Joseph W. Thompson, CFA, ASA Joseph W. Thompson, CFA, ASA is a Principal at The Griffing Group. Mr. Thompson has approximately 20 years of experience as a professional in the finance industry. He performs valuation and damages analyses for purposes of commercial litigation, estate / gift taxation, employee stock ownership plan compliance, and purchase price allocation. Mr. Thompson has been retained to provide expert witness testimony for plaintiffs and defendants in numerous jurisdictions, including United States District Court, the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Illinois Circuit Courts, and arbitration hearings. Mr. Thompson has valued businesses across industries, including financial services, software and technology, medical products, manufacturing, communications, retail, distribution, and others. Mr. Thompson has experience in valuing a variety of financial securities, including options contracts, warrants, preferred stock, blocks of stock, hedge fund interests, interests in private equity funds, debt, and contingent liabilities.. Court of Chancery In Re R1 RCM Stockholders Litigation, 2023. Paul Buddengagen v. Maritime Explorations, Inc., 2022. Simon Ogus v. SportTechie, Inc. et al., 2022. Ramcell, Inc. v. Alltel Corporation d/b/a Verizon Wireless, 2022. Pilot Air Freight, LLC v. Manna Freight Systems, Inc., et al., 2021. Jerry Miccolis v. Montage, et al., 2019. Southern District of Florida Frederick Siegmund v. Xuelian Bian, et al., 2018. Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division United States v. John Tomkins, 2012. State Supreme Court (New York County) Warberg Opportunistic Trading Fund v. GeoResources, Inc., 2017. Circuit Court of Cook County Hao v. Nanhua USA Holding LLC, 2021. Bhatti, et al. v. Mediplant Funding, et al., 2014. Circuit Court of Kane County Sutphen v. Peskind, et al., 2014. Retired Telecom, Inc., f/k/a Pulsar360 Inc., et al. v. Pulsar360 Corp. and 10660124 Canada Inc., 2022. John Patterson v. Maxant Technologies, Inc., 2013. Confidential Matter, 2018. Lead Financial Advisor to the Better Government Association in investigation of Lyons Township Treasurer, 2011. Confidential Matter, 2021. Confidential Matter, 2010.
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