Gerald Richardson

Gerald Richardson is a Managing Director in the Disputes, Claims, & Investigations group. Gerald has over 30 years of professional experience, and he has specialized in providing consulting services to clients involved in complex litigation and insurance claims since 1991. He has testified during bench trials, jury trials, and depositions and made presentations during settlement deliberations, arbitration hearings, and mediation proceedings. Jerry has analyzed damage calculations with a cumulative value exceeding $2 billion.

Gerald has also acted in the capacity of an arbitrator to resolve post-transaction purchase price disputes involving the sale of a manufacturing company, a consumer products company, and a professional sports franchise. He has served as a senior member of engagement teams retained by corporations and audit committees of boards of directors to perform investigations regarding financial reporting issues in response to regulatory investigations and whistle blower allegations. Gerald has also presented findings to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gerald has also served as a member of the board of directors of various not-for-profit organizations, and his service has included responsibilities of a Treasurer, Vice-Chairperson, and member of the Executive Committee.

Gerald has extensive experience in the development and preparation of first-party property damage and business interruption claims as well as malicious product tampering, fidelity/employee crime, contractor’s all risk, builder’s risk, ocean marine cargo, and product recall insurance claims. Gerald also has led teams analyzing policy allocation issues regarding insurance coverage for long-tail asbestos, pollution, and human health claims (APH claims). He has assisted clients in virtually all aspects of the insurance claims process, such as damage quantification, insurance policy analysis, and the development of negotiating strategies. Jerry has served clients in the agricultural, automotive, retail, professional services, financial services, energy, telecommunications, consumer products, commercial airline, advertising, publishing, real estate, sports and recreation, healthcare, metals and mining, pharmaceutical, construction, and manufacturing industries.

Gerald’s clients are comprised primarily of companies headquartered in the United States, and his responsibilities have included quantifying claims and disputes involving operations in Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela. Prior to joining Stout, Gerald was a Managing Director at The Claro Group. Furthermore, Jerry was one of 25 founding managing directors of Huron Consulting Group and, prior to his tenure at Huron, a partner at Arthur Andersen. He began his career in Arthur Andersen’s Commercial Audit Division, auditing financial statements of multi-national public companies and performing other financial accounting-centric consulting services (e.g., due diligence investigations).