
Richard Ruffing
Director
Richard Ruffing, Jr. is a Director in the Disputes, Compliance, & Investigations group. He has experience providing financial consulting services to attorneys, audit committees, executive management teams, and individuals. He focuses on engagements relating to forensic accounting and commercial litigation including economic damages determination, internal financial investigations, and royalty audits.
Richard has 10 years of experience in the dispute consulting industry. His experience in commercial litigation support includes performing analyses of accounting and financial data, developing complex financial models, and the preparation of deliverables relating to expert testimony. His experience in internal investigations includes assisting in-house counsel and executive teams to investigate and respond to various forms of alleged acts. Richard's experience in royalty audits includes performing fieldwork at the licensee’s offices, gathering the applicable information, performing analyses to determine any over or underpayments of royalties, and providing advice to licensor’s regarding best practices for future license agreements.
Prior to joining Stout, Richard was an Associate at Gould & Pakter Associates, LLC where he focused on providing litigation support to trial lawyers and expert testimony on commercial dispute matters.