Financial Expert Witnesses in Illinois

This experienced corporate finance attorney retired after a 44-year career with Bell, Boyd & Lloyd in Chicago, where he practiced in securities, corporate governance, and related areas. For 13 years, he was the Chair of his firm's corporate and securities group, working with many large U.S. Corporations. He recently taught an M&A course at Northwestern University and currently acts as an independent consultant and a FINRA arbitrator.

This highly-qualified expert has years of experience in capital markets in addition to an impressive background in engineering and information technology. He received his BS in electrical engineering from Boḡaziçi University in his home country of Istanbul before earning both his MS in computer engineering and his PhD in electrical engineering at Syracuse University. He has experience in a variety of areas, including exchanges, over-the-counter platforms, securities, futures, options, clearing, commodities, stocks, fintech, software, and market manipulation. He is active in his field as an author of several journal articles and conference proceedings. He held a number of roles in the engineering field before transitioning his focus to capital markets. Some notable engineering positions of his include product engineer for Caterpillar and assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Northwestern University. More recently, he has served as a fixed income product advisor for JP Morgan, a market designer and the CTO for the Stock Exchange of the Caribbean, the co-founder of Numéraire Technology, and a partner at Myra Trading. Currently, this expert is the president of a global finance advisory in Illinois.

This expert has over 30 years of experience in financial trading. He received his BS in business administration from the University of North Dakota and his MBA from Harvard University. He is a CPA and currently holds 8 patents for automated trading in an electronic exchange. Formerly, he served as an investment analyst and portfolio manager at Institutional Capital Corporation and a trader and designated primary market manager for the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Subsequently, he started four successful trading and software start-ups generating over $50 million for shareholders. Currently, this expert is the CEO and owner of a software trading platform in Illinois.