Edward Barton
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Edward Barton

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Ed Barton brings more than 25 years of tax compliance, turnaround management, financial and executive management experience to bear for his clients. He has managed a broad range of financial roles — from tax consulting, leading and managing accounting and finance teams, audit preparation and defense, systems management and design, bookkeeping and tax preparation, risk management, underwriting, and modeling functions of a large consumer credit debt buyer to equity structured finance commitments, as well as overseeing multiple audits for PCI DSS compliance and SAS 70 certification.

Ed provides tax, legal, and turnaround consulting services as a partner in Centerbridge Law Group, PLLC, a tax resolution, and turn-around focused law firm and Centerbridge Certified Public Accountants, PLLC, a Washington State CPA firm focusing on tax resolution and business restructuring and coaching for real estate professionals. Additionally, Ed is currently serving as Chief Executive Officer of fusionZONE Automotive, LLC and FZA Digital, LLC, portfolio companies of Primus Capital. He previously worked at Saint Martin’s University as the Vice President of Finance, General Counsel, and Assistant Professor of Business.

Ed earned a Juris Doctor from Northwestern California University, a Master in Business Administration from Syracuse University Martin Whitman School of Management, a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance & business economics from the University of Notre Dame, and a Master Certificate in Six Sigma from Villanova University. He also earned an LL.M. with Merit in Economic Regulation from the University of London and is currently pursuing a Doctorate. in Leadership Studies from Marshall University.

An attorney licensed to practice in the States of California and Washington and the Federal Courts in the Southern District of California, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the United States Tax Court, and the United States Supreme Court. Ed is a Certified Public Accountant in Washington State and Florida, a Chartered Financial Analyst since 1998 and is a member of the Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, and is an Enrolled Agent admitted to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. Ed is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the American Bar Association, the Turnaround Management Association, and the American Bankruptcy Institute.
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