Mr. Godbout has provided valuation, dispute advisory, financial consulting and forensic accounting services for numerous purposes, including marital dissolutions, shareholder disputes, estate and gift taxation, business succession planning, commercial litigation, economic damage analysis, breach of contract, property tax appeals, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, class action suits, reasonable compensation, financing, purchase and sale advisement, executive stock options, and other tax, corporate and litigation related matters.
He has testified in federal court, state court and at American Arbitration Association proceedings. Additionally, Mr. Godbout has been trained in mediation and collaborative law.
Mr. Godbout previously served as the Business Valuation Chairperson for the Chicago Chapter of the American Society of Appraisers. He is a current member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA), the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA), the Institute of Divorce Financial Analysts (IDFA), the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the Financial Planning Association, the Chicago Estate Planning Council and a Charter Member of the AAML Foundation – Forensic and Business Valuation Division.