BRANDYWINE VALUATION CONSULTANTS - Key Persons


John J. Barton

Job Titles:
  • ASA
John is the President of Brandywine Valuation Consultants, LLC. He is responsible for the analysis and valuation of closely held entities and intangible assets. He also provides expert witness testimony in litigation matters. see his linkedin profile. John holds an MBA from LaSalle University as well as an M.A. from Fordham University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a senior member of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). John is a past Chairman of the ASA's Business Valuation Committee and has served as Chair of the ASA's Education Committee where he was in charge of course content and development for the ASA's business valuation educational program. He has written two valuation courses for the ASA and two courses for the International Institute of Business Valuers (IIBV). John is a former instructor of Finance in Villanova University's MBA Program and has also served on the faculty of the ASA and IIBV. He currently is on the faculty of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. Over the past ten years he has taught business valuation courses throughout the United States and Europe for the ASA, IIBV, RICS, and the Big 4 accounting firms. He also serves as the Chairman of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Business Valuation Committee. Since 1987, John has been involved in the valuation of over 700 business entities, ranging in size from small sole proprietorships to multinational corporations. He has provided valuation and litigation support services across a wide spectrum of manufacturing, retail, and service industries. John has been qualified as an expert valuation witness in courts in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida as well as in U.S. Federal District Court. In addition to litigation support, he has been involved in valuations for the purposes of sale, restructuring, goodwill impairment, and estate planning.