Jeffrey M. Risius is Managing Director of the Valuation & Financial Opinions Group. He has extensive experience in the field of valuation, litigation advisory, and mergers & acquisitions. His advisory experience encompasses a broad range of industries and has been performed for numerous purposes including fairness and solvency opinions, estate and gift taxation, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, marital dissolution, shareholder disputes, wrongful death claims, breach of contract matters, intellectual property disputes, tortious interference cases, disputes related to business transactions, employment matters, bankruptcy and reorganization, purchase price allocation, purchase and sale advisement, and other tax, corporate, and litigation related matters. Among the many industries Mr. Risius has served are automotive, banks and thrifts, broadcasting, communications, computer software, construction, consumer products, entertainment, graphics and printing, health care, manufacturing, petroleum, publishing, retailing, security systems, staffing, textiles, metal stamping, motion picture theaters, plastics, steel, tire and rubber manufacturing, transportation, and wholesale distribution. Mr. Risius has lectured and presented numerous continuing education seminars on the subjects of valuation, litigation advisory services, succession planning, and transaction advisory services. In addition, Mr. Risius has testified as an expert witness at trial in state and federal courts, public service hearings, arbitration, and in deposition. Prior to joining our firm, Mr. Risius was a senior manager with Price Waterhouse in its Valuation Services Group in Chicago. During his tenure with Price Waterhouse, he planned, performed, and supervised valuation and litigation consulting engagements. Mr. Risius earned an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Indiana University. He also earned a BS with Honors in Accounting from Indiana University s School of Business. He is a Certified Public Accountant accredited in business valuation (CPA/ABV), licensed in the state of Illinois. Mr. Risius is a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), and has also earned the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. Mr. Risius is a past Vice President of the Michigan Chapter of The ESOP Association and a past member of the Valuation Advisory Committee of The ESOP Association. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Michigan Association of CPAs (MACPA), the Litigation / Business Valuation Committee of the MACPA, the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Chicago, the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI), and the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit.