Securities Valuation Expert Witnesses

Casselberry, Florida

Financial, Fraud - options, derivatives, equities, trading, investing, securities, markets, fraud, commodities, futures, risk management, insider trading, market making, capital markets, securities valuation, exchanges, margin, institutional investments, ETFs, hedging

Mr. Pines is an expert in trading, options, and market microstructure who advises law firms and institutional investors on disputes and investigations involving equities, ETFs, options, commodities, and foreign exchange. His work focuses on how markets actually function in practice: order routing, execution quality, trading strategies, and risk management. In litigation and enforcement matters, Mr. Pines is frequently asked to evaluate trading patterns and order‑flow data in insider‑trading and market‑manipulation cases, assess the reasonableness of brokers’ and traders’ conduct, and analyze options and derivatives valuations and damages. Mr. Pines has 36 years of experience analyzing, trading, and consulting on financial markets. He has served as a member market maker on NYSE Arca, CBOE, the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, and the Pacific Exchange, and has traded futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and foreign‑exchange options as a professional trader for Chase Manhattan Bank...

Easley, South Carolina

Securities & Investments, Financial - Fixed Income, Securities Valuation, Fixed Income ETFs, Distressed Debt, Fair Value, Securities Litigation, Municipal Bonds, Impairment Analysis, Bond Pricing Services, Corporate Bonds, Fixed Income Benchmarks, Index Construction, Bond Valuation, Index Methodology, Market Analysis

James Rieger is a fixed income expert with more than 37 years of experience in bond valuation, pricing, indexing, and market analysis. He retired from S&P Global after serving as Managing Director and Global Head of Fixed Income Indices at S&P Dow Jones Indices and previously as Global Head of Fixed Income Evaluations at Standard & Poor's Securities Evaluations. His expertise includes municipal bonds, corporate bonds, distressed debt, securities valuation, fixed income pricing methodologies, benchmarks, and index construction. Mr. Rieger provides expert witness and consulting services involving municipal and corporate bond valuation, distressed and illiquid securities, fair value and impairment analysis, bond pricing services, fixed income benchmarks and indices, ETF design, and fixed income analytics. He has been retained in litigation involving bond valuation, index methodology, and fixed income market practices, providing expert analysis, written opinions, and deposition testimo...