14 LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL FEBRUARY …

14 LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

THE LIST

THE PACESETTER: The

Los Angeles office of

PricewaterhouseCoopers

tops the list of the

largest accounting firms

operating in Los Angeles

County. The New York firm

reported 1,662 accounting

professionals in its local

office. That¡¯s up from 1,610

accounting professionals a

year ago. Overall, the local

office employs 1,856 people

excluding support staff.

? name

? address

? accounting prof.

? website

? total prof.2

Firmwide Industries Served

Revenue3 (partial list)

1

Services Offered

Profile

Top Local Executive

(partial list)

? headquarters

? name

? 2015

? year founded

? title

? 2014

? offices

? phone

(L.A./total)

(current/year ago)

1

2

3

5

6

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

OFFICE: SingerLewak

acquired Denver firm Stark

Schenkein last year. The

office is now operating

under the SingerLewak

name.

L.A. County

Staff

? CPAs

7

ALIGNED: In January, CBIZ

and Mayer Hoffman McCann

realigned their seven

Southern California offices.

The move consolidated

leadership and formed the

companies¡¯ largest single

business unit after operating

as separate entities.

Ranked by number of accounting professionals in L.A. County

Rank Firm

4

GROWTH: In January,

Holthouse Carlin & Van

Trigt acquired Zeiger &

Associates, a CPA firm

located in Northern California

that provides tax services to

the real estate industry.

? NEXT WEEK

The Largest Office and

Industrial Leases in L.A. County

ACCOUNTING FIRMS

19

20

PricewaterhouseCoopers

601 S. Figueroa St.

Los Angeles 90017



Ernst & Young

725 S. Figueroa St.

Los Angeles 90017



Deloitte

555 W. Fifth St., Suite 2700

Los Angeles 90013



KPMG

550 S. Hope St., Suite 1500

Los Angeles 90071

us

Holthouse Carlin & Van Trigt

11444 W. Olympic Blvd., 11th Floor

Los Angeles 90064



BDO USA

1888 Century Park East, Fourth Floor

Los Angeles 90067



Nigro Karlin Segal Feldstein & Bolno

10960 Wilshire Blvd., Fifth Floor

Los Angeles 90024



RSM US4

515 S. Flower St., 41st Floor

Los Angeles 90071



Gelfand Rennert & Feldman

1880 Century Park East, Suite 1600

Los Angeles 90067



Moss Adams

10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1100

Los Angeles 90024



Miller Kaplan Arase

4123 Lankershim Blvd.

North Hollywood 91602



CBIZ/Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.

10474 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200

Los Angeles 90025



Armanino5

11766 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth Floor

Los Angeles 90025



CohnReznick

1900 Avenue of the Stars, 28th Floor

Los Angeles 90067



Grant Thornton

515 S. Flower St., Seventh Floor

Los Angeles 90071



Gursey Schneider

1888 Century Park East, Suite 900

Los Angeles 90067



Crowe Horwath

15233 Ventura Blvd., Ninth Floor

Sherman Oaks 91403



Green Hasson Janks

10990 Wilshire Blvd., 16th Floor

Los Angeles 90024



Gumbiner Savett Inc.

1723 Cloverfield Blvd.

Santa Monica 90404



SingerLewak

10960 Wilshire Blvd., Seventh Floor

Los Angeles 90024



1,662/1,610

1,856/1,757

WND/WND

1,384/1,254

1,579/1,486

486/412

1,163/1,052

1,740/1,626

WND/WND

1,154/1,091

1,154/1,091

WND/WND

$35,400 entertainment, financial,

$34,000 health care, insurance,

legal, manufacturing, real

estate, retail, tech, telecom

28,700 financial, health care,

27,400 media, real estate, retail,

tech, private equity

35,200 apparel, entertainment,

34,200 financial, health care,

media, non-profit, real

estate, retail, tech, telecom

24,400 entertainment, financial,

24,820 health care, manufacturing,

real estate, retail, tech

225/262

240/275

26/38

111 construction, entertainment,

100 hospitality, manufacturing,

non-profit, real estate, retail,

private equity

1,050 entertainment, financial,

833 health care, insurance,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate

65 entertainment, financial,

61 legal, media, non-profit, real

estate, sports

218/179

242/193

70/58

1,637 apparel, financial, health

1,471 care, manufacturing, media,

retail, tech

208/208

213/213

45/44

WND entertainment, non-profit,

sports

186/169

186/169

72/72

165/167

175/179

93/96

254/238

254/238

148/149

242/207

255/217

83/84

160/160

180/181

54/68

144/120

144/125

72/71

2

3

New York

1865

1/758

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, M&A,

tax

West Los

Angeles

1991

5/10

Chicago

1910

1/63

accounting, audit, financial

advisory, forensic, internal

audit, risk mngt., tax

London

1903

2/728

New York

1895

3/711

New York

1897

3/985

Brian Cullinan

Market Managing

Partner

(213) 356-6000

Patrick Niemann

Managing Partner,

Greater Los Angeles

(213) 977-3200

Michelle Kerrick

Managing Partner

(213) 688-0800

Mark Hutchins

Office Managing

Partner

(213) 972-4000

Philip J. Holthouse

Managing Partner

(310) 566-1900

Brad Schrupp

Carl Sasaki

Managing Partners

(310) 557-0300

Mickey Segal

Managing Partner

(310) 277-4657

accounting, business mngt.,

estate planning, forensic,

personal finance, royalty

compliance, tax

accounting, audit, financial

advisory, internal audit, IT, risk

mngt., tax, transaction

Los Angeles

1981

1/5

Los Angeles

1967

2/5

WND apparel, construction,

entertainment, financial,

health care, manufacturing,

non-profit

accounting, business mngt.,

estate planning, litigation

support, royalty compliance,

tax, royalty, valuations

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory,

internal audit

WND entertainment,

manufacturing, media, nonprofit, real estate, retail,

tech

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, health care, legal,

media, non-profit, real

estate, retail

164 entertainment, legal,

130 manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail, tech

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, royalty compliance,

tax

accounting, audit, corp. finance,

estate planning, financial

advisory, forensic, internal

audit, litigation support, tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, IT,

M&A, tax

Los Angeles

1941

1/5

Todd Van der Wel/

Roger Weninger

Partner/Regional

Managing Partner

(310) 477-0450

Douglas Waite

Managing Partner

(818) 769-2010

Cleveland

1978

1/100

Jim Parks

Executive Director

(310) 268-2000

San Ramon

1969

2/9

Los Angeles

1953

1/1

Ken Coelho

Tom Schulte

Partners

(310) 478-4148

Scott M. Sachs

Regional Managing

Partner ¨C West Region

(310) 843-9700

Kullen Birkeland

Southern California

Managing Partner

(213) 627-1717

Stephan H.

Wasserman

Managing Partner

(310) 552-0960

Ray Calvey

Office Managing

Partner

(818) 501-5200

Leon Janks

Managing Partner

(310) 873-1600

Santa

Monica

1950

1/1

Los Angeles

1959

3/7

Rick Parent

Managing Director,

Audit Shareholder

(310) 828-9798

Jim Pitrat

Managing Partner

(310) 477-3924

Chicago

1926

1/86

Seattle

1913

2/27

143/148

148/155

70/84

WND hospitality, manufacturing,

575 non-profit, real estate, retail

New York

1919

2/30

138/127

160/150

51/45

1,560

1,410

Chicago

1924

1/725

121/116

124/120

69/72

32

31

116/107

118/109

44/33

701

670

108/104

108/104

65/63

WND

105/120

115/132

62/72

WND

103/101

118/115

51/48

41

38

accounting, estate planning,

forensic, tax, financial and

transaction advisory, external

and internal audit

accounting, audit, forensic,

apparel, entertainment,

internal audit, regulation, tax,

financial, manufacturing,

transaction, international tax,

media, non-profit, tech,

valuation, restructuring

telecom

accounting, audit, business

entertainment, legal,

mngt., estate planning, forensic,

manufacturing, non-profit,

IT, litigation support, tax, family

real estate, retail, sports,

law

tech

audit, financial advisory,

apparel, financial, health

forensic, internal audit, IT,

care, hospitality,

manufacturing, media, non- litigation support, M&A, risk

mngt., tax

profit, retail, tech

assurance and advisory,

entertainment and media,

transaction advisory, tax

non-profit and private

planning and compliance,

foundations, food and

international tax planning

beverage, technology

accounting, audit, business

apparel, construction,

mngt., estate planning, forensic,

entertainment, financial,

internal audit, litigation support,

hospitality, manufacturing,

M&A, tax

media, non-profit

construction, entertainment, accounting, audit, business

manufacturing, media, non- mngt., forensic, litigation

support, risk mngt., tax,

profit, retail, tech

valuation

Employees doing accounting work, including CPAs, but excluding support staff.

