Mr. Richardson is located in The Claro Group’s Chicago office and is a member of the firm’s Global Insurance Claims Consulting and Economic and Litigation Consulting practices. Jerry has over 23 years of professional experience, and 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 $1 billion.

Jerry has acted in the capacity of an arbitrator to resolve post-transaction purchase price disputes. He has also 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 inquiries and whistle blower allegations. Mr. Richardson has also presented findings to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

He 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. Jerry also has also led teams analyzing policy allocation issues regarding insurance coverage for long-tail asbestos, pollution and human health claims (“APH claims”). Jerry has experience in many industries, including - but not limited to - serving clients operating in the in the agricultural, consumer products, energy, financial services, manufacturing, metals and mining, pharmaceutical and telecommunications industries.

Prior to joining The Claro Group, Jerry was one of 25 founding managing directors of Huron Consulting Group and, prior to his tenure at Huron, a partner at Arthur Andersen. Jerry is a licensed CPA in the state of Illinois and earned a Bachelor of Science degree with Honors in Accountancy from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign.