Accounting firms: ranked by number of accounting professionals in L.A. County.EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Accounting practices have attracted more attention in the past year than at any other time in recent memory, with the Big 5 firm Arthur Andersen For the U.S. Supreme Court case commonly known as Arthur Andersen, see . Arthur Andersen LLP, based in Chicago, was once one of the "Big Five" accounting firms (the other four are PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Ernst & Young and KPMG), performing LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol playing a large role in both the Enron Enron A U.S. energy-trading and utilities company that housed one of the biggest accounting frauds in history. Enron's executives employed accounting practices that falsely inflated the company's revenues, which, at the height of the scandal, made the firm become the seventh and Global Crossing fiascoes. The notoriety NOTORIETY, evidence. That which is generally known. 2. This notoriety is of fact or of law. In general, the notoriety of a fact is not sufficient to found a judgment or to rely on its truth; 1 Ohio Rep. is likely to continue. Andersen, now attempting to sell itself to another Big 5 firm, faces Enron-related lawsuits that will cost millions to settle. On a local level, what it all means is more change, with some significant shifts already under foot. A dramatic growth spurt growth spurt Pediatrics A period of rapid growth in middle adolescence; ♀ ↑ ±8 cm/yr ±age 12; ♂ ↑ ±10 cm/yr ± age 14; GS is orderly, affecting acral parts–ie, hands and feet grow before proximal regions, propelled Ernst & Young to the head of the list of local accounting firms, displacing Big 5 brethren Deloitte & Touche and Pricewaterhouse Coopers. E&Y's Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. headcount head count or head·count n. 1. The act of counting people in a particular group. 2. The number of people counted in this way. Noun 1. surged to 1,303 accounting professionals, from 966 last year. Meanwhile, Deloitte & Touche, which held the top spot for the past four years, shed shed rural building used for agricultural pursuits. shed hands miscellaneous workers in a shearing shed at shearing time, i.e. persons other than the shearers, wool classers. 139 accounting professionals to a total of 1,281. Among non-Big 5 firms, Assante Business Management, formerly NKS NKS A New Kind of Science (book by Stephen Wolfram) NKS National Knowledge Service (UK National Health Service) NKS Network Knowledge Server Management Inc., rose to No. 6 on the local list, with 195 accountants, from No. 8 last year. THE PACESETTER ERNST & YOUNG LLP ERNST & Young LLP knocked Deloitte & Touche LLP off the top spot among local accounting firms, growing its staff sharply in a year in which most of the other major players either were stagnant stagnant /stag·nant/ (stag´nant) 1. motionless; not flowing or moving. 2. inactive; not developing or progressing. or slightly shrinking. E&Y's accounting staff grew by 34 percent in the past year, and its overall professional headcount rose by 46 percent, to 1,567. Deloitte's accounting head count slipped to 1,281 from 1,420 last year. (Deloitte, which unlike Ernst has kept its accounting and consulting operations under one roof, still has a slightly higher number of professionals working locally, with 1,579 people on its staff.) "We sold our consulting practice two years ago," said Pacific Southwest Southwest or south west is the ordinal direction halfway between south and west, the opposite of northeast. Southwest or south west may also refer to:
Early life Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in Compton, California, to Doris, a telephone operator and actor; his step-father, Sterling Bowman, . "The impact has been a much greater focus on our assurance and our tax services." With the proceeds from the sale of its consulting practice, E&Y has invested in its core audit capabilities, as well as in areas such as computer security, tax outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. and a corporate finance practice aimed at the middle market. "We work with a company from cradle to grave grave, space excavated in the earth or rock for the burial of a corpse. When a grave is marked by a protective or memorial structure it is often referred to as a tomb. See burial; funeral customs. on a transaction," Anderson Anderson, river, Canada Anderson, river, c.465 mi (750 km) long, rising in several lakes in N central Northwest Territories, Canada. It meanders north and west before receiving the Carnwath River and flowing north to Liverpool Bay, an arm of the Arctic said. "We can do it, from identifying the deal to getting it closed." L.A. is also the headquarters for EY NOW, a large-deal M&A advisory practice focused mainly on due-diligence issues. "We have very high-level experienced people, national resources located here in L.A., that I don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. think anybody can compete with' Anderson said. [GRAPH graph, figure that shows relationships between quantities. The graph of a function y=f (x) is the set of points with coordinates [x, f (x)] in the xy-plane, when x and y are numbers. OMITTED] [GRAPH OMITTED]
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) L.A. County Staff
* name * accounting
* address professionals (1)
* total professionals (2)
* CPAs
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) 1,303
725 S. Figueroa St. 1,567
Los Angeles 90017 WND
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) 1,281
350 S. Grand Ave., 1,579
Suite 200 WND
Los Angeles 90071
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers 952
LLP (2) 1,489
350 S. Grand Ave. WND
Los Angeles 90071
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) 896
633 W. Fifth St., 1,259
Los Angeles 90071 NA
5 KPMG LLP (5) 638
355 S. Grand Ave., 787
Suite 2000 245
Los Angeles 90071
6 Assante Business 195
Management (5) (8) 205
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 88
Suite 1300
Los Angeles 90067
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & 123
Co. LLP (7) 140
4123 Lankershim Blvd. 65
North Hollywood 91602
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) 119
11766 Wilshire Blvd., 124
Suite 900 79
Los Angeles 90025
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) 98
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 110
11th Floor 30
Los Angeles 90067
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) 98
11755 Wilshire Blvd., 98
Ninth Floor 85
Los Angeles 90025
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. 84
LLP (13) 89
15233 Ventura Blvd. 39
Sherman Oaks 91403
12 Good Swartz Brown & 83
Berns (16) 85
11755 Wilshire Blvd., 50
Suite 1700
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry 75
Accountancy (15) 85
111 W. Ocean Blvd., 55
22nd Floor
Long Beach 90802
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, 74
Fingleson & Rose 82
Inc. (18) 46
1723 Cloverfield Blvd.
Santa Monica 90404
15 American Express Tax & 72
Business Svcs. (17) 72
2029 Century Park East, 44
Suite 3100
Los Angeles 90067
16 NSBN LLP (21) 70
9454 Wilshire Blvd., 74
Fourth Floor 43
Beverly Hills 90212
17 Green Hasson & 69
Janks LLP (20) 72
10990 Wilshire Blvd., 1
16th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) 68
1000 Wilshire Blvd., 75
Suite 300 26
Los Angeles 90017
19 Tanner, Mainstain, 66
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) 68
10866 Wilshire 26
Blvd.3, 10th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California 65
Inc. (7) (12) 82
11601 Wilshire Blvd., 34
Suite 2300
Los Angeles 90025
21 Holthouse Carlin & 63
Van Trigt LLP (23) 67
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., 33
Suite 1177
Los Angeles 90064
22 Kellogg & Andelson 63
Accountancy Corp. (19) 66
14724 Ventura Blvd., 26
Second Floor
Sherman Oaks 91403
23 White, Zuckerman, 62
Warsavsky, 65
Luna & Wolf (24) 35
14455 Ventura Blvd.,
Third Floor
Sherman Oaks 91423
24 Simpson & Simpson 60
CPAs (25) 65
3600 Wilhire Blvd., 45
Suite 1710
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & 60
Co. LLP (27) 63
10351 Santa Monica 33
Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles 90025
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum 54
& Goldstein (11) 60
10960 Wilshire Blvd., 30
Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90024
27 Rothstein, Kass & 51
Company P.C. (30) 56
9171 Wilshire Blvd., 37
Suite 500
Beverly Hills 90210
28 McGladrey & Pullen 50
LLP (32) 59
251 S. Lake Ave., 25
Suite 300
Pasadena 91101
29 Frankel, Lodgen, 50
Lacher, Golditch, 50
Sardi & Howard (28) 37
16530 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 305
Encino 91436
30 Vasquez and 40
Company LLP (31) 44
510 W. Sixth St., 30
Suite 400
Los Angeles 90014
31 Moore Stephens Frazer 37
& Torbet LLP (34) 38
1199 S. Fairway Drive, 16
Suite 200
Walnut 91789
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & 32
Stutzman LLP (33) 40
2100-A Foothill Blvd. 22
La Verne 91750
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy 32
& Pindroh (36) 32
100 E. Corson St., 20
Suite 200
Pasadena 91103
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) 30
501 Santa Monica Blvd., 30
Second Floor 18
Santa Monica 90401
35 Solomon Ross Grey 30
and Co. LLP (40) 30
16633 Ventura Blvd., 1
Suite 600
Encino 91436
36 Fineman West & 29
Co. LLP (38) 29
9100 Wilshire Blvd., 16
Suite 200 West
Beverly Hills 90212
37 Stonefield Josephson 27
Inc. (26) 42
1620 26th St., 15
Suite 400 South
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & 27
Bridge LLP (39) 29
15910 Ventura Blvd., 17
Suite 1100
Encino 91436
39 Macias, Gini & 26
Co. LLP (41) 29
515 S. Figueroa St., 16
Suite 950
Los Angeles 90071
40 Pannell Kerr 26
Forster (43) 28
400 S. Hope St., 11
Suite 710
Los Angeles 90071
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) 24
300 N. Lake Ave., 27
Suite 930 1
Pasadena 91101
42 Meloni, Hribal, 24
Tratner LLP (45) 25
5950 Canoga Ave., 16
Suite 350
Woodland Hills 91367
43 Sobul, Primes & 21
Schenkel (48) 21
12100 Wilshire Blvd., 9
Suite 1150
Los Angeles 90025
44 Hutchinson & 20
Bloodgood LLP (44) 28
101 N. Brand Blvd., 13
Suite 1600
Glendale 91203
45 Gorelick & 20
Uslaner CPAs (47) 23
11620 Wilshire Blvd., 16
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & 20
McIntyre (46) 20
950 South Arroyo Parkway 15
Pasadena 91105
47 Gish, Seiden, 19
Kline & Co. LLP (50) 20
16530 Ventura Blvd., 10
Suite 625
Encino 91436
48 Rossi, Doskocil & 18
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) 18
One World Trade Center, 8
Suite 2100
Long Beach 90831
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin 17
Advisors Inc. 18
11661 San Vicente Blvd., 12
Suite 600
Los Angeles 90049
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz 16
Accountancy Corp. 18
25500 Hawthorne Blvd., 9
Suite 2120
Torrance 90505
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) Revenue (3)
* name * L.A. County '01/00
* address * firmwide '01/00
(millions)
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) WND/WND
725 S. Figueroa St. $9,900/$9,200
Los Angeles 90017
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) WND/WND
350 S. Grand Ave., 12,400/11,200
Suite 200
Los Angeles 90071
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers 400/WND
LLP (2) 20,700/WND
350 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles 90071
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) 210/184
633 W. Fifth St., 9,340/8,510
Los Angeles 90071
5 KPMG LLP (5) WND/WND
355 S. Grand Ave., WND/5,449
Suite 2000
Los Angeles 90071
6 Assante Business 29.5/23.5
Management (5) (8) 33/26.5
10100 Santa Monica Blvd.,
Suite 1300
Los Angeles 90067
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & WND/WND
Co. LLP (7) WND/WND
4123 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood 91602
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) 27.5/24
11766 Wilshire Blvd., 162/142
Suite 900
Los Angeles 90025
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) WND/WND
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 420/408.2
11th Floor
Los Angeles 90067
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) WND/WND
11755 Wilshire Blvd., WND/WND
Ninth Floor
Los Angeles 90025
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. WND/WND
LLP (13) WND/WND
15233 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks 91403
12 Good Swartz Brown & 14.4/12.5
Berns (16) 14.4/12.5
11755 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 1700
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry 12.1/11.4
Accountancy (15) 12.1/11.4
111 W. Ocean Blvd.,
22nd Floor
Long Beach 90802
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, 14.1/12.4
Fingleson & Rose 14.1/12.4
Inc. (18)
1723 Cloverfield Blvd.
Santa Monica 90404
15 American Express Tax & WND/WND
Business Svcs. (17) WND/WND
2029 Century Park East,
Suite 3100
Los Angeles 90067
16 NSBN LLP (21) $9.1/WND
9454 Wilshire Blvd., $9.1/WND
Fourth Floor
Beverly Hills 90212
17 Green Hasson & 9.3/9.1
Janks LLP (20) 9.3/9.1
10990 Wilshire Blvd.,
16th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) WND/WND
1000 Wilshire Blvd., WND/WND
Suite 300
Los Angeles 90017
19 Tanner, Mainstain, WND/WND
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) WND/WND
10866 Wilshire
Blvd.3, 10th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California 13.9/14.9
Inc. (7) (12) 20.4/22.1
11601 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 2300
Los Angeles 90025
21 Holthouse Carlin & 11/9.9
Van Trigt LLP (23) 15.1/13
11845 W. Olympic Blvd.,
Suite 1177
Los Angeles 90064
22 Kellogg & Andelson 6.3/6.4
Accountancy Corp. (19) 7.3/7.1
14724 Ventura Blvd.,
Second Floor
Sherman Oaks 91403
23 White, Zuckerman, 12.5/WND
Warsavsky, 12.5/WND
Luna & Wolf (24)
14455 Ventura Blvd.,
Third Floor
Sherman Oaks 91423
24 Simpson & Simpson WND/WND
CPAs (25) 3.8/3.8
3600 Wilhire Blvd.,
Suite 1710
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & 11.9/10.7
Co. LLP (27) 11.9/10.7
10351 Santa Monica
Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles 90025
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum 7.3/6.6
& Goldstein (11) 23/20.5
10960 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90024
27 Rothstein, Kass & 6/4.6
Company P.C. (30) 50.5/41.2
9171 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 500
Beverly Hills 90210
28 McGladrey & Pullen WND/WND
LLP (32) 507/388
251 S. Lake Ave.,
Suite 300
Pasadena 91101
29 Frankel, Lodgen, 7.7/7.4
Lacher, Golditch, 7.7/7.4
Sardi & Howard (28)
16530 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 305
Encino 91436
30 Vasquez and WND/WND
Company LLP (31) WND/WND
510 W. Sixth St.,
Suite 400
Los Angeles 90014
31 Moore Stephens Frazer 5.6/5.4
& Torbet LLP (34) 6.9/6.5
1199 S. Fairway Drive,
Suite 200
Walnut 91789
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & 5.2/4.9
Stutzman LLP (33) 5.2/6
2100-A Foothill Blvd.
La Verne 91750
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy 5.2/WND
& Pindroh (36) 5.2/WND
100 E. Corson St.,
Suite 200
Pasadena 91103
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) 4.2/4
501 Santa Monica Blvd., 4.2/4
Second Floor
Santa Monica 90401
35 Solomon Ross Grey 3.5/3.3
and Co. LLP (40) 3.5/3.3
16633 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 600
Encino 91436
36 Fineman West & WND/WND
Co. LLP (38) WND/WND
9100 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 200 West
Beverly Hills 90212
37 Stonefield Josephson 11.5/9.3
Inc. (26) 20.1/15.6
1620 26th St.,
Suite 400 South
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & WND/WND
Bridge LLP (39) WND/WND
15910 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 1100
Encino 91436
39 Macias, Gini & 3/WND
Co. LLP (41) 13/WND
515 S. Figueroa St.,
Suite 950
Los Angeles 90071
40 Pannell Kerr WND/WND
Forster (43) WND/WND
400 S. Hope St.,
Suite 710
Los Angeles 90071
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) $3.2/$3
300 N. Lake Ave., $3.2/$3
Suite 930
Pasadena 91101
42 Meloni, Hribal, 3.2/WND
Tratner LLP (45) 3.2/WND
5950 Canoga Ave.,
Suite 350
Woodland Hills 91367
43 Sobul, Primes & 3.7/3.6
Schenkel (48) 3.7/3.6
12100 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 1150
Los Angeles 90025
44 Hutchinson & 0.3/0.3
Bloodgood LLP (44) 11.7/10.6
101 N. Brand Blvd.,
Suite 1600
Glendale 91203
45 Gorelick & 3/3
Uslaner CPAs (47) 3/3
11620 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & 3.5/3.8
McIntyre (46) 3.5/3.8
950 South Arroyo Parkway
Pasadena 91105
47 Gish, Seiden, 3.1/2.6
Kline & Co. LLP (50) 3.1/2.6
16530 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 625
Encino 91436
48 Rossi, Doskocil & 3.3/3.4
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) 3.3/3.4
One World Trade Center,
Suite 2100
Long Beach 90831
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin 3.5/2.8
Advisors Inc. 30.2/27.5
11661 San Vicente Blvd.,
Suite 600
Los Angeles 90049
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz 2/1.8
Accountancy Corp. 2/1.8
25500 Hawthorne Blvd.,
Suite 2120
Torrance 90505
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) Industries
* name (partial list)
* address
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) technology,
725 S. Figueroa St. entertainment, retail,
Los Angeles 90017 manufacturing, health
sciences, real estate,
financial services
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) technology, media and
350 S. Grand Ave., telecommunications,
Suite 200 consumer business,
Los Angeles 90071 manufacturing, health
care
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers financial services,
LLP (2) entertainment, oil and
350 S. Grand Ave. gas, technology,
Los Angeles 90071 products, retail, real
estate
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) energy/utilities,
633 W. Fifth St., financial services,
Los Angeles 90071 pharmaceuticals
biotechnology and health
services, products
5 KPMG LLP (5) financial services,
355 S. Grand Ave., retail, manufacturing,
Suite 2000 technology, health care,
Los Angeles 90071 biotechnology,
hospitality
6 Assante Business entertainment, high-net
Management (5) (8) worth individuals,
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., corporate executives,
Suite 1300 athletes, real estate
Los Angeles 90067
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & entertainment, radio and
Co. LLP (7) television stations,
4123 Lankershim Blvd. licensing and royalties,
North Hollywood 91602 professional, apparel
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) apparel, financial
11766 Wilshire Blvd., institutions, health
Suite 900 care, manufacturing/
Los Angeles 90025 distribution,
entertainment, seafood
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) manufacturing,
1900 Avenue of the Stars, distribution, services,
11th Floor new media, high
Los Angeles 90067 technology, entertainment
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) real estate, legal, non-
11755 Wilshire Blvd., profit, retail,
Ninth Floor wholesale, manufacturing
Los Angeles 90025
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. manufacturing, apparel,
LLP (13) import-export,
15233 Ventura Blvd. restaurants,
Sherman Oaks 91403 entertainment, high
technology, franchising
12 Good Swartz Brown & manufacturing, real
Berns (16) estate, wholesale,
11755 Wilshire Blvd., entertainment, retail,
Suite 1700 export, high technology
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry manufacturing, wholesale,
Accountancy (15) contractors, law firms,
111 W. Ocean Blvd., health care, auto
22nd Floor dealers, non-profit
Long Beach 90802
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, manufacturing, real
Fingleson & Rose estate, construction,
Inc. (18) apparel, agriculture,
1723 Cloverfield Blvd. entertainment, health
Santa Monica 90404 care
15 American Express Tax & real estate,
Business Svcs. (17) manufacturing/
2029 Century Park East, distribution,
Suite 3100 professional service
Los Angeles 90067 firms, high technology,
health care
16 NSBN LLP (21) real estate,
9454 Wilshire Blvd., entertainment, escrow
Fourth Floor and mortgage companies,
Beverly Hills 90212 non-profit, health care,
retirement homes
17 Green Hasson & waste management
Janks LLP (20) agencies, law
10990 Wilshire Blvd., firms, food service,
16th Floor manufacturing,
Los Angeles 90024 distribution,
real estate
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) consumer and
1000 Wilshire Blvd., industrial products,
Suite 300 financial services,
Los Angeles 90017 non-profit,
high technology,
biotechnology
19 Tanner, Mainstain, sports, entertainment,
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) real estate, health
10866 Wilshire care, law, talent
Blvd.3, 10th Floor agencies
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California real estate,
Inc. (7) (12) entertainment,
11601 Wilshire Blvd., technology, law firms,
Suite 2300 manufacturing
Los Angeles 90025
21 Holthouse Carlin & real estate,
Van Trigt LLP (23) entertainment,
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., manufacturing
Suite 1177 and distributing,
Los Angeles 90064 professional services,
high technology
22 Kellogg & Andelson manufacturing,
Accountancy Corp. (19) distribution,
14724 Ventura Blvd., real estate, health
Second Floor care, entertainment,
Sherman Oaks 91403 non-profit
23 White, Zuckerman, law, entertainment,
Warsavsky, real estate,
Luna & Wolf (24) manufacturing,
14455 Ventura Blvd., distribution,
Third Floor non-profit
Sherman Oaks 91423
24 Simpson & Simpson government,
CPAs (25) non-profit
3600 Wilhire Blvd.,
Suite 1710
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & law, retail,
Co. LLP (27) entertainment,
10351 Santa Monica real estate,
Blvd., Suite 300 manufacturing,
Los Angeles 90025 non-profit,
estates and trusts
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum construction, non-profit,
& Goldstein (11) entertainment, wholesale,
10960 Wilshire Blvd., distribution, high
Suite 1100 technology,
Los Angeles 90024 banking, law firms
27 Rothstein, Kass & hedge funds, broker-
Company P.C. (30) dealers, non-profit,
9171 Wilshire Blvd., professional services,
Suite 500 real estate construction,
Beverly Hills 90210 auto dealers
28 McGladrey & Pullen manufacturing,
LLP (32) distribution,
251 S. Lake Ave., financial institutions,
Suite 300 construction,
Pasadena 91101 government, non-profit
29 Frankel, Lodgen, real estate,
Lacher, Golditch, hospitality,
Sardi & Howard (28) agriculture,
16530 Ventura Blvd., manufacturin,
Suite 305 distribution, medical
Encino 91436 services, construction
30 Vasquez and health care, real
Company LLP (31) estate, manufacturing,
510 W. Sixth St., technology,
Suite 400 municipalities,
Los Angeles 90014 non-profit, restaurants
31 Moore Stephens Frazer manufacturing,
& Torbet LLP (34) non-profit,
1199 S. Fairway Drive, construction,
Suite 200 service industries,
Walnut 91789 dairy industry
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & colleges and their
Stutzman LLP (33) foundations,
2100-A Foothill Blvd. K-12 public
La Verne 91750 school district,
non-profit,
individuals
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy construction, real
& Pindroh (36) estate development,
100 E. Corson St., manufacturing,
Suite 200 insurance brokerage,
Pasadena 91103 non-profit, medical
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) manufacturing, wholesale,
501 Santa Monica Blvd., garment, real estate,
Second Floor advertising,
Santa Monica 90401 entertainment
35 Solomon Ross Grey real estate, manu-
and Co. LLP (40) facturing, distribution,
16633 Ventura Blvd., telecommunications,
Suite 600 entertainment,
Encino 91436 professional service
36 Fineman West & manufacturing, importing,
Co. LLP (38) retail, wholesale,
9100 Wilshire Blvd., financial
Suite 200 West
Beverly Hills 90212
37 Stonefield Josephson manufacturing,
Inc. (26) apparel,
1620 26th St., technology
Suite 400 South
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & real estate,
Bridge LLP (39) construction,
15910 Ventura Blvd., grocery, non-profit,
Suite 1100 medical, manufacturing
Encino 91436 and distribution
39 Macias, Gini & governmental,
Co. LLP (41) non-profit,
515 S. Figueroa St., school districts,
Suite 950 private industry,
Los Angeles 90071 entertainment
40 Pannell Kerr hotels,
Forster (43) restaurants,
400 S. Hope St., private clubs,
Suite 710 manufacturing,
Los Angeles 90071 entertainment
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) real estate,
300 N. Lake Ave., manufacturing,
Suite 930 retail, professional,
Pasadena 91101 non-profit, wholesale
distribution
42 Meloni, Hribal, manufacturing,
Tratner LLP (45) distribution,
5950 Canoga Ave., retail, real estate,
Suite 350 entertainment, service,
Woodland Hills 91367 oil and gas
43 Sobul, Primes & entertainment,
Schenkel (48) manufacturing,
12100 Wilshire Blvd., wholesale, real estate,
Suite 1150 service organizations,
Los Angeles 90025 apparel, retail
44 Hutchinson & financial institutions,
Bloodgood LLP (44) law firms, construction,
101 N. Brand Blvd., health care, agriculture,
Suite 1600 non-profit, manufacturing
Glendale 91203
45 Gorelick & real estate,
Uslaner CPAs (47) health, retail,
11620 Wilshire Blvd., manufacturing, service
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & manufacturing,
McIntyre (46) professional
950 South Arroyo Parkway services, real estate,
Pasadena 91105 non-profit, wholesale
and distribution
47 Gish, Seiden, small business,
Kline & Co. LLP (50) construction,
16530 Ventura Blvd., entertainment,
Suite 625 professional services,
Encino 91436 manufacturing, wholesale
48 Rossi, Doskocil & manufacturing,
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) distribution,
One World Trade Center, transportation,
Suite 2100 health care, non-profit,
Long Beach 90831 high technology
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin middle market
Advisors Inc. companies, real estate,
11661 San Vicente Blvd., entertainment,
Suite 600 manufacturing,
Los Angeles 90049 governmental, non-profit
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz manufacturing, real
Accountancy Corp. estate, professional
25500 Hawthorne Blvd., services, retail,
Suite 2120 health and beauty
Torrance 90505
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) Accounting Services
* name (partial list)
* address
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) audit, tax, business
725 S. Figueroa St. advisory, corporate
Los Angeles 90017 finance
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) audit, tax, M&A, internal
350 S. Grand Ave., audit, corporate finance,
Suite 200 personal financial
Los Angeles 90071 planning
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers business management, tax,
LLP (2) audit, corporate finance,
350 S. Grand Ave. M&A, litigation support,
Los Angeles 90071 change integration
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) assurance, tax compliance
633 W. Fifth St., and consulting, corporate
Los Angeles 90071 finance, internal audit
co- and outsourcing
5 KPMG LLP (5) transaction services,
355 S. Grand Ave., audit, tax, risk and
Suite 2000 advisory services,
Los Angeles 90071 forensic services
6 Assante Business personal and corporate
Management (5) (8) tax planning, forensic
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., and royalty auditing,
Suite 1300 business consulting, tax
Los Angeles 90067 compliance
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & tax, personal and
Co. LLP (7) corporate accounting
4123 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood 91602
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) assurance, tax, business
11766 Wilshire Blvd., management, estate
Suite 900 planning, royalty
Los Angeles 90025 compliance
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) assurance, M&A issues,
1900 Avenue of the Stars, tax planning and
11th Floor consulting, state, local
Los Angeles 90067 international tax
services
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) full service
11755 Wilshire Blvd.,
Ninth Floor
Los Angeles 90025
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. full service
LLP (13)
15233 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks 91403
12 Good Swartz Brown & audit, tax, operations
Berns (16) review, business advisory
11755 Wilshire Blvd., and evaluations,
Suite 1700 financial planning
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry audit, tax, M&A,
Accountancy (15) corporate and participant
111 W. Ocean Blvd., accounting,
22nd Floor international, ERISA plan
