Grant Newton, CPA

Council Member Biography

Grant W. Newton is Executive Director at Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors (AIRA), a professional association, where he has worked since October 1990. Mr. Newton is a Professor Emeritus of Accounting at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. His areas of expertise include financial reporting issues in bankruptcy (SOP 90-7) business valuation, insolvency analysis, tax issues related to bankruptcy and out of court settlements, and other aspects of bankruptcy and insolvency proceedings. Mr. Newton is knowledgeable about issues related to financial reporting during and on emergence from chapter 11. He was a member of the task force that developed SOP 90-7 issued by the AICPA. Mr. Newton is the author of Bankruptcy and Insolvency Accounting and (co-author) Bankrutpcy and Insolvency Taxation, both published by Wiley. He helped develop and teaches the CIRA certification courses for AIRA. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1990 - present

Executive Director, ASSOCIATION OF INSOLVENCY RESTRUCTING

1984 - 2006

Professor Emeritus in Accounting, PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY