Title: Corporate / Business Litigation

Profile

Jeffrey M. Risius, CPA

Managing Director

 

Jeffrey Risius

Firm: Stout Risius Ross
Address:4000 Town Center
20th Floor
Southfield, Michigan 48075
United States of America
Phone:+1 248 208 8800
Fax:+1 248 208 8822
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Profile

Jeffrey M. Risius is a Managing Director and leads the firm’s Valuation & Financial Opinions Group. He has extensive experience in the field of valuation, litigation and related expert testimony, and mergers & acquisitions. His valuation 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, purchase price allocation, purchase and sale advisement, restructuring, and other corporate, tax, and shareholder planning. He specializes in valuation in a litigation setting; his related experience includes shareholder disputes, fraudulent conveyance matters, transaction disputes, bankruptcy related valuation litigation, and other litigation involving complex valuation issues.

Among the many industries Mr. Risius has served are automotive, banks and thrifts, broadcasting, communications, computer software, construction, consumer products, entertainment, food and beverage distribution, food processing, graphics and printing, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, publishing, retailing, security systems, staffing, textiles, metal stamping, motion picture theaters, plastics, steel, technology, tire and rubber manufacturing, transportation, and wholesale distribution.




 

Areas of Expertise

 

Main Focus: Business Appraisals

  • Valuation & Financial Opinions

 

Professional Career

 

Networks

Mr. Risius is on the Board of the Financial and Estate Planning Council of Metropolitan Detroit. Mr. Risius is also 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 senior member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA) and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Michigan Association of CPAs (MACPA), the CFA Institute, the CFA Society of Chicago, and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).

Publications

Among other publications, Mr. Risius authored a book titled Business Valuation: A Primer for the Legal Professional, published by the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. 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.



Professional Activities and Experience

Prior to joining Stout Risius Ross, Inc., 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.



 

Education


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.