• Business Valuation
• Construction Damages
• Economics
• Franchise Valuation
• Intangible Assets Appraisal
• Labor Economics
• Lost Profits
• Mineral Interests
• Personal Property Valuation
• Real Estate Valuation
• Restaurant Valuation

Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:

A: Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA), National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts; Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Accounting, Candidate, West Virginia University; Master of Science (M.S.), Applied Economics, West Virginia University; Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Economics, Northern Michigan University; Financial & Valuation Modeling Certification, Wall Street Prep.

Q: Please list your affiliations or memberships in any professional and/or industry organizations:

A: Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA); Member, National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA).

Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:

A: Adjunct Professor, West Virginia University, undergraduate instruction in finance and valuation, including financial analysis, valuation fundamentals, and applied corporate finance; Speaker and Author for professional and industry audiences on business valuation, economic damages, valuation in litigation including shareholder disputes, marital dissolution, and estate and gift matters, transaction advisory, quality of earnings, and financial due diligence; Author of publications on business valuation, financial analysis, and transaction advisory topics published on professional platforms, including LinkedIn.

Q: Have any of your accreditations ever been investigated, suspended or removed? (if yes, explain)

A: No.

Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?

A: More than 75 occasions in litigation-related engagements involving business valuation and economic damages.

Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?

A: Business valuation of closely held businesses, economic damages and lost profits analysis, diminution in value and valuation disputes, lifetime earning capacity and present value of future economic losses, shareholder disputes and minority shareholder oppression, marital dissolution and divorce-related valuation matters, personal injury and wrongful death economic damages, estate and gift tax valuation including date-of-death and IRS compliance, transaction advisory including mergers and acquisitions and quality of earnings analysis, financial analysis and valuation for SBA financing, ownership transitions, and internal planning.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?

A: 87%.

Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?

A: 13%.

Q: On how many occasions have you had your deposition taken?

A: Four times.

Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?

A: February 2026.

Q: On how many occasions have you been qualified by a court to give expert testimony?

A: Qualified as an expert on all occasions in which testimony was provided.

Q: On how many occasions have you testified as an expert in court or before an arbitrator?

A: 1 occasion.

Q: For how many years have you worked with the legal industry as an expert?

A: 5 years.

Q: What services do you offer? (E.g.: consulting, testing, reports, site inspections etc.)

A: Expert witness services, consulting expert and testifying expert roles, expert reports and rebuttal reports, litigation analyses, deposition and trial testimony, business valuation analyses and reports, economic damages analyses including lost profits, diminution in value, and lifetime earning capacity, present value analysis of future economic losses, litigation consulting and case strategy support, transaction advisory including mergers and acquisitions and quality of earnings analysis, financial analysis for estate and gift tax, SBA financing, ownership transitions, and internal planning.

Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?

A: $350 per hour for consulting and expert services.

Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?

A: $350 per hour for document review.

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?

A: $450 per hour, with a minimum of 4 hours.

Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?

A: $500 per hour for trial testimony, with a minimum of 4 hours.

Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)

A: Travel time billed at standard hourly rates; travel expenses reimbursed at cost, including airfare, lodging, meals, and ground transportation; mileage billed at the IRS standard rate; reasonable administrative and document production costs billed at cost; minimum billing requirements may apply for testimony.

Available upon specific request. Additionally, client/attorney testimonials can be found here: https://www.ketchumbusinessvaluation.com/client-testimonials