Total professionals, including accounting professionals, but excluding support staff.

In millions.

4

Formerly McGladrey.

5

Effective August 2015, RBZ became Armanino.

WND - Would not disclose Note: The information on this list was provided by

representatives of the firms themselves. Accounting firms are ranked by the number of

accounting professionals and CPAs in L.A. County offices, respectively. To the best of our

1

accounting, audit, forensic,

human capital advisory, internal

audit, IT, M&A, regulation, risk

mngt., tax, transaction

accounting, audit, corp. finance,

internal audit, risk mngt., tax,

transaction, forensic, financial

advisory

accounting, audit, corp. finance,

financial advisory, forensic,

human capital advisory, internal

audit, M&A, risk mngt., tax

audit, business mngt., corp.

finance, forensic, internal audit,

IT, tax, advisory

Los Angeles

1979

3/5

Chicago

1942

1/31

Joe Mazza

Office Managing

Partner, L.A.

(213) 330-4600

Todd Gelfand

Managing Partner

(310) 553-1707

knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to

ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors

sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to the

Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los

Angeles 90036. ?2016 Los Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in

whole or in part without prior written permission from the editor. Reprints are available

from the YGS Group, (800) 290-5460 ext. 100.

Researched by David Nusbaum

Continued on page 16

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ACCOUNTING FIRMS

THE LIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Continued from page 14

Rank Firm

? name

L.A. County

Staff

? address

? accounting prof.

? website

? total prof.

Firmwide Industries Served

Revenue3 (partial list)

1

2

Services Offered

Profile

Top Local Executive

(partial list)

? headquarters

? name

? 2015

? year founded

? title

? 2014

? offices

? phone

? CPAs

(L.A./total)

(current/year ago)

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

Member Types

The different occupations of AICPA

members.

3%

Government

14%

Retired

2%

Education

38

39

40

Windes

111 W. Ocean Blvd., 22nd Floor

Long Beach 90802



NSBN

1925 Century Park East, 16th Floor

Los Angeles 90067



Squar Milner

11111 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 800

Los Angeles 90025



Vicenti Lloyd & Stutzman

2210 E. Route 66, Suite 100

Glendora 91740



Lodgen Lacher Golditch Sardi

Saunders & Howard

16530 Ventura Blvd., Suite 305

Encino 91436



White Zuckerman Warsavsky Luna &

Hunt

15490 Ventura Blvd., Suite 300

Sherman Oaks 91403



Marcum

2049 Century Park East, Suite 300

Los Angeles 90067



Duffy Kruspodin & Co.

15910 Ventura Blvd., Suite 800

Encino 91436



Krost Baumgarten Kniss & Guerrero

790 E. Colorado Blvd., Suite 600

Pasadena 91101



Tanner Mainstain Glynn & Johnson

10866 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor

Los Angeles 90024



Hutchinson & Bloodgood

550 N. Brand Blvd., 14th Floor

Glendale 91203



SRG

16633 Ventura Blvd., Sixth Floor

Encino 91436



Vasquez & Co.

801 S. Grand Ave., Suite 400

Los Angeles 90017



Macias Gini & O'Connell

2029 Century Park East, Suite 1500

Los Angeles 90067



Lucas Horsfall Murphy & Pindroh

100 E. Corson St., Suite 200

Pasadena 91103



Simpson & Simpson CPAs

633 W. Fifth St., Suite 3320

Los Angeles 90071



Turner Warren Hwang & Conrad

100 N. First St., Suite 202

Burbank 91502



HKG

50 E. Foothill Blvd., Third Floor

Arcadia 91006



Rose Snyder & Jacobs

15821 Ventura Blvd., Suite 490

Encino 91436



Richardson Kontogouris Emerson

2942 Columbia St.

Torrance 90503



2

46%

Public

Accounting

Source: American Institute of CPAs

9.4

$30 construction, financial,

$29 health care, insurance,

legal, manufacturing, nonprofit, real estate

WND entertainment, health care,

non-profit, real estate

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, internal audit, tax

Long Beach

1926

2/3

Los Angeles

1952

1/2

62 apparel, construction,

52 entertainment, financial,

hospitality, insurance,

manufacturing, non-profit

WND legal, manufacturing, nonprofit, individuals,

education, government

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, tax, bookkeeping/

QuickBooks

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, forensic, internal

audit, litigation support, M&A

accounting, audit, forensic,

litigation support, tax, fraud

investigation

58/55

69/67

41/38

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, hospitality,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate

accounting, audit, business

Encino

mngt., estate planning, financial 1965

advisory, forensic, litigation

1/1

support, personal finance, tax

Steve Lacher

Ken Lodgen

Partners

(818) 783-0570

56/55

56/55

26/25

16 entertainment, financial,

15 hospitality, insurance, legal,

manufacturing, real estate

accounting, audit, estate

planning, financial advisory,

forensic, litigation support,

personal finance, risk mngt.

Sherman

Oaks

1971

1/2

Fred Warsavsky

Managing Partner

(818) 981-4226

accounting, audit, estate

planning, financial advisory,

forensic, litigation support,

transaction

New York

1951

1/29

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, personal finance, tax

Encino

1990

2/4

Philip Wilson/

Neil Prasad

Partners-in-Charge,

California/Los Angeles

(310) 432-7400

Thomas G. Duffy

Managing Partner

(818) 385-0585

Pasadena

1939

2/7

Greg A. Kniss

CEO, President

(626) 449-4225

Los Angeles

1976

1/1

Peter Mainstain

Managing Partner

(310) 446-2700

Glendale

1922

1/4

Encino

1963

2/2

Joe Muriello

Office Partner in

Charge

(818) 637-5000

Fred Solomon

Managing Partner

(818) 995-0090

Los Angeles

1969

1/1

Gilbert R. Vasquez

Managing Partner

(213) 873-1700

76/68

83/76

42/43

66/53

66/53

43/36

59/54

64/64

33/34

54/50

57/52

32/30

54/33

58/41

23/18

54/40

63/52

22/25

53/56

56/58

13/18

412 apparel, financial, health

385 care, manufacturing, real

estate, retail, tech

WND construction, entertainment,

health care, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, hospitality, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, health care,

media, real estate, sports

3

Newport

Beach

1951

2/5

Glendora

1953

2/2

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, personal

finance, tax, transaction,

management advisory services

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, litigation support,

personal finance, tax

construction, entertainment, accounting, audit, business

financial, health care,

mngt., IT, litigation support,

hospitality, legal,

regulation, tax

manufacturing, agriculture

entertainment, health care,

accounting, audit, business

insurance, legal,

mngt., estate planning, forensic,

manufacturing, real estate,

litigation support, tax, strategic

tech, telecom, retail

business advisory

construction, entertainment, accounting, audit, business

health care, hospitality,

mngt., forensic, internal audit,

manufacturing, non-profit

IT, tax, contract compliance

John L. Di Carlo

Managing Partner &

President

(562) 435-1191

Kenneth A. Miles

Managing Partner

(310) 273-2501

Stephen P. Milner

Managing Partner

(310) 826-4474

Linda M. Saddlemire

CEO, Managing Partner

(626) 857-7300

52/54

63/64

30/31

28

27

51/49

53/51

42/39

WND

51/51

57/57

22/22

WND

50/49

65/60

25/25

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory,

internal audit, litigation support

accounting, audit, estate

planning, financial advisory,

forensic, litigation support, tax

Sacramento

1987

2/9

49/46

61/59

27/25

38 apparel, entertainment,

34 financial, health care, legal,

manufacturing, media, nonprofit, real estate, tech

WND construction, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, telecom

Pasadena

1957

1/1

James Godsey/Martin

Fox/Kenneth Goldman

Partners

(310) 277-3373

Michael Amerio

Managing Partner

(626) 744-5100

48/48

52/52

20/20

WND construction, financial,

health care, media, nonprofit, tech

accounting, audit, business

mngt., internal audit, IT,

personal finance, tax

Los Angeles

1976

1/1

Brainard C. Simpson

Managing Partner

(213) 736-6664

46/42

49/49

29/23

WND financial, legal, non-profit,

real estate

accounting, audit, estate

planning, forensic, internal

audit, IT, tax

Burbank

1987

1/2

Kian Moshirzadeh

Managing Partner

(800) 774-1717

45/31

45/34

26/20

WND apparel, financial,

9 insurance, manufacturing,

non-profit, real estate, retail

audit, corp. finance, estate

planning, internal audit, IT,

litigation support, tax

Arcadia

1995

2/3

David R. Hinton

Managing Partner

(626) 585-0666

44/44

46/46

32/33

WND apparel, health care, legal,

manufacturing, media, nonprofit

Encino

1976

1/2

Tony Rose

CEO

(818) 461-0600

44/41

46/41

32/26

WND apparel, construction,

hospitality, legal,

manufacturing, media, nonprofit, real estate, retail,

tech

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory,

human capital advisory, tax

accounting, audit, corp. finance,

estate planning, M&A, tax,

transaction

Torrance

2006

1/1

Jeff Richardson

Managing Partner

(310) 527-4550

Employees doing accounting work, including CPAs, but excluding support staff.

Total professionals, including accounting professionals, but excluding support staff.

In millions.

WND - Would not disclose Note: The information on this list was provided by

representatives of the firms themselves. Accounting firms are ranked by the number of

accounting professionals and CPAs in L.A. County offices, respectively. To the best of our

knowledge, this information is accurate as of press time. While every effort is made to

1

35%

Management

Accounting

90/90

100/100

55/55

ensure the accuracy and thoroughness of the list, omissions and typographical errors

sometimes occur. Please send corrections or additions on company letterhead to the

Research Department, Los Angeles Business Journal, 5700 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 170, Los

Angeles 90036. ?2016 Los Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in

whole or in part without prior written permission from the editor. Reprints are available

from the YGS Group, (800) 290-5460 ext. 100.

Researched by David Nusbaum

Continued on page 18

9.0

8.6

8.2

7.88

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ACCOUNTING FIRMS

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FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Continued from page 16

Rank Firm

? name

? address

? website

L.A. County

Staff

? accounting prof.

? total prof.

Firmwide Industries Served

Revenue3 (partial list)

1

2

Services Offered

Profile

Top Local Executive

(partial list)

? headquarters

? name

? 2015

? year founded

? title

? 2014

? offices

? phone

? CPAs

ACQUISITION: In December,

Minneapolis-based

CliftonLarsonAllen acquired

Stanislawski & Harrison

CPAs in Pasadena.

(L.A./total)

(current/year ago)

41

41

42

43

44

45

46

47

48

49

50

CliftonLarsonAllen

301 N. Lake Ave., Suite 900

Pasadena 91101



Raimondo Pettit Group

21515 Hawthorne Blvd., Suite 1250

Torrance 90503



Singer Burke Zimmer & Butler

6345 Balboa Blvd., Suite 375

Encino 91316



PDM

3460 Torrance Blvd., Suite 150

Torrance 90503



Meloni Hribal Tratner

21600 Oxnard St., Suite 500

Woodland Hills 91367



Fineman West & Co.

801 S. Figueroa St., Suite 1000

Los Angeles 90017



Farber Hass Hurley

9301 Oakdale Ave., Suite 230

Granada Hills 91311



Martini Iosue & Akpovi

16830 Ventura Blvd., Suite 415

Encino 91436



Gerber & Co. Inc.

1880 Century Park East, Suite 200

Los Angeles 90067



Milam Knecht & Warner

535 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 600

Glendale 91203



1

2

3

43/42

43/42

28/25

$650 entertainment, financial,

$598 media, non-profit, real

estate, sports, telecom

41/30

41/32

21/18

WND construction, financial,

insurance, manufacturing,

non-profit, real estate,

sports

WND entertainment, health care,

legal, media, real estate

41/41

43/43

16/16

38/33

48/36

35/30

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory,

personal finance, tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, M&A, tax, transaction,

Erisa audits

accounting, business mngt.,

financial advisory, personal

finance, tax

Minneapolis

2012

1/31

Torrance

1992

2/3

Gregory Stanislawski

Office Managing

Principal

(626) 793-3600

Timothy D. Pettit

Managing Partner

(310) 540-5990

Encino

1991

1/1

Matthew A. Burke

Partner

(818) 774-1000

accounting, audit, estate

planning, regulation, tax,

transaction

Torrance

1998

2/2

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, forensic,

IT, litigation support, M&A,

royalty compliance, tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, personal

