Joe Estabrook is responsible for the performance and oversight of engagements in complex litigation and consulting matters involving valuation, damages, tax and financial issues.
Joe has more than 35 years of consulting experience and has been qualified as an expert witness in business valuations, damages, tax and financial issues, and has valued numerous businesses in a variety of industries that span the economic spectrum. Joe has also been engaged to investigate and analyze numerous losses and improprieties, including inventory losses, misappropriation of funds, searches for hidden assets, undervalued assets, and financial fraud. His experience also includes a number of investigations for hidden assets and tracing relating to separate property issues in domestic cases where he and his team have provided consulting services or he has acted as a testifying expert. He provides attorney case assistance to facilitate the discovery process, develop case strategy, and analyzes experts’ positions.
He has performed hundreds of valuations of closely held business interests, intellectual property, and other ownership interests. The majority of his valuations are performed in the context of litigation, which includes shareholder disputes, domestic relation matters, and dissenting shareholder actions. He also has extensive experience in providing business valuations for estate and gift tax purposes.
Select Publications
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American Institute of CPAs
A CPA's Guide to Family Law Services
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Invotex Litigation Perspectives
What You Need to Know When a Valuation Expert Uses the Market Approach
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Invotex Litigation Perspective
Disputes in M&A Transactions
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Litigation Perspectives
Nothing is Certain but Death and Estate Taxes
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Invotex Litigation Perspective
The Tax Value of Personal Goodwill in the Sale of a Company
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American Bar Association Section of Family Law Newsletter
What You Need to Know When a Valuation Expert Uses the Market Approach
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Invotex Litigation Perspective
Guidelines for Valuing Partial Interests
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American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Expert Witnesses Newsletter
Causation: A Driving Force to Lost Profit Damages
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Intellectual Property Litigation, Managing IP Litigation Issue, ABA Section of Litigation
Crossing the Border: International Issues That Affect IP Litigation
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Estate Planning Newsletter
2003 Estate Tax Planning and Business Valuation Case Update
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The Handbook of Advanced Business Valuation
Blockage Discounts
Select Presentations and Speeches
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American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers January 2017
Divorcing the Wealthy- Unique Issues and Challenging Valuations in High Asset Cases
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Georgetown University Law Center, Small Business Law Seminar March 2017
Buying and Selling a Small Business
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University of Maryland Law School February 2017
Marital Property and Divorce Litigation
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American Bar Association Section of Litigation Annual CLE Conference April 2013
Merger and Acquisition Litigation: Current Issues and Trends
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants April 2011
Expert Witness Skills Workshop
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American Bar Association May 2010
Section of Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute
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Montgomery County Bar Association
How to Use a Business Valuation & Economic Expert at Trial
Practice Areas
Education
B.S., Accounting, University of Maryland
Licenses & Designations
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Accredited Senior Appraiser, Business Valuation (ASA)
Professional Memberships
AAML Foundation Forensic and Business Valuation Division
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Society of Appraisers
Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants
Washington, DC Estate Planning Council