About the Authors
James R. Hitchner, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, is the managing director of Financial Valuation Advisors, Inc. (www.finvaluation.com) in Ventnor City, New Jersey. He is also president of the Financial Consulting Group, LLC (www.gofcg.org), a national association of professional services firms dedicated to excellence in valuation, financial, and litigation consulting. He is CEO of Valuation Products and Services, LLC (www.valuationproducts.com), a company dedicated to developing educational resources for valuation analysts and fraud/forensics practitioners. He holds the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) specialty designations of Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) and is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers. Mr. Hitchner has more than 30 years’ experience in valuation services. He has often testified as a qualified expert witness on valuations in federal and state courts across the country. He has also been involved in hundreds of intangible asset valuations and was an ad hoc advisor to the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on its deliberations concerning fair value, presenting two sessions to the FASB on valuing and lifing intangible assets.
He has co-authored 20 courses, taught more than 60 courses, published more than 80 articles, and made more than 180 conference presentations. He was with Phillips Hitchner Group, Inc. for seven years and was also ...