finance, tax, transaction

Woodland

Hills

1997

1/1

Los Angeles

1975

1/1

Hank Parker/Scott

Donnelly/Dana Piazza

Partners

(310) 540-4118

Gerald Hribal

Partner

(818) 587-3730

34/33

40/39

34/33

WND apparel, construction,

financial, health care,

hospitality, insurance,

manufacturing, non-profit

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, manufacturing,

media, non-profit, real

estate, retail, tech

WND apparel, entertainment,

hospitality, manufacturing,

real estate, retail, tech

31/29

31/29

24/23

WND construction, health care,

accounting, audit, corp. finance, Chatsworth

legal, manufacturing, media, estate planning, M&A, tax, peer 1986

non-profit

review

2/5

Michael Hurley

Partner

(818) 895-1943

30/26

30/26

25/22

WND construction, entertainment, accounting, audit, estate

legal, manufacturing, real

planning, M&A, tax, general

estate, retail, tech

business consulting,

international taxation

WND entertainment, health care,

accounting, audit, business

legal, manufacturing, nonmngt., estate planning, financial

profit, real estate

advisory, personal finance, tax,

international tax, family office

WND hospitality, manufacturing,

audit, estate planning, financial

media, real estate, retail,

advisory, IT, M&A, personal

sports, tech, oil and gas,

finance, tax, business value

wholesale

enhancement

Encino

1991

1/1

Don Iosue

Managing Partner

(818) 789-1179

Los Angeles

1986

1/1

Selwyn Gerber

Founding Shareholder

(310) 552-1600

Glendale

1995

1/2

Michael D. Milam

Managing Partner

(818) 550-9991

35/35

39/36

23/24

30/28

33/30

23/21

30/29

33/32

16/13

Employees doing accounting work, including CPAs, but excluding support staff.

Total professionals, including accounting professionals, but excluding support staff.

In millions.

Harold J. West

Managing Partner

(213) 688-9898

WND - Would not disclose Note: The information on this list was provided by

representatives of the firms themselves. Accounting firms are ranked by the number of

accounting professionals and CPAs in L.A. County offices, respectively.

Researched by David Nusbaum

Continued on page 20

As an accounting firm,

we love numbers.

Here are a few of our favorites.

101

Years in business

33

Industries served

96

Countries served

(Through Praxity, AISBL)

(310) 477-0450 W W W. M O S S A D A M S . C O M

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10

4.8

????????????? ??

Staff to partner ratio

Certified Public Accountants | Business Consultants

Acumen. Agility. Answers.

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ACCOUNTING FIRMS

THE LIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Continued from page 18

Rank Firm

? name

? address

? website

L.A. County

Staff

? accounting prof.

? total prof.

Firmwide Industries Served

Revenue3 (partial list)

1

2

Services Offered

Profile

Top Local Executive

(partial list)

? headquarters

? name

? 2015

? year founded

? title

? 2014

? offices

? phone

? CPAs

(L.A./total)

(current/year ago)

51

52

53

9.4

54

9.0

8.6

55

8.2

7.88

56

7.44

¡¯11

¡¯12

¡¯112

¡¯13

¡¯1113

¡¯14

¡¯1

¡¯15

¡¯115

Steady Climb

The number of AICPA members.

(in thousands)

375

58

365

3555

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

631

622

630

636

637

57

59

3455

3355

60

3255

¡¯11

¡¯12

¡¯1

¡¯13

¡¯113

¡¯14

¡¯1

Source: American Institute of CPAs

Market Rebound

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¡¯15

¡¯115

BPE&H, an Accountacy Corp.

21300 Victory Blvd., Suite 520

Woodland Hills 91367



Sobul Primes & Schenkel

12100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1150

Los Angeles 90025



Weiss Accountancy Corp.

16217 Kittridge St.

Van Nuys 91406



PTD Business Management

13801 Ventura Blvd.

Sherman Oaks 91423



Gorelick & Uslaner CPAs

15260 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1705

Sherman Oaks 91403



Fishman Block + Diamond

16830 Ventura Blvd., Suite 400

Encino 91436



Winningham Becker & Co.

