstruction for the individual claim or the class.
KW Economics serves counsel throughout Des Moines and the surrounding Polk County area. Our economists reconstruct back pay and front pay from the employee's own pay and benefit records and measure mitigation against wage data for the employee's occupation in the Des Moines area, and are familiar with the court system and disclosure requirements that affect employment damages engagements in Iowa.
Employment damages analysis for Des Moines matters is directed by Christopher Skerritt, M.Ed., MBA, Chief of Economic Services, who is available to testify to it.
KW Economics offers complementary economic damages services for Des Moines cases.
We also provide employment damages analysis in these Iowa communities.
Yes. KW Economics provides employment damages analysis for attorneys handling matters venued in Des Moines, Iowa, for plaintiff and defense counsel across the case mix common to Des Moines matters.
Earnings and household services are measured against the plaintiff's own records and against wage data for the Des Moines area, with data for Iowa as a whole used only where a local figure is unavailable and only with the substitution stated. The source behind every figure is documented so the loss can be traced and defended.
KW Economics provides full economic damages reports, preliminary damages estimates for settlement evaluation, reviews and rebuttals of opposing economic reports, and deposition and trial testimony, sized to both trial-track and settlement matters. The appropriate deliverable depends on case posture.
Request a consultation on Employment Damages in Des Moines or call (201) 343-0700. Plaintiff and defense counsel.