Don Keysser, Dr.

Wayzata, Minnesota
Don Keysser, Dr. Expert Witness
Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Financial fraud, damages, disclosure, default

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Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

General Specialties:

Financial and Banking

Keywords/Search Terms:

investment banking, financial fraud, financial damages, due diligence and disclosure, securities practices, financial analysis, standards of care and practice in investment banking, FINRA/SEC/MSRB, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, private equity

Education:

DBA - Finance, Argosy University; MBA - Finance, University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management; MAPA - Urban Economic Development, University of Minnesota - Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs; BA - Political Science / Economics, Ohio State

Years in Practice:

40+

Number of Times Deposed/Testified in Last 4 Yrs:

55

Additional Information

* testified in over 50 cases to date, nationwide (and one international); 7 jury trials, 2 bench trials, 2 administrative hearings, 1 arbitration hearing * wrote over 35 Expert Reports and Rebuttal Reports; never successfully Daubert challenged * deposed over 35 times * over 40 years experience as an investment banker and senior executive in financial institutions * senior banker on over 250 financings, for total value of over $3 billion * deep experience managing investment banking, sales and trading, and FinOp (Financial Operations) * Professor of Finance at Saint Mary's University, teaching master's and doctorate level courses in Corporate Finance, International Finance, Financial Institutions, Research Methdologies, Investment Banking; Senior Lecturer at Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota, teaching master's level courses in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Climate Change Corporate Finance, Internaitonal Finance, Financial Analysis. * developed graduate level curriulum for finance courses; advisor on doctoral dissertation committees * BA Politica Science/Economics; MAPA Urban Economic Development; MBA Finance; DBA Finance (dissertation topic on experting practices and behavior of family-owned manufacuring firms