Who We Are

General Experience Highlights

As a partner in our Litigation Services and Business Valuation Group, John provides business valuation services and other litigation support to a wide range of privately held companies. He has extensive experience in performing business valuations for litigation involving matrimonial dissolutions and shareholder disputes. He also provides business valuations for estate planning and mergers and acquisitions. His work also includes fraud investigation and forensic accounting.John has testified as an expert witness in business valuation on numerous occasions. He has earned the designations of Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in business valuation, Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Professional Education and Firm History

John received a Bachelor of Science in Economics in 1972 and a Master of Science in Business Administration in Accounting from the University of Massachusetts in 1975. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1977 and joined BlumShapiro in 1985. John was designated a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1992, an Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers in 1996, Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in 2004 and Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in2008.

Professional Organizations and Activities

• Accredited Senior Appraiser, American Society of Appraisers, Business Valuation Discipline(ASA)
• Connecticut Chapter of American Society of Appraisers
  • District Director – Present
  • Membership Chair – 2002 – Present
  • Board of Directors 1995 – 2002
  • President 1998-99
• Accredited in Business Valuation - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CPA/ABV)
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
• Certified in Financial Forensics - American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (CFF)
• Institute of Business Appraisers
• National Business Valuation Group
• National Litigation Support Services Association
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Connecticut Chapter of Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
  • Past Member, Board of Directors
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
• Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CSCPA)
  • Fellow; Past Chairman of Management Advisory Services Committee