Long Beach 90802 audits
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, audit, tax, succession
Fingleson & Rose planning, financing,
Inc. (18) valuations, litigation
1723 Cloverfield Blvd. support
Santa Monica 90404
15 American Express Tax & tax planning and
Business Svcs. (17) compliamce, M&A,
2029 Century Park East, business consulting
Suite 3100 pension plans
Los Angeles 90067
16 NSBN LLP (21) tax,
9454 Wilshire Blvd., audit,
Fourth Floor accounting,
Beverly Hills 90212 estate planning,
business management
17 Green Hasson & tax,
Janks LLP (20) international,
10990 Wilshire Blvd., wealth preservation,
16th Floor audits, M&A,
Los Angeles 90024 corporate finance
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) audits, SEC
1000 Wilshire Blvd., reporting and
Suite 300 compliance,
Los Angeles 90017 corporate finance,
technology risk
management, valuations
19 Tanner, Mainstain, tax, personal
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) and corporate
10866 Wilshire accounting, audits,
Blvd.3, 10th Floor brokers/dealers
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California full service
Inc. (7) (12)
11601 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 2300
Los Angeles 90025
21 Holthouse Carlin & tax consulting/
Van Trigt LLP (23) compliance,
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., audits,
Suite 1177 business management,
Los Angeles 90064 state/local, M&A
22 Kellogg & Andelson reviews, audits,
Accountancy Corp. (19) tax, personal and
14724 Ventura Blvd., business acoounting
Second Floor
Sherman Oaks 91403
23 White, Zuckerman, tax, audit,
Warsavsky, business
Luna & Wolf (24) management,
14455 Ventura Blvd., accounting,
Third Floor estate planning
Sherman Oaks 91423
24 Simpson & Simpson audits, personal
CPAs (25) and corporate
3600 Wilhire Blvd., accounting
Suite 1710
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & audits, reviews,
Co. LLP (27) tax preparation,
10351 Santa Monica bankruptcy,
Blvd., Suite 300 court accountings
Los Angeles 90025 litigation support
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum audits, tax
& Goldstein (11) planning, IPOs,
10960 Wilshire Blvd., business management,
Suite 1100 corporate accounting,
Los Angeles 90024 business valuation
27 Rothstein, Kass & regulatory
Company P.C. (30) compliance audits,
9171 Wilshire Blvd., tax planning,
Suite 500 estates and trusts
Beverly Hills 90210 planning, family
office planning
28 McGladrey & Pullen full service for
LLP (32) middle-market
251 S. Lake Ave., companies
Suite 300
Pasadena 91101
29 Frankel, Lodgen, audit, review,
Lacher, Golditch, compilation,
Sardi & Howard (28) litigation
16530 Ventura Blvd., support, tax
Suite 305
Encino 91436
30 Vasquez and audits, compilation,
Company LLP (31) bookkeeping,
510 W. Sixth St., income tax, compliance
Suite 400 and representation,
Los Angeles 90014 estate planning
31 Moore Stephens Frazer audit, review,
& Torbet LLP (34) tax, accounting,
1199 S. Fairway Drive, management
Suite 200 advisory services,
Walnut 91789 computer services
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & audit, budgeting
Stutzman LLP (33) and analysis,
2100-A Foothill Blvd. estate and trust
La Verne 91750 planning, interim
controllers/CFOs,
pension plan audits
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy audit, review,
& Pindroh (36) compilation, tax
100 E. Corson St., planning and
Suite 200 return preparation,
Pasadena 91103 estate planning
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) tax, audits, consulting,
501 Santa Monica Blvd., personal and corporate
Second Floor accounting, busines
Santa Monica 90401 management,
estate and trusts
35 Solomon Ross Grey audits, reviews,
and Co. LLP (40) tax compliance,
16633 Ventura Blvd., minimization
Suite 600 and controversy
Encino 91436
36 Fineman West & certified audits,
Co. LLP (38) reviews, corporate
9100 Wilshire Blvd., and individual
Suite 200 West tax planning and
Beverly Hills 90212 return preparation,
litigation support
37 Stonefield Josephson SEC filings,
Inc. (26) audit, tax,
1620 26th St., business valuation,
Suite 400 South financial recovery,
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & full service for
Bridge LLP (39) closely-held
15910 Ventura Blvd., businesses
Suite 1100
Encino 91436
39 Macias, Gini & audit, tax,
Co. LLP (41) corporate,
515 S. Figueroa St., valuation,
Suite 950 forensics
Los Angeles 90071
40 Pannell Kerr full service
Forster (43)
400 S. Hope St.,
Suite 710
Los Angeles 90071
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) full service
300 N. Lake Ave.,
Suite 930
Pasadena 91101
42 Meloni, Hribal, audit, review, tax
Tratner LLP (45) compilation,
5950 Canoga Ave., attestation,
Suite 350 M&A, consulting,
Woodland Hills 91367
43 Sobul, Primes & full service
Schenkel (48)
12100 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 1150
Los Angeles 90025
44 Hutchinson & tax, international tax,
Bloodgood LLP (44) auditing, reviews,
101 N. Brand Blvd., estate planning,
Suite 1600 business valuations,
Glendale 91203 employee benefits
45 Gorelick & audit, tax, business
Uslaner CPAs (47) management consulting
11620 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & audits, reviews,
McIntyre (46) compilations, bookkeeping
950 South Arroyo Parkway tax services individual
Pasadena 91105 and corporate, estate
planning
47 Gish, Seiden, audit, review,
Kline & Co. LLP (50) compilation, tax
16530 Ventura Blvd., preparation, estate and
Suite 625 trust, bookkeeping
Encino 91436
48 Rossi, Doskocil & audit, review, tax
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) compliance, estate
One World Trade Center, planning, compilation
Suite 2100 and peer reviews
Long Beach 90831
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin full service
Advisors Inc.
11661 San Vicente Blvd.,
Suite 600
Los Angeles 90049
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz tax, estate and
Accountancy Corp. retirement planning,
25500 Hawthorne Blvd., business valuation,
Suite 2120 M & A, wealth management
Torrance 90505
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) Other Services
* name (partial list)
* address
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) tax consulting, personal
725 S. Figueroa St. financial counseling,
Los Angeles 90017 Internet security
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) human capital services,
350 S. Grand Ave., risk management,
Suite 200 information technology
Los Angeles 90071 solutions, e-business
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers employee benefits,
LLP (2) business turnaround,
350 S. Grand Ave. valuation, actuarial/
Los Angeles 90071 pensions
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) business management, info
633 W. Fifth St., technology consulting,
Los Angeles 90071 intellectual asset mgmt.
5 KPMG LLP (5) international, Japanese
355 S. Grand Ave., practice, M&A, e-tax
Suite 2000 solutions, corporate
Los Angeles 90071 recovery
6 Assante Business business management
Management (5) (8) services for high-net
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., worth individuals,
Suite 1300 litigation support
Los Angeles 90067
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & management consulting,
Co. LLP (7) estate and gift tax,
4123 Lankershim Blvd. financial planning
North Hollywood 91602
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) manufacturing consulting,
11766 Wilshire Blvd., valuations, litigation,
Suite 900 support, information
Los Angeles 90025 technology, M&A
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) information technology
1900 Avenue of the Stars, solutions, health care
11th Floor advisory services,
Los Angeles 90067 corporate finance
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) operational consulting,
11755 Wilshire Blvd., book-keeping, estate
Ninth Floor planning, litigation
Los Angeles 90025 support, valuation,
forensic
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. valuations, business
LLP (13) management, litigation,
15233 Ventura Blvd. insolvency, information
Sherman Oaks 91403 systems
12 Good Swartz Brown & estate planning, systems
Berns (16) consulting
11755 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 1700
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry pension/profit sharing
Accountancy (15) and 401(K) plans, human
111 W. Ocean Blvd., resources consulting,
22nd Floor employee benefits
Long Beach 90802
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, ESOPS, estate planning,
Fingleson & Rose business consulting,
Inc. (18) wealth preservation
1723 Cloverfield Blvd.
Santa Monica 90404
15 American Express Tax & litigation support,
Business Svcs. (17) management consulting,
2029 Century Park East, affordable housing
Suite 3100 compliance, lender
Los Angeles 90067 services
16 NSBN LLP (21) comprehensive
9454 Wilshire Blvd., financial
Fourth Floor services
Beverly Hills 90212
17 Green Hasson & law practice
Janks LLP (20) management,
10990 Wilshire Blvd., employee procurement,
16th Floor strategic planning,
Los Angeles 90024 litigation support
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) compensation
1000 Wilshire Blvd., and benefits
Suite 300 consulting,
Los Angeles 90017 capital markets
19 Tanner, Mainstain, business management,
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) computer consulting,
10866 Wilshire post-divorce planning
Blvd.3, 10th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California M&A, litigation,
Inc. (7) (12) evaluation,
11601 Wilshire Blvd., benefits, insurance,
Suite 2300 payroll,
Los Angeles 90025 business management
21 Holthouse Carlin & employee
Van Trigt LLP (23) benefit audits,
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., international tax,
Suite 1177 business-valuation,
Los Angeles 90064 management consulting
22 Kellogg & Andelson cost reports,
Accountancy Corp. (19) financial and
14724 Ventura Blvd., estate planning
Second Floor
Sherman Oaks 91403
23 White, Zuckerman, litigation support,
Warsavsky, fraud
Luna & Wolf (24) investigation,
14455 Ventura Blvd., valuation, marital
Third Floor dissolution,
Sherman Oaks 91423 personal injury
24 Simpson & Simpson management consulting,
CPAs (25) executive search,
3600 Wilhire Blvd., temporary placement
Suite 1710 personal sevices
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & business valuations,
Co. LLP (27) business management,
10351 Santa Monica computer consulting
Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles 90025
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum management consulting,
& Goldstein (11) litigation support,
10960 Wilshire Blvd., dealership services,
Suite 1100 profit enhancement
Los Angeles 90024
27 Rothstein, Kass & international tax,
Company P.C. (30) back office
9171 Wilshire Blvd., info systems,
Suite 500 management
Beverly Hills 90210 consulting,
litigation support
28 McGladrey & Pullen business and strategic
LLP (32) planning,
251 S. Lake Ave., financial management,
Suite 300 human resources,
Pasadena 91101 operations
29 Frankel, Lodgen, business
Lacher, Golditch, management,
Sardi & Howard (28) management
16530 Ventura Blvd., consulting, MIS,
Suite 305 estate planning,
Encino 91436 M&A
30 Vasquez and receivership,
Company LLP (31) bankruptcy,
510 W. Sixth St., litigationtion
Suite 400 support, M&A,
Los Angeles 90014 international
tax planning
31 Moore Stephens Frazer M&A, sales,
& Torbet LLP (34) estate and gift
1199 S. Fairway Drive, planning, business
Suite 200 valuations
Walnut 91789 computer services
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & accounting
Stutzman LLP (33) information
2100-A Foothill Blvd. systems, business
La Verne 91750 valuations,
expert witness
testimony
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy business advisory
& Pindroh (36) services,
100 E. Corson St., arbitration/mediation,
Suite 200 management and
Pasadena 91103 computer consulting
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) pensions, turnarounds,
501 Santa Monica Blvd., business management
Second Floor consulting, M&A
Santa Monica 90401
35 Solomon Ross Grey management consulting,
and Co. LLP (40) estate planning,
16633 Ventura Blvd., turnaround
Suite 600 management,
Encino 91436 litigation support
36 Fineman West & none
Co. LLP (38)
9100 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 200 West
Beverly Hills 90212
37 Stonefield Josephson business
Inc. (26) consulting
1620 26th St.,
Suite 400 South
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & 401(K) audits,
Bridge LLP (39) MIS, estate and
15910 Ventura Blvd., succession
Suite 1100 planning, M&A
Encino 91436
39 Macias, Gini & management
Co. LLP (41) consulting
515 S. Figueroa St.,
Suite 950
Los Angeles 90071
40 Pannell Kerr hospitality
Forster (43) consulting,
400 S. Hope St., litigation
Suite 710 support
Los Angeles 90071
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) financial planning,
300 N. Lake Ave., investment analysis,
Suite 930 business and management
Pasadena 91101 consulting
42 Meloni, Hribal, employee benefit plan,
Tratner LLP (45) litigation support,
5950 Canoga Ave., reorganizations,
Suite 350 succession planning
Woodland Hills 91367
43 Sobul, Primes & computer consulting,
Schenkel (48) business management,
12100 Wilshire Blvd., executive search
Suite 1150
Los Angeles 90025
44 Hutchinson & information technology
Bloodgood LLP (44) consulting, human
101 N. Brand Blvd., resource family business
Suite 1600 consulting
Glendale 91203
45 Gorelick & litigation support,
Uslaner CPAs (47) appraisal and valuation
11620 Wilshire Blvd.,
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & computer and business
McIntyre (46) start-up consulting
950 South Arroyo Parkway
Pasadena 91105
47 Gish, Seiden, operational and
Kline & Co. LLP (50) management consulting,
16530 Ventura Blvd., MIS
Suite 625
Encino 91436
48 Rossi, Doskocil & forensic accounting/
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) litigation support,
One World Trade Center, M&A, business valuation,
Suite 2100 internal control reviews
Long Beach 90831
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin litigation and valuation
Advisors Inc. services, wealth advisory
11661 San Vicente Blvd., services, technology
Suite 600 solutions
Los Angeles 90049
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz business advice,
Accountancy Corp. investment strategies,
25500 Hawthorne Blvd., contracted controller-
Suite 2120 ship, business succession
Torrance 90505
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) Profile Managers
* name * headquarters * marketing
* address * year est. (4)
* offices
(county/total)
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) New York Julie W. Lytle
725 S. Figueroa St. 1923
Los Angeles 90017 4/700
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) New York Steve Doyle
350 S. Grand Ave., 1916
Suite 200 5/750
Los Angeles 90071
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers New York Kate Cromwell
LLP (2) 1911
350 S. Grand Ave. 3/963
Los Angeles 90071
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) Chicago William Y. So
633 W. Fifth St., 1926
Los Angeles 90071 3/365
5 KPMG LLP (5) New York Christine Kjaer
355 S. Grand Ave., 1920
Suite 2000 3/176
Los Angeles 90071
6 Assante Business Los Angeles none
Management (5) (8) 1981
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., 1/1
Suite 1300
Los Angeles 90067
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & No. Hollywood Charles Schnaid
Co. LLP (7) 1940
4123 Lankershim Blvd. 1/3
North Hollywood 91602
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) Seattle Steven Schultz
11766 Wilshire Blvd., 1962
Suite 900 1/27
Los Angeles 90025
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) Chicago Janet Crost
1900 Avenue of the Stars, 1941
11th Floor 1/580
Los Angeles 90067
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) Los Angeles Elizabeth
11755 Wilshire Blvd., 1975 Hertzberg
Ninth Floor 3/same
Los Angeles 90025
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. Sherman Oaks Roberta
LLP (13) 1966 Goodfried
15233 Ventura Blvd. 1/same
Sherman Oaks 91403
12 Good Swartz Brown & Los Angeles Bob Golden
Berns (16) 1962
11755 Wilshire Blvd., 2/same
Suite 1700
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry Long Beach Dennis Hadeen
Accountancy (15) 1926
111 W. Ocean Blvd., 1/same
22nd Floor
Long Beach 90802
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, Santa Monica Rodney
Fingleson & Rose 1950 Fingleson
Inc. (18) 1/same
1723 Cloverfield Blvd.
Santa Monica 90404
15 American Express Tax & New York Steve Wolf
Business Svcs. (17) 1987
2029 Century Park East, 4/65
Suite 3100
Los Angeles 90067
16 NSBN LLP (21) Beverly Hills Mark E.
9454 Wilshire Blvd., 1952 Dauberman
Fourth Floor 2/same
Beverly Hills 90212
17 Green Hasson & Los Angels Leon C. Janks
Janks LLP (20) 1953
10990 Wilshire Blvd., 1/same
16th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) Chicago Leigh Marcus
1000 Wilshire Blvd., 1948
Suite 300 1/694
Los Angeles 90017
19 Tanner, Mainstain, Los Angels Tia Boyd
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) 1976
10866 Wilshire 1/same
Blvd.3, 10th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California Cleveland James Parks
Inc. (7) (12) 1998
11601 Wilshire Blvd., 1/75
Suite 2300
Los Angeles 90025
21 Holthouse Carlin & Los Angeles Blake E.
Van Trigt LLP (23) 1991 Christian
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., 2/3
Suite 1177
Los Angeles 90064
22 Kellogg & Andelson Sherman Oaks Tom Leaper
Accountancy Corp. (19) 1939
14724 Ventura Blvd., 1/2
Second Floor
Sherman Oaks 91403
23 White, Zuckerman, Sherman Oaks Leah
Warsavsky, 1971 Lasseube
Luna & Wolf (24) 1/2
14455 Ventura Blvd.,
Third Floor
Sherman Oaks 91423
24 Simpson & Simpson Los Angeles Carl P.
CPAs (25) 1976 Simpson
3600 Wilhire Blvd., 1/same
Suite 1710
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & Los Angeles Roseanna L.
