George M. Minkovsky, ASA, CPA, CFE, CMA, CFM
George M. Minkovsky, ASA, CPA, CFE, CMA, CFM provides valuation and damages analyses for purposes of commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, estate and gift tax reporting and disputes, employee stock ownership plan compliance, ERISA litigation, and marital dissolution.
Mr. Minkovsky has over 25 years of experience in corporate finance and in economic and litigation consulting. He has expertise in the areas of antitrust, auditor malpractice, appraisal, bankruptcy & restructuring, damages from breach of contract, intellectual property, international trade and arbitration, and merger and acquisition disputes. He has performed valuations of companies, divisions, intangible assets and intellectual property, and securities. In M&A matters he has analyzed quality of earnings, merger efficiencies and synergies, net working capital adjustments, and material adverse effects. He has consulted in solvency and ability to pay matters (fraudulent conveyance, solvency assessment, and ability to pay government fines). He has conducted Board-led investigations into allegations of improper revenue recognition, asset misappropriation, accounting for tooling, inventory costing, FCPA matters, accounting irregularities, and financial statement fraud.
Mr. Minkovsky has worked across a spectrum of industries including the following: airlines (commercial, private, and medical-evacuation aviation), apparel, automotive, biotechnology, chemical and fertilizer manufacturing, commercial and community banking, computer hardware, consumer goods, e-commerce, education, financial services, food distribution, forest products, gaming casinos, health care and hospital networks, hotels and resorts, insurance, investment banking, infrastructure and basic materials, IT services, law firms, logistics, management consulting, manufacturing, maritime (ocean-faring and Jones Act vessels), mortgage banking, newspapers, office equipment, oil and gas exploration, petrochemical, pharmaceuticals, professional associations and networks of firms, professional sports, publishing, restaurants, real estate development, residential and commercial construction, retail, shipbuilding, software, tobacco and e-cigarettes, transportation and trucking, waste disposal, and wholesale distribution.
Prior to joining the Griffing Group, Mr. Minkovsky was a Director in the Litigation and Forensics Practice at Province Firm in Chicago from 2021 to 2023; a Principal in the Finance Practice of Charles River Associates International Inc. in Chicago from 2017 to 2020; and a Senior Consultant in the Finance Practice of National Economic Research Associates, Inc. (“NERA”) in Chicago from 2013 to 2017. Prior to his affiliation with NERA, Mr. Minkovsky was a Director in the Disputes & Investigations Practice of Navigant Consulting, Inc. in Chicago from 2008 to 2013 and a Director with Chicago Partners, LLC in Chicago from 2004 until it was acquired by Navigant in 2008. His professional practice at each of these firms was substantially similar to the activities and services he provides at the Griffing Group.
