The article represents the results of the risk management research in the process of carrying out the judicial and extrajudicial economic expertise. The actuality of the research derives from the current needs of information and study in the field of economic expertise, which requires a modern approach, so the authors decided to approach the economic expertise from the perspective of risk management. The scientific methods used by the authors: analysis and synthesis, induction and deduction, comparison, reasoning, as well as the table method. The results obtained from the research carried out by the authors consist of the need to implement the internal management control, with emphasis on risk management, elaboration of a methodology on risk management, as well as the implementation of the risk management cycle in the activity performed by the experts. In conclusion, the authors mention about the need to raise awareness of the importance of risks by all the actors involved in the process of conducting economic expertise.