Co. LLP (27) 1979 Purzycki
10351 Santa Monica 1/same
Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles 90025
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum Los Angeles B. DeBok/
& Goldstein (11) 1959 L. Hagen
10960 Wilshire Blvd., 1/3
Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90024
27 Rothstein, Kass & Roseland, Kathleen
Company P.C. (30) N.J., Sidney
9171 Wilshire Blvd., 1949
Suite 500 1/8
Beverly Hills 90210
28 McGladrey & Pullen Bloomington, Jim Greene
LLP (32) Minn.
251 S. Lake Ave., 1977
Suite 300 1/100
Pasadena 91101
29 Frankel, Lodgen, Encino Bernard
Lacher, Golditch, 1975 Goldtich
Sardi & Howard (28) 1/same
16530 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 305
Encino 91436
30 Vasquez and Los Angeles Gilbert R.
Company LLP (31) 1969 Vasquez
510 W. Sixth St., 1/same
Suite 400
Los Angeles 90014
31 Moore Stephens Frazer City of Jeff Jones
& Torbet LLP (34) Industry
1199 S. Fairway Drive, 1946
Suite 200 1/2
Walnut 91789
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & La Verne Cheri Themer
Stutzman LLP (33) 1953
2100-A Foothill Blvd. 1/same
La Verne 91750
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy Pasdeba Noal Hebert
& Pindroh (36) 1957
100 E. Corson St., 1/same
Suite 200
Pasadena 91103
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) Santa Monica Morton Algaze
501 Santa Monica Blvd., 1949
Second Floor 1/same
Santa Monica 90401
35 Solomon Ross Grey Encino Andrew Grey
and Co. LLP (40) 1960
16633 Ventura Blvd., 1/same
Suite 600
Encino 91436
36 Fineman West & Beverly Hills Harold J. West
Co. LLP (38) 1955
9100 Wilshire Blvd., 1/same
Suite 200 West
Beverly Hills 90212
37 Stonefield Josephson Santa Monica Leslie Ingham
Inc. (26) 1975
1620 26th St., 1/4
Suite 400 South
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & Encino Ken Ray
Bridge LLP (39) 1960
15910 Ventura Blvd., 1/same
Suite 1100
Encino 91436
39 Macias, Gini & Sacramento Kevin M.
Co. LLP (41) 1993 Wright
515 S. Figueroa St., 1/4
Suite 950
Los Angeles 90071
40 Pannell Kerr New York None
Forster (43) 1941
400 S. Hope St., 2/450
Suite 710
Los Angeles 90071
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) Pasadena Erich Rail
300 N. Lake Ave., 1952
Suite 930 1/same
Pasadena 91101
42 Meloni, Hribal, Los Angeles Gerald Hribal
Tratner LLP (45) 1997
5950 Canoga Ave., 1/same
Suite 350
Woodland Hills 91367
43 Sobul, Primes & Loss Angeles Richard J. Schenkel
Schenkel (48) 1981
12100 Wilshire Blvd., 1/same
Suite 1150
Los Angeles 90025
44 Hutchinson & Glendale Jerry Slowey
Bloodgood LLP (44) 1922
101 N. Brand Blvd., 1/4
Suite 1600
Glendale 91203
45 Gorelick & Los Angeles David Uslaner
Uslaner CPAs (47) 1946
11620 Wilshire Blvd., 1/same
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & Pasadena Ken Hemming
McIntyre (46) 1972
950 South Arroyo Parkway 1/same
Pasadena 91105
47 Gish, Seiden, Encino Maureen
Kline & Co. LLP (50) 1945 O'Gara-Adford
16530 Ventura Blvd., 1/same
Suite 625
Encino 91436
48 Rossi, Doskocil & Long Beach Lew Finkelstein
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) 1984
One World Trade Center, 1/same
Suite 2100
Long Beach 90831
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin Albany, N.Y. Elena S. Neff
Advisors Inc. 1988
11661 San Vicente Blvd., 1/6
Suite 600
Los Angeles 90049
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz Torrance Kathy Pape
Accountancy Corp. 1972
25500 Hawthorne Blvd., 1/same
Suite 2120
Torrance 90505
Rank Firm (Ranking in 2001) Top Local Executive
* name * name
* address * title
* phone
1 Ernst & Young LLP (3) Anthony Anderson
725 S. Figueroa St. mng. ptnr., Pac. SW
Los Angeles 90017 (213) 977-3200
2 Deloitte & Touche LLP (1) Sharon Allen
350 S. Grand Ave., mng. ptnr., Pac. SW
Suite 200 (213) 688-0800
Los Angeles 90071
3 PricewaterhouseCoopers Gregory Garrison
LLP (2) managing partner
350 S. Grand Ave. (213) 688-0800
Los Angeles 90071
4 Arthur Andersen LLP (4) John O. Niemann Jr.
633 W. Fifth St., reg. mng. ptnr., West
Los Angeles 90071 (213) 614-6500
5 KPMG LLP (5) Philip R. Schimmel
355 S. Grand Ave., managing partner
Suite 2000 (213) 955-8945
Los Angeles 90071
6 Assante Business Mickey Segal
Management (5) (8) president
10100 Santa Monica Blvd., (310) 277-4657
Suite 1300
Los Angeles 90067
7 Miller, Kaplan, Arase & Mannon Kaplan
Co. LLP (7) managing partner
4123 Lankershim Blvd. (818) 769-2010
North Hollywood 91602
8 Moss Adams LLP (6) Rob Greenspan
11766 Wilshire Blvd., managing partner
Suite 900 (310) 477-0450
Los Angeles 90025
9 BDO Seidman LLP (9) Brad Schrupp
1900 Avenue of the Stars, ofc. business line leader
11th Floor (310) 557-0300
Los Angeles 90067
10 RBZ LLP (5) (10) Thomas J. Schulte
11755 Wilshire Blvd., managing partner
Ninth Floor (310) 478-4148
Los Angeles 90025
11 Grobstein, Horwath & Co. Jay S. Mangel
LLP (13) managing partner
15233 Ventura Blvd. (818) 501-5200
Sherman Oaks 91403
12 Good Swartz Brown & David L. Swartz
Berns (16) managing partner
11755 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 477-3722
Suite 1700
Los Angeles 90025
13 Windes & McClaughry Jack E. Hinsche
Accountancy (15) managing partner
111 W. Ocean Blvd., (562) 435-1191
22nd Floor
Long Beach 90802
14 Gumbiner, Savett, Finkel, Lou Savett
Fingleson & Rose ceo
Inc. (18) (310) 828-9798
1723 Cloverfield Blvd.
Santa Monica 90404
15 American Express Tax & John Foster
Business Svcs. (17) vice president
2029 Century Park East, (310) 282-8588
Suite 3100
Los Angeles 90067
16 NSBN LLP (21) Lawrence J. Stern
9454 Wilshire Blvd., managing partner
Fourth Floor (310) 273-2501
Beverly Hills 90212
17 Green Hasson & David D. Green
Janks LLP (20) managing partner
10990 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 873-1600
16th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
18 Grant Thornton LLP (29) Mark A. Bagaason
1000 Wilshire Blvd., So. Calif.
Suite 300 mng. ptnr.
