Jesse R. Morton

Jesse is a Managing Director and Stout’s Atlanta & Miami Offices Leader. Jesse has professional experience as a consultant, lawyer, accountant, investigator, and auditor since 2002.

Jesse specializes in working with businesses of all types and sizes on government program-related economic assistance including the CARES Act and other pandemic-related relief including, but not limited to, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Employee Retention Tax Credits (ERCs). Specifically, Jesse works directly with businesses and their advisors (i.e., CPAs, attorneys, bankers, etc.) with compliance and fraud prevention, detection, response, and remediation related services, including litigation support and expert witness services.

Jesse also regularly helps clients in various industries and sectors with: Bank Secrecy Act (BSA)/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and OFAC/Sanctions related issues; performing investigations related to financial statement fraud, asset misappropriation, and/or illegal acts and regulatory compliance/violations; anti-bribery/corruption (FCPA) program development, compliance, audit, and remediation; securities and trading violations; elder financial exploitation; mortgage and loan origination/servicing fraud; establishing and enhancing regulatory compliance and ongoing monitoring processes and procedures; performing asset tracing and financial analysis; insider threat and third-party risk management; and, litigation assistance.

Jesse regularly writes and presents on topics related to the CARES Act, PPP, ERCs, financial institution regulatory compliance and financial crimes, elder financial exploitation, and other fraud related issues. He frequently is featured on televised news reports and investigations and quoted in periodicals including Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Prior to joining Stout, Jesse worked in KPMG’s Forensic practice, and during law school worked for the SEC’s Division of Enforcement in the Financial Fraud Task Force through the Honors Law Program. He also wrote for Thomson Reuters Westlaw Business, and served as an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University teaching Fraud & the Law – a Master’s-level course for four years.