Joseph W. Thompson is a Managing Director in the Chicago office of Coherent Economics. Mr. Thompson has provided expert testimony on numerous occasions in various courts including the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Supreme Court of the State of New York, state and federal courts, and various arbitrations.
Mr. Thompson has more than 20 years of professional experience in the area of finance, specializing in analyzing businesses, business interests, financial assets, financial instruments, and derivative securities for the purposes of determining value and economic damages. Further, his work has covered a wide range of industries and has been prepared for various purposes beyond litigation, including financial reporting, tax, corporate planning, and transaction advisory.
In addition to his responsibilities at Coherent Economics, Mr. Thompson has been an adjunct professor of finance at DePaul University for more than a decade, teaching classes at the graduate and undergraduate levels, including internationally at the Bahrain Institute for Banking and Finance (BIBF).
Mr. Thompson received a B.S. from DePaul University with majors in Finance and Economics. Additionally, he received a master’s in business administration (MBA) and a master’s in science and information systems (MSIS) from Boston University. Mr. Thompson is a CFA® charterholder and an accredited senior appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers in the area of business valuation.
