Raffa Consulting Economists

What Raffa Consulting Economists does

Raffa Consulting Economists, Inc. is a private economic consulting firm founded in 1971 by Dr. Frederick A. Raffa and headquartered at 133 E. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, Florida. The firm delivers litigation support and non-litigation economic consulting services to attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants, with substantive expertise in personal injury, wrongful death, employment discrimination, punitive damages, contract/commercial disputes, and anti-trust and patent/trademark infringement matters. Non-litigation work spans business valuations, economic impact studies, EB-5 immigration applications, and real estate/feasibility pro-forma analyses for private and public-sector clients.

The firm operates with a team of six professional analysts holding Ph.D.s and MBAs from Florida State University and the University of Central Florida, supported by a small administrative staff. Its analytical methodology rests on proprietary databases of historical earnings growth and inflation rates, a present-value framework that applies a monthly-updated long-term U.S. Treasury Bond Portfolio discount rate, and a published methodology co-authored by the founder in Volumes 9-11 of Damages in Tort Actions (LexisNexis). Work product includes expert witness testimony in complex commercial litigation, multi-option life care plans for catastrophic personal injury, multi-plaintiff employment discrimination actions, and wrongful death matters, with engagements accepted on a quote-based, case-by-case basis.

The business model is fee-for-service professional consulting, with revenue derived from per-engagement expert testimony, economic-loss quantification, business valuations, and economic impact studies. Distribution is driven by attorney referrals and direct professional engagement rather than active marketing, and the firm has provided expert testimony in more than 850 trials across 17 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, with staff having collectively evaluated over 8,500 cases. No external funding, parent company, acquisitions, partnerships, or technology integrations are evidenced; the firm operates as an independent, employee-owned boutique practice.

Name

Raffa Consulting Economists

Legal name

Raffa Consulting Economists, Inc.

Website

https://raffaconsulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1971

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Raffa Consulting Economists is a private Winter Park, Florida-based economic consulting firm founded in 1971 that provides litigation support and expert witness services to plaintiff and defense attorneys across personal injury, wrongful death, employment, and commercial matters, staffed by six economists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Economic Consulting Services

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Other Management Consulting Services (541618)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic Damages & Lost Profits Analysis (BPAHANAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Business Valuation (Private Companies & Equity Interests) (BPAHANAA), Business Valuation (Private Company & Enterprise) (FSAEAHAA), Valuation & Fairness Opinions (BPAHADAF)

Keywords

• Litigation support services
• Economic consulting services
• Forensic economic analysis
• Business valuation consulting
• Expert witness testimony

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional Consulting Services: Economic consulting services provided to attorneys on a per-engagement basis for litigation and non-litigation matters including expert testimony, case evaluations, and business valuations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Raffa Consulting Economists provides specialized economic consulting services to attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants, covering personal injury, wrongful death, employment discrimination, commercial disputes, antitrust, patent/trademark infringement, crop damage, and punitive damages claims. The firm's six economists deliver expert testimony, present value analyses of economic losses, life care plan evaluations, business valuations, and economic impact studies, supported by proprietary databases for historical earnings growth and inflation rate calculations. Non-litigation engagements include business valuations and economic impact studies for private and public sector entities.

