Michael is a partner of Kral Ussery LLC, a public accounting firm delivering advisory services, litigation support, and internal auditing to U.S. public and private companies. He is an advisor, trainer, and expert witness in litigation matters. Prior to being a founding member of Kral Ussery, he was a principal in Pt Platinum Consulting, which has merged into Kral Ussery. He specializes in providing financial reporting, CFO services, and SEC compliance expertise to small- and mid-sized SEC registrants and accounting firms. Michael is frequently engaged to assist companies in remediating material weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting and fixing accounting and reporting systems, assisting companies in SEC reporting matters, including SEC comment letters, guiding companies through the IPO process, and assisting in solving complex accounting issues. Michael has extensive experience in financial reporting and SEC matters, having held various CFO and controller level positions at public and nonpublic companies and having over 10 years experience in a “Big 4” accounting firm.

In addition, due to his extensive background in a variety of companies and his “Big 4" background, Mr. Ussery serves as an expert witness in corporate governance matters and lawsuits dealing with internal controls, accounting, financial reporting, management roles, and responsibilities. Michael is a recognized expert and frequent speaker on US GAAP, SEC compliance and reporting, oil and gas accounting, internal controls, anti-fraud controls, and corporate governance.
 

About Us: Kral Ussery LLC delivers advisory services, litigation support, and internal auditing to US public and private companies to protect and grow shareholder value. Specifically, we assist companies in all matters relating to financial reporting, including SEC compliance, internal controls testing and remediation, IPO readiness, M&A transactions, US GAAP compliance, and implementation of new accounting standards. We categorize our services into the following areas: SOX Compliance, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FCPA, IPO Process Steps & Guidance, Accounting & SEC Advisory, Litigation Support, Business Valuation and M&A, Internal Audit, Risk & SOX, Bankruptcy & Restructuring, Interim CFO & Controllership.