Mr. Tarbell is a Director in Houlihan Lokey’s Financial and Valuation Advisory business. He has more than three decades of experience providing valuation and financial opinions to private and publicly traded companies. Mr. Tarbell is Head of the firm’s Estate and Gift Tax Valuation practice, Co-Head of the firm’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan Valuation practice, and a member of the firm’s Technical Standards Committee.
Before joining Houlihan Lokey, Mr. Tarbell was the Director of Financial Advisory Services for a national valuation firm. Earlier, he was a Vice President in the M&A group of a boutique investment banking firm.
Mr. Tarbell speaks frequently on securities valuation, capital markets, and other financial issues. He develops and teaches valuation content for the American Society of Appraisers, the International Institute of Business Valuers, undergraduate- and graduate-level university courses, Big Four accounting firms, and leading law firms. Mr. Tarbell has served as a reviewer, editor, contributing author, or technical advisor for several valuation textbooks and publications, including the sixth edition of Shannon Pratt’s Valuing a Business. He is a member of the Editorial Review Board of the American Society of Appraisers and the Editorial Advisory Board of Business Valuation Update.
Mr. Tarbell has testified in various legal forums, including state and federal courts, the U.S. Tax Court, the U.S. Congress, and the U.S. Department of Labor, as well as in arbitration, mediation, and deposition proceedings. He also frequently serves as a consultant to lawyers during litigation and dispute resolution.
Mr. Tarbell holds a B.S. from the University of Oregon and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser, a member of the Board of Governors, and a Past Chair of the Business Valuation Committee of the American Society of Appraisers. Mr. Tarbell is also a CFA charterholder. He is the former Chair of the Advisory Committee Chairs’ Council of The ESOP Association, the former chair of its Valuation Advisory Committee, and a former member of its board of directors. Mr. Tarbell is also a member of the Portland Society of Financial Analysts and an associate member of the American Bar Association. He serves as a member of the Business Valuation Resource Panel of The Appraisal Foundation.