21031 Ventura Blvd., Suite 1000

Woodland Hills 91364



Prager Metis International

2381 Rosecrans Ave.

El Segundo 90245



Maginnis Knechtel & McIntyre

300 W. Colorado Blvd.

4,578

Pasadena 91105 2010

2011

4,456

m-k-

2012

4,289

2013

Kirsch Kohn & Bridge

4,146

2014

21550 Oxnard St., Suite 200

4,068

Woodland Hills 91367



28/27

28/27

20/17

$8 construction, health care,

$8 legal, manufacturing, nonprofit, real estate, retail

26/25

26/25

14/14

WND apparel, entertainment,

health care, legal,

manufacturing, real estate,

retail

WND real estate

25/25

32/32

16/16

25/25

28/28

6/8

WND entertainment, legal, nonprofit, real estate, sports

24/24

30/30

23/22

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, health care, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail, tech

WND entertainment, financial,

health care, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate

WND entertainment, financial,

legal, manufacturing, real

estate, sports

24/30

25/30

20/20

4,6000

4,5000

4,4000

4,3000

4,2000

4,1000

4,0000

24/20

25/22

14/14

23/18

23/18

10/8

21/21

21/21

17/15

21/21

22/22

16/17

51 apparel, entertainment,

36 hospitality, manufacturing,

media, real estate, tech,

telecom

WND construction, financial,

health care, hospitality,

insurance, legal,

manufacturing

WND construction, health care,

hospitality, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail, tech

¡¯10but excluding

¡¯11

¡¯1

¡¯12

¡¯1 support

¡¯13

¡¯1 staff.

¡¯14

¡¯114

Employees doing accounting work, including CPAs,

2

Total professionals, including accounting professionals, but excluding support staff.

3

In millions.

1

Shaking Out

accounting, audit, corp. finance, Woodland

estate planning, financial

Hills

advisory, internal audit, tax

1988

1/1

accounting, audit, business

Los Angeles

mngt., estate planning, financial 1981

advisory, personal finance, tax

1/1

Martin Belak-Berger

Managing Partner

(818) 914-7100

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, tax, business

valuations

accounting, business mngt.,

estate planning, financial

advisory, personal finance, tax

Van Nuys

1980

2/2

Scott Weiss

Managing Partner

(818) 997-7712

Sherman

Oaks

1990

2/3

Los Angeles

1946

1/1

John G. Power

Managing Partner

(818) 793-5700

Encino

1962

1/1

Steven J. Fishman

Managing Partner

(818) 783-7140

Woodland

Hills

1954

1/1

New York

1920

2/8

Larry Winningham

Managing Partner

(818) 598-6525

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory, tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, forensic, human

capital advisory, internal audit

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, personal finance, tax,

trust administration

audit, business mngt., corp.

finance, estate planning,

litigation support, personal

finance, royalty compliance, tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, forensic, internal

audit, litigation support, M&A

accounting, audit, estate

planning, forensic, litigation

support, M&A, tax, transaction,

tax controversy representation

Pasadena

1971

1/1

Woodland

Hills

1961

1/1

Rick Schenkel

Managing Shareholder

(310) 826-2060

Edward Gorelick

President

(310) 444-1889

Joseph Rust

Managing Partner, Los

Angeles

(310) 207-2220

James Balbin

Partner

(626) 449-3466

Stuart L. Jaffe

Managing Partner

(818) 907-6500

WND - Would not disclose Note: The information on this list was provided by

representatives of the firms themselves. Accounting firms are ranked by the number of

accounting professionals and CPAs in L.A. County offices, respectively.

Researched by David Nusbaum

Continued on page 22

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2011

2012

2013

2014

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ACCOUNTING FIRMS

THE LIST

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

Continued from page 20

Rank Firm

L.A. County

Staff

? name

? address

? accounting prof.

? website

? total prof.

Firmwide Industries Served

Revenue3 (partial list)

1

2

Services Offered

Profile

Top Local Executive

(partial list)

? headquarters

? name

? 2015

? year founded

? title

? 2014

? offices

? phone

? CPAs

(L.A./total)

(current/year ago)

61

62

63

64

65

66

Head Count

Number of accounting professionals at the 50 largest firms in L.A.

County. (in thousands)

67

9.4

68

9.0

8.6

69

8.2

7.88

70

7.44

¡¯11

¡¯12

¡¯112

¡¯13

¡¯1113

¡¯14

¡¯1

¡¯15

¡¯115

Martin Werbelow

300 N. Lake Ave., Suite 930

Pasadena 91101



Gish Seiden

21700 Oxnard St., Suite 850

Woodland Hills 91367



Onisko & Scholz CPAs

5000 E. Spring St., Suite 200

Long Beach 90815



Sousa & Weber

2615 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 224

Hermosa Beach 90254



Manela and Co.

