Daniel R. Van Vleet, ASA Daniel R. Van Vleet, ASA is a Managing Principal at the Griffing Group. Mr. Van Vleet has more than 30 years of experience in providing valuation opinions and expert witness testimony in a broad range of industries for a variety of purposes, including bankruptcy, board advisory services, corporate transactions, Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), estate and gift tax disputes, fairness and solvency opinions, marital dissolution, shareholder disputes, tax restructuring, and other controversy, tax, corporate, and shareholder transaction related matters. Mr. Van Vleet has provided expert valuation services, opinions, and testimony for litigants in a variety of jurisdictions, including U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Court, Delaware Court of Chancery, Chancery Court of Cook County, and various federal and state courts and arbitration venues. His testifying experience includes providing opinions of value of businesses and fractional equity interests in bankruptcy actions, economic damages cases, fiduciary actions, marital dissolutions, shareholder appraisal actions, and corporate transaction disputes. He also has extensive experience providing opinions of fair market value to the Internal Revenue Service in controversy matters at audit, appeals, and fast track settlement involving closely-held businesses and fractional equity interests. Mr. Van Vleet is a contributing author to eight business valuation textbooks. He has lectured extensively and presented numerous advanced education seminars on the topics of business valuation, pass-through entity valuation, controversy and transaction advisory services. He is a nationally-recognized expert on the valuation of pass-through entities such as S corporations and limited liability companies. He is also the developer of the Van Vleet Model, a widely used pass-through entity valuation model. Mr. Van Vleet is an International Past President of the American Society of Appraisers and a former President of the Business Valuation Association. Mr. Van Vleet has served as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at the Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University, as a Finance Instructor at the School of Continuing Studies at Northwestern University, and as a Business Valuation Instructor for the American Society of Appraisers. Mr. Van Vleet has provided professional services in a broad variety of industries, including the following: aerospace, agriculture, apparel, architecture, automotive, alcohol distribution, biotechnology, cable television, chemical manufacturing, commercial and community banking, computer hardware, construction, e-commerce, education, engineering, food brokerage and distribution, forest products, furniture manufacturing and distribution, gaming casinos, gold mining and exploration, grocery, health care, high frequency trading, HVAC, hotels, insurance, investment banking, internet B2B and B2C, industrial construction, infrastructure materials, IT services, law firms, liquor distillers, logistics, management consulting, manufacturing, maritime, mortgage banking, moving and storage, multi-level marketing, newspapers, office equipment, oil and gas pipelines and exploration, paper brokerage and distribution, petrochemical, pharmaceuticals, plastics, professional associations, professional sports, publishing, pulp and paper manufacturing, restaurants (quick service and fine dining), real estate development, retail, road construction, soft drinks and beverages, software, supply chain entities, television and radio broadcasting, tobacco, transportation and trucking, U.S. foreign aid, waste disposal, and wholesale distribution. Prior to joining the Griffing Group, Mr. Van Vleet was a Managing Director in the Valuation and Financial Opinions practice at Stout Risius Ross from 2008 to 2016. Prior to joining SRR, he was a Managing Director with Duff & Phelps in its Valuation Advisory Services Group in Chicago from 2004 to 2008. Prior to his affiliation with Duff & Phelps, he began his valuation career in 1989 at Willamette Management Associates and served as a Managing Director from 1999 to 2004. His professional practice at each of these firms is substantially similar to the activities and services he provides at the Griffing Group. American Society of Appraisers (ASA) Northwestern University, School of Continuing Studies DePaul University, Graduate School of Business Trusts & Estates Business