Product overview

Raffa Consulting Economists provides litigation support and non-litigation economic consulting services through two core offerings. The Litigation Support service encompasses specialized evaluation services for personal injury, wrongful death, employment disputes, punitive damages, and commercial litigation matters. The Non-Litigation Support service covers business valuation, economic impact studies, and real estate/feasibility analyses. All services are delivered by a team of six professional economists with backgrounds in economics, finance, and accounting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Litigation Support Economic consulting and expert witness services provided to attorneys representing both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury, wrongful death, employment discrimination, contract/commercial disputes, antitrust, patent/trademark infringement, crop damage, and punitive damages claims. Includes expert testimony in trials across 17 states plus Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Non-Litigation Support Economic consulting outside of litigation, including real estate and feasibility pro-forma analyses, business valuations, and economic impact studies for private and public sector entities.
• Personal Injury Evaluations Evaluation of economic losses in personal injury matters including loss of past and future earning capacity, loss of household services, cost of future medical and related care needs, and life care plans for catastrophic injuries, with venues in more than fifteen states.
• Wrongful Death Evaluations Present value assessment of loss of earnings, monetary/financial support to survivors, loss of decedent's services, and where applicable statutory loss of inheritance or net accumulations to the estate, addressing wrongful death matters in state and Federal courts.
• Employment Dispute Matters Economic analysis of employment-related claims including wages, salaries, bonuses, fringe benefits, non-compete agreements, pensions, and present value analysis of employment losses; covers discrimination, unpaid overtime, wrongful termination, constructive discharge, and class-action lawsuits.
• Punitive Damages Analysis Review of defendant's financial information focusing on the relationship between gross revenues, operating profit (pre and post-tax), and retention of earnings to assist the trier of fact in determining appropriate punitive awards.
• Business Valuation Valuation of going-concern business entities for purposes including pre-sale assessment, IRS filings, and court proceedings, with expert testimony capability.
• Economic Impact Studies Analysis of economic impacts for private and public sector entities including EB-5 immigration applications, sporting events, educational institutions, and professional sports franchises.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 8,500 cases evaluated by staff members
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• Analysis Group: One of the largest economic, financial, and strategy consulting firms with deep expertise in litigation support and economic damages analysis. Comparable to Raffa in providing expert economic testimony, but operates at significantly greater scale across many practice areas and geographies.
• Brattle Group: Economics consulting firm providing expert analysis and testimony in litigation, regulatory, and strategic matters. Comparable to Raffa in offering expert economic testimony for damages calculations, though focused more on finance, energy, and regulatory economics than personal injury.
• Berkeley Research Group: Expert services and consulting firm providing economic analysis, damages quantification, and expert testimony across litigation matters. Comparable practice areas to Raffa, particularly in personal injury, employment, and commercial litigation economics, with significantly broader scale and service offerings.
• Cornerstone Research: Economic and financial consulting firm providing expert testimony and analysis in complex litigation, with specializations in securities, antitrust, and intellectual property matters. Direct competitor to Raffa for high-stakes litigation support engagements, though significantly larger and broader in scope.
• Secretariat International: Global expert services firm specializing in economic damages, forensic accounting, and international arbitration. Provides overlapping economic damages analysis and expert testimony services to Raffa, with comparable expertise in personal injury and wrongful death matters but operating internationally.
• NERA Economic Consulting: Global economic consulting firm specializing in antitrust, litigation, regulatory, and financial economics with extensive expert testimony practice. Provides the same category of economic damages and valuation services as Raffa Consulting, but at a much larger scale with hundreds of consultants.
• Charles River Associates: Global consulting firm offering expertise in economics, finance, and business strategy with significant litigation support and damages analysis practices. Overlaps with Raffa's economic damages, business valuation, and expert testimony services but operates as a publicly-traded firm with broader capabilities.
• Compass Lexecon: Leading economic consulting firm providing expert testimony and analysis in complex litigation, with specializations in antitrust, securities, and damages evaluation. Direct overlap with Raffa's litigation economics work, though at substantially greater scale and with broader practice areas.

Direct peers

• Economists Incorporated: Specialized economic consulting firm focused on antitrust, regulation, and litigation economics. Closely comparable to Raffa in being a focused economic consulting practice serving attorneys on damages and competition matters, though larger and more concentrated on antitrust/competition issues.

Emerging players

• LitiNomics: Economic and financial consulting firm providing expert testimony and damages analysis in commercial litigation. Comparable niche-focused practice offering economic expert services to attorneys, similar in scale to Raffa, with overlapping expertise in damages quantification and litigation support.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/raffa-consulting-economists-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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