6300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2030

Los Angeles 90048



Beach Freeman Lim & Cleland

861 Parkview Drive North, Suite 200

El Segundo 90245



Galgas Russell Weber

21700 Oxnard St., Suite 1950

Woodland Hills 91367



Stern Kory Sreden & Morgan

24961 The Old Road

Stevenson Ranch 91381



Bessolo & Haworth

15060 Ventura Blvd., Suite 240

Sherman Oaks 91403

N/A

JLK Rosenberger

801 N. Brand Blvd., Suite 550

Glendale 91203



1

2

Source: Business Journal research

3

$4 financial, health care,

$4 insurance, manufacturing,

non-profit, real estate, retail

21/21

25/26

12/14

Woodland

Hills

1942

1/1

Long Beach

1988

1/1

Maureen O'GaraAdford

Managing Partner

(818) 854-6100

Paul P. Scholz

Managing Partner

(562) 420-3100

Rich Weber

Managing Partner

(310) 376-5040

accounting, audit, estate

planning, forensic, M&A,

personal finance, tax

Hermosa

Beach

1993

2/2

Los Angeles

2005

2/2

Yosef Y. Manela

Principal

(323) 782-0818

19/18

19/18

9/10

WND health care, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail, tech

accounting, audit, forensic,

M&A, royalty compliance, tax,

fraud prevention and detection

El Segundo

2003

1/1

Gene Lim

Managing Partner

(310) 447-1234

18/21

23/22

14/12

WND entertainment, financial,

health care, manufacturing,

non-profit, real estate, tech,

aviation, gov. contracts

WND construction, entertainment,

financial, health care, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate

WND apparel, entertainment,

financial, legal,

manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail, tech

7 construction, financial,

7 insurance, manufacturing,

non-profit, retail, sports

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory,

forensic, IT, tax

accounting, audit, estate

planning, financial advisory,

forensic, M&A, personal finance

Woodland

Hills

1980

1/1

Stevenson

Ranch

1977

1/1

Sherman

Oaks

2007

1/2

Irvine

2013

1/2

Raymond A. Russell

Partner

(818) 444-6700

18/15

19/16

9/5

4,4000

accounting, audit, estate

planning, financial advisory,

M&A, tax, business consulting

3 financial, health care, legal,

3 manufacturing, non-profit,

real estate, retail

18/16

18/16

12/11

365

Erich Rail

Managing Partner

(626) 577-1440

20/15

20/15

6/5

18/18

18/18

13/13

4,5000

Pasadena

1952

1/1

20/20

20/20

8/8

20/18

22/22

11/12

375

accounting, audit, estate

planning, financial advisory, IT,

litigation support, tax

WND entertainment, health care,

hospitality, manufacturing,

real estate, retail, tech,

dealerships

4 apparel, construction,

3 entertainment, health care,

legal, manufacturing, nonprofit, real estate

WND entertainment,

manufacturing, media, real

estate, retail, tech

Employees doing accounting work, including CPAs, but excluding support staff.

Total professionals, including accounting professionals, but excluding support staff.

In millions.

4,6000

3555

631

622

630

636

637

21/20

21/20

14/11

accounting, audit, estate

planning, forensic, internal

audit, litigation support, tax,

international tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, litigation

support, M&A, tax

accounting, audit, business

mngt., corp. finance, estate

planning, financial advisory,

forensic, litigation support

accounting, audit, business

mngt., estate planning, financial

advisory, M&A, tax

Trevor Rice

Vice President

(661) 286-1040

Larry Haworth

Partner

(818) 493-6650

William V.

Rosenberger

Partner

(818) 334-8623

WND - Would not disclose Note: The information on this list was provided by

representatives of the firms themselves. Accounting firms are ranked by the number of

accounting professionals and CPAs in L.A. County offices, respectively.

Researched by David Nusbaum

4,3000

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

3455

3355

3255

4,578

4,456

4,289

4,146

4,068

4,2000

4,1000

4,0000

¡¯11

¡¯12

¡¯1

¡¯13

¡¯113

Market Rebound

¡¯14

¡¯1

¡¯15

¡¯115

¡¯10

¡¯11

¡¯1

¡¯12

¡¯1

¡¯13

¡¯1

¡¯14

¡¯114

Shaking Out

Accounting & Auditing | Tax Planning & Preparation | Financial Planning | Business Advisors

Planning for your future.

Personalized, full-service financial solutions

for individuals and middle-market companies.

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