Bruce W. Barren

brucebarren@emcohanover.com
(310) 405-3393


Bruce BarrenShorter Version Biographicals:

a.) Mr. Bruce W. Barren is a proven corporate executive and senior advisor with over 45 years of experience in more than 200 diverse businesses, worldwide which were both privately owned or publicly-traded, where he served either as an Executive Advisor or Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Barren, whose accolades include those from The White House, the U.S. Congress, the Peoples’ Republic of China and the Central American Parliament, is exceptionally well-known and highly regarded on Wall Street. He has also been an expert witness in a variety of important Court cases, involving the U.S. Government, the U.S. Tax Court, plus the IRS along with District and State jurisdictions which have involved Chase Securities, the Securities and Exchanges Commission, Bank of America plus the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Government. They have ranged from Class Action Cases to Fairness Opinions, to Business Valuations, to Executive Compensation, Fiduciary Responsibilities, Contract Labor Disputes and Business Turnarounds.

 
b.) Mr. Bruce Barren is considered a "unique" corporate executive plus as an expert in estate and corporate appraisals, a capital specialist and at times, serves as a corporate director. He is further an "accepted" Court witness in your various areas of expertise, as noted below including compensation, having been involved in some 50 different cases and qualified as an expert in some two dozen industries before various District, State, the I.R.S., S.E.C. and the U.S. Tax Courts.

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Proven Corporate Executive; Trusts and Estates including Wealth Succession, Executive Compensation and Litigation and Contract Labor Disputes both at the Federal and Corporate Level - Expert Witness; Capital Transactions; Business Practice and Responsibilities; Corporate Governance; Labor Contractual Disputes plus Bankruptcies and Creditor Reorganizations.

As an expert witness, Mr. Barren has also been involved in a variety of cases ranging from: Class Actions, Fiduciary Responsibility, Fairness Opinions, Business Valuations, Executive Compensation, Labor Dispute Issues, Bankruptcy/ Business Turnarounds plus has acted as both a Trustee and as an Independent Director. A summation of Mr. Barren's credentials, which are detailed under "Chairman" at www.emcohanover.com and also under www.emchano.com (shorter form), are also summarized below.

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Bruce W. D. Barren
Professional Background – Chairman, The EMCO/Hanover Group

50+ years of experience as both a public and privately-held corporate executive/ advisor, including 45 years of involvement in China; Multiple Accolades (60+) including: The White House (4 Presidents and separately, their V.P.s), U.S. Senate, U.S House of Representatives, multiple State Governors plus Central American Parliament and Republic of China along with Marquis Who’s Who in the World where he received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017; 1,000+ Corporate Transactions in various industries - Worldwide (including China), representing $5+ billion in Value; 54 Court Expert Witness Assignments (see below); 200 Business turnarounds - including emerging businesses, as either a CEO or Advisor in Multiple Industries; more than 500 IRS Accepted Business Valuations more than two dozen Industries Qualified (see below); and 200 plus published articles – U.S and Worldwide; Website: www.emcohanover.com: Chairman; Email: bb@emchano.com or brucebarren@emcohanover.com

Education: Babson College; Bucknell University; Harvard Business School and Cambridge University (Pembroke College); Honorary Doctorate from the United Nations where Presidents Clinton and Trump were also recipients.

Credential Acceptance: Mr. Barren’s credentials have been accepted by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the U.S. District and various State Courts plus in the U.S. Banking Industry where he has been approved by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the regulatory agency for the U.S. banking system. He has further been accepted by the California Department of Insurance.

Instructorships: University of California – Los Angeles and Northridge; University of Southern California; Whittier College School of Law; and Chapman University – School o law pus the American Management Association; California, New York and Texas CPA Societies; and Sanwa Bank plus PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Court Cases: 54 Cases as an expert witness, including those against The U.S. Government, Bank of America, The Commissioner of the IRS, AMCC and RSR Corporation (Bestolife Corporation) v. The Chase Manhattan Bank et al, Supreme Court of the State of New York plus Time-Warner under a Class-action and most recently, Liker v. Arnall, Ameriquest Mortgage Company and RoDa Drilling, L.P. plus Bennett v. Filter Recycling Services, et al Riverside Superior Court Case No. RIC 429616 along with that concerning the Marriage of Baker, Angela and Jeffrey;Superior Court of Orange County, Ca.; Case #13D00182; Family Law - Divorce, Spousal Compensation.

Qualified Industries - includes more than two dozen business sectors, involving: professional standards - including accounting, banking and broker/ dealers; conservator and trust officer responsibilities and standards; aerospace; apparel and textile; SEC regulatory issues, including reporting, corporate governance and fiduciary responsibility; banking and finance; consumer products; defense and government contracting; direct marketing, including multi-level and e-commence; electronics; employment policies and procedures; energy - gas and oil; food: processing, distribution - wholesale and retail; furniture and accessories, including hardware manufacturing; printing and graphic arts; publishing: magazine and newspapers; media and entertainment; medical, including hospital, nursing care and elder living residences; mining; paper: manufacturer and distribution; real estate: commercial and residential; social media and transportation, including automotive and truck assembly and distribution.

Areas of Expertise: Corporate Management in both privately-held and publicly-owned companies, Executive Compensation; Wrongful Terminations; Business Practices, including Executive and Fiduciary Responsibilities; SEC and FINRA Reporting; Trusts and Estates - including Wealth Succession and Tax Planning; Litigation plus Contract Labor Disputes, both at the Federal and Corporate Level; Expert Witness and Damage Determinations; Capital Transactions; E-Commerce; Merger and Acquisitions; Product and Distribution Licensing; Business and Estate Valuations; Corporate Governance; Bankruptcies and Creditor Reorganizations – Chapter 7 and 11.

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