William Jeffers, CFA is a Principal at The Griffing Group. Mr. Jeffers provides financial valuation services to attorneys and corporate clients for use in complex commercial litigation and M&A transactions. Since joining the firm in 2010, Mr. Jeffers has been retained to provide expert witness testimony and expert consulting services in a number of litigation matters adjudicated in the Delaware Court of Chancery and other venues. His analysis has focused on determining the value of securities and measuring economic damages in M&A litigation, shareholder disputes, and contract disputes. Mr. Jeffers has spent his entire professional career analyzing businesses, business interests, and financial assets to determine their value. During the past 20 years, Mr. Jeffers has valued business interests for financial and tax reporting purposes, in addition to his litigation work. Prior to this, Mr. Jeffers spent 15 years as a commercial banker responsible for providing financing for large and medium-sized companies in various industries, located primarily in the Midwest. As part of the lending process, Mr. Jeffers was responsible for conducting credit analyses and presenting to credit committees, monitoring the creditworthiness of borrowers, managing teams of loan officers and credit analysts, and responding to requests from regulators. Court of Chancery Russell Thiele et al. v. Kashiv Biosciences, LLC et al., C.A. No. 2022-0272-LWW, June 2023. James E. Parker et al. v. Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 2020-0280-PAF, June 2023. Matthew Sciabacucchi on Behalf of TransDigm Group Inc. v. W. Nicholas Howley et al., C.A. No. 2021-0938-LWW, November 2022. Mark Jacobs et al. v. Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc., C.A. 2019-1022-MTZ, November 2022. Leon A. Malca v. Rappi, Inc. and Sebastian Mejia, C.A. 2020-0152-MTZ, May 2022. Bardy Diagnostics v. Hill-Rom et al., C.A. No. 2021-0175-JRS, May 2021. AM General Holdings LLC v. The Renco Group, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 7639-VCS, December 2018. In Re Appraisal of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc., C.A. No. 12736-VCL, August 2018. City of Daytona Beach Police and Fire Pension Fund v. ExamWorks Group, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 12481-VCL, January 2017. Charles Kusnyer, et al. v. Platinum Energy Resources, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 7063-VCMR, November 2015. In Re Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. Stockholders Litigation, C.A. No. 10865-VCG, July 2015. City of Miami General Employees’ and Sanitation Employees’ Retirement Trust, et al. v. C&J Energy Services, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 9980-VCN, November 2014. In Re Safeway Inc. Stockholders Litigation, C.A. No. 9445-VCL, August 2014. Blackthorn Partners, L.P. v. John C. Malone, et al., C.A. No. 5260-VCS, January 2012. Viamericas Corp., et al. v. MicroVest I, L.P., et al., C.A. No. 6741-VCL, November 2011. District of Delaware In Re: Mallinckrodt PLC., et al. Case No. 20-12522(JTD), December 2020. Northern District of California Sai Sravan Bharadwaj Karri et al. v. Oclaro, Inc. et al., C.A. No. 3:18-cv-03435-JD, August 2022. Eastern District of New York Moses, et al. v. Apple Hospitality REIT Inc., Case No. 1:14-cv-03131, August 2017. Northern District of New York Jeffrey Chery et al. v. Conduent Education Services, LLC et al. Case No. 1:18-cv-75, April 2021. Southern District of New York In Re Helios and Matheson Analytics, Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 1:18-cv-06965, July 2020. Superior Court Department, Suffolk County, SS. Anthony Oates, et al. v. BlueHub Capital, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 20-0450-H, May 2023. Superior Court of California – County of Los Angeles In Re 99¢ Only Stores Shareholder Litigation, Lead Case No. BC457251, March 2011. Franklin County Court of Common Pleas – Division of Domestic Relations Pukita v. Pukita, Case No. 11DR-02-0607, July 2014. Court of Chancery LongPath Capital, LLC v. Ramtron International Corporation, C.A. No. 8094-VCP, 2014. Frank G. Pilkiewicz, Ph.D., et al. v. Transave, LLC, C.A. No. 6319-CS, 2013-2014. In Re Google Inc. Class C Shareholder Litigation, Consol. C.A. No. 7469-CS, 2012-2013. In Re TPC Group, Inc. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. 7865-CS, 2012-2013. Edgewater Growth Capital Partners, L.P., et al. v. H.I.G. Capital, Inc., et al., C.A. 3601-CS, 2012. New Jersey Carpenters Pension Fund v. infoGROUP, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 5334-VCN, 2011-2013. In Re El Paso Corporation Shareholder Litigation, C.A. 6949-CS, 2011-2012. In Re Massey Energy Co. Derivative and Class Action Litigation, Consol. C.A. No. 5430-VCS, 2011-2012. In Re Novell, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, C.A. No. 6032-VCN, 2011-2012. Circuit Court of Cook County Burke v. McNally, et al., No. 04 L 12109, 2010-2011. Blackhawks 2010, Inc. (f/k/a The Higher Gear Group, Inc.) v. Jeffrey Wulbert, No. 10 CCH 54790, 2010-2013. Superior Court, Chancery Division District Court of Stephens County District Court of Harris County In the Matter of the Marriage of R.E.D. and S.C.D., 2010.
EXPERT WITNESS ENGAGEMENTS
State of Delaware
United States Bankruptcy Court
United States District Court
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
State of California
State of Ohio
LITIGATION SUPPORT ENGAGEMENTS
State of Delaware
State of Illinois
State of New Jersey
In Re Pamrapo Bancorp Shareholder Litigation, Docket No. C-89-09, 2013.
State of Oklahoma
James M. Ferguson, et al. v. J.R. Montgomery Bancorporation, No. CJ-2010-363R, 2010-2013.
State of Texas