Los Angeles 90017 (213) 627-1717
19 Tanner, Mainstain, William Tanner
Hoffer & Peyrot (22) managing partner
10866 Wilshire (310) 446-2700
Blvd.3, 10th Floor
Los Angeles 90024
20 CBIZ Southern California Mark Luff rell
Inc. (7) (12) managing director
11601 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 268-2000
Suite 2300
Los Angeles 90025
21 Holthouse Carlin & Philip J. Holthouse
Van Trigt LLP (23) managing partner
11845 W. Olympic Blvd., (310) 477-5551
Suite 1177
Los Angeles 90064
22 Kellogg & Andelson Jim Walters
Accountancy Corp. (19) chairman
14724 Ventura Blvd., (818) 971-5100
Second Floor
Sherman Oaks 91403
23 White, Zuckerman, Paul J. White
Warsavsky, managing partner
Luna & Wolf (24) (818) 981-4226
14455 Ventura Blvd.,
Third Floor
Sherman Oaks 91423
24 Simpson & Simpson Brainard C. Simpson
CPAs (25) managing partner
3600 Wilhire Blvd., (213) 736-6664
Suite 1710
Los Angeles 90010
25 Gursey, Schneider & Donald L. Gursey
Co. LLP (27) partner
10351 Santa Monica (310) 552-0960
Blvd., Suite 300
Los Angeles 90025
26 Singer Lewak Greenbaum Harvey A. Goldstein
& Goldstein (11) managing partner
10960 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 477-3924
Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90024
27 Rothstein, Kass & Marc J. Wolf
Company P.C. (30) president
9171 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 273-2770
Suite 500
Beverly Hills 90210
28 McGladrey & Pullen Ron Barzen
LLP (32) managing partner
251 S. Lake Ave., (626) 795-7950
Suite 300
Pasadena 91101
29 Frankel, Lodgen, Ken Lodgen
Lacher, Golditch, admin. partner
Sardi & Howard (28) (818) 783-0570
16530 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite 305
Encino 91436
30 Vasquez and Gilbert R. Vasquez
Company LLP (31) managing partner
510 W. Sixth St., (213) 629-9094
Suite 400
Los Angeles 90014
31 Moore Stephens Frazer Jeff Jones
& Torbet LLP (34) managing partner
1199 S. Fairway Drive, (909) 594-2713
Suite 200
Walnut 91789
32 Vicenti, Lloyd & C. Pon/M.A. Ouay
Stutzman LLP (33) co-managing ptnrs.
2100-A Foothill Blvd. (909) 593-4911
La Verne 91750
33 Lucas, Horstall, Murphy William Horstall
& Pindroh (36) partner
100 E. Corson St., (626) 744-5100
Suite 200
Pasadena 91103
34 Miller and Co. LLP (37) Jerald R. Davis
501 Santa Monica Blvd., managing partner
Second Floor (310) 576-6880
Santa Monica 90401
35 Solomon Ross Grey Fred Solomon
and Co. LLP (40) managing partner
16633 Ventura Blvd., (818) 995-0090
Suite 600
Encino 91436
36 Fineman West & Harold J. West
Co. LLP (38) partner
9100 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 888-1880
Suite 200 West
Beverly Hills 90212
37 Stonefield Josephson Ronald S. Friedman
Inc. (26) president
1620 26th St., (310) 453-9400
Suite 400 South
Santa Monica 90404
38 Kirsch Kohn & Mel Kohn
Bridge LLP (39) managing partner
15910 Ventura Blvd., (818) 907-6500
Suite 1100
Encino 91436
39 Macias, Gini & James V. Godsey
Co. LLP (41) ptnr., So.
515 S. Figueroa St., Calif. pract.
Suite 950 (213) 612-0200
Los Angeles 90071
40 Pannell Kerr Rex Poulsen
Forster (43) managing director
400 S. Hope St., (213) 891-9911
Suite 710
Los Angeles 90071
41 Martin Werbelow LLP (42) Steve Boyer
300 N. Lake Ave., managing partner
Suite 930 (626) 577-1440
Pasadena 91101
42 Meloni, Hribal, Gary V. Meloni
Tratner LLP (45) partner
5950 Canoga Ave., (818) 587-3730
Suite 350
Woodland Hills 91367
43 Sobul, Primes & Richard J. Schenkel
Schenkel (48) mng. shareholder
12100 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 826-2060
Suite 1150
Los Angeles 90025
44 Hutchinson & Sharon Dobbs
Bloodgood LLP (44) partner in charge
101 N. Brand Blvd., (818) 637-5000
Suite 1600 Ken Hemming
Glendale 91203
45 Gorelick & Edward Glrelick
Uslaner CPAs (47) presidet
11620 Wilshire Blvd., (310) 444-1889
Suite 540
Los Angeles 90025
46 Maginnis, Knechtel & Arthur Thielen
McIntyre (46) partner
950 South Arroyo Parkway (626) 449-3466
Pasadena 91105
47 Gish, Seiden, Kenneth S. Kline
Kline & Co. LLP (50) managing partner
16530 Ventura Blvd., (818) 981-3040
Suite 625
Encino 91436
48 Rossi, Doskocil & Albert Rossi
Finkelstein LLP (8) (49) managing partner
One World Trade Center, (562) 495-3325
Suite 2100
Long Beach 90831
49 Urbach Kahn & Werlin Michael Hilton
Advisors Inc. Mng. ofc.
11661 San Vicente Blvd., shareholder
Suite 600 (310) 826-0855
Los Angeles 90049
50 Zdonek & Wolowicz Steve Wolowich
Accountancy Corp. president
25500 Hawthorne Blvd., (310) 378-9911
Suite 2120
Torrance 90505
WND -- Would Not Disclose
NA -- Not Available
(1) Number of employees doing accounting work, including CPAs, but
excluding support staff.
(2) Total number of professionals, including accounting professionals,
but excluding support staff.
(3) Some firms supplied revenues for ranking purposes only.
(4) In L.A. County.
(5) Formerly NKS Management.
(6) Includes data from Cohen Miskei & Mowrey LLP, an affiliate firm.
(7) Formerly Duitch Franklin Parks Palmer.
(8) Formerly Rossi, Finkelstein & Co. LLP.
Note: The information on this list was provided by representatives of
the firms themselves. Firms are ranked by the number of accounting
professionals working in L.A. County offices, and the total number of
professionals working 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 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.
[C] 2002 Los Angeles Business Journal. This list may not be reprinted in
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Reprints are available from Wright's Reprints, (877) 652-5295.
Researched by Natasha Prishva
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