Valuation Association Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers (TAQEEM) International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) International Institute of Business Valuers (IIBV) Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division In re K&K Holdings, LLC, Case No. 12-23916; 2013 In re Pethinaidu Veluchamy and Parameswari Veluchamy, Case No. 11-33413; 2013 In re Tomahawk Limited Partnership; 2003 District of Nevada In re Windmill Durango Office, LLC, Case No. 10-25594; 2011 Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division In re AmFin Financial Corporation, et al., Case No. 09-21323; 2014 Western District of Wisconsin First Phoenix-Weston LLC, Debtor, Case No. 16-12820-cjf; 2017 Southern District of Florida Charleston Laboratories, Inc. v. Dr. Raymond Takigiku, Case No. 15-81694; 2016 Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division CIBC Bank USA vs. Global Sorghum Solutions, LLC, et al.; Case No. 18-cv-3417; 2018 Anthony Puntillo and Mary Carol Puntillo v. Dave Knecht Homes, LLC, et al.; Case No. 1:15 CV 11839; 2018 Semir D. Sirazi, et al. v. General Mediterranean Holdings, et al., Case No. 1112-CV-00653; 2014 Middle District of Louisiana Joseph N. Broyles v. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., et al., Civil Action No. 3:10-854-JJB-SCR; 2016 Southern District of New York Mark Boyce v. Soundview Technology Group, Inc.; 2008 Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division Jessica Casey, on behalf of the RVNB Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan v. Reliance Trust Company, Case No. 4:18-cv-00424-ALM-CMC; 2019 District of Utah Salt Lake Tribune Publishing Co., LLC v. Management Planning, Inc.; 2007 Eastern District of Wisconsin (Milwaukee Division) Nancy Dewey, et al. v. Kurt Bechthold, et al., Case No. 2:18-cv-01739; 2019 Court of Chancery John Douglas Dunmire, et al. v. Farmers & Merchants Bancorp of Western Pennsylvania, Inc., CA. No. 10589-CB; 2016 Superior Court of Fulton County Glen W. Rollins, et al. v. LOR, Inc., Gary W. Rollins and R. Randall Rollins, No. 2014CV249480; 2016 Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division The Patriot Group, LLC v. Hilco Financial, LLC, Case No. 10 L 03914; 2015 The City of Chicago v. The Chicago Park District, Millennium Park Joint Venture, LLC, and Millennium Park Management Venture, LLC, Case No. 11 CH 41075; 2014 Leslie J. Weiss, et al. v. Sugar, Friedberg & Felsenthal, Case No 08 CH 30890; 2013 Tong Hu, et al. v. Sun Holdings, LLC, Case No. 10 CH 01570; 2011 Align Risk Analysis, Inc. v. Robin Robinson; 2002 Pachmeyer v. Gibson & Associates; 1999 Estate of Richard Clatch v. Quality Beer Distributors; 1996 Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division In Re the Marriage of Eisenberg; 2002 In Re the Marriage of DiMichele; 1997 Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit, Lake County Crane v. Crane; Case No. 09 D 1349; 2010 Circuit Court for the County of Huntington In the Matter of the Revocable Trust Agreement of Kay Joan Brown; 2006 Circuit Court for the County of Whitley Dye v. Dye; 2001 District Court for the County of Johnson Lyman v. Lyman; 1999 Circuit Court for the County of Ingham E. Jerome McCarthy v. Lyle W. Miller; 2003 Circuit Court for the County of Jackson Warren E. Shoulders v. J.A. Knight and Heat Controller, Inc.; 1997 District Court for the County of Hennepin Kuban Dissolution of Marriage; 1999 Circuit Court for the County of Ozaukee Crabel v. Crabel; 2005 State of Illinois Chrysler Dealer Termination Hearings; 2010 SFX Sports Group, Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc.; 2002 State of Indiana Telechron of Florida, Inc. v. General Electric Company; 1999 The HAVI Group Limited Partnership, Claimant v. Russell A. Doll, Respondent, JAMS Ref. No. 1340017671; 2019. 2019 – Internal Revenue Service, Office of Appeals 2019 – Internal Revenue Service, Office of Appeals 2015 – Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement 2014 – Internal Revenue Service, Office of Appeals 2013 – Circuit Court of Cook County, Domestic Relations Division 2012 – District Court of Rusk County, Texas, Mediation Proceeding 2011 – U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Chapter 7 Mediation Proceeding 2010 – Internal Revenue Service, Examination (Audit) 2008 – Internal Revenue Service, Fast Track Settlement 2006 – Internal Revenue Service, Fast Track Settlement
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