Daniel R. Van Vleet, ASA is a Managing Principal at The Griffing Group. Mr. Van Vleet has more than 33 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, ESOPs, estate and gift tax disputes, fairness and solvency opinions, shareholder disputes, tax restructuring, and other controversy, tax, corporate, and shareholder transaction related matters. He is a nationally-recognized expert on the valuation of pass-through entities (S corps, LLC’s, etc.) and is the developer of the Van Vleet Model, a widely-used pass-through entity valuation model. He has testified more than 30 times in depositions and at trials in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, U.S. District Court, Delaware Court of Chancery, and various state courts and arbitrations. He has extensive experience providing fair market value opinions to the IRS in controversy matters at audit, appeals, and fast track settlement involving closely-held businesses and fractional equity interests. He is a contributing author to seven valuation textbooks and is author of over 30 published articles. He has presented over 70 lectures on advanced subjects in the areas of business valuation, litigation, and corporate transactions and routinely works on complex valuation issues with some of the largest corporations and wealthiest families in the U.S. Mr. Van Vleet earned his MBA from the University of Chicago and is an International Past President of the American Society of Appraisers (ASA). He has served as an Adjunct Professor of Finance at DePaul University; a Finance Instructor at Northwestern University; and a Business Valuation Instructor for the ASA. He is a member of the valuation editorial review board of Trusts & Estates magazine and has served as the ASA representative to the International Valuation Standards Council and the Saudi Authority for Accredited Valuers (